Where do Americans spend their time on the web?
Wow! This is quite scary.
MySpace beats out any other destination. Ouch. Does that mean I have to get with the times and sign up for MySpace?
If your first thought was MySpace, then you’re not wrong, according to Compete’s list of Top 20 sites […]

Super Bowl Ad Spoiler!
USA Today posted an article on their website about the ads for this years Super Bowl. Not really interesting except for the last couple of paragraphs which describe an ad by Nationwide Mutual Insurance that features Kevin Federline (Britney Spears ex). The ad has K-Fed fantasizing about being […]

Ford Loses Record $12.7 Billion in ’06
It’s a shame that Ford has to live amid the fallout from the whole electric car farce out in California. When the California Air Resource Board (CARB) passed legislation that basically overturned a previous law requiring car manufacturers to sell zero emission vehicles, all of the major US […]

Who Loves the Smell of Coffee??
Well, I can only imagine everyone does. What a wonderful smell! I remember a friend of mine went to Kona in Hawaii and brought back a t-shirt that had been dyed in coffee. Man, that was the nicest smelling t-shirt ever. Anyway, I came across a […]

The Invisible Enemy in Iraq: drug-resistant supergerm
Have we finally encountered the infamous “Weapons of Mass Destruction” that Bush’s administration has somehow not yet been able to find? With only 7 deaths attributed to to the supergerm, know as Acinetobacter baumannii, I don’t think this is the one. But the article in Wired […]

THE AD GENERATORThis is, without a doubt, one of the most intriguing sites I’ve been to in a long time. Words from corporate slogans, images from Flickr. It’s hard to describe but fascinating to watch. Below is creator Alexis Lloyd’s text from the homepage:

The ad generator is a generative artwork that explores […]

My YouTube video of cars sliding down the street. {Here}

Storm chaos prompts virus surge
Western Europe has been battered by huge storms for the last couple of days. So bad were they, they actually have 47 casualties that they are attributing to the weather. So, what is the second biggest news story to come out of the […]

Foreign Diplomats Owe $18 Million in Parking Fines
The city of New York is owed more than 18 million dollars by UN diplomats.
And it’s all from parking violations. Can you imagine? Parking tickets.
Why do these countries and diplomats take advantage of our good nature. An agreement between the UN and the […]

China Launches Ballistic Missile, Shoots Down Satellite
In a move reminiscent of Doctor Evil from the Austin Powers movies, China launched a “kinetic vehicle” killer missile at an aging weather satellite on January 11th. A Kinetic Vehicle Missile would be one that does not contain explosives, rather it uses it’s stored kinetic energy to destroy […]

Police Confiscate Mysterious Bottle From Michael Vick
Are professional athletes really this dumb? Michael Vick tried to get on an airplane with a water bottle tricked out with a secret compartment that contained the residue that appeared to be pot. What was this guy thinking?

Newport News native and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick […]

Unsigned Band Makes Chart History
Koopa, a rock band from Essex in England has made history this week by being the first unsigned act to hit the UK top 40. Koopa is the first band to take advantage of new chart rules that allow the sales of digital singles to count towards chart position […]

Skype does TV!
Well, that about does it! The perfect web application, internet TV! This is really what I’ve been waiting for. The ability to connect to programming in any language form any country. I’m hoping to be a Beta tester, although I’m NOT above begging for a beta invite from someone […]

Call Europe Free from the USSo, this is new. Call Europe for the price of a call to Iowa! When the FCC added incentives to subsidize rural phone companies Pat Phelan saw an opportunity and jumped into what could be a lucrative enterprise. AllFreeCalls.net is his site and explains how to […]

The Things I Learn As I Go Along
There is a subculture out there that enjoys creating ‘prototypes’ of rumored devices. Who Knew??
Using photoshop and an inventive imagination they create what they think something should look like. For instance, the iPhone has had an enormous number concepts designed by average folk. This link […]

There’s a lot of buzz out there about this new service. Cellswapper allows you to swap your cell phone plan with someone else eliminating the early disconnect fee that every cell carrier charges.
Capitalizing on the loophole that lets most mobile users out of unwanted contracts by transferring it to someone else, Cellswapper is a […]

OpenCourseWare at MIT and Elsewhere
Slashdot had an article this morning about the free courses you can take at MIT. This is the second or third time the subject has come for me up in the last week or so. I thought I would mention the other sites I found with free, on-line courses, […]

Snowin’ Again
Well, winter storms are back. We’re in the middle of a snow storm again here in Seattle. I noticed it was snowing at about 4:15 and decided to bolt out of work early. It still took me about 50 minutes to get home (I did stop at the Safeway to get […]

I spoke too soon!
I guess I spoke too soon. It looks like Wired on-line is actually reporting on other topics from CES. Here’s a short report on WUSB:

CES: A Staccato Note in the WUSB Chorus
After years of wanting and waiting, Wireless USB has finally hit the market and relevant standards are being […]

Playskool and Creative give birth to a healthy baby MP3 player
Well, here’s something new! Playskool and Creative have teamed up to cater to a surprising demographic, the toddler! With 50 pre-loaded songs and a soft, chewable covering this is sure to please…….
Considering that it has been made explicitly clear that iPods are not meant […]