Archive for the 'Floppies' Category
He Had to Take a Wii
December 23rd, 2007All right, I promise never to make puns based on the word “Wii” again! Mark Morford’s account of getting a Wii in San Francisco was surprisingly stress-free and not at all a nightmarish free-for-all that makes you fear for the state of humanity.
I’m telling ya, we’re not hardcore gamers or anything, but we’re totally into […]
A Mii for Every Mood
November 9th, 2007It’s been a few days since the Wii arrived, so now I can safely say that I love it. Although we’ve been logging some gameplay on the console, I have to confess that I’ve spent the most time on the Mii Channel, where you can create little avatars in the spirit of a virtual paper […]
The Search Is Over
October 20th, 2007What’s your opinion on videogames and patience? The culmination of months of saving has finally happened — I’m getting a Nintendo Wii! It’s mind boggling that, 11 months later, those things are still hard to come by (unless you’re willing to pay $100 more on eBay, which I’m not). Not a fan of camping out […]
Best of Times, Worst of Times
September 22nd, 2007By now you’ve probably heard that the New York Times is discontinuing its Times Select subscription service and opening up their digital archives. The coolest part is the free online access to all of the copyright-free articles the paper published between 1851 and 1922. Although Jason Kottke recently posted links to some of the Times’ […]
Me Japanese Toy I Love You
September 13th, 2007The preview for Japanese videogame Beautiful Katamari (coming to the Xbox and Wii) is so bizarre that I had to watch it three times in a row. Far as I can tell, the game has something to do with rolling a giant ball onto various objects — but I’m too distracted by the Japanese child […]
Big Fat Link Log 2
August 22nd, 2007Looking back, it’s been a year since I posted My Big Fat Link Log with the intent of an annual refresh — so it’s high time to do an update. So in case you were wondering what I waste my precious daytime hours on while I should be working, here you go. Surprisingly I got […]
Thought-Provoking Weblogs
August 9th, 2007I was thrilled to find that Ivan at Thrilling Days of Yesteryear tagged me with a blogging meme — and for once it’s a good one (Ivan also had some sweet things to say about scrubbles.net in his post). The basic jist of the meme is to select five “blogs that make you think” and […]
Seven Years of Unpigeonholeable Tomfoolery
July 11th, 2007Here’s to odd-numbered anniversaries: seven years ago this week, I started this weblog. I would’ve never believed it would have lasted this long, but yay for longevity. To mark the occasion, I thought it would be a gas to take a look back at the earlier incarnations of Scrubbles.net.
In the summer of 2000, I came […]
Latest Sheeplike Activity
July 1st, 2007Everybody’s visiting the Simpsons Movie official website and making their own Simpsons-esque doppelgänger. I created my own and, after a few modifications in Photoshop, dubbed him Jaded Hipster.
Howard Pierce Desktop Patterns
May 18th, 2007Thought I’d share these nifty patterns I made back in 2000 — try them out for a cool “Desert Modernism” look. These are based on photos we took of the roofline borders on sculptor Howard Pierce’s home in Joshua Tree, California. The talented Mr. Pierce, who died in 1994, made his name designing whimsical ceramic […]
Book Review: Core Memory
May 7th, 2007I have a strange affinity for wall-sized computers in old movies. Banks of blinking lights and spinning reels of magnetic tape made for nice background scenery, but they’re nothing compared to the real stories behind those early, rare and expensive computers. These pioneering machines are explored in an unexpectedly sumptuous way via Core Memory: A […]
Four for the Feeds
March 18th, 2007Still working out the kinks on this WordPress conversion, but I have a few new (to me) weblogs to share which I can across during the transition period:
Vintage Pop is the latest venture from J.D. Roth of Folded Space. This one deals in early 20th century American pop culture, and he’s already off to a […]
Impossible Mission II
March 2nd, 2007Out of curiosity I went to the local Wal-Mart and Target to see if they had any Nintendo Wiis in stock. Neither had them, although at Wal-Mart I was treated to a blowsy woman yelling “They got the GAMES only!” into her cell phone.
By far the best (well, only) videogame related news I heard today […]
Working in the LAB
January 26th, 2007I’m proud to be a part of the first issue of LAB magazine, a new online and print publication (you can download a pdf at the site). According to the intro from editor Joseph Robertson, the magazine will focus on various independent creative types — “a new breed who are actively creating what they want […]
Queen of Queens
December 15th, 2006Salon on Perez Hilton’s Gay Witch Hunt. I’ve checked out PerezHilton.com a few times, and honestly … I don’t get it. A bunch of downloaded paparazzi pics with childish writing scribbled on top. This is hugely popular? Go Fug Yourself does basically the same thing, but at least the G.F.Y. people are funny. And I […]
