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i'll do that later...

ah, procrastination. i am the master. so far i've watched charlie's angels (+special features), downloaded pics of elijah wood, checked my email about 35 times and balanced my checkbook. yep, those papers are just writing themselves. i have this weird...

all hail the student discount

what the fuck?! what the hell is this?! anyway - erin's going away party was awesome and the karaoke was great. i am officially done with winter quarter classes and couldn't be happier about it. today i called a bunch...

i'm a doofus

i just had this weak epiphany that i don't need to sign my posts. because i'm pretty sure you all know who is writing these. so no more name stuff! i'm also thinking that my next version of this site...

happy birthday andrew!

my poetry performance was ok. whatever. it's over. wednesday at work i almost got my eye with a sheath of papers as i was bending over to get something out of my bag. that's for you, andrew. :) andrew's birthday...

and then there was one

'identity' was, indeed scary, but between mike and my theories, we pretty much had the movie figured out by the halfway mark. tonight we're going to see 'x2' and i am SO EXCITED!!!! everyone says how awesome it is, and...

what're you doing? ....stuff.

man, i've got to start updating this more often. this week i did a lot of nothing. well, not really, but i was sleepy most of the time so i ended up taking a lot of naps. friday i got...

jim, am i going to die?

mike and eric, those lucky bastartds, are on their way to l.a. for e3 to try out video games and have fun and merriment in the land of sun and parties and earthquakes and landslides and flash floods and plastic...

i'm a nerd.

right now it's midnight. where am i? that's right! WORK. i have just finished making 6 mark overlays for our promo commercials. oh boy. further proof of my nerdity (besides making up words like 'nerdity'): i'm tired today...er, tonight. know...

bruuuuuce

saw a sneak preview of 'bruce almighty' last night - funny stuff! oh my goodness, amazing...

the red pill

man, it's close-readings of films that make me happy to be a film major. check out this guy's take on 'the Matrix'...

ack!

wtf?! if i wasn't paranoid before..... 20 Ways the World Could End thanks to eric for this terrifying beginning of my day...

LOL

oh my......

no inkblot?

interesting what kids come up with. the captions are almost as funny as the drawings! radiohead rorsach...

lego

how many of you played with Lego when you were a kid...or maybe still do? i visited the lego site, and i can't believe how out of touch i am. wtf is going on with some of those kits?! what...

oyster

the oyster looks like a good idea to me - but the price! good press across the board it seems..word is the price is going down. my question: how do i get to my powerbook's slot-loading cd-rom?...

make it look good on MY computer

ever had one of those moments when you're talking to a client and you suddenly wonder if they have any idea what they're talking about and then you have the sinking churning feeling of...no. they don't. the fact that i...

BABY PANDA!!

i can't believe i forgot to post this...check out the baby panda! ...

i can't stop...

:)

more ichat smileys...

boo

man, i'm gettin all mushy. first the pandas, now this. but dammit, look at that little ghost! i mean, come on! ps - there is liquor here and ben is in his underwear and kate got a pic of him...

what are they saying?

check out the Daypop Top Word Burst for a list of top words used in blogs - you can see what people are writing about, instead of what they are linking to!...

GAMES!

gamefest.com has carcassonne!...

vacation! now!!

courtesy of one of my favorite photoblogs, check out this place! let's go there! plus, in anticipation of my trip to japan in the spring....broadband on jal. thanks to Geek News Central for the link....

YES!

xScope is SO COOL. i can't wait to try it out on a project!...

cue music

ladies and gentlemen, britney takes it all off!! [ps - keep on dragging until the 'next' button appears...be sure to drag the last one (britney in bed) up to see the springs bounce!]...

note the cynicism in the epistles....

The Brick Testament - look for the book too!...

could it be?

the family guy may be back in 2005...

sometimes they're so dead-on...

this is eric's hipster type. the accuracy is chilling, isn't it?...

uh...what?

ummmm.....this is so wrong....

where's mine?

hey, i want a cookie bouquet too!...

fresh open road?

these are great, you should really take a look. but i don't understand what's going on in this one. i can't just drive around and enjoy the scenery or something if i want to like, get out of the house...

google runs the universe

whoa! look at all the stuff google can do! i mean really do! i knew it was glorious (in an odd way), but not this glorious....

identity crisis!!!!

AUGH! whenever i copy into this thing that's supposed to predict your gender it predicts the author...ME...is male!!...

paper aminals!

cool paper models...

typeflake*

check out typeflake*, an egreeting card composer that adds the bonus of font-fun. hooray!...

pass the word

where can i find my testamints sampler (the mint with a message)? also: vacation update to come...

the gift that keeps on giving

holy crap, it's a cookie of the month club! try the sugar cane lime cookies, they are EXCELLENT! addendum: eat them fast because they get weird smelling/tasting after a few days....

sorry suckers

you know, i was going to change this entry and replace the pdf with a gif...but you know what? if your browser can't display embedded pdfs, then maybe you should get safari. i know some of you out there are...

my head feels full of cheese

links du jour: check out the cute treats at MuffinFilms - especially #11, entitled: 'bluebirds in spring' more make-your-own snowflakes! ew ew ew! koala loaf from the pets or food website. i want this mug: the pessimist's mug watch all...

meghan's blog...

