blog archive for February, 2005

an altoids tin and the rest of my life

I had a surreal moment on Saturday afternoon. I can’t say it changed my life, but it certainly made me take stock. As you may know, the NY Times has taken some interest in my little Altoids iPod Battery pack project, which, I can only imagine, is about to open some doors for me. The […]


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dog judo

Sometimes advertising people get it right. Sometimes there an exceptional creative director in a room and he is funny and clever and has his finger on the pulse of world. Most of the time they suck. I can’t count the number of times a client has said “We need a viral campaign. Something that has […]


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crop art

At an “agricultural recreation center” in Salinas, California called “The Farm”, an artist named John Cerney builds enormous, near-photorealistic, plywood sculptures that are astounding. From the nearby roadway, I am sure that the site of an 18 foot tall farmer picking watermelons must be startling. These are so good. The NY Times just did a […]


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iraqi olympic diving trials

Watch this great video of Iraqi Olympic diving trials from 1993. You MUST see this right away. Like now. Go.

It turns out that I remember this video from a long time ago. Obviously it’s from some really good ad campaign, but I can’t remember. I think it was a series of videos like this. Does […]


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meet susan, my new girlfriend

Everyone, I’d like you to meet my new girlfriend. Yes, I said girlfriend. I met Susan at the chiropractor last week in New Jersey.

You can see a whole gallery of pictures of her if you want. They are NOT safe for work.
[I actually think my new girlfriend’s breasts are disgusting, but she makes AWESOME meatloaf.]


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swoosh 2x

An unknown white, college, basketball player named Jordan Snipes won the game a few nights ago with a sick 85 foot shot from under the basket on the other side of the court, with .6 seconds left on the clock. It was incredible. Here’s the video.
The next afternoon, local channel 2 news brought him to […]


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NY Times

So, it happened, with little fanfare, and no linking, The NY Times, and NYTimes.com released the Altoids mod story (free account required) featuring me along with some other great Altoids modders, including that genius MIT girl, Limor Fried, who built an MP3 player from scratch in an Altoids tin. My battery doesn’t seem so great […]


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esuvee

If you haven’t seen it yet, you are missing out on a brilliant public service message, cleverly disguised as a great commercial. ESUVEE is a fantastic campaign of web and commercials meant to teach proper safety to SUV owners. Now, I am not big fan of SUVs, but I’m not a hater like some. I […]


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snigly

I was inspired by Stephanie’s recent “girl talkerati” post, I decided to comb the archives of my HD for some heeelarious ancient IMs that I saved. I found a few gems, but nothing nearly as good as what I am about to share.
Be warned, this is LONG, and DIRTY, and uncommon, despite what you […]


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jonathan nail

A guy named Jonathan Nail, from Australia, sent me a great email tonight. Heeelarious. He has a website. Go see it. Check out the email below. GoodOnYa!
——email starts———-
Hello Mr Chris
I find your website enjoyable and readable.
Can you please link me to your site www.browncardigan.com ?
Even though my website is lame, doesn’t have anything […]


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burt reynolds

Smokey and The Bandit, Cannonball Run, Hooper, The Longest Yard. One of the greatest American toughguys of all time, Burt Reynolds, has gone completely fucking crazy.
You might have noticed his progressively bad plastic surgery over the last decade or so. You may have thought he looked ridiculous in Boogie Nights and Striptease. Well, that’s really […]


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optical illusion

Jason emailed around an optical illusion today that was pretty cool. I told him I found a website one time with a whole bunch. Here they are.

[enjoy jason.]


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wanna cyber? the saga of bloodninja

Rossi posted a comment to the Snigly post about BloodNinja. It’s hilarious. I am not sure if Rossi knows, but here is an archive of all of BloodNinja’s brilliant cybersex sessions, The Saga of BloodNinja. This shit is so funny I don’t even know what to do.
Enjoy it.


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google maps

Many people have written about this today, but I can’t resist the urge to rave about Google once again. Can I say first that Google is my favorite company in the history of the world? (with Apple and JetBlue running close seconds and thirds.) As usual, Google has jumped in on another category and made […]


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debbie gibson and godaddy.com

Some great news in boobies tonight!
First, the girl from the godaddy.com superbowl commercial actuallt got started in skinemax latenight softcore movies. These screencaps prove she is/was quite impressive, but those boobs are fake for sure.

Better yet, Debbie “Only In My Dreams” Gibson is doing a spread in Playboy, and the pictures already leaked to the […]


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grayson

Unfortunately I can’t remember where I found this link originally. I can’t give credit to someone who found something so brilliant. Sorry.
The young, geniuses at Untamed Cinema have a created a trailer for a movie that will never be made. But if there’s a baby Jesus up in heaven reading DC comics, somebody with some […]


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hapland

Play this great little flash exploration game, Hapland. I can’t get anywhere and I’m usually good at stuff like this. I don’t know. It’s fun, even though I suck. That’s rare, that I enjoy doing stuff I’m not good at . Except for sex.

