If somebody’s looking to get me something for Christmas, you can add this to my list. This is Gary Larson’s complete Far Side collection, spanning from 1980 to 1994 (including bonus comics and commentary), weighing in at 19-pounds and 1,250 pages. The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes were probably my two favorite comic strips growing up, and I’d love to have the collection of both.
Local media getting story ideas from blogs?
It’s pretty common for media outlets to be taking stories from one another, but now they’re taking their tips from bloggers?
My buddy Jon has suddenly seen something posted on his site appear in the Bulletin. I posted a note linking to Jon’s original post about video game companies in Bend. He did a follow up story the next day, profiling the company’s founder. And wouldn’t you know it, a story appears in the 10/25/03 edition of the Bulletin entitled “Sony filters out separatist group from Bend designer’s video game.” Go figure.
I wonder how many folks in the Central Oregon media read our blogs? Is there anybody out there? E-mail me privately as I’d like to hear from you.
How do you get yourself into massive debt?
You order, but never pay for, pop-under ads on damn-near every site on the planet. Then you file for Chapter 11. X10, the self-proclaimed worlds largest advertiser, sold those home-automation and security toys and cameras. Really, I’ll be glad to never see their pop-unders again.
Men: If you see these things, destroy them
To quote Ars Technica, where I got this link:
What happens when sex obsessed engineers are presented with the complexity of the female orgasm? They invent the Orgasmatron! The small device, about the size of a walkman, attaches to a woman’s ankles and reportedly takes her to the very edge of orgasm through electrical current which proponents claim stimulates nerve centers attached to the pelvis.
I won’t touch this one — I’d probably say something sexist that will caused me to get smacked. But men, the last thing your significant others need is something else they can use to replace you in the sack. If you see these on sale, destroy them.
Man, before you know it, women will just bring stripping men with them wherever they go, sticking them in their pockets. Oh wait…they can already do that.
Do NOT play this game
Otherwise, you won’t be able to quit this stupidly addicting, simple, flash game of paper-wad basketball. My consecutive record? A paltry six. Man, I suck.
What really makes the new Office 2003 different?
Check out this easy to follow comparison chart for reference on the new features in MS Office 2003 compared to past versions.
I don’t know what scares me more
That this girl can play this well, that she’s three years old, or that she’s a better percussionist than me. The b3ta guys think she’s a full-grown midget, which would certainly explain this.
Brits are evil bastards
Or at least b3ta folks are. Check out this thread on their forums about pure evil pranks that folks on the boards have done. There are a lot of sick, twisted stunts on there — which means I’ll be printing the thing up for future reference.
Ducks: 35, Stanford: Donut
I got back late yesterday from watching the Ducks beat up Stanford 35-0. What a fun game to watch. The best series? When the Ducks stopped seven (there was a personal-foul penalty that gave them the first down) Stanford attempts at a touchdown, all within the two yard line. The place was going wild.
The other most entertaining thing at the game? This was a tie: One goes to the woman I saw outside the stadium wearing a very tight shirt. What did the shirt say? “Objects under shirt are larger than they appear.” My Dad and I got a good kick out of that.
Secondly, anybody who’s been to a Duck game knows about Autzen Stadium’s “DuckVision” (basically, a big ol’ frickin’ big-screen TV at one end of the stadium). Quite often, they will show individual fans on the screen, thanks to some camera folks who wander around the stadium shooting video. Well, this one camera man was showing this one lady up on the screen, and she started to pull up her shirt. Needless to say, the camera turned away in a hurry.
Speaking of college football, I’m sure Ken was happy. Not only did they broadcast College Game Day from his campus, but his school went on to clobber undefeated N. Illinois. Nice job, Bowling Green!