Archive for July, 2004


Ken Jennings is Unstoppable

Thursday, July 29th, 2004

Ken Jennings might just well be unstoppable. He’s won 35 straight matches and in today’s Jeopardy contest, he had reached $11,000 before either of his opponents correctly answered a single questions. It might take food poisoning or influenza to take this champ out. They’re not even into Double Jeopardy as I’m posting this.

Pure Flash Goodness

Saturday, July 24th, 2004

There’s Flash and then there’s Flash. Flash Forward 2004 This is the best of the best when it comes to building animated, engaging Web sites. Each is well worth the price of admission… and then some.

The Great Cereal Challenge

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004

Sometimes I fancy myself a marketing guy. For some reason, I pay attention to how logos are made and promoted. That unfortunate character trait finally made itself useful when I came across Cereal Crazy at LogoGame.com. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to name each cereal with only a small portion of [...]

‘Jimmy Played Pretty Good’

Saturday, July 17th, 2004

George: “HEY! JIMMY!!! Ha ha ha… great game!”
Jimmy: “Oh yeah… Jimmy played pretty good.”
George: “Hey you know, I felt we had like a synergy out there, you know, like we were really helping each other.”
Kramer: “What d’you got there?”
Jimmy: “These?”
Kramer: “Yeah.”
Jimmy: “These are Jimmy’s training shoes.”
George: “Yeah, yeah yeah yeah! I’ve seen these… they sorta… [...]

404 Fun-Time

Wednesday, July 7th, 2004

Pong baby!!

Hot Dog Eating Champion, Part Duex

Monday, July 5th, 2004

In one of the most astounding things I think I’ve ever heard, 132-pound Takeru Kobayashi ate 53 and a half hot dogs in 12 minutes. Just think about that for a minute. It baffles the mind. Given the questionable nature of a hot dog’s ingredients… how is this guy even alive?

Consolidate the Hate

Friday, July 2nd, 2004

I almost didn’t post this. It’s not positive news really. In fact, it runs completely counter to most everything I stand for, but I couldn’t not post it. Seriously, I tried. When I read the article, I proceded to turn off the computer but my finger wouldn’t push the button. Then moments later I find [...]