[via screenhead.]


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the hamdog

Right now, I swear to god, my roommate Jay, who clearly has an eating disorder, is chopping hotdogs up into little cubes, mixing them with mayonnaise, and massaging them into won-ton wrappers that he is going to fry. I shit you not. There is something wrong with this kid, and when he dies, I am […]


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happy bloody valentine

I think Valentine’s Day is bullshit. But every once in a while, there actually is someone special who want to say something special to. My kind of sentimentality is a little bit different than most, and Jason at youyesyou is one of the few people that shares it with me. I wish his ideas were […]


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Treo 650

This is pretty exciting. This is my first of many blog entries from my brand-frigging new Treo 650. It is a pretty fantastic (and expensive) piece of hardware. I will learn how to do links and images soon, and then this will really rock. The keyboard is pretty small, but usable. This is the second […]


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neurotically yours

Neurotically Yours, by iLL Will Press, is good because it’s exactly like a goth version of Alvin and the Chipmunks, only Dave is a hot girl. Good animation, great voices, and a little fucked up. “Eye stigmata” is my personal favorite.

[thanks dan.]


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Palm VNC on Treo 650

Here’s a picture just to prove what a nerd I am. My new Treo 650 is so freakin sweet. I think a lot of people have tried to get this work, but I haven’t seen anyone post pictures yet. maybe I’m the first.
This is a picture of Palm VNC running my Powerbook over the internet. […]


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straight up and dirty

In case some of you did not see the NY Post this morning, or did not read Page Six (I don’t know anyone who reads the Post but NOT Page Six), our good friend Stephanie Klein has blown up.
Judith Regan, of Harper Collins, Regan Books, is signing Stephanie to a 2 book deal that includes […]


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flowers

This Burtonesque, stop motion, short film (or music video for the song, “I’d like to buy you flowers”), Flowers, by Emile Simon is stunning. It’s seriously incredible. Think “Nightmare before Christmas” gorgeous, with a really nice song in the background. This is a must-see. It’s a pretty big download (19MB), but be patient, it is […]


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paris hilton hacked

If you were surfing around at all today, you probably noticed the Paris Hilton hacking breaking news. It’s sure to have reached mainstream media by now, I guess, but I haven’t watched TV all day, so I wouldn’t know.
Matt Drudge broke the story, but all the usual celebrity news and gossip blogs have been all […]


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fucking lawyers

By now you all know about the Altoids iPod battery I made, and media coverage it has received so far, including the NY Times. Obviously every bottom feeder in all of the city reads thing, so I was bound to get some interesting solicitations. This one is, by far, the best.
I received a package the […]


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tennis anyone?

I’m not a real tennis fan. I’ll watch a good US Open every now and again, but for the most part, tennis - not for me.
If you aren’t already aware, Dubai is this ultra-modern coastal city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is literally brand new, and is packed with luxury, technology, and […]


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tps report

I’m gonna have to ask to you to go ahead and download this video.

Trust me. TPS reports have never been so funny.
UPDATE 2/24/05 by Danger: This one of Reservoir Dogs is also great.
[thanks Matt.]


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mayor mike and the gates

To make a longer story shorter, I met Mayor Mike while visiting The Gates in The Park this morning. He was nice. And short. I was more impressed with him than I thought I would be. I was also more impressed with the Gates than I thought I would be. Tourists make me sick, I […]


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beyonce my fiance

I used to work for Sony Music, making CD Xtras (Sony’s version of enhanced CDs - CD-Roms on the leftover space of an audio CD). Shortly after I started there in 1997, I had the pleasure of working on Destiny’s Child’s first album. We heard the tracks, met the girls, and made a CD-Rom. Back […]


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human clock

This is a super sweet project. Each minute of the day is a photo of people holding up numbers submitted by the viewers. There are alternatives you can click on. Most of the pictures are really good. Such a great idea.

[thanks kathlene.]


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bao noodles

My good friends Chris and Chris own Bao 111 (on 7th St. and Ave. C), and Bao Noodles (on 2nd Ave. and 22nd St.) Both restaurants are fantastic. I mean, really fantastic. The reviews are consistently great, and the prices are more than reasonable.
Bao Noodles is now nominated for Time Out New York Magazine’s 2005 […]


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27 inches

This is not photoshop. This is Greg Valentino, and he’s the most hated man in all of bodybuilding.

Steroids and testosterone directly into the bicep will do this to you, if you already both genetically gifted, and crazy. Holy shit. This guy looks retarded.


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ingreme

Ingreme is a French Portuguese post-production company. I don’t know anything about them accept that their portfolio website is fantastic.

[thanks jay.]


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Vermont

I am headed out to drive up to Vermont for some unskilled snowboarding. I am praying for an injury serious enough to keep me out of work for a month or so, but I doubt I’ll have that kind of luck. I’ll be completely offline until late Sunday night, so please, please don’t comment spam […]


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