Archive for March, 2004

New Google Design?

28Mar04

Looks like Google just changed the design of their website. I think I like the old one better, but maybe it will grow on me.
Oh, and by the way, this is post number 200 for this blog. I’ve been posting much more frequently since switching to Movable Type.

Drum Brakes Suck my Pee Pee

28Mar04

Man, what a waste of a weekend. I ended-up missing a big poker tournament to install new brakes on the Accord, and I only finished the rear brakes! For some reason, I started with the rear brakes, knowing they would be harder because I’ve never worked on them before. I still have […]

The Trunkmonkey

28Mar04

The Trunkmonkey is a car accessory which I think I’m going to have to install. I wonder if they have a motorcycle version too?
This is hilarious.. even my dog was looking at me funny because I was laughing so hard.

Sherlock Holmes is Stealing Cars

23Mar04

Somehow, a guy dressed as Sherlock Holmes is stealing cars at car dealerships in Sydney Australia

The man, wearing a deerstalker hat like Arthur Conan-Doyle’s fictional hero, stole a £20,000 Toyota Previa from a showroom in Coulsdon, Surrey.
He pretended to be buying a fleet of cars for an operation involving Scotland Yard and MI5.

That kills me. […]

The Big Lebowski Random Quote Generator

20Mar04

This has been cracking me up.. now I feel like I need to dig out the DVD and give it a spin again soon…

Kill Bill References: Quentin Tarantino Reveals His Influences

18Mar04

Here is a really great interview in which Quentin Tarantino discusses many of his references in Kill Bill.

Hi, I’m Tomohiro Machiyama. I usually write only for Japanese Magazines, but I would like you people who cannot read Japanese to read my interview because Mr. Tarantino told me a lot of information that American critics and […]

Essay Generator

17Mar04

Never write a paper again, it’s the Essay Generator! Okay, so I would never use this for an assignment, but it does have a humor value if you find yourself writing a lot of papers (I have been since January).

Abandoned Places

17Mar04

Interesting photos of various abandoned buildings and so forth. I like his travel philosophy:

So what do you do when you have a few days off in January ? Go to the library and find some books about Hungary. Then look in the chapter “where not to go”. Get an airplane ticket, fly to Budapest, […]

Malt Madness: Your Online Guide to Scotch Whiskey

17Mar04

Here you go Jake, your very own online reference for Scotch.

The Real 100th Strongbad E-Mail

17Mar04

It’s the e-mail, the e-mail, the the, the e-mail.
Not to be confused with this imposter.