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	June 27, 2001 - Wednesday Now apparently North Dakota wants to change it's name since, apparently, people won't think they are so far north if they take the "North" out of their name. By that logic, isn't South Dakota worried that people will think they're on the Gulf Coast or something? Glad to know that we have people worried about things like that. June 25, 2001 - Monday As much as I love gadgets, I've never had a need for a combination digital camera and MP3 player since I've never really had the need for using both at the same time... This is an interesting article speculating on if the builders of the pyramids used kites but is mainly worth it for the quote: "All I can remember from history is that Egyptians drank beer for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and as someone who has done field research on drinking beer, I know after I've had two beers and it's really hot, I'm not pushing or pulling anything" June 21, 2001 - Thursday Turkish Reality TV Game Show . Just an article about a TV show, but worth it for the line "...and 19-year-old Hasan Haciosmanoglu, who's 19..." (As opposed to 19-year-olds who aren't 19, I suppose.) June 18, 2001 - Monday Now who would go to their prom wearing an outfit made out of duct tape . Why? OK, the "ducktapeclub.com" domain worries me too. Square Watermelons . Whatever. June 13, 2001 - Wednesday The American Film Institute (AFI) has released their list of the top 100 movie thrillers but I have to wonder where they came up with some of these. The Wizard of Oz is a thriller? Casablanca is a thriller? What kind of criteria are they using here? Should this list just be "100 movies we kinda, sorta, really like"? Yes, there is now a Ramen Noodle Museum . The statistics here are interesting: 40 Billion Ramen Noodles sold each year and 6.6 Million Cup-o-Noodles sold a day . June 11, 2001 - Monday Internet Flamewar Trading Cards . Gotta flame 'em all! June 8, 2001 - Friday Just to be different, here's an actually useful site: an Oracle SQL Reference . Well, useful for me anyway. And, with the latest installment of research gone wild, we now have anti-flatulance drugs for sheep . Yes, sheep. Once again, I want to see the proposal for this grant... June 6, 2001 - Wednesday I like photography, so I would actually like to do one of these Big Animal Photography Expeditions . Not that I could afford it.

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

Things Caught in the Web

June 27, 2001 - Wednesday

Now apparently North Dakota wants to change it's name since, apparently, people won't think they are so far north if they take the "North" out of their name. By that logic, isn't South Dakota worried that people will think they're on the Gulf Coast or something? Glad to know that we have people worried about things like that.

June 25, 2001 - Monday

As much as I love gadgets, I've never had a need for a combination digital camera and MP3 player since I've never really had the need for using both at the same time...

This is an interesting article speculating on if the builders of the pyramids used kites but is mainly worth it for the quote: "All I can remember from history is that Egyptians drank beer for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and as someone who has done field research on drinking beer, I know after I've had two beers and it's really hot, I'm not pushing or pulling anything"

June 21, 2001 - Thursday

Turkish Reality TV Game Show . Just an article about a TV show, but worth it for the line "...and 19-year-old Hasan Haciosmanoglu, who's 19..." (As opposed to 19-year-olds who aren't 19, I suppose.)

June 18, 2001 - Monday

Now who would go to their prom wearing an outfit made out of duct tape . Why? OK, the "ducktapeclub.com" domain worries me too.

Square Watermelons . Whatever.

June 13, 2001 - Wednesday

The American Film Institute (AFI) has released their list of the top 100 movie thrillers but I have to wonder where they came up with some of these. The Wizard of Oz is a thriller? Casablanca is a thriller? What kind of criteria are they using here? Should this list just be "100 movies we kinda, sorta, really like"?

Yes, there is now a Ramen Noodle Museum . The statistics here are interesting: 40 Billion Ramen Noodles sold each year and 6.6 Million Cup-o-Noodles sold a day .

June 11, 2001 - Monday

Internet Flamewar Trading Cards . Gotta flame 'em all!

June 8, 2001 - Friday

Just to be different, here's an actually useful site: an Oracle SQL Reference . Well, useful for me anyway.

And, with the latest installment of research gone wild, we now have anti-flatulance drugs for sheep . Yes, sheep. Once again, I want to see the proposal for this grant...

June 6, 2001 - Wednesday

I like photography, so I would actually like to do one of these Big Animal Photography Expeditions . Not that I could afford it.

Dennis Matheson - tanstaafl@earthlink.net

Last Updated: July 20, 2006