Thursday, December 29, 2005


One born every minute.....
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Gimmemine.....

A pair of Texas 26-year-olds are asking every American to send them a dollar, and have created GiveUsABuck.com. Following a December 20 debut they have raised $75 towards their goal of $300 million, barely visible on the site's Buck-O-Meter. For your dollar you get to post a message and/or photo and/or advertising. Sounds creative but it's probably just a pale imitation of MillionDollarHomepage.com, a tuition scheme by a 21-year-old Nottingham University student unveiled in August which has already garnered a Wikipedia entry. For $1 per pixel with a 10x10 ($100) minimum he will display whatever image/text you specify (within your block of pixels) for the next five years. As of this writing he's collected $911,800.

Give Us A Buck!

The Million Dollar Homepage

Thursday, December 22, 2005


They have a NORAD link too..... Posted by Picasa

Tinsel Tunes

Billboard reports that more than 2,100 different holiday titles have already been purchased this year (twice the number from a decade ago). Wanna burn your own CD? Check out SantaSearch's Audio Files section for downloadable .wav and .mp3 files. Nearly two thousand audio files, lyrics, and sheet music browsable by title, artist, author/composer, and genre. I found the Three Stooges' "Down Through The Housetop", Canned Heat's "Christmas Blues", The Ventures' "Jingle Bell Rock", and the classic Singing Dogs "Jingle Bells" amongst the more traditional offerings. They have links to more music resources.....

SantaSearch

Thursday, December 15, 2005


Mr. Zip's Epiphany
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'Tis the season

Not content to stay out of the politically correct Winter Solstice debate the US Postal Service has decided that Santa Claus is God. They also say to quit mailing cookies and hay. Ugly Christmas Lights.com (run by Santa) features user submitted photos of "the garish, the ugly, the weird" since 2003; now with Santa's blog, and for extra good taste a free poker tournament. And hon, the links page also has Christmas Street in Hampden for all you Baltimorons. Want to make that gingerbread house more discriminating? Get your terrorist Christmas figurines at Santa Claus Wars.

Addressing a Letter to Santa Claus or God

Ugly Christmas Lights.com

christmasstreet.com

Santa Claus Wars

Thursday, December 08, 2005


Who's ethically challenged?
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Looking to dodge that dreaded family dinner?

Last year the New York Times ran a piece about Cellphone-based alibi clubs with members who will provide excuses for each other. Apparently some Chicago suburbanites saw a business model in it and have launched AlibiNetwork.com. After an annual membership fee of $35, "standard" services are between $10 and $55 per single alibi, more for customized alibis. They provide the fabricated calls, e-mails, documents, and photographs. In addition to alibis and rescue calls, their services include discreet purchasing, privacy protection & anonymity, virtual offices, mail forwarding, and virtual employment. They reportedly have 1,600 clients.

Alibi Network

Thursday, December 01, 2005


'Tis the Season..... Posted by Picasa

Ready to teach Mother Nature a lesson?

The V8 Snowblower: 912 pounds, eight cylinders, 454 cubic inch Chevy big block, 412 horsepower, twin 92 decibel exhausts. Equipped with headlights and backlit gauges; it has electric start, electric block heater, and antifreeze heater; plus heated handle bars and rear mounted radiator for operator comfort. Hydraulic drive wheels mean zero turning radius and the ability to climb stairs. No drive belts and adjustable speed range; with 430 foot pounds of torque it can pull your car out of the ditch. You can throw snow 50 feet at just 3500 rpm but with the fuel injection option you can probably throw it over the neighbor's roof. Remote starting is also an option. They plan on taking custom orders soon for blowers with engines of your choice.

The Original V8 snowblowers