SATURDAY, 6/16/2001,3:00am HST by Raul

These Webmasters ... Gone Fishin'

FRIDAY, 6/15/2001, 12:30pm HST by Raul

This is downright hilarious if you are or have ever been a Star Trek fan, and others of you will probably find it amusing as well. Sim Shatner is a little Flash app that, well, lets you be the "Keptin."

Here's the rundown:

• Calder trophy (Top rookie): Evgeni Nabokov, San Jose Sharks goalie
• Hart trophy (League MVP): Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche center and captain
• Lady Byng trophy (Gentlemanly conduct): Joe Sakic, Colorado Avalanche center and captain
• Norris Trophy (Top defenseman): Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings
• Selke trophy (Top defensive forward): John Madden, New Jersey Devils center
• Vezina trophy (Top goalie): Dominik Hasek, Buffalo Sabres
• Adams trophy (Top coach): Bill Barber, Philadelphia Flyers

This one is from Johnnyspd who says, "Can't get any (more) rice than this!" It's the NA Blowoff Sound Maker, the absolute cheapest way to put a "turbo" in your car! At least it SOUNDS like one eh? Nothing like making your car sound faster than it actually is! I think I shall coin a new term for these products -- "inverse sleeper." That's right, you heard it here first. By the way, someone please tell me WTF is up with the "sound type 3" ...

The Taliban can ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -- Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement has identified the root of the U.S. economic slowdown -- their leader Mullah Mohammad Omar's ban on opium poppy cultivation.

"What economic analysts will not tell you is that opium... was the main instigator of the economic miracle that (former U.S. president Bill) Clinton achieved," said an article in the latest edition of the Taliban's official magazine.

I almost forgot about this one. Leave it up to the Japanese to grow square watermelons. Apparently, they are grown in square glasses to fit better into refrigerators and sell for $83 each! From the Honolulu Advertiser business section.

Random legalization link: Coloradans for medical rights.

THURSDAY, 6/14/2001, 8:58pm HST by Penfold

Tink goes the driver.

Actually it's my sister dogger, but it still so cute.

Got my new driver in today, 360cc of Ti goodness. Me thinks a mission to Bayview is in order.

I guess it was only a matter of time until someone decided to try and build a large one. Only in Japan.

No, I'm not talking about import racing. I'm talking about a convention of eunuchs in India.

THURSDAY, 6/14/2001, 1:15pm HST by Raul

Sure there have been USB riser plates since the beginning of recorded time. Most motherboards come with a header for a couple more ports than are usually included. But this setup makes efficient use of your drive bay space by sidesaddling the USB ports with a 3.5" external drive in a 5.25" external bay.

For reasons some of you will understand more than others, I am especially interested in this solution.

Hidden messages

LONDON (Reuters) -- Prestige carmaker Jaguar on Wednesday refused to comment on reports that a swastika and a cache of pornographic magazines were found in Queen Elizabeth's new car.

The magazines were deposited in a cavity while the swastika was painted behind a seat panel. Both were discovered by workers when the car was being made bomb-proof in Coventry, according to newspaper reports.

No, not THAT kind of butts, but who would have known there is so much invovled in taping up the butt end of your hockey stick? Well ... hockey players, I guess.

I'm not sure whether this is ingenious, exploitative or just morally devoid. Homies is a line of products that works off the appeal of, for lack of a better term, the deep urban lifestyle. In addition to T-shirts, they also offer Homies toy figurines, which I saw being sold in a gumball-type vending machine (the crank type) at K-mart for $25. It's good that K-mart is in touch with its customer base.

Hey, looks like someone else has the NHL pool going too. This one is kind of a hybrid fantasy league and pool.

WEDNESDAY, 6/13/2001, 8:58pm HST by Penfold
The "We've got the funk" Edition

I'm on a whole 70s disco P-funk thing now.

For those who obsess about rebates (you know who you are) here's a program to help you keep track of your rebates.

On a related note, I got one of my rebate checks from my portable dvd player, so it's a good deal. If the Costco one ever comes then it will be a killer deal.

For those too far away to get either cable or dsl broadband, there's always the choice of satellite broadband access. Read a primer on it here.

nVidia, flexing it might as one of the major video chip set makers is trying to squeeze out the competition by giving preferential treatment to vid card makers who will sell only nVidia based cards. Hercules and a bunch of other unknown Taiwanese companies have decided to eschew nVidia for a crack at the Kryo chips. Read about this here.

Remember a while back we posted about spam gourmet, the self-destructing email address to protect your privacy. Amazingly enough, we actually got linked by them. Hehe, we managed to convince them that we're a respectable web site and not just two slackers.

WEDNESDAY, 6/13/2001, 1:50am HST by Raul

Now this is a very practical invention. I know some people who could certainly use a pair. Under-ease are boxers with a charcoal filter placed in a strategic location to capture -- you guessed it -- "wind" and render it scentless. Ingenious. Send someone you care about a less-than-subtle hint.

Here's a similar product, originally known as the "Toot Trapper," the "Flatulence Filter" is a furniture-based device that works on a similar principle.

The NHL will be awarding its best players tomorrow in Canada. The trophies are not quite Stanley Cups but prestigious nonetheless. I find it odd that Patty Roy is not vying for the Vezina. I guess his GAA wasn't all that great. But I mean this is the year he became the winningest goalie ever ...

Yes, we're poolin'! The forms are out, check your TA mail.

Supposedly. At least that's what the Denver Post is reporting. If it is true, it won't be all that surprising, but it'll truly be the end of an era. I remember when I played the Bruins in NHL 93, I scored so many goals from the blue line with Borque I thought it was kind of cheating. Now I know that there's a reason he pulled a 99 rating (or was it 100?)

