Since Liz lost her job last week, it feels like we haven't stopped moving. Errands to run, jobs to search for, suits to be dry cleaned, people to see. Sheesh....
good news for fans of video compression on the mac. oh, wait, i don't have a cd-r drive to burn vcds. oh, wait, i don't have a dv cam. oh, wait, i don't have...
Seventeen is my favorite number, too. Coincidentally, I also wear very little make-up -- Posted by Erik Swedlund to HipSmart at 3/8/2002 12:31:53 AM Powered by...
Driving to work every morning in rush hour traffic on the expressway has awakened a desire in me . . . a desire to listen to AM news radio. With 4 minute...
As Kevin mentioned , Yahoo! recently changed their mapping services. The new maps show neighborhood names in Chicago, I have noticed, but, at least in one...
I'll take "chicago places to keep conservatives" for $400, please, Alex. Liz and I went to see the Chihuly glass exhibit at the Conservatory, which was...
I refuse to believe that reading nothing except Hunter S. Thompson since Christmas (when I received all the books I needed to complete my Thompson library) has...
Ernie seems to be unable to NOT think up new web gameshows; at least this time, he has finally designed the game around the one central concern of all his...
I mention this here simply as a cheery note intended for Chris Pirillo --he seems a little grumpy lately, and I think this is just the news for that coffee...
From Guardian Unlimited , the passing of a rebel scientist. My latest idea for a comic book: a superhero team composed of Thor Heyerdahl, Nikola Tesla, and...
In today's Wall Street Journal, an article titled "Hackers Habits Analyzed" (maybe missing an apostrophe?), by Riva Richmond, leads off with this: Lance...
While I do think there is an actionable position to be taken on the issue of defeating DVD copy protection to make back-ups (or watch a DVD player hooked up to...
I told Liz I was looking forward to the warmer weather because I've missed playing basektball. Speaking of the public park just down the street from us, I...
My advice: base your happiness on some external source, thus eliminating the need to feel emotions. I, personally, have decided to hitch my emotional...
i'm up to all sorts of tricks here at the office. now i can print out my airbills for overnight shipping--no more filling out a form in triplicate with...
Here's a news item in the office today: "Undeclared Soy Causes Doritos Recall" PLANO, Texas (April 22, 2002) - Frito-Lay here announced the voluntary recall of...
We are heading for a horrific train wreck. Is there a mathematical significance? Possibly, when the oldest male contestant is exactly twice the age of the...
R. and M. of Suck It Up are running a Barbie retrospective, with an expert panel of guest bloggers. If I could think of a damn Barbie story, I'd join them. In...
So, what's so different about Ernie's latest online whoring? You mean, besides the drop in percentage of asian contestants and the staggering rise in...
Aw, crud, look what I went and did. I'm hoping this won't be as bad as the time I mentioned "donkey sex." That's one way to get a lot of search results hits....
Min Jung is correct: Plochman's is the yellow mustard worth mentioning in the same sentence as "hot dog." Remember, kids, ketchup is a nasty concoction...
Of course, the reason I dislike the contestant run-down list so much is that the writer always forgets to put me on. Poor, sad, little me. -- Posted by Erik...
Never can tell with him: if he's blogging or not. Never can tell if he'll be lurking around some comments board . But if he is, it's bound to be good. --...
This new feature of Blogger Pro only seems to be active on the test publishing server, so my feed may not update if I forget to publish from there; since I...
So why don't I just drop the pretense of "writing" on HipSmart, and just truly become an anthology of links to other blogs, where all the good writing is...