Maybe you’ve heard. But if you haven’t, Apple is set to announce today its “latest creation,” rumored to be some sort of tablet-sized computing device.
I can’t help but wonder if this device will finally be the one that seals the doom of the printed page. Below could be just the beginning of what this rumored [...]
Posts under ‘Awesomeness’
In the recycling bin, permanently
Watch out, Lou Brock
In my family, baseball is a way of life. You played growing up — both organized ball and unorganized with the other kids in the neighborhood — and you followed Major League Baseball religiously. Period. While my time with the former ended relatively early, the latter is still very much a part of my life [...]
More like virtual awesome!
The other day, during one of my many sojourns on the Internets, I came across a site that instantly transported me back a quarter-century and restored my faith in humankind all at once. First, some background…
Back many many years ago, my dad used to take us out to the Illinois Bell building on Hazel Dell [...]
Got my Mojo workin’
One of my favorite euphemisms for stealing music online is saying you’re “sharing.” Rose by any other name and all that.
But damned if I’m not hooked on a little application called Mojo. Developed by Deusty Designs, Mojo is a sort of hybrid of an instant messenger and file-sharing application. You have a buddy list of [...]
Apparently, Ludacris has never been to central Illinois
Another gem from the brilliant Strange Maps blog:
(click map for full size)
A geography major with a sense of humor submitted this awesomely-titled cartogram to Strange Maps based on the Ludacris song “Area Codes”:
In this song, Ludacris brags about the area codes where he knows women, whom he refers to as “hoes.”
One then could reasonably infer [...]
Early birthday present
*sniff*
Gin + tonic water + lime = Awesome
Normally, I’m a beer guy. But occasionally I like to throw back a gin and tonic or three.
Give your loved one Chlamydia today!
Thanks to the unmitigated genius that is Where Dave Is, now there are gifts I will be glad to give someone.
The fine folks at GiantMicrobes.com “make stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes—only a million times actual size!”
Many kinds of microbes are available: Black Death, Common Cold, Heartworm and of course, Chlamydia:
Playing doctor is a [...]