Anyone know what Pepsi Max is?
Because they are sponsoring some sort of crazy game.
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Chunk'a Links...
- Crazy tree-shaped growing message board
- Wordgizmo, for when I'm too lazy to make the words up myself.
- Change my pitch up.
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Oh yeah! I'm continuing on with the ad hoc wrestling pictures with one of the Hulkster. Remember when he was in that one movie where he fought that dude on top of a parked car? Anyone remember the name of that flick? It was more of an actiony type movie. 
Live the legend!
Oh man, J and I are going to the MN Renaissance Festival today, and I am going to live the legend so freaking hard I don't know if the legend will even exist anymore. Also, I'm going to see if I can set up a dog fight between a big dog and a smaller dog with a shiv taped to it's paw.
I hope there are carnies there.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Rando! Pick me some crap up! Stat!
Dude, Cali is having a giant garage sale and you didn't tell me about it?!?! Are you planning on keep all of the 30 pounds of scissors and pimp chains for youself? What about the Ford Escort? Seriously, Cali-freaking-awesome-fornia is having a garage sale! Dang.
NPR : MP3 Blogs and Music with a Twist
Xeni Jardin on the world of mp3 blogs. Personally, I love these things. They sort through the junk, so I don't have to.
Random GeoCities page of the month...
frostie.the.snow.bitch She probably got they way thanks her wickedly poor html skillz.
Return of the daily game...
Wagenschenke? I think it's german for "Can't walk more than 15 meters because I'm too hammered."
Seriously... I am out of the freaking loop.
Fensler was selling DVDs of all of his GI Joe PSA remixes and I missed it. Dammit! Now I am going to have to keep checking that site incessently until they return.
Who wants a body massage?
This one's a beaut...
This one goes out to the Nug. So, Nug, you better be visiting this site once in a while, or you will miss great crap like this. An annotated map of Sprinfield, USA. This one actually looks like people put a ton of work into it, trying to figure out relative placements and all. I putted around with it for awhile.
Excellent excel site...
If anyone does any kind of work with Excel, I highly recommend stopping by ExcelTip once in awhile. Also, their newsletter ain't half bad.
How to write a best selling fantasy novel.
My strategy? Loin cloths... lots and lots of loin cloths. The clothier the better.
Well there's my problem!
gmail throws some sort of weird forward slash after line breaks in any posts I send it. Dag nabbit. Now I have to republish.
So, Hello tells me I haven't posted this yet, and I'm too lazy to look back in the archives. Even if I had, it's a pic that I really should be posting at least once a week. If not solely for it's awsomeness.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Work links (II)...
I really should call this "Lunch-break links", or something similar.
That way my boss knows I ain't doin' this on company time.
Oh yeah, have at 'er...
- Food spray diet... coming in September, in all it's glorious VGA color.
link
- Change Blindness. It's kind of like Photo Hunt, but with the
pictures layered over each other and switching back and forth rapidly.
link
- Teachers switching to purple pens because "red pens make me
uncomfortable". Look, you freaking sissy... it's not the color
itself, it's the fact that the color signifies that you got a whole
crapload of stuff wrong. Give it a year, and you'll be talking about
how the color purple makes you cry at night.
Of course, I've been saying that for years... it was definitely not my
favorite Prince project.
link
- Penzey's finally hit the big time! Looks like they made it on to
Cool Tools. Now, I'm kicking myself for not recommending it, then I
could have gotten on Cool Tools. link
- Another sweet thing from Cool Tools... the Pocket Ref. I have the
NPL plasma formulary, but unless I'm working with EMag stuff, it's
useless. This one, however, is much, much handier. link
- Gem Sound Turntable. I'm finally getting around to buying that
turntable I have always talked about. This one looks pretty
reasonable (in the world of turntables, that is).
link
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
I don't freaking know anymore...
something smells with my work emails. The links came up all screwy on the page, but when I checked the code it was fine. Then I republished and everything went back to normal. I wonder if my work has a firewall or something that disallows html.
Monday, August 23, 2004
Work links...
- folderblog
- Olympics: DFL: "Because
they're there and you're not."
- Olympics: Identity of tutu-diver revealed. link
- Olympics: Why is she so freaking mean? link
- Scrabble movie out... how did I miss it? link
- Micrometer. Rank: 73792. Adjacent to: elbrus and lejeune.
What's the lowest ranked word you can guess? link
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Daily to the game y'all.
I don't think Nelly would be any good at this game. On a scale from one to Nelly, Nelly would score an orange.
Child pimp and ho costumes...
Nothing like getting them started in the family business early I guess. I wonder who actually approved this costume idea. Hopefully they got canned.
Ow ow ow owowow ow!
