A new web site I’m really impressed with is Plastic.Com. It’s sort of a pop culture Slashdot that picks up a lot of cool stories around the web that even I miss. Anyway, today someone posted an item digging at the low salaries that the XFL is paying. The only problem is that XFL salaries…
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Just when it looked like no one could top the insane patents some Internet companies are granting comes word that Smuckers has a patent on the good old peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Actually what they specifically have is a patent on a crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich (i.e. the edges are crimped so…
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The Smoking Gun has outdone itself this time with a collection of letters donated to the University of Michigan’s Special Collections Library by none other than the Unabomber himself, Ted Kaczynski. The letters are a fascinating insight into the media circus — they consist of pitch letters from television personalities wanting to interview Kazcynski and…
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Today’s USA Today had a small blurb about HeroMachine.Com. Hero Machine is a nicely done application using Flash that lets users generate artwork of super hero, fantasy and science fiction characters using a mix and match interface reminiscent of an electronic version of paper dolls. There are other programs out there that do this, but…
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Okay, the XFL season starts this weekend. I’m not convinced, but I am curious. MSNBC has a lot of good information about the league (couldn’t have anything to do with NBC’s part ownership of the XLF, could it?) but they hide it all in stupid pop-up boxes. One of the things I had trouble finding,…