Archive for the 'Floppies' Category
Wii Are the World
December 9th, 2006I’ve read JD’s impressions, then Kris’ post, then I saw the commercial embedded in the TiVo. Now I want a Nintendo Wii. This comes from someone who hasn’t played a home videogame system since the Atari 2600. It looks like Nintendo’s doing the right thing by appealing to a broader audience who aren’t into the […]
Button Pusher
December 5th, 2006Fimoculous compiled a lot of neat diversions for his Best Blogs of 2006 that You (Maybe) Aren’t Reading list. One choice that especially stood out for me was History of the Button, a weblog entirely devoted to push buttons (yep). It’s great enough that the person doing this blog has a photo of a ’50s […]
Simple Pleasures …
November 14th, 2006… finally locating a good Scrabble game for the Mac. It cost me twenty clams, but I’ve been trying to get something like this for years.
No Way To Hide Your Prying Eyes
September 18th, 2006Slate.com delves into Judging Your Friends By Their Netflix Lists (via Hacking Netflix). Although the article belabors the point about the five-star ratings system, it does touch on the voyeuristic thrill of checking out which DVDs your friends have lined up. I’ve gotten a lot of good ideas off them.
Anyone who’d like to become my […]
Heap Big Gobble Gobble Man
August 24th, 2006The CBC did an interesting article yesterday speculating on why the gaming industry has never topped the success of Pac Man 25 years ago. Some historical tidbits in the article, although they missed the one where they had to change the name from the original Puck Man (to discourage would-be vandals). “Puck Man Fever”? Don’t […]
The Villagers Have Stormed the Castle
August 21st, 2006Jim Hill Media delivers daily news on the Walt Disney company with an accent on the vintage — or at least it used to, apparently. I don’t read that site on a regular basis. But based on the flurry of comments on this post, I wouldn’t want to bump into a mob of angry ex-Jim […]
Generation YouTube
July 27th, 2006Tom Scocca of The New York Observer sums up the vast appeal of the web’s latest plaything with The YouTube Devolution. Below I’ve assembled links to the clips that Scocca references in the article. Now, I’m a sometimes busy guy with lots of deadlines. But I also finding myself losing lots of productivity time searching […]
Give Me Back My Name
June 18th, 2006When I started this weblog nearly six years ago, I never thought anybody else would ever use the name “scrubbles” for anything — it’s too strange. Guess I was too naïve. Meet the new bane of my existence: a videogame called Scrubbles. Not to be confused with Scrubbles Cleaning and Restoration in lovely Noblesville, Indiana. […]
Blogging Tips from a D-Lister
February 14th, 2006Time to blog about weblogs. New York magazine’s fascinating cover story on the subject admittedly deals with just a portion of the blogging community: A-listers and those who go out of their way to curry favor with the A-listers. Nevertheless, it’s a very engaging read which unearths some unspoken truths in blogland and how bloggers […]
Download Brigitte
January 19th, 2006CBC: “Both Sony and Universal Music have announced plans to reissue classic recordings in digital form.” Very cool news. Universal’s plans include 100,000 vintage songs by mostly European artists, with the first batch being available on iTunes next month. I’m especially looking forward to finding out what old material they’ll have from Brigitte Bardot.
Where the Hell Is My Chiffon?
January 8th, 2006I don’t usually go for them newfangled thingies known as podcasts, but two lately have been sticking with me. One is a weekly podcast from the nasally voiced but affable guy who runs Retrocrush.com. This week he pontificates on, among other things, the timeless appeal of Olivia Newton-John and Britney hubby/professional hanger-on Kevin Federline’s forthcoming […]
We’re #14! (Out of 15)
December 11th, 2005Not to toot my own horn, but scrubbles.net is currently ranked #14 in votes for the Weblog Award of Best Blog Design. That’s 14th place out of 15 nominees. C’mon people, throw me a little bone here and vote. Polls close on the 15th and you can vote once every 24 hours.
Weblogs of Note
December 8th, 2005“Matt, when is the blogroll returning?” is a question I’m asked often around here (okay, nobody’s ever asked that question). I can only answer vaguely that it will be back someday, on its very own page. Whenever that day comes, I will have to add these other ones that have taken my fancy recently:
a sampler […]
It’s An Honor To Be Nominated
December 4th, 2005Aw, gee … scrubbles.net has been named as a finalist in the 2005 Weblog Awards, in the Best Blog Design category. Thanks to whomever got it there. Actually, I can only claim half-credit on this weblog’s design. It’s basically an out-of-the-box Movable Type template that underwent a few tweaks to make it look less, eh, […]
Videogame Ads of 1982 at Flickr
November 13th, 2005Out of pure nostalgia, I bought a pile of old Games magazines on eBay. I went through the mags, scanned the videogame ads, and posted them on Flickr for your enjoyment. I almost forgot how many weird, obsolete systems there were. Anyhow, enjoy.
