Sunday, 12 August, 2007 – 07:21
If you see a bottle of this monstrosity that is currently taking the name of Mountain Dew and and the name of Halo in vain, please don’t pick it up. Don’t do what I did and let your curiosity overtake your intuition when it informs you that a soda this bright an orange/red color cannot [...]
Thursday, 2 August, 2007 – 21:44
I don’t think I could explain things any better than this video can.
An introduction to Faceball from Face Ball and Vimeo.
I’ve also added an article to my wiki for Faceball and am looking forward to hosting the eventual First Annual Markel Invitational Faceball Tournament.
Friday, 15 April, 2005 – 10:16
So I go to log into the Penny-Arcade forums, and I find the board closed, and this message staring me in the face:
Ok here is the deal, some one (or a rouge mod) has atleast junior admin status here on the boards. I have to be up in early in the morning and I don’t [...]
Friday, 28 January, 2005 – 11:26
Read this article.
Take a look at the location of the article; that is, where the Iraqi expatriates are voting in the first actions of the new elections.
I’m all for the elections, and I’m thrilled that this turnaround is actually happening, but this is just plain creepy.
Thursday, 15 April, 2004 – 22:30
On this day in history:
1923 - Insulin first becomes widely available for use by diabetics.
1924 - Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
1947 - Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier in baseball.
1983 - Tokyo Disneyland begins corporate prostitut- I mean, opens.
1989 - Chinese students begin anti-Communism protests in Tiananmen Square. They don’t yet know [...]
Wednesday, 14 April, 2004 – 14:26
As always, courtesy of Wikipedia:
On this date in:
1828 - Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary. The first speech quoting it in the first paragraph is made not long after.
1910 - President Taft throws out the first first pitch for an opening day baseball game.
1912 - The RMS Titanic smacks into an [...]
Tuesday, 17 February, 2004 – 20:08
Miles Standish is made leader of the Plymouth Colony on this day in 1621. In 1753, calendars in Sweden jump from February 17 to March 1 as the country adopts the Gregorian Calendar, likely upsetting anyone with a birthday in the second half of February (no presents for you!). Newsweek was first published [...]
Monday, 16 February, 2004 – 19:23
A-Rod is headed to the Yankees, according to every sports news source on the planet Earth.
Welcome to February 16; on this day - Fidel Castro became Premier of Cuba in 1959. The first 911 service was established in Haleyville, Alabama in 1968. The first computer BBS was created in Chicago in 1978. [...]