Kubrick2001

Kubrick 2001: The space odyssey explained – a 20-minute Flash movie.

Electronic Marker

GE‘s Imagination at Work web site has a nifty electronic marker page, and you can even e-mail what you’ve created to someone else!

More On Michael Powell’s TiVo Comments

Electronic Media Online has more details on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell’s comments at this month’s Consumer Electronics Show, in which he referred to his

23 vs. 39

ESPN has an inside look at the technology behind the Gatorade commercial 23 vs. 39 in which 39 year old Michael Jordan plays against a 23 year old version of himself. You can see the video here.

GasBGon

Another gift idea for that “special” person – the GasBGon flatulence filter seat cushion! Available in a variety of cover patterns, including Musical Solo and Silent But Deadly. And for those with “a higher than average volume and frequency”, the Miracle Air III.

Printing the Web

From Boxes and Arrows: Printing the Web – tips on producing printer-friendly web pages using CSS.

Microsoft Log Parser

Another interesting tool to play with (this time from Microsoft): Log Parser 2.0 – “a powerful, versatile tool that makes it possible to run SQL-like queries against log files of almost any format and produce the desired information either on the screen, in a file of any desired format or into a SQL database”.

Top 20 Ad Campaigns

AdWeek has posted their list of the top 20 ad campaigns of the last 20 years which includes such classics at the Apple’s 1984, Absolut, the fast-talking FedEx guy, and Got Milk?

National Debt Clock

A few years ago, real progress was being made to completely eliminate the U.S. National Debt. Things have changed quite a bit since since then, and you can check your share of the debt using the National Debt Clock.

Tecumseh’s Curse

Until today, I had not heard of Tecumseh’s Curse on the U.S. Presidents. Legend has it that the Shawnee Indian Chief, Tecumseh, sent a message to then General William Henry Harrison in which he predicted that Harrison would become president, but would die while serving his term (something that had not, up to that point, […]

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