If you thought you wouldn’t be able to make it one more day without seeing Christopher Walken performing Lady Gaga’s song “Poker Face”, I have some good news for you.- I am completely addicted to Zynga’s Word Scramble2 iPhone game.
- Bank Notes is a collection of bank robbery notes. “Don’t put any exploding dye in the bag,” seems to be a popular theme.
- Here’s one for the 4:20 crowd: The Random Weed Name Generator is a free public service, providing the cannabis community with more than 45,000 unique hemp handles.
- The fact that it is, y’know, home to the Yankees is surprisingly not listed as one of the many, many reasons why the new Yankee Stadium sucks.
- The Bleacher Report has compiled a fascinating list of the Top 10 Reality Show Concepts for College Cheerleaders. They also have a (much less sexy) list of the 50 Greatest College Football Stadiums in the Country, but since Florida Field is ranked only second it’s safe to say that it’s blasphemous.
- Everyone is ready to hang Brandon Spikes for his alleged “eye-gouging” of a Georgia player in the middle of a pile-up. Why aren’t more people up in arms about this blatant cheap shot Nick Williams laid on Tebow? Please.
- SmartFootball has an excellent article concerning the biomechanics of a quarterback’s throwing motion.
- Chris has written a great tutorial / explanation regarding how to effectively use sprites in web development.
- Thesis, the best WordPress Theme, upgraded to version 1.6 last week. If you’re not using Thesis to manage your WordPress blog, you’re living in the dark ages.
- There is no letter O in the middle of the word recurring. It is not reoccurring. It’s recurring. Get it straight, people. See also: “How to pronounce the word height.”
Posts from 2009
#FridayFive: Favorite Places I Have Been
View the Friday Five from November 13th, 2009
The Dogs of War
Happy Veterans’ Day! Celebrate by watching this compilation of videos of dogs welcoming their masters home from the field. And a hat tip to my grandfather Vincent Albanese (1918 – 1986), who fought in WWII as one of Merrill’s Marauders. Thanks for everything I have and am today.
2009 – 2010 iCal College Bowl Schedule
It’s the most wonderful time of the year …
Absurd Directory Structures
As soon as I saw the story about giant jellyfish sinking a Japanese trawler posted on MetaFilter, I sent the link to my friend Ryan via instant messenger. (Ryan, I know, is fascinated by tales from the Japanese fishing industry.) He said, “[the] story would’ve been perfect if the jellyfish had actually eaten the crew,”
#FridayFive: Comic Book Heroes
Wolverine would be a close 6th
If you thought you wouldn’t be able to make it one more day without seeing Christopher Walken performing Lady Gaga’s song “Poker Face”, I have 
#FridayFive: Halloween Treats
My favorite Halloween candy, ranked
#FridayFive: TV Detectives
View the Friday Five from October 23rd, 2009
On Football
As I get older I find it increasingly difficult to explain my love of football. You’d think that the opposite would be true, that I would find it easier to tell people how wonderful it is as I understand the game more. But that is simply not the case. I follow Stewart Mandel on Twitter
Real Products for Fictional Companies
The excellent local blog CurbedLA had an entry recently on artist Mark Bennett’s blueprints of fictional places. He has created very detailed floor-plans of famous pretend places, like the homes of George and Jane Jetson, Rob and Laura Petrie, and June and Ward Cleaver. (There’s a book, too!) I thought these were terrific so I