The Ubiquitous Cell Phone

I found this great story in a San Diego paper about the rise of the cell phone. Found the story via Life Hacker.

How we spent our Sunday afternoon

Leaves we bagged
Originally uploaded by zzazazz

My arms and back haven't been this sore since that day in September when my Dad and I paddled into the wind on Clam Lake in northern Michigan.

The backyard of the house is mostly dirt because of the drought but even sparse grass in a yard of mostly dirt looks better than the leaf covered mess that was out there before.

If Wendell hadn't shown up and helped us bag Melanie and I might still be out there working. It took a lot longer than we anticipated.

The Bloggies

Have you voted for the 2008 Bloggies yet? You haven't? Well, head on over to the site and let your voice be heard. There are many categories you can vote on and it's a good place to find quality blogs that you may not have heard of.

By the way, is anyone having trouble with the playlist on the right sidebar? Is it slowing the page down? Locking up? Are you thinking, "You have a playlist?"

Playlist on the sidebar

I just added something new today to the ole blog. Along the right sidebar you will see a playlist I put together on the website Last.FM Give it a whirl and see if it works. I guarantee it's all good.

Amazon Reviews

I've never asked any of my friends if they post review son Amazon. I do, but not very often. I've been using Amazon for several years and have less than ten reviews. I found a good article on Slate that discusses top Amazon reviewers and the strange limbo in which amateur writers live in.

Hey look, sharing helps artists

Once again, the MPAA and the RIAA are shown to be full of crap when it comes to file sharing. It's all about controlling access, not helping the artists.

The Red Yeti

I think science has finally found the birthplace of bigfoot: Mars.

Free Quality Reading Online

I see a few newspaper and magazine sites that now offer free content online. Some even include archives. I think this is going to be the standard pretty soon. Many news and magazine sites have tried using a subscription service and have seen them go over like lead balloons. Here's a list of what I have found so far.

You can read the NY Times for free back to 1987

The Atlantic magazine is offering free back issues to 1995

Time magazine has an archive you can search and read back to 1923. I've done some searching and if it's not a complete archive it's pretty big.

The Boston Globe has a free archive back to 2003.

Discover magazine goes back to 1993.

The Paris Review is building an archive of the interviews.

A little Youtube fun

Alice Cooper singing "School's Out" on the Muppets.


A raw feed a "a very very bad crash" at Talladega (listen for the word shit)


An all-gal AC/DC tribute band sings "Go Down."


Southern Culture Skids sing one of my favorite songs


The Constantines play in the rain (I love this band)

Golf Video

I check the archives and I found that I did post the video below on this blog before. In fact, I did it back in November. Oops, I apologize for the repetition. Still, it's a funny video, isn't it?