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{ Monthly Archives } January 2008

Walking Digger

I used to like this commercial because I thought the kid talked weird. Now I realize that he’s just a little kid who can’t really act (and it’s more charming). Plus there’s the song. Related posts No related posts.

2008 01 30 crushinator oy Comments (1)

Filler game

New addictive non-violent game. Just what I needed. Related posts No related posts.

2008 01 29 crushinator Games Comments (1)

Instant Runoff

Instant runoff voting explained using Flash. Related posts No related posts.

2008 01 29 crushinator Politics
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Cave of the Crystals

A mining operation in Mexico discovered several caverns of huge crystals. Boston must have known. Related posts No related posts.

2008 01 28 crushinator nature
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Bic Pen reviews

Very amusing customer reviews for the ubiquitous Bic ballpoint pen. Via Defective Yeti Related posts No related posts.

2008 01 28 crushinator oy Comments (0)

Virtual Guitar for iPhone

Nifty. Useful? Nifty. For now can only be installed on a cracked iPhone. Related posts No related posts.

2008 01 28 crushinator art
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Our Dumb World

Am I the last person to know that The Onion has a googlemap hack? Related posts No related posts.

2008 01 17 squidocto Maps
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Emergency Landing, Everyone’s Okay.

No, there’s nothing particularly odd, and certainly nothing funny, about this article. I’m linking to it just because I think it’s good to note now and then that airplane safety is possible. This plane made an emergency landing, missed the runway, lost its landing gear, and skidded sideways to a stop — with sparks and [...]

2008 01 17 squidocto travel Comments (0)

Drive On: message on a bridge

Very nice “message” street graffiti from Amsterdam, via Defective Yeti Related posts No related posts.

2008 01 16 crushinator art
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People in Order: Drums

By Lenka Clayton and James Price Part of www.portablefilmfestival.com People in Order’s Age is part of a series of short films that assembles the people of Britain in a given order. In just 3 minutes, we meet 100 different people who are arranged according to their age, starting from age 1. Via Charlie C. Related [...]

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Alvin

Yesterday in a New Year’s Day haze Squidocto and I momentarily considered the new Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. He mentioned that a good Simpson’s writer wrote the script and I am partial to David Cross’s comedy. I found this promotional still with David Cross being that sleazy hilarious character he does so well. Don’t [...]

2008 01 02 crushinator oy Comments (1)