Things Caught in the Web

May, 2002 April, 2002 March, 2002 Feb, 2002 Jan, 2002 Dec, 2001 Nov, 2001 Oct, 2001 Sept, 2001 Aug, 2001 July, 2001 June, 2001 May, 2001 April, 2001 March, 2001 Feb, 2001 Jan, 2001 Dec, 2000 Nov, 2000 Oct, 2000 Sept, 2000 Aug, 2000	January 26, 2001 - Friday Psst! Hey, buddy! Wanna buy an "It" ? January 25, 2001 - Thursday While I can see that accidentally cutting your own hand off would be extremely painful, is shooting yourself in the head with a nailgun really the best way to deal with the pain? I suspect alcohol was involved, somehow. January 23, 2001 - Tuesday Apparently there is a group that believes that Jesus buried in Japan . Say what? When you think of the great contributions to society and the world and try to decide which ones are worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, the game of football (that's soccer for everyone in the US) probably doesn't come to mind. That's because you aren't one of these people . January 22, 2001 - Monday Well, it is 2001 and officially the 21st century, so I suppose it was inevitable that the black monolith from 2001 would put in an appearance somewhere . But, is it full of stars? January 19, 2001 - Friday "Russian mafia stole my sperm after closet tryst" There is nothing I can add to that headline. Really. January 16, 2001 - Tuesday So, the "It" mystery continues . Anyone tired of this yet? Me too. January 12, 2001 - Friday For a product that doesn't exist and that no one is really sure what it is anyway, there sure seem to be a lot of news articles about "It" . It's actually a brilliant marketing move on someone's part; everyone definitely has heard of "It" now anyway. Whatever it is. Still another article . January 11, 2001 - Thursday Looks like they have built another Ice Hotel up in Canada. Which reminds me, I just got back my honeymoon. No, I'm not bitter, am I? Well, it looks like elephants don't like papparazzi either... And, in today's contribution to the ongoing "It" hype, the latest theory is that IT stands for Individual Transportation . All this hype for a scooter? Two companies that have never before been mentioned in the same sentence: Microsoft and Lay-Z-Boy . No, I have no idea... January 10, 2001 - Wednesday OK, what is IT . No, I don't know. Anything that impresses Jobs, Bezos and the rest of these people has to be interesting, but Cthulhu alone knows what it could be. Wonder if anything will ever come of... it. Here's an interview with Dean Kamen, the guy who invented "IT" . Maybe he does have some sort of major breakthrough here; the guy certainly has credentials. And it is nice to know that there are still garage inventors out there who can make it big. January 8, 2001 - Monday It's time for this year's Consumer Electronics Show, which gives us a look at a lot of gadgets we'll never see again. Here's an initial report from the show. Yep, 7-11's are so far behind the times that they hit the Y2K bug a year late.

Dennis Matheson - tanstaafl@earthlink.net Last Updated: July 20, 2006

Things Caught in the Web

January 26, 2001 - Friday

Psst! Hey, buddy! Wanna buy an "It" ?

January 25, 2001 - Thursday

While I can see that accidentally cutting your own hand off would be extremely painful, is shooting yourself in the head with a nailgun really the best way to deal with the pain? I suspect alcohol was involved, somehow.

January 23, 2001 - Tuesday

Apparently there is a group that believes that Jesus buried in Japan . Say what?

When you think of the great contributions to society and the world and try to decide which ones are worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, the game of football (that's soccer for everyone in the US) probably doesn't come to mind. That's because you aren't one of these people .

January 22, 2001 - Monday

Well, it is 2001 and officially the 21st century, so I suppose it was inevitable that the black monolith from 2001 would put in an appearance somewhere . But, is it full of stars?

January 19, 2001 - Friday

"Russian mafia stole my sperm after closet tryst" There is nothing I can add to that headline. Really.

January 16, 2001 - Tuesday

So, the "It" mystery continues . Anyone tired of this yet? Me too.

January 12, 2001 - Friday

For a product that doesn't exist and that no one is really sure what it is anyway, there sure seem to be a lot of news articles about "It" . It's actually a brilliant marketing move on someone's part; everyone definitely has heard of "It" now anyway. Whatever it is.

Still another article .

January 11, 2001 - Thursday

Looks like they have built another Ice Hotel up in Canada. Which reminds me, I just got back my honeymoon. No, I'm not bitter, am I?

Well, it looks like elephants don't like papparazzi either...

And, in today's contribution to the ongoing "It" hype, the latest theory is that IT stands for Individual Transportation . All this hype for a scooter?

Two companies that have never before been mentioned in the same sentence: Microsoft and Lay-Z-Boy . No, I have no idea...

January 10, 2001 - Wednesday

OK, what is IT . No, I don't know. Anything that impresses Jobs, Bezos and the rest of these people has to be interesting, but Cthulhu alone knows what it could be. Wonder if anything will ever come of... it.

Here's an interview with Dean Kamen, the guy who invented "IT" . Maybe he does have some sort of major breakthrough here; the guy certainly has credentials. And it is nice to know that there are still garage inventors out there who can make it big.

January 8, 2001 - Monday

It's time for this year's Consumer Electronics Show, which gives us a look at a lot of gadgets we'll never see again. Here's an initial report from the show.

Yep, 7-11's are so far behind the times that they hit the Y2K bug a year late.

Dennis Matheson - tanstaafl@earthlink.net

Last Updated: July 20, 2006