This article from Salon is about companies that make hundreds of thousands of dollars coming up with names for products. The names they come up with are really silly, too. I could do that for a living. Seriously. Half of what I say is utter nonsense anyway.

Andrew is not just cool because he created Pitas and Diaryland, giving me and lots of other people tons of fun on the web. His Diaryland page always makes me grin.

Psoriasis is a painful inherited disease that affects 8 million people in America. Unfortunately I have the damn thing. I consider myself a little lucky, however, because I am not as severly affected as some.

The thing I hate most is the way people act if I dare go somewhere wearing shorts (I live in Florida. It's wear shorts or die). I can understand staring at something you've never seen, but I'm amazed by the insensitive and rude things people say when encountered with what they don't understand. I'm including this link in order to do my part to educate them.

Well, to be honest, I also wanted to bitch about rude people. They suck.

I took my rant about this down because apparently this wasn't as evil as it sounded at first. That's pretty cool. I can go back to liking id Software again.

Bound is one hell of a good movie. It was written & directed by the Wachowski Brothers (they made this little movie called The Matrix, you may have heard of it).
Bound was their first film.

It's the story of two women who fall in love and decide to steal 2 million bucks from the mob. It stars Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly, both giving the best performances of their lives. In short, this movie kicks ass and is one of my favorites.

The link above is for an excellent fan site. In addition, you can buy Bound from Reel.com. Shipping is free if you order before the end of November. On top of that, this page has coupon codes to get $5 off a $15 order. That means you can get Bound on DVD shipped to you (in the US) for $12.99 :)

Sure, AOL is an evil empire. That's why I quit working for them (well, that and they didn't pay me enough). Despite that, the AIM service is pretty cool because it's free and user-friendly. I used ICQ for a while, but the interface is just horrible.

Ok... this woman swallowed a diamond ring in an attempt to steal it, and then it was "recovered" a few days later.
I pray they don't try to resell the thing, but (having worked retail) I bet they just wipe it off and put it back on display.
My magic 8-ball tells me the ring, which was once crapped from someone's butt, will eventually grace the finger of another human being.
Found at Ribbit

I was looking at my referrer stats today and saw that two pages I'd not seen before had linked to me. Along with bump.net, Patchwork linked to my pita. Thanks! You folks are swell! Everyone should check out both pages - they have lots of good stuff.

It's amazing what these guys have done with a camcorder and a home computer. Imagine a future where anyone can make a movie with hollywood-level production values at home. Multiply the Blair Witch by every kid with a computer.

If you're like me, you've seen links all over the place for this page. You may even have followed the link to see what it was, but skipped watching the animation because it looked lame. "A shockwave animated skull? I have other things to look at."

I felt that way until this morning. But then I watched Radiskull Episode #1. I found myself hypnotized by Devil Doll. I watched it 4 times and wished I had an MP3 of the song, because it became my new mantra.

I will kill you one by one!

I will kill you just for fun!

One by one! Just for fun!

Ok... so this woman was sitting around one day and said to herself, "I think I will produce and market bags that have cloth vaginas sewn onto them. After all, everyone needs a purse with a twat on it."

I think this is the first web page I've ever seen that just left me dumbfounded.

Wondering what to get me for Christmas? Have a spare $500 or so laying around? Get me a replica of the One Ring from LOTR. Email me for my finger size.

Yessss... preciousss... we wants... nasty hobittses...

The demo test is out! I will not be getting much sleep for the next couple weeks :)

Make sure you stay up late on the night of the 18th and keep your eyes on the sky. This could be a good year for the Leonids. This link has a ton of info, including where to look in the sky and what times are best.

Well... this would certainly revoloutionize the porn industry. ;)

Tonight some complete bastard tore off half of my geek bumper sticker and then stuck the torn off half back on my car. It happened outside the Tinseltown movie theater in Jacksonville, FL between 9 PM and Midnight. I will give a handsome reward to anyone who can turn this bastard in to me so that I can administer appropriate punishment. I pity the fool who tampers with my Geek Pride.

Salon.com does a good job of presenting both sides of the argument on this issue. I've felt like a Netslave myself many times, but I also know that some of it was the result of my own actions (choosing not to quit my job at AOL for two years being one of them).

In the end, though, I agree with the book's position that the media presents the image of rich internet workers far too often. The truth is there are thousands of people out there working their asses off and getting paid next to nothing to make sure John Q. Public can get his email and porn.

This woman managed to buddy up to a ton of famous people just by calling them on the phone. ...and people said *I* was bad because I had a hobby of exchanging email with indie film people and one MTV host. At least I didn't try to get Billy Joel on the phone. I mean, really, what could Billy Joel possibly have to say on the phone that would be interesting?