The folks over at memepool found a winner with this one. 12 ways to "scramble your eggs". Unbelievable. I can't imagine someone actually liking this, though, from the text, apparently the author does. I am assuming this a a fairly effective method of birth control though.
Memo to Crazy Drunk Lady:
You're freaking crazy. Please stop trying to touch the screen when we are playing photo hunt. Your depth perception is so bad that you keep hitting the wrong area. Also, I don't want a hug. At all.
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Cibo Matto...
The video for Sugar Water. Shot split-screen, it runs from beginning to end and end to beginning at the same time. Pretty swass.
All camping stoves, all the time.
You know you want it baby... you want it bad. Camping bad.
Gobbledygook!
Peep the wifer's new ride...
We got J a bike today, and I must say, it's pretty swass. Good swass, not bad swass. Went on a quick ride around Chaska, and I found an old bmx course that I think I may ride it sometime.
someone who hates you
I think it would have been better it she signed it "hugs and kisses".
Actually, one of the awesome things about the library in Madison was that it actually carried Found Magazine. I haven't been able to find it here, then again, I'm not really looking that hard.
PixelField
Not a bad little game. It definitely brings something different to the table. Just guide the base through the minefield. And don't hit any bad pixels.
Home Page It%27s Time For Blaire To Get Married - and she needs your help
Hey guys, I got a looker for you right here. Of course, it comes with a hitch... a real one. And I fairly sure she's nuts.
Good luck!
Jaws and Bunnies...
You know, when I was in Europe, I pulled off the Quinn look for almost the whole trip. It was awesome. We didn't see any sharks though.
Allright... I think I got the links fixed.
Thus, today is "go visit all of the old links day. If I missed any, let me know. Blogger toolbar is still all screwed up though, so I'll have to be more careful in the future.
Friday is freaking camping day baby! It's a camping go time mutha.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Crime and Punishment
A mail theif is appealing the ruling on a punishment he received for
his crimes. Is he appealing the 2 year jail sentence? Nope. He's
draws the line at having to stand outside a post office for eight
hours wearing a sign that says "I steal mail. This is my punishment."
His lawyer is calling the shame punishment "cruel and unusual".
I don't buy it. In fact, I think this country needs more "shame"
punishments, and they should be focused on younger people doing minor
offenses. Say, instead of paying a fine, you have to wear a sign that
says "I stole this DVD from Best Buy" for a day. I think it would
make people think twice before doing little stuff like that.
However, I don't necessarily know if it should be applied to all
punishments. I think that if one serves jail time, then the addition
of public shaming isn't right. Thus, in the case mentioned above, I
would say that the guy should wear the sign, but not go to jail. They
tried jail with him before, and it didn't work. In fact, maybe
"shaming" should be a "second offense" type of thing for more serious
crimes. The first time, you get jail or some sort of huge fine. The
second time... bereak out the sandwhich boards.
Then again, maybe I am just loopy after spending the 36 of the last 48
hours coding.
Link
My links aren't working...
Something got hosed with my Google Toolbar, which I use to access
Blogger and update my site. I will try to fix it tonight when I get
back from work. Sorry.
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
File this one under "who gives a crap".
Seriously... who gives a crap? I'd like to know. So I can kick them.
Anybody have a good recommendation for a book on SQL?
So, I'm writing some SQL queries in VBA for work and I need to get a bit of a refresher on the ol' SQL side of things. Thus, I look for a book... and would be most appreciative of any recommendations out there.
You know what hoses me?
Now that BoingBoing is sponsered by Suicide Girls, I can't read it at work. BoingBoing that is... SG was a no go at work right from the start.
Hmmm...
You know, I can't figure out if I enjoy reading this livejournal about people's jobs/customer interactions because I like to laugh at their misfortune or I like to laugh at how whiney they are. Either way, I get a laugh out of it.
Bee bee beep!
Breakdancing in the Harvad square. I haven't seen robot's like this since the last time I watched Futurama.
Today's DG is crackin' good
Now this is a freaking Daily Game. Topical and fun... for the whole chaz snortin' family! You know, that Mary-Kate sure is bringing Ashley down.
Crack Man... today's Daily Game, yo.
Now this is a freaking Daily Game. Topical and fun... for the whole chaz snortin' family! You know, that Mary-Kate sure is bringing Ashley down.
From one crazy mini to the next
Al and I hit the park up yesterday, not the Watertown one though... this one was in Shorewood. Man, was that place freaking ritzy. They even had a biffy there. And some crazy little chubby kid who tried to impress us by telling us he had weed in Amsterdam. Then he said he didn't, but his mom did.
Let me tell you, that was one cliffhanger of a story.
Wireless? Not as easy to set up as they tell you...
I mean, I'm getting there, but it took a long time last night just to set up the base and laptop. If anyone is in the area, my net is scienceandcrap. Come on in and join the fun.
