March 2004

Wednesday 31 March


Tuesday 30 March

  • Gas Tax (23:14) - Automobile Magazine asks why we as patriotic Americans haven't been asked to do our part for the war effort by paying more money at the pump so that the instabilities in certain oil-producing parts of the world have less impact...
  • Stencils of Florence (18:58) - As a gift for our buddy Tomo for all his good internet abilities, I present to you the stencils of Florence. Girl cops with big asses, secret agendas... they got some good stuff. On a side note, the subway in...
  • Video Gaming For Your Health (00:19) - Lose 95 pounds or more and make new friends by playing video games! Read Tanya's story. Why didn't the Nintendo Power Pad turn us all into fitness freaks? I guess virtual running isn't as fun as dance dance revolving....

Friday 26 March

  • For You Computer Nerds (09:51) - Look at the belt! It is made out of an IDE cable. Stylish yet functional. Also check out the heatsink keychain....

Thursday 25 March

  • John Ashcroft the Terrorist (01:51) - During the Bush administration's first few months in office, Attorney General John Ashcroft downgraded terrorism as a priority, choosing to place more emphasis on drug trafficking... An unjust war. A costly war. An endless, unwinnable war. A war that produces...
  • Nintendo Air Freshener (00:21) - [via gizmodo]...

Wednesday 24 March

  • Times Square Billboard Video Game (22:28) - Look! You can now play a racing video game on one of the giant screens at Times Square! It is controlled by your cell phone! It's a slight improvement in resolution from Blinkenlights! It's actually an advertisement for Yahoo! Autos....

Tuesday 23 March

  • Return of the SQRL (01:40) -
  • Dada Footwear (01:38) -
  • Pretty Things From the A2F2 (01:34) - One of the funniest things at the 42nd annual Ann Arbor Film Festival last week was a bunch of short skits made for cable access tv called Pretty Things, some of which you can watch here and here. Unfortunately, the...

Saturday 20 March

  • One Year Later (11:07) - The World Protests... Read The Times, BBC, and for you right-wingers, Fox News. But hey, who cares about world opinion?...

Friday 19 March

  • Another web-published humor piece by Frank (10:12) - Here: http://www.yankeepotroast.org/daily/040311.html is another web-published humor piece by my friend, Frank. He will be famous one day....
  • Accidental Video Game Porn Archive (01:09) - Suggestive screenshots from all your favorite games of yesteryear (and today) can be found at the accidental video game porn archive. Among my favorites: Kirby, Kung Fu, Zelda, and yes, even more Pikachu....

Thursday 18 March

  • Ban Gay People! (03:20) - DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) - Rhea County commissioners unanimously voted to ask state lawmakers to introduce legislation amending Tennessee's criminal code so the county can charge homosexuals with crimes against nature. "We need to keep them out of here," said...
  • Warez (02:39) - [This may be more interesting to those who'd been involved in the warez scene as kids.] From The Smoking Gun: Fox was apparently hosting a "warez" server run by a Fox employee that has Fox films "valued by the copyright...
  • South Park (01:36) - Tonight was the season premiere for South Park and it was good. Download the torrent here. Has anyone seen Princess, made by the creators of South Park? Apparently, they had a few things they had to get off their chest...

Wednesday 17 March

  • Al Qaeda Calls Truce With Spain, Endorses Bush (18:15) - The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades who claimed M-11 and are linked with the al Qaeda network are calling for a truce with the new Spanish government for deciding to pull out of Iraq. So they won that battle. At the...
  • Terrorists Win? (01:40) - If the goal of the terrorists behind M-11 was to change the Spanish government's policy in Iraq, they succeeded. However, it will have been an overall loss for real terrorists because resources will no longer be wasted on a non-existent...
  • MTV Cancels Real World Philadelphia (00:38) - Driving by the soon-to-be Real World house last week we spotted some people striking outside the house. I later read that these were union workers picketing because MTV used non-union workers to renovate the house. Today Bunim/Murray Productions announced they...

Tuesday 16 March

  • Terrorism and You (03:46) - It seems that the March 11 Madrid (M-11) bombings have led to overwhelming victory for the Socialists over the Popular Party, despite that party, while still in power, quickly pinning the blame for the attack on ETA. Whether it was...
  • I Am A Conservative? (02:41) - - I am a conservative. I believe in staying solvent and out of debt. - I am a conservative. I believe in keeping my nose out of other people's business, their nations and their bedrooms. - I am a conservative....

