02/28/05 Tycho, of Penny Arcade fame, weighs in on the Kottke thing. Having once been in the position of fantasizing about a full-time webcomic stint, I must say I’m with him. As most online communities, the blog-world is just too self-contained. {0}

It had to happen: The Numa-Numa guy is ashamed of his web-fame, wants it to end. I wouldn’t mind. Hell, I usually make an ass of myself for free… might as well cash in. {0}

Unseen Countdown (fl) Funny bit taken from a defunct long-running UK word-guessing game. {6}

French elevator joke (swf) I’ve got to try this sometime. ptr b3ta {0}

Miss McDonald is Ronald’s self-appointed SO, and roams the streets clad in style. Hadn’t linked this because her pics were MIA, but everything seems ok now. {0}

The Great John is exactly what it sounds like: An oversized shitter for people with fat asses. It looks nifty. {0}

The Winnah! — There were great suggestions for the iPod Engraving Caption Contest, but Mike takes the cake with this beauty: “So… Do you like furries?” (So scary!) It made me LOL. Mike, I’ll be emailing you to send you your prize soon. This was a lot of fun. I might start doing it more often. Thanks to everyone who participated! {3}

02/25/05 Caption Contest: Say you get an iPod, but are no hipster and don’t want to commingle with that crowd/aesthetic. What message do you engrave on the back? Winner gets many gmail invites, bragging rights and 5$ via Paypal / Amazon GC. (idea:rev) Update: Excellent suggestions in the comments. Thanks everyone! Comments are closed and decision is on the way. You’re awesome! {43}

The whole “Pro Kottke” affair is starting to elicit responses, some positive, some critical, some long. Personally, I think he should do advertising. {1}

Super Mario in Post-Its. {0}

Save Toby (fl) Wherein you donate your money to prevent the bad bad man from having Toby-stew (15,000 dlls already donated). This guy is a genius, like the inventor of the Pet Rock. ptr Andrew {2}

The Somerville Gates, a tiny Christo’s Gates parody, has taken off as modern art, and launched its unwitting author into pseudo-stardom. It’s Marcel Duchamp all over again. {2}

Firefox 1.0.1 is out with security and stability updates. {0}

A Scanner Darkly Trailer (qt) I’m usually not a big fan of rotoscoping, but it looks like they pulled it off great. {0}

02/24/05 Romance Novels. Retitled. {0}

Stiffs. “Celebrity Death Pool”. Pick some famous people you think are going to die soon. Whoever gets the most right wins. {0}

OMG, Zach Braff (the dude from “Scrubs” and comedy’s demi-god, sitting at the right of Owen Wilson) has a blog and no one had told me about this? WTF? What we have here is… failure to communicate. {2}

Thundercats video (qt) Complete with crappy video-toaster effects. Im sure rev may have some insight into the quality of those staged fights. {1}

Freed. An interview with Jason Kottke about the blogging thing, Airbag style. Hard hitting! Nonsensical! Ludicrous! {0}

iPod leather cases. I was going to make a sarcastic comment here, but these are actually kind of cool. {0}

Slim-fast ads. Because preying upon women’s worst fears at their most sensitive is ok if you make it funny. ptr elroy {0}

02/23/05 My fave girl Quinne (nsfw), otherwise known as hottest girl EVER, from Suicide Girls fame, has a new pictorial donning (and doffing) Penny Arcade garmenture. If you don’t find that sexy, you’re dead inside. Dead I say! And I really need to subscribe to that site now… {3}

What Year Do You Belong In? 1968. Trippin’ dude! {0}

The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time. I own/owned a fair portion of these. {3}

The iPods have been updated. Better battery, better prices. Perhaps it’s time to get one? {0}

Creative Commies in Maxim. I have that shirt, dude! {0}

02/22/05 “I’m tired of this back-slapping ‘Isn’t humanity neat?’ bullshit. We’re a virus with shoes, okay? That’s all we are.

    — Bill Hicks {0}

The whole plot of Episode III (spoilers galore!), pieced together with publically available images. Check it before Lucas FORCE CHOKES the dude. {0}

Remember “Man Hands”, that girl who was kissing nekkid Paris Hilton in the hacked sidekick pictures? Eduardo Arcos has the scoop. Her name is Eglantina Zingg, and she’s an MTV Latin America jockey. {0}

Kottke goes fulltime on this blogging thing. Personally, if i was privy to half the traffic he elicits, I’d have sold my soul to Google and other advertisers a long time ago. You’d still love me, right? right? {1}

Just because I want to join the party: Fuck sms.ac. I’ve been getting spammed with invitations by friends who unwittingly joined this. Avoid them. {0}

Just Fucking Google It. Because all smart people use Google. Read the information page for instructions on making your countdown link to a google search. {0}

Free Mojtaba and Arash Day. Bloggers in prison for blogging. {0}

02/21/05 Communist Mario? {0}

Paris Hilton’s Cell Phone Hacked (nsfw) Those are the actual peeled off images (and that girl she’s kissing has MAN HANDS, DUDE!) The Register and Engadget have more coverage of this. ptr kitta {3}

The first newspaper in Scandinavia (1749). I love the header designs of these things. {0}

Unintelligent Design. Sooo, this “intelligent designer” you speak of… Not particularly bright, huh? {0}

Japanese Warning Signs. Wherein oddly misshapen wide eyed boys inform your daily nightmares. ptr Bianca {0}

02/18/05 Newest WB spinoff: Loonatics. I bet people will be lining up to see tired, rehashed, faux-hipped renditions of characters they love. Duck Dodgers is terrific, though. I love the 50’s pop sci-fi look it carries. But these are shite. ptr rev.z3n {0}

“I’d ask for the world’s rarest truffle. Then while they were searching for it, I’d tunnel my way to freedom. Of course, then I’d miss eating the world’s rarest truffle. Quite the quandary.”

    — Dale Gribble (King of the Hill) on what to order for your last meal {0}

Read about the Liger! be amazed by this magnificent mix of Lion and Tiger! Whimper at the lack of photographs in the utterly useless article! Rejoice in the gallery at trainer’s site!. {0}

Jason Little’s Beekeper cartoons are one of the fanciest, quirkiest things to have hit the ‘net in recent times. While you’re there, make sure you check out the 3d abduction comic. ptr Salamastre {1}

The Jefferson Parliament Bomber footage (qt) {0}

Cute link of the week: Cats and ‘puters. A match made in heaven. ptr b3ta {4}

Internet Tennis. Old joke. Great execution. {0}

33 reasons why you shouldn’t post your picture on the internet. I wonder if this started off as a Fark photoshop. ptr Chris Perreault {0}

02/17/05 Now & Then. Famous cartoonists’ drawings, Now and when they were kids. ptr boing boing {0}

Escher’s “Ascending and Descending”, built of LEGO. Has a very nice detailed explanation of the optical illusion too. {0}

Photoshop tip: the Unsharp Mask. I’ve started using this when preparing the images for my posts. {0}

Daria: Digital Art(ist). She’s an autonomous software system making a living as an artist. She reminds me of Sarah. {0}