March 2006 Archives
The 9 greatest "music videos" of all time... to me. ticktickticktickticktickticktick Sex sells... ping pong? Build your own parasitic bicycle pump. When was the last time you were this excited? Where does our tax money go every April 15th? Check out this infographic for a visual representation. Oregon has the 3rd most groadiest air in the US? What? It could be that we actually report our emissions more accurately than other states... You customize these "Programmable Liquid Containers" by pressing buttons to release the types of flavorings, as well as caffeine. UrbanHonking's favorite digital artist, Cory Arcangel, is seeking an intern. Can we all go? The lead producer of a PC game based on the show "Desperate Housewives" hopes that the game will as big as "The Sims". Our Government Thinks Open Source Isn't Safe in Foreign Hands Coolio says that he's a good cook, specializing in enchiladas, spaghetti and egg rolls. Learn How Pro Wrestling Works . Bind your own paperback books. It's easy. The Ultimate video feedback page. Kobe Bryant wouldn't mind being Jewish. Two web artists face-off in the wrestling ring to hack a web page live. Paypal goes mobile. Just like the old days... b!X slams the Willy Week and the Bus Project for their weak ass attempt at a blog. Wired finds The Hottest Hacker on Earth. (who I don't think is really that hot) In a story about a NY Retail Store Attacked for Bike Culture Homage there is a mention of local mutant bike group C.H.U.N.K. 666. New skyline for Seattle! Selling coffee as Blogger's Fuel is a good idea.A dashboard widget based on Lost.
You can get 2006's political calendar in your iCal!
Eater X and Bob Shoudt take on the Pauliesaurus Rex.
Yay! supersizedmeals.com is all about giant food! (hrm, they did steal an image from us, but at least they are hosting it themselves)
PLOrk is the Princeton Laptop Orchestra.
DEA arrests 12, seizes marijuana-laced candy and soft drinks in San Francisco Bay Area
Business 2.0 writes about 5 ways to fix Time Warner.
Swingline has nothing on the Swiss Business Tool.
The SCI FI Channel and Stan Lee are creating a reality series that will challenge a lucky few to create their very own superhero and reward the winner with the best reality competition prize yet: immortality!
World's Biggest Sandwich: Weighing in at 6,991lbs (3,178kgs), it is officially the largest sandwich ever made, and has been recognised by the Guiness Book of World Records.
i am 8 bit returns.
Google Finance is really cool.
Colgate-Palmolive to Buy Tom's of Maine
Is there any reason to put a web browser in a web browser?
Anheuser-Busch is going organic. Color me cynical.
The Push-Pin Lamp is stylish and functional.
As a time-stealing agency, the Bureau of Workplace Interruptions works directly with employees to invisibly insert intimate exchange into the flow of the workday.
"The fastest growing areas in the US are predominantly rural counties... not so much because people want to 'get away from it all,' but because urban sprawl is pushing cities and suburbs ever outward."
Ultimate Blogger competitor Alex Mahan has posted a great web tutorial for challenge five.
The Best Top Ten List Ever: The Bible, The Census, Mother Goose, Divine Comedy, Odyssey, Iliad, Hickleberry Finn, Lord of the Rings, Hamlet, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The top 1000 titles owned by libraries.
If you remove Garfield's thought bubbles, but leave Jon's lines in, the comic strip gets pretty poignant.
I love that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak named his company WoZ. Too bad it's dead.
I'm posting from the command line!
What I Learned From My Season Finales: 5.) Don't Rape Your Brother's Girlfriend: So Simple yet Important to Remember.
A Reagan-appointed supreme court justice (Sandra Day O'Connor) voices her fears over attacks on US democracy.
Who needs to screw this much?
Chowhound.com got bought by C|Net. Details here.
The 2006 Bloggies have been announced (scroll down).
The Onion A.V. Club talks with the new kids on SNL.
Own the watch that will serve as evidence you're a terrorist.
"Will we recall this as the year when journalism in print began to die?" An exhaustive report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism attempts to answer that question, among others.
The internet allows people to get excited about such small things, like tying your shoelaces.
I am a winner. I am neat and clean. I am important. I control my entire body. These are Your Subliminal Affirmations for Bowling.
Former star of the documentary Startup.com, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, has founded the new company, jumptv.com
Epic: Foreign Policy magazine's photo essay on the disassembly of supertankers in Bangladesh.
Yikes! Scott saw an SUV attacking a pole (1, 2).
There are so many amazing Katamari Damacy desktops now, including my new favorite which I call, Fancy Hamster.
MySpace plans to expand aggressively beyond the United States, perhaps even to China.
A dry BusinessWeek article about Deutsche Telekom moving beyond telecommunications into entertainment by providing content as a way to better sell ultra high-speed broadband.
I imagine Ritchey and Andrew could get into using wirelessly-enabled wine glasses.
Scroll about halfway down the page (until you see the bling) to read what Mike Jones says about sneakers.
How to make a Plastic Bag Eating Giraffe.
Entercom Communications Corp. traded airtime for gifts and payments in a payola scam that included formalized programs to sell airplay to record labels, according to a suit filed Wednesday by New York Atty. Gen. Eliot Spitzer.
The world's first literary prize for books based on blogs unveiled its shortlist of finalists.
No idea when this is from, as its only date is 2006, but W+K will be doing the Target ads in the future. Neat!
Happy days for anyone living in Pennsylvania's 13th District! Raj Peter Bhakta is in the running!
Interesting post comparing MSNBC's The Abram Report to Rocketboom.com, as they get about the same number of viewers and the final thought being Just like the music business, television has become economically unfeasable at it's present size.
Are you keeping up with the Commodore?
Mark Cuban, one of my favorite billionaire bloggers and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has invested in japanese style toilets!
More time is now spent on the internet than on watching TV, according to Google survey.
Turns out, cubicles are a bad idea.
It will be painfully easy to drop too much cash at We Heart Prints.
First Cabel started a blog, but now, posting his second video in as many days, there can be no question he is vlogging!
"Big Pink" property manager Brian Pearce talks about running the U.S. Bancorp Tower. (They should have asked him if he ever played SimTower)
The Portland Mercury has a pretty funny bit with their Riddle Of The Day podcast.
The current authors are Mikey, Steve, Jona, Erik, and Josh. Hmmm... there seems to be a gender gap here.
