Archive for the 'America' Category

SF Auctions!

« 11 June 2004 | 13:10 | America, Internet, geekery, worklife | No Comments »

Check out this auction in SF with some nice office toys and furniture. Sheesh, I sure wouldn’t mind an Aeron around this windowless room.

Loving Day

« 8 June 2004 | 16:37 | America, diary, law, politics | No Comments »

Loving Day is June 12th. Check out the “legal map”. Amazing.
via Gen.

Reinstating the Draft?

« 2 June 2004 | 2:36 | America, law, politics | No Comments »

When I first heard about it, I surely thought it was a joke. I’m … speechless…

Phish to quit

« 27 May 2004 | 12:00 | America, media, music | No Comments »

Nooooooo!
Phish is calling it quits after this summer. Boo hoo :(

Battle numbers

« 25 May 2004 | 12:41 | America, politics | No Comments »

Zogby’s batteground states poll.
My guess is, we’re seeing the theory that the underdog has greater incentive to be active earlier. But still, it’s encouraging. In fact, it must happen.

Why the Guardian?

« 24 May 2004 | 13:15 | America, law, politics | No Comments »

As BubbleGeneration points out, why did it take the Guardian?
George Bush’s ineffective leadership is a weapon of mass destruction…
Read Nick Berg’s dad’s story.

Article flurry

« 10 May 2004 | 15:44 | America, diary, macnuttery, politics, scitech | 1 Comment »

Wow, I didn’t think I could’ve missed so much on the ‘net. Tons of catching up to do.

Qualia

« 19 April 2004 | 12:17 | America, geekery, sonystyle | 1 Comment »

Sony’s Qualia line to debut in the U.S.
Good luck.

Bushmockery

« 15 April 2004 | 1:37 | America, Internet, humour, politics, web2.0 | No Comments »

Two amusing sites for testing your creativity, courtesy of mefi:
Make your own Bush speech
Make your own Bush comic

Who is that with Jeremy?

« 8 April 2004 | 2:27 | America, humour, media | 1 Comment »

This is hilarious. I see a coffee-table book in the making! The wide variety of photos make it look legit; the father is obviously someone in the entertainment industry; any one know who?
Update: a quick whois on the site reveals it is Michael Zorek’s son. Google it if you’re curious for more.