Same shit, different Web site.

That's it for now cuz I'm tired, I'm weak, I need some sleep. Call me tomorrow, or give me a beep.

TUESDAY, 6/12/2001, 10:58pm HST by Penfold

I'm so bad, I make medicine sick.

Ziff-Davis has started it's own "home grown" tech site called extremetech. That'd like Coors producing a beer and trying to pass it off as a microbrew. Read The Register views of it here and another take of it here. After reading this article, it is w34k site.

1.2 billion more AOLusers. Read the gory details about AOL moving into China here.

140 workers at Guinness's Dundalk plant are getting laid off because the plant is closing. So what did the now unemployed workers bargain for in their severance package? What else, but free Guinness.

The Supreme Court has decided that the use of thermal imaging of a house w/o a search warrant was unconstitutional. But thats not the strange part of this decision. The weird part was how the justices voted. It was a 5-4 decision, but it's not he normally 5-4 division. Read about it here.

No he can't

District Judge J. Manuel Banales of Texas, who made a name for himself earlier this month after ordering registered sex offenders to identify themselves with signs in their yards, ruled that a 19-year-old probationer can't have any more sex until he's married, the Abilene Reporter-News reported Friday.

TUESDAY, 6/12/2001, 1:15pm HST by Raul

Whoever is stealing our bandwidth to post the picture of the stoney bum guy in shitty forums, I am going to ask you nicely ONCE to stop.

Interested in hockey, but don't want to get the shit kicked out of you on a regular basis? Don't want to bust your knuckles on someone else's jaw because you've gotta be at work on Monday? Then maybe Lifetimehockey has something for you. It's a site about no-check hockey ... which doesn't mean no-contact. Stick checks and poke checks are allowed, but body checks are not. Hmm ...

Arstechnica has chimed in with a Palm M505 review. Good information on the screen, which seems to be everyone's bone of contention.

24x CDR's? Damn!

PalmOS to be spun off?

Palm CEO Carl Yankowski took a step towards resolving the company's Apple-like dilemma today by saying Palm that would rid itself of either its hardware or software businss. He just wouldn't say which.

Napster in the shitter

The average number of files being shared on Napster Inc.'s MP3-swapping service has fallen 90 percent in the three months since court-mandated filters were installed to block the trading of copyrighted music, according to a new study released Wednesday by digital entertainment research firm Webnoize Inc.

MONDAY, 6/11/2001, 1:30pm HST by Raul

This may not be the spiffiest site, but its sentiments are amusing and heartfelt. BushCartoon lampoons everyone's favorite Prez. Far be it from me to not link it just because of the abuse of a Photoshop filter.

Winning's a riot

DENVER -— Police in riot gear sprayed tear gas to disperse thousands of rowdy fans who set small bonfires and danced in the streets after the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup.

At least the parade was good.

It's a somewhat sad sidenote to the whole Borque story, but Devils' backup goalie John Vanbiesbrouck retired without a cup win after the game 7 loss. The Beezer had a career nearly as long as Borque's, winning the Vezina trophy in 85-86, making three All-star appearances and playing in the Nagano Olympics.

Now there are those that would say that even if the Devils had won, his name wouldn't have been on the trophy because he didn't play in the playoffs. But I'm sure if the score was at least 2 in favor of NJ, he would have been put out there for a shift or two.

Well the Firingsquids have gotten their hands on Gran Turismo 3, currently a Japan-only Playstation 2 release. They're giving it an Editor's choice award and calling it the first PS2 killer app. Looks good to me. I hope they finally tuned out the rice bias (yeah, and monkeys might fly out of my ass). They haven't yet lost the "handbrake button."

Psst. The RealHamster site isn't so hammered nowadays (no pun intended). Go check it out if you couldn't earler.

MONDAY, 6/11/2001, 10:58am HST by Penfold
The "Only 11 Hours Late" Edition

Forgive me Father for I have sinned. It has been 2 days since my last post.

The latest in high tech military gear available to the our grunts here.

The things some people will do for money. Depending on what he knew, I'd be talking to an atty to sue the producers. Sure beats those wuss ass "survivor" shows. Read about Nasubi here.

For those people with smg-60s (Marv, I'm looking at you), you can once again start getting .62 caliber paintaballs. Seems that Blowguns Northwest has taken it upon themselves to bring back this odd paintaball size. Read about it here.

Only in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) -- But soon after the new dress code was distributed by e-mail to statehouse staff, another memo surfaced. It was authored by an anonymous "Men's Caucus," rescinded the dress code and offered "merit pay for (pages) economizing and saving valuable materials in blouse construction."

"Dresses should be no longer than four inches above the knee ... Undergarments are -- need it be said -- optional...(and) terms like 'babe,' 'honey,' 'sugar' and 'Little Missy' should be accepted as compliments and terms of endearment," the photocopied memo said.

The Charlotte Observer is running a story about a company planning to build a huge blimp to transport already-assembled fast-food restaurants and other things straight to the location. Great, even more fast food everywhere. Read about it here.

Movie dirties

FoxNews -- The most expensive movie in history, Pearl Harbor, is starting to have trouble at the box office. On Friday night the bloated, self-important, historically inaccurate epic that cost $150 million or more to make was knocked out of the No. 1 spot by the really, really bad Swordfish, starring John Travolta. In fact, Pearl Harbor finished fourth on Friday night, behind Shrek, and then the not very good Evolution.

SUNDAY, 6/10/2001, 4:30pm HST by Raul

Cup picks page updated. Congratulations to our winner!