September 2003

Tuesday 30 September

Megaman vs Metroid: The Game (10:45) - Play the most awesomest game today (via 0xDECAFBAD). It's a cultural experience more than anything. I am seriously thinking about rewriting my megaman engine in Flash, having never seen a sidescroller done so well in it. Or am I just...

Bonsai Banzai (21:19) - First, there was Bonsai Kitten. Then, idiots the world over, who thought it was real, petitioned to shut it down (read the "Why I am signing this" column for a quickie). But then: Crash Bonsai, which is neat but nobody...
Ryan's Free, Audible guide to Indie (18:15) - If anyone is embracing mp3s as they should its the indie record labels. Below I have posted links to the mp3 pages on a few of the more prominent labels out there and some of my musical suggestions to download...

Mario Twins (12:27) - I dunno how I missed this one -- but maybe you did too. Anyone who loved the original mario brothers (and everyone did) will appreciate this. The first internet site made by a monkey....

0-day Stencils (14:21) - New Ann Arbor stencil shots up. Some pretty good ones off the beaten path. Also, some photos from yesterday's Ann Arbor Critical Mass, which I participated in since I now have a bike. It's nowhere near the size of...

Pop 4 Life! Represent! (14:17) - http://www.popvssoda.com/ lets you know that its not your fault that you sound like a hillbilly -- everyone in Ohio says "Pop"...

Book Signing (20:11) - Outside of the office today some guys set up a table to sign books. They had a stack of books and were offering to sign them. Or they would sign your books. I got the orange book on the...

Another Message From Ann Arbor (22:19) - I decided to go beyond my one-block radius. This is some of what I encountered. See the rest....

The Writings On The Walls (19:46) - Last night I walked around Ann Arbor. I just walked around the block. I climbed up buildings, took some pictures, and ate some ice cream. I was high. More pictures. If anybody knows what "viral manifesto" is please fill me...

Amazon.com On The Rise As A Medium For Internet Creativity (21:37) - Office Depot via Amazon.com is offering a new keyboard for $1,000,000.00. See what others have to say! THIS KEYBOARD CURES CANCER. It has a button on it that summons Jesus to come and talk to you. Inside with the keyboard...

A Bit Of Sick And Twisted (02:24) - Dermoid Cysts of the ovary have to rank as one of the creepiest things that can happen to a girl. ...the result is something that even a mother could not love: a monstrous ball of sebaceous glands, cartilage, teeth,...

Piratespeak (12:28) - Friday is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, but for those of us in the audience who are more familiar with the language of the hood than that of the high seas there is an ongoing effort to translate between...

Laugh at my misfortune (16:04) - Ryan's radiator breaking last week: $$$ Ryan's car involved in a hit and skip yesterday: $$$ Ryan's clutch breaking on his way to work this morning: $$$ The look on Ryan's car when he leaves it in the ghetto with...

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Gaza Steez (19:05) - "Celebrating the Memory of 9/11 ...Gaza Style. Toys on sale in the streets of Gaza and Ramallah." HAPPY NINE-ELEVEN!!! Meanwhile on the streets of Saud, "religious police have declared Barbie dolls a threat to morality, complaining that the revealing...
More Ice than God (17:46) -

Return of the R DOGG (20:24) - Ryan, if you want to be Hip Hop you can't just Photoshop your way in! You got to look the part. Let's start with ice: This R might be blazing yo neck region and maybe we can get something like...
Some People Are More Dedicated To The Rock Than I (19:23) - No idea who the bloke on the left is but I am jealous. Notice that Megaman is shooting Fire Mario. (I have a Megaman clone 90% written where you can actually play Megaman shooting Mario.) On the right is...

Doraemon + AnpanMan (23:10) - I found these guys at the Pastry House Hippo shop in Novi, MI. If you aren't familiar (meaning you've never lived in Japan), on the left is Doraemon and on the right is AnpanMan. Doraemon is like a blue,...

Virtual Ghetto Pets are set to be the HOT new toy in 2003 (02:32) - With Virtual Ghetto Pet you can practice your latest pimp slaps before trying them out on the street! With Virtual Ghetto Pet you can live the gangster lifestyle without leaving your white suburban internet! With Virgual Ghetto Pet you will...

bumper nuts (18:21) - Any respectable parent would not let his kid ride around the yard without a nice pair of Bumper Nuts hanging off the back of their Hot Wheels! ...
Tiny Ninja Theatre (10:44) - Tiny Ninja Theater is a New York City-based company dedicated to the principle that "there are no small parts, only small actors." It was founded in 1999 by company director Dov Weinstein. "I had noticed that there were these tiny...

Attn: Mad and/or Upset Scientists (20:39) - Need some extra cash to fund your pet narcoterrorism regime remixing project? Earn Fast Cash finding solutions to various scientific "problems". "InnoCentive has awarded a total of $457,500 USD to 26 scientists in the InnoCentive Solver community." (I am currently...