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Thursday, May 29, 2003 (comments?)
The Great Debate: Bush vs. Bush. I heart the Daily Show. (More DS clips here.)

Home Despot: "From Saddam Hussein to Adolf Hitler, history's most evil tyrants are also the tackiest interior designers."

Absolutely beautiful: 360-degree view from the top of Mount Everest.

'Almighty' Phone Mess. I feel sorry for those people. I wonder what the studio was thinking. Hmm, more likely: They weren't thinking.

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 (comments?)
One Word: You have sixty seconds to write about it.

This picture at the Mirror Project cracked me up!

Moby contributed a picture to the Mirror Project.

Meat from trees?! How very odd! [via freakgirl]

This website is currently on hiatus, but there's good stuff there if you dig around a bit: The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

Monday, May 26, 2003 (comments?)
Geocaching is a "sport where YOU are the search engine," and where a "GPS device and a hunger for adventure are all you need for high tech treasure hunting." More about geocaching here.

I spent a lot of time reading the fascinating stories at Other People's Stories. Some are funny (warning: not safe for work picture on that page), others sad, scary, and some just bizarre.

"Flash Math Creativity from friends of ED is all about what you do in your spare time, just take little ideas and mess around with them."

Is it a joke, a parody, or is this for real? You decide.

Tons of cute Flash games: Orisinal.

Friday, May 23, 2003 (comments?)
It's been a long time since I've updated my aortal link. I think I'll begin to update it regularly again. Here's this week's link: A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press.

Thursday, May 22, 2003 (comments?)
If you live near Corpus Christi, TX (that means everyone in and south of Austin) and want something to do this weekend, come check out the Velocity Games! It's going to include the 16th Annual US Open Windsurfing Regatta, the 4th Annual US Open Kiteboarding Championships, as well as pro skateboarding, wakeboarding, BMX exhibitions and more. Yeah, it's going to rock.

I laughed out loud while watching this video; it's hilarious!

China's fights Sars in song: "A light-hearted rap song is circulating in China about the face mask designed to guard against Sars."

As if SARS wasn't scary enough, China plans to execute SARS victims who won't stay in quarantine.

I saw The Matrix Reloaded on opening day. It was good, but I was expecting something a little more spectacular. I know that's not fair, since when The Matrix came out, nothing of the sort had ever been filmed. Now so many movies copy The Matrix's revolutionary cinematography. It was a bit of a disappointment to see the same sort of fight scenes and the acting seemed a bit wooden to me. I was not engrossed in the movie and even yawned a couple of times. But, that being said, it's a good movie, one that probably has to be watched more than one time for all the nuances to be digested. I'll see it again and will watch Revolutions when it comes out later this year.

Mmm, pie in a jar.

Flat Stanley visits the White House. Hmm, could they be twins? [via pcjm]

Underground Fire Still Burns After 120 Years: "An underground coal fire that was started almost 120 years ago in New Straitsville [Ohio] is slowly working its way under Wayne National Forest."

German farmer sows the seeds of vengeance.

Snuggle up to a pet cockroach. I don't care if they're supposedly "clean"; they're still disgusting!

Wednesday, May 21, 2003 (comments?)
I'm still here! ;) Expect a real update soon.

Thursday, May 15, 2003 (comments?)
They bowled their way to Vegas from Chicago.

Sunday, May 11, 2003 (comments?)
New layout and I archived the April entries here.

Since my updates have been rather sporadic lately, I decided to set up a notify list. Join and you'll receive an email whenever I update eclectica. I won't bombard your email box and won't give away your address to anyone.

Saturday, May 10, 2003 (comments?)
The Museum of Unworkable Devices: "...a celebration of fascinating devices that don't work."

Edgar Governo, Historian of Things That Never Were: "Peering into the real past is fine, and in fact I enjoy doing so quite often, but it takes a certain amount of panache to hold an interest in fictional history. Gleaning knowledge from a past that never existed--or a future, for that matter--is simply so much more sublime."

For real history, check out HistoryBuff.com.

