Archive for May, 2005
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
Starbucks Gossip: Four months after its introduction, how is Chantico selling?
Somehow I didn't think Chantico would sell well. Seems to me like a terrible waste of markeitng resources to promote something like this.
I'm getting mixed reports. What's the report from people working behind the bar at Starbucks? Are the ...
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2005
Main Page - Star Wars
Useful site when you're debating some of the nit pickier details of the movies.
This is a coordinated effort among Wikipedians to provide more detailed Star Wars content. While Wikipedia is for more general, encyclopedic knowledge, the Star Wars Wiki is for Star Wars fans who wish ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2005
IGDA - Articles - Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work: 6 Lessons
When used long-term, Crunch Mode slows development and creates more bugs when compared with 40-hour weeks.
More than a century of studies show that long-term useful worker output is maximized near a five-day, 40-hour workweek. Productivity drops immediately upon starting overtime ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Longmire does Romance Novels - Your Submissions
This is some seriously funny shit.
A lot of you felt the LOVE, baby, and sent in covers you came up with... and they're very funny!
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Phallic Logo Awards
Possibly not safe for work. Depends on if your boss has a sense of humor or not.
The game designers across the nation are playing is; can they design a logo and get it approved without the client realising it's a big spurting penis?
We asked our readers to ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
MySQL Cheat Sheet - ILoveJackDaniels.com
PHP Cheat Sheet - ILoveJackDaniels.com
These could be handy, I guess; moreso for the beginner. It's very similar to the C++ cheat sheet I have on my bookshelf at work here. Gives you a list of functions, regex's, dates, modifiers, keywords, etc.
Posted in Development, GPL/Open Source, Web Stuff | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Stuck at Prom
Some 'nice' clothes for prom.
You can view all of the contest entry photos by clicking the "Entry Pages" below. You can also sort the entries by state using the dropdown menu above. Click the image of magnifying glass below to view larger images.
Posted in Apparel, Duct Tape, Humor | Comments Off
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Teaching High School: Why English is Hard to Learn
I have seen this many places and it can be found many places on the web, but since I am a foreign language teacher and the students always say, "Why can't everyone just learn English?", I thought it would be a good ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
WikiTrivia
Tough game.
??? was a failed dot-com. Founded by Bob Bernard in the Chicago area, it specialized first in AS/400 IT consulting. It grew steadily, for about 15 years, including some acquistions, such as US-West, a California-based web consulting firm, after which Bob Bernard decided to rename the business marchFirst, Inc. ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
capnwacky.com | Unfortunate Star Wars Costumes
Also, check out these tags on Flickr:
revengeofthesith
episode3
rots
Sure, Darth Maul. Sure, you're going to master the lightsaber. Just like you said you were going to master the guitar and now it just sits there in the living room gathering dust. The only thing you ...
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005
Nokia unveils Linux-based web device without phone - Yahoo! News
PARIS (Reuters) -
Nokia unveiled on Wednesday a pocket-sized Web browser for wireless broadband networks, which is the Finnish firm's first
Linux-based device and its first product without a built-in mobile phone.
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The new device, dubbed Nokia 770, has a four inch horizontal touch ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
gizmag Article: Schwinn Sting-Ray has Gone Electric
My next commuter? I should be able to get to work in about 30 minutes with this. Looks a lot more fun than sitting in traffic.
The new Sting-Ray Electric will reach 14 mph and the battery will last up to two hours ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
Bug Bash
Looks promising.
Howdy! Welcome to the inaugural episode of Bug Bash. Thanks to the wonders of technology, I'll be able to effortlessly post a new episode of the comic weekly (every Monday), as well as add a few notes, thoughts, and requests for money (or illicit encounters) in this space ...
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