...can be found here, and in the 'links' menu to the right (entitled 'musings')...

unique pheromone belly button fragrance

wtf? fark: does it taste like tuna or chicken?...

anti-bush

an anti-bush ad is scheduled to be shown across the united states this weekend. go here to see all the winners and finalists....

maury

did they read any of the actual post before writing all of those comments?? don't they realize that this guy just went to see the show?? what idiotic chaos. i was going to leave a comment that said something like...

this is a cirrus cloud

my mom sent me the website for tomie dipaola, author of my childhood favorite, The Cloud Book. my copy is even autographed! my aunt in michigan works at a library and got him to sign it for me....

wesley! ooooh...

thanks to wil wheaton's website, WWdN for the link to this totally hot (weird) pic (screen capture) of wil (wesley). daaamn!...

bean speaks

i would like to direct your attention to this post which references beanbag amerika, as the man himself has commented on it, and there is sort of an ongoing dialogue there that might be interesting to you....

green tea cola

cricket cola is my new favorite cola. which...is not really saying a lot since i generally dislike carbonated drinks. but cricket, the cola with green tea mixed in, has a nice sweet earthy tea flavor. mmm!...

i'll take the thong of 'the shocker' please

check out eric's cafepress kiosk - speakless designs. you can buy some great shirts there with some awesome designs sort of based on this post on kyle's blog....

packrat

and i thought i never threw anything away! this is a lot of stuff. snowglobes? calendars? magnets? anyone?...

don't fall in

check out these drawings! they look so real!...

movieoke

thanks to meghan's blog for the heads up about the newest craze for hip(?)sters...BE zoolander ozzie. BE HIM....

cool notecards

if anyone wants to get me something i'll adore, a safe bet is a cool notebook (must be lined and college or like ruled...i write tiny) or some stationery. i love paper stuff. this place - kate's paperie has some...

mtfbwy

i bet when people were thinking about modifying their cars, they weren't counting on something like this tricked-out car. ok...maybe they were. things to note: light saber holder on dashboard, extra droid parts in cargo net...

everything that has transpired has done so according to my design

did each of these quotes come from the mouth of president bush or emperor palpatine? the only way i can tell is because i've seen the movies many times. the ONLY WAY. oh...except maybe that the emperor is a bit...

dude, string theory is like, a total poser

ever wondered what it would be like if physical theories were women? ah, now you don't have to wonder....

kirk is an ocelot. what is an ocelot?

thanks to wil wheaton's blog for the link to the second version of the flowchart of geek hierarchy. i think i fall around the third or fourth level. ok. fourth....

soundbridge

the roku soundbridge looks pretty cool...you know my cousin chris instituted a plan whereby every year he gets to buy himself one tech toy. that sounds like a good idea to me. i guess for me, last year's gadget was...

mmm...donet...

behold the brilliance that is donet's branding! i am so hungry just looking at it....

i love you michel gondry

i am maybe in love with this steriogram video directed by michel gondry (who else?). my favorite part is the giant hand....

foled it up and take it with you!*

after reading this article posted on gizmodo, i started thinking about the oled. i remember reading about the oled, toled, and foled a few years back on the udc site and i couldn't wait until the day when i could...

a new pretty face, but i'll take the ipod

check out the cute mp3 player from hyundai. it is tiny and elegant, but no display and only 128mb. but it does have a mic and an elegant design that gives apple a run for their money....

boys smell

thanks to riana we can all express our hostility and throw rocks at boys!...

my biography

it's like watching my life flash before my eyes....

marry whomever you damn well please for fuck's sake

wil says it best and with a lot more quotations than i would have included, plus he capitalizes letters. i see no fundamental difference between discriminating based on sexuality and discriminating based on race except that it's rather dubiously less...

teleport

cool, but i don't have a desktop, only a laptop suckers!...

wtf northwestern?!

look what iit did with their mccormick tribune grant! look at that el tube! meanwhile northwestern lives up to its reputation of white-bread boringness with this poured concrete tomb....

nemo! peach!

this mini-aquarium is pretty cool...too bad it looks like the one with peach is sold out!...

method: design = power

method has a nice looking website. THIS is what i want to build (but i would make the nav work better in safari)....

c & h at your fingertips

where was this page, chess: the calvin & hobbes extensive strip search when i was looking through every one of my calvin & hobbes books for the strip that mentions the sequel to 'hamster huey and the gooey kablooie,' entitled...

ugh, eyestalks.

what do god and i have in common? a hatred of seafood! ...when will this end? why do people insist that some parts of religious texts are SO important and SO relevant even today, but choose to completely ignore other...

