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The Ben Bag

Posted on 13 March 2006
( Our Life )

There are a few great mysteries in life. Do aliens exist? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Who is the subject of the song “You’re So Vain”? Enter my friend and co-worker Ben. Each day I pick Ben up for work and he is carrying a laptop looking kind of bag. I have [...]

Chuck Norris Reads Ten Chuck Norris Facts

Posted on 10 March 2006
( Humor andMatt's Posts )

This video is great…Chuck Norris reads a Top Ten List of Chuck Norris Facts and reveals his personal favorite.

It’s Like Florida All Over Again

Posted on 10 March 2006
( Matt's Posts andOur Life )

In the continuing saga of Valerie and her Kleenex #1 Fan Contest, she just found out today that she won! Evidently there was a computer glitch that allowed the voting to continue past the deadline and she was ahead at the deadline and the other lady collected more votes after the deadline. No word on [...]

Links for 2006-03-09

Posted on 9 March 2006
( Cool Sites )

Atom Films To Go Some short films you can download for your iPod. (tags: free ipod video)

Why Are US Airlines Going Bankrupt?

Posted on 8 March 2006
( Humor andMatt's Posts andOur Life )

I don’t think you could find one quote to sum it up better than my pilot did upon landing in Chicago: Our on time arrival apparently caught the gate agent completely by surprise. We have called and they said they’re on their way.

Did People Actually Think Barry Bonds Was Juice Free?

Posted on 8 March 2006
( Matt's Posts andSports )

To me, the more shocking part about the revelation that Barry Bonds is a big-time juicer is that people could actually be surprised by such news. I mean, just look at the dude circa 1986: Compared with him about 20 years later: I mean, he used to look like me, now he looks like The [...]

All of March Madness Being Shown Online

Posted on 8 March 2006
( Matt's Posts andSports )

CBS is showing all of the March Madness games live online for free. To sign up to watch, go to this site. If you sign up before March 16, you get some special priority in watching the videos. I imagine they’re probably going to limit how many people can watch a game to deal with [...]

Coolest Judge Ever

Posted on 8 March 2006
( Humor andMatt's Posts andNews and Politics )

What’s that, Your Honor? Did you just quote Billy Madison in your opinion? Or, in the words of the competition judge to Adam Sandler’s title character in the movie “Billy Madison,” after Billy Madison had responded to a question with an answer that sounded superficially reasonable but lacked any substance, “Mr Madison, what you’ve just [...]

Your Vote Counts

Posted on 5 March 2006
( Matt's Posts andOur Life )

One of our friends are in a neck-and-neck battle online to win Kleenex’s #1 Fan for Life contest. The deal is you submit a story and people vote on their favorites once per day (so, if you vote on Sunday, you can vote on Monday as well). To the victor goes the spoils of a [...]

Simpsons Intro

Posted on 5 March 2006
( Entertainment andHumor andMatt's Posts )

Check out this video that was put together to promote a new season of The Simpsons in the UK. They filmed the whole opening sequence using real-life people.

Links for 2006-03-04

Posted on 4 March 2006
( Cool Sites )

DailySixer.com: Brokeback Mountain Parodies A collection of a ton of Brokeback Mountain parodies. (tags: humor video) Anna Karenina principle – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (tags: quotes reference) Television Without Pity Episode recaps for many televisions series. (tags: community media reference reviews tv)

Links for 2006-03-03

Posted on 3 March 2006
( Cool Sites )

Franklyn Turbak’s Tenure Materials (tags: research work)

Links for 2006-03-02

Posted on 2 March 2006
( Cool Sites )

MythTV Open source TiVo replacement (tags: linux opensource software)

The 2006 Democratic Strategy

Posted on 1 March 2006
( Humor andMatt's Posts andNews and Politics )

The Onion is on the case: Democrats Vow Not To Give Up Hopelessness. Congressional Democrats announced that, despite the scandals plaguing the Republican Party and widespread calls for change in Washington, their party will remain true to its hopeless direction. “We are entirely capable of bungling this opportunity to regain control of the House and [...]

Cory Doctorow Interview

Posted on 1 March 2006
( Business andMatt's Posts andScience and Technology )

Here’s a nice, short interview with Cory Doctorow of BoingBoing fame about copyright and the Internet. I mean, the plan that the industry has is basically to come up with a world where all digital devices have to be approved, all analogue devices have to recognise watermarks, and the internet as we know it is [...]

What If Microsoft Redesigned the iPod Package?

Posted on 1 March 2006
( Humor andMatt's Posts andScience and Technology )

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” – Albert Einstein

Links for 2006-03-01

Posted on 1 March 2006
( Cool Sites )

Open Web Design – Most Popular Ten most popular open source web designs with screenshots. (tags: design free opensource web)

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