January 31, 2001

  1. Plastic.Com and the XFL

    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…

  2. And You Thought Internet Patents Were Out of Control

    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…

  3. Journalists Suck Up to the Unabomber

    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…

  4. HeroMachine.Com

    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…