Monday, August 16, 2004
Man, did I see way too many of these bad boys at the Pizza Luche block party Saturday. Sweet sassy molassey.
Get your tickets while you still can!
Want to go to hollow earth? Have butt-tons of disposable income? Like getting the proverbial frozen wool pulled over your eyes? Then join some dude on his voyage to the center of the earth.
Did I blog this?
I can't remember. Anyway, here it is again... GenieCorp, where we add spice to life... in the form of horribly mutated small dogs.
Because finding your circle of solitude takes time, dedication and Stoli...
Drinking alone to find your inner Zen.
Who's blogging from the couch?
Why... it's freaking me! Oh yeah, couch blogging is the best thing since diced bread. By the way, check out MS's new ultra-modern, uber-freaky mark-of-the-beast mouse/keyboard combo.
Sunday, August 15, 2004
By the way
In case anyone hasn't figured it out yet, if you don't see a link in the main post (and it seems like there should be a link to go with the diatribe), just mouse over the title. I have blogger automatically put links on the title for me.
Because I am lazy. Soon, I hope to have a monkey doing all of the linking (and typing) for me.
Good idea... unfortunately it is crippled by gender bias.
Sure, they try to be neutral, but whom do you know that refers to any sort of woman as "buddy"? Only guys get called that. Exhibit A.
Swass Report... I'm-a callin' you out!
You consider yourself a foremost purveyor of zombie-related news and tom-foolery, no? Well then let's see it. If you don't post more zombie-related stuff in 48 hours, I'm taking matters into my own hands.
Has anyone seen the prize I was supposed to give Al?
Because I can't find those freaking Monk wet-nappies anywhere.
Flatland
Remember Flatland? I loved this book as a kid, more so for the pretty line drawings than anything else. The full text is available on line, so check out for yourself... you crazy little math-geeks you.
Ultimate gaming table...
I clicked on the link expecting some sort of dice/backgammon/poker uber table, but the only thing uber is the geek factor. And this is coming from an engineer.
I hate the freaking Joneses...
Seriously. My .11g network just came in the mail this weekend. Dammit!
I came, I gleamed, I left slightly injured...
Al and I hit up the Watertown Skatepark yesterday, and I came away with a new respect for my advancing age. Unfortunately the park was too small to really break the proverbial "one" off, but it was still fun. Some little kids came by and skated too, and by "skated" I mean "fell on the mini and then hit their heads and cried".
All in all, good times were had by everyone who didn't come out if it with some sort of crazy injury. And me.
Like crazy, expensive furniture?
Then get your filthy hands on a design within reach catalog. Where paying two hundred bucks for an injection molded plastic chair means your worth it.
Or, just do what the Al does and pimp the catalog for sweet inspiration. Then build stuff for you buddy CJ. Schnell!
Saturday, August 14, 2004
Humppa!
Because a song cover just doesn't sound quite the same when it's done by a Finnish polka band.
Gmail Trademark in Dispute
This one's from the Hoj. Though it would be a bummer to not say "Hey, you get my gmail?" (Where gmail is pronouonced "Jamal"), as long as they were smart enough to patent the code, I'm fine with it.
Friday, August 13, 2004
More on awesomeness that is Winamp 5...
I completely forgot to tell everyone who downloaded the five to check out their wicked awesome selection of internet tv and music videos. Unbelievable. Freaking unbelievable.
Almost hit a deer today.
With my bike. I was riding some of the back wooded trails in Chaska and whipped around a corner only to see a freaking deer about ten feet from me. Plus, there were two more deer right behind it. Then they all took off into the woods. It was pretty awesome, and I wish I had my camera. In retrospect, however, I probably wouldn't have had time to take a picture anyway.
All right, enough slacking... back to the thesis revisions blee-yach.
I want this. Al, make me this. Stat.
Holy Awesome! Is it a block of wood or a clock? Both! I dub it clock-wood, and it is the freaking sweetest clock ever made. Ever.
Lunchbreak Links...
- /Today's DG - Webboggle
- Today's
gas instead of break story...
- It's
a font! It's a pictogram! It makes fun of the olympics (respectfully
of course)... oh, and it's free.
- Combining
the great taste sensation of chocolate with the fear inducing chill of
Russian roulette
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Make that 8 out of 10 times...
Remember how, in the last post, I said that Pitchfork bites nine out of ten times? Well, I was wrong... horribly, horribly wrong. Here's some quick down and dirty reviews of the new Ted Leo and Ratatat.
Sufjan Stevens... folky banjo extraordinarre...
You know, I'll be the first to admit that 9 times out of 10 Pitchfork Media comes off as self-absorbed jerky jerkheads, but this time they done good. At least, that's what El Jake tells me via the email. Here's a nice interview with Sufjan Stevens, that folky folker can really folk.