Test Your Geography Knowledge.

"Documentography is a collective of photographers dealing with documentary and photojournalism. The group develops personal as well as common projects tackling social, political and cultural issues."

Think string is boring? Think again.

Last Words of real and fictinal people.

Vintage Toy Ads at ToyAdz.com

SiteLines.com: The purpose of SiteLines is to help web searchers stay up to date on key search tools and developments.

"Quatloos.com is a public educational website covering a wide variety of financial scams and frauds, including wacky “prime bank” frauds, exotic foreign currency scams, offshore investment frauds, tax scams, “Pure Trust” structures and more."

Mike Pugh, of Vagabonding, has updated his travelogue with his latest adventure: Annapurna Circuit Trek.

allrecordlabels.com is a comprehensive listing of over 9200 record labels indexed by genre, format, and location.

Project on Government Secrecy: "Through research, advocacy, and public education, the FAS Project on Government Secrecy works to challenge excessive government secrecy and to promote public oversight."

American Photo Journalist. Make sure to check out the portfolios.

PC Mag's Top 100 Websites (March 2003).

A light bulb that has been burning for 100 years: Centennial Light Bulb.

Graphic Design from the 1920s and 1930s in Travel Ephemera.

Friday, May 9, 2003 (comments?)
No time for links right now. I'll get to those later. In the memetime (ha!), here's the Friday Five and This-or-That:

Friday Five:

1. Would you consider yourself an organized person? Why or why not?

In certain ways, yes; in others, no. I can be very organized if I want to, but if I don't, things can get messy.

2. Do you keep some type of planner, organizer, calendar, etc. with you, and do you use it regularly?

I use my computer as a planner/organizer/calendar, but since it's not a laptop, I can't take it with me.

3. Would you say that your desk is organized right now?

Yes, both at home and at work.

4. Do you alphabetize CDs, books, and DVDs, or does it not matter?

No. I organize my CDs by artist and I don't organize my books.

5. What's the hardest thing you've ever had to organize?

Hmm...my room!

1) TV or radio?

Radio, usually.

2) On the radio: talk or music station?

95% of the time I listen to music. Sometimes I listen to talk radio when I'm tired of hearing the same 10 songs over and over again.

3) Actual books or books-on-tape (or e-books)?

I love to read, so definitely actual books.

4) Actual newspaper, or web version?

Hmm, well, I work on the web version of my local paper, so I'll say the web version. The web is better, in my opinion, since it can be updated throughout the day and night. Although, the paper version is tangible and that's always nice.

5) Wall Street Journal or National Enquirer?

Neither.

6) TV news...news channel such as CNN, or your local broadcast news?

Ugh, I have to watch/listen to CNN all day at work and I'm completely bored by the local news, so neither.

7) A movie you've been looking forward to seeing gets bad reviews all around. See it anyway, or pass?

I see it anyway. I don't put much credence to critics' words.

8) See movies when they first come out, or wait a few weeks for the lines at the theater to get shorter?

I usually wait, sometimes as long as it takes for the movie to get to the dollar cinema. I guess there aren't that many movies that really want to see.

9) TV: cable, satellite dish, or just plain old antenna?

The more channels, the better, but as you see from the question below, I don't watch much TV.

10) If you had to choose only one form of media to come into your home, which would you choose...print (newspapers, magazines) or electronic (TV, internet)? Why?

Internet. I hardly ever watch TV and can read newspapers and magazines at the library.

Tuesday, May 6, 2003 (comments?)
A Toys R Us catalog circa 1986. I was five most of that year and I remember almost all of the toys. Ah, nostalgia! [via pcjm]

I saw X2 over the weekend. I haven't seen the first movie, nor do I read the comics (Blasphemy, I know!), but I did enjoy the movie a lot. Next up: The Matrix Reloaded, of course.

I've been really slack with updates lately. No big excuses really, except that I've been busy with other things. Don't worry, I'm not quitting the 'blog! ;)

Monday, May 5, 2003 (comments?)
Update coming soon. Sorry they have been so sporadic lately.

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