Monday 15 March

  • Quiznos Update (22:14) - Thanks to George Hotelling, I've learned the history of the Quiznos ads. You can watch the inspiration/original here....
  • Quiznos "We Love the Subs" Commercials (14:00) - If you have a television and you watch it frequently you may have seen these already. If not, you have been missing out. Quiznos Commercial 1 Quiznos Commercial 2...
  • New York Romscapes (02:53) - New York Romscapes is a series of Super Mario-ized photos of New York by the chiptuner Nullsleep of 8bitpeoples (co-founded with Metro Detroiter Mike Hanlon aka Tangible). If you're feeling the 8-bit love, peep this first episode of pixelly animation...
  • Auroravision (02:26) - At least once before I die I'd like to go up north to witness firsthand the Northern Lights (while blazin' some Northern Lights, naturally). Until then there is the AuroraWebCam broadcasting to you from Fairbank, Alaska....
  • Automaker Robot Race (01:47) - Anyone notice the trend of automakers jumping into the humanoid robot race? First was Honda's robot. Then I saw Ford's robot at the Philly auto show. Now I'm seeing the Toyota robot all over the news because it can play...

Saturday 13 March

  • Presidential Election .. of Alphaville (20:43) - Primary season is nearly over in the Sims Online. If she survives Saturday's primary, the candidate could be Ashley Richardson -- the avatar name of a 16-year-old girl named Laura. At issue are philosophical differences on how to stop financial...

Friday 12 March

  • "I'm Old, Don't Hit Me" (19:20) - China is adopting American car culture with many casualties. Apparently, they want all the benefits that come along with having a strong automotive manufacturing industry, but are they prepared to face the consequences... we see the damage that auto-dependence has...
  • Mason inductee killed during ceremony. (14:08) - "The induction ceremony in the basement of the Masonic lodge on Monday in Patchogue began as it had hundreds of times before for decades. All the old props were in place. Bear traps. Rat traps. A guillotine. The wooden plank....

Thursday 11 March

  • Free Books Part 2: Free Textbooks (03:15) - If you can go to college for $1200 a quarter for tuition but have to spend $300 on books, you've just increased the cost of education by 25%. Obviously, some people can afford to go to much more expensive schools...

Wednesday 10 March

  • Bad News (03:16) - A Georgia woman tried to pass off a million dollar bill (fake) at a Walmart. Apparently, clerks in North Carolina are more gullible, at least when it comes to $200 Dubya bills. Extend voting to 14-year olds in California? Sounds...
  • Free Books (00:19) - Yesterday, on Slashdot, Ben Crowell reviewed five free calculus textbooks. But more important than these five books, in my opinion, is the place where these reviews will be going. It didn't get mentioned in the Slashdot article, but the site...

Monday 8 March

  • Pink Pistols (23:46) - Pink Pistols is a group of gay and lesbian gun owners. I was introduced to this group when reading an article in The Times about the dilemma of supporting a Republican President pushing for federal ban on gay marriage, but...
  • Gay Sheep (12:12) - From Reuters: Researchers who found homosexual rams in a herd of sheep said they had found changes in the brains of the "gay" animals. The results, published in the latest issue of the Journal Endocrinology, tend to support studies in...

Saturday 6 March

  • 3-headed frog (21:01) -
  • Disruption By Devil (13:19) - At a recent showing of The Passion a man shows up dressed like the devil... Once inside the movie, Christians began pelting Wendell with Gummy Bears, Ju-Ju Bees, and popcorn. Management got involved after a 75-year-old woman, Hazel Meyer, poured...

Friday 5 March


Thursday 4 March

  • The Truth For Youth (20:25) - An oldie but goodie, The Truth for Youth presents unbiased advice for today's youth via online comics. Learn about the evils of pornography, homosexuality, abortion, rock music, school violence, evolution, drugs, and drunkenness. Yes, rock and roll and evolution are...
  • Bush Campaign uses 9/11 as Political device in Ads (18:30) - The Bush campaign is taking some well deserved heat for the campaign ads featuring images of the WTC it began airing today. "The three advertisements, two of which will be aired starting today, feature images of the charred shell of...

Wednesday 3 March


Tuesday 2 March

  • mobog (13:55) - Mobog enables anyone with a mobile phone-camera to instantly display their photos on the Internet. Email a photo directly from your phone to pics@mobog.com. Within 1 minute, your photo will appear on Mobog. Mobog only accepts photos emailed directly from...