B0FFED F0CF0C

...that looks dirty, but it's not...

insert witty title here, i have run out of inspiration

what would i do with 2.5tb of ram?...

?!

the word for it is 'interrobang' folks!...

i am optimus prime

...according to the colossal death robot test! it says: "Vast, red and ready to turn into a lorry at the slightest provocation, you are a robot to be reckoned with. Although sickeningly noble, you just can't resist a good...

it's stored inside

the electrovaya scribbler just might be the computer of my dreams. except for that whole windows thing. (thanks to gizmodo for the link)...

oooh...diatoms!

these forms from nature are so cool...and free! ...

next up: transparent aluminum?

ok nu students: your days of being locked in dark depressing concrete tombs is over! áron losonczi has created light transmitting concrete ...

chip is like every geeky adolescent boy

i am so fucking in love with chip's challenge for atari lynx. eric dug out his gen 1 lynx (eric's is in much better shape than the one depicted...here is his cool carrying case also) and i played chip's challenge...

protect thyself

please please please check out this video demo of the sawstop, a saw that detects the difference between say, wood and human flesh and automatically stops and retracts the blade so you can't accidently maul yourself. lots of other fun...

was soll james für sie sprayen?

this german image template thingy will spraypaint your message on this bridge. it looks so real. fool your friends....

scathing music reviews

this caustic little guy will review your favorite band/artist/album/song as only an embittered cg character can. especially amusing since one of my coworkes recently moved to CA to write for the Apple Music Store. he could use this if he...

tigerlily (or primula) gamgee-took of bywater

what is your hobbit name?...

oh no ohio/i can hardly wait to say goodbye-oh

you must check out the adventures of seinfeld & superman, however the best part is definately the sing-along to the title song from the hit broadway musical, 'oh yes wyoming.'...

good clean family fun?

...wtf? please tell me this has been photoshopped ...

i lament

i know this site has been farked and slashed to death, but still, check out this comic from the penny arcade remix project. it is my favorite so far....

tuk under thurnb

courtesy of cult of the dead cow, the lineage and development of the modern chopsticks wrapper as told by dildog. things of note: impressive character pictures and a nice little flowchart. is there a word for those character pictures?...

jon puts us all to shame

sometimes you're just floating along, thinking everything is ok, you know, you're just trying to maintain...then someone drops a bomb on you and you realize that you're totally wasting your time and that essentially, you suck. such a time was...

hmm...those look like real tires

check out the lego volvo that appeared at the ny auto show!...

bodice ripping & 17th century commerce minutae

today i received the copy of 'the confusion' that i bought for eric and i can't wait to finish 'cryptonomicon' so i can move on to 'quicksilver.' though i do have to admit i'm really in love with 'cryptonomicon' and...

who? me??

engadget calls our attention to the stealth surfer, a usb device that will allow you to hide your web surfing activities...and get this - take the evidence with you. now horny teenagers everywhere will be delightedly burning these little guys...

i am...fully...functional

fark is running a star trek novel photoshop contest - here is my favorite so far: data's first time? ...

adobe can't reach iraq...

despite adobe's continuous attempts to erase the word 'photoshopped' from the lexicon, even the kids in iraq are tossing it about. - make your own sign thanks to mike at poofle.com for the link....

open up and say...

rolling hills sno-globe or creepy fish mouth?...

leela is hot, no?

i love futurama. i know you all love futurama too. so check out the turanga pages, a um, tribute (?) to our favorite cyclops (and amy too). pat, i know you'll love this site. ;)...

great design sites

there are some really great sites on the web - i'm always so impressed by what people can create. mixin visuals has a bunch of links to some of these sites. so far i've looked at bitkraft and probe3. both...

css pencils

holy. crap. this guy has created a collage of hundreds of pixel-sized divs and uses alternate style sheets to alter the resulting 'image.'...

sexy origami

just what i've always wanted! dirty origami! origami underground has instructions to make models of little paper people having sex, masturbating or...you get the idea....

equinox panoramas

QTVR from around the world...

ultra-pixel your tv

this is on my list of things that i totally don't need but want anyway for no good reason other than it looks cool. not functional, mind you - looks cool. imedia tv Pixel Film...

foiled again

the best pranks are the ones that don't over look the details. fun with foil...

casshern - hoping for good subtitles!

i think i may have mentioned this film before, but i really want to see casshern. it looks like one of the most beautiful films ever made (not that my stitched together and badly artifacted image really shows that)...and...

'drill bush not oil'

you can buy panties with this and other anti-bush slogans at axis of eve, the internet home of the activist group of the same name. you can read a story about them here....

the worm within

don't read this story if you're squeamish....