Year: 2002

This year, the Cubs are offering bobbin head doll giveaways of Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa, and Kyle Farnsworth. Kyle who?

What is the history behind why Macintosh has “enter” on its keyboard and why PC has “return” on theirs? There’s gotta be some reason why.

I live in Wrigleyville the neighborhood that is home to Wrigley Field of the Chicago Cubs. Personally, i hate when the community puts up such a b*** about how bad the traffic is around Wrigley Field during game days. Like…

there was blinking colors, “catch the monkey”, and now this…https://www.spudart.org/etc/banner

I just got back from my ritual trip sunday meal over at the Burrito Palace (3507 N. Halsted St., Chicago). Last time I went there, the dude said to me, “chicken enchilidada to go”. And i was like, “yeah dude.”…

I was thinking of making a website with a parody of the popular tv show on fox called 24. The catch is that all the characters will be made out of fruits and vegetables. Here’s what i got so far:Jack…

I recently recieved an email about Ameritech is going to sell your account information and that you have to call Ameritech to let them know not to do it. This email places Ameritech as a big evil meanie by doing…

Which way is up. Which way is down. Growth, digitalization.View the plant webpage.

An interactive ASCII art animation. Developed during an instant message with LauraView the Shark Attack website. Sale for this artwork is negotiable

i was just thinking more about that inbetweenedness stuff while i was playing around with a rubber band. It kinda relates to when you stretch a rubber band really far. That moment right before the rubber band snaps. How far…

you do anything crazy for 200220022002? y’know as much as i’m a fan of this unique number and appreciate it’s palendromic and balanced nature, I think the moment between balance and unbalance is much more interesting. Like when you’re walking…

There will be another palendromic time in 110 years! It will occur on 21:12 21/12 2112. (Dec 21, 2112 at 9:12pm). Damm, science better extend my like so i can be alive at a young age of 137 years old!…

It’s the pixie stick of cereals.

an email from a friend: At 8.02pm on February 20, something will happen which has not occurred for 1,001 years and will never happen again. As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday, February 20, time will, for sixty…

I just bought Terry Barrett’s “Criticizing Photographs” off Amazon.com. I’ve been doing alot of critiques at the awesome site http://www.photosig.com. I could always improve my critiquing abilities with this book.

“If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.” -John Cleese, actor

http://www.desipio.com/features/cubs/2002/021302-cubspreseason.htm

For the longest time i’ve been wanting to do filemaker databases on the web with GoLive and Lasso. But the cost of hosting a filemaker database is just way too much money (around $50 a month!). But lots of hosts…

I haven’t eaten potato chips in years. Last week, I got the strange urge for some tater chips. I’m currently finding out that eating potato chips while at the computer just doesn’t work. Your hands get all greasy, and I’m…

a nice rendition of the PowerMac G5geekculture.com

Okay, now this is really creepy. Today I had this sequence of events. 7:57am A warning was given to the world by my blog post, Expect computer problems today, because of solar flares. (800.0 km/s speed solar flare activity) Little…

We are under a current solar flare attack from our sun. A rather large coronal hole on the sun is shooting magnetic rays towards the earth at current speeds of 591.5 km/s. Expect speeds as high as 800.0 km/s. http://sec.noaa.gov/ace/MAG_SWEPAM_7d.html…

It’s so neat when people put a period at the end of a single word. It gives their statement such finality. And you’d think if you used three periods at the end of a word, that would give it extra…

A logo for a tv book conference features the Sears Tower, Stone Container Building, Tribune Tower, and the Hancock.

Jupiter’s Great Spot WarIt’s happening right now! The great Red Spot is colliding with the Great white spot on Jupiter. This sort of battle on this magnitude hasn’t happened since 1975. The overlord red spot vs. the underdog white spot.…

Groundhog’s Day Card 2002 On 02/02/2002 Groundhog’s day, these two groundhogs both came out of their homes to predict the spring or winter. However you cannot have two groundhogs predicting the season. Therefore, it made most logical sense for them…

Balloons have been used for decades to conduct scientific studies. NASA balloons are constructed of thin, 0.002-centimeter (0.8 mil), polyethylene film, about the same thickness as ordinary sandwich wrap and are as big as the Louisana Superdome. In order to…

President Bush’s state of the union address announced a new creed for America, “roll out.” Isn’t that from Optimus Prime leader of the Autobots in Transformers? “Autobots, transform and roll out!”

Is it just me or has anyone noticed there tends to be less clouds in wintertime?

A plan to erect a bronze statue of three firemen raising a flag at Ground Zero in front of a Brooklyn firehouse has sparked controversy. The statue is based on an iconic Associated Press photo widely reproduced after September 11,…