"By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering."
--Roger Ascham

1.31.2004

Three things: Fun Games
1. Dope Wars- I think we all remember playing this on our graphing calculators instead of listening to our Calc teachers... right?? This one has added features like Bitches to carry drugs for us, and a much more user-friendly interface.

2. Penguin Smackdown- I can't explain why this is so entertaining. I find it amusing, but others think it is the best game ever. Go figure. My high score was 555 ft (or yards, whatever they're measuring in).
Update: I put in a little work-- my record is now 575.7ft.

3. Very cool interactive MASH. I've linked others before, but this one has the most verisimilitude to the paper version (I know, awesome word).
Here are my results (I put in goofy options too, thus the banana yellow car):

Your husband's name is Jon Stewart and you have 0 children. You're a professor who drives to work every day in a banana yellow BMW.

It's truly a wonderful life when you consider the countless romantic nights you have spent with Jon in your shack in Boston.

1.29.2004

Freaky: A pickled dragon (i.e., a hoax specimen in a jar)

The coolest jar-preserved creatures I've ever seen were fetal cats. It sounds gross, but really... they were tiny, perfect, little cats (minus fur, obviously). Anyway, the dragon is cooler, but can't dethrone the cats since it's probably made of rubber or wax.

(link courtesy of boing-boing)
WOAH!! Pixar dumps Disney

I'm beginng to be afraid... Is Disney really in trouble?!? Either way, I'm still getting my super-Deluxe Alice in Wonderland DVD for my birthday... right?
I'm willing to bet David Bradley is your favorite guy you've never heard of. He invented Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Yeah, I never thought about that having to be invented either. I thought God handed it down with the ten commandments. Here's the classic part of the article, though:

"At a 20-year celebration for the IBM PC, Bradley was on a panel with Microsoft founder Bill Gates and other tech icons. The discussion turned to the keys.

"I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous," Bradley said.

Gates didn't laugh. "

Come on, Bill. Lighten up!

1.28.2004

Thanks to friends of Supercres, I can bring you this year's PETA Superbowl commercial. Their ads are always naughty and always rejected by the Networks.

Bonus: I found one of their previous ads, 'Bad Kitty'. Not for the weak of heart.

1.26.2004

Jodi Speaks Up

Jodi stood up to a rude cell phone user at the gym, and got no respect for her troubles. I'm just glad to see I'm not the only assertive girl who gets herself into uncomfortable confrontations.