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Star Wars in ASCII

Star Wars in ASCII

If you’ve ever wanted to watch the original Star Wars movie animated in ASCII art…then you are truly a dork…and in luck!!  A gentlemen by the name of Simon Jansen has been converting the space opera into text since 1997.  He’s over half way done and you can view it in all of it’s text glory [...]

Now that's a big iPod

Now that’s a big iPod

Next month marks Apples 30th birthday and they plan on celebrating in a big way.  How big?  Try 220.7 acres big!  After winning an abandoned mine in Western Australia from the late Kerry Packer during a poker match a few years back,  Apple CEO Steve Jobs, decided to construct the worlds first advertisement viewable from space [...]

Play Nice…

Play nice or you may not ever play again.

One Red Paperclip

One Red Paperclip

It amazes me how some people using a little creativity, can prosper greatly from the internet.  One case of this is Kyle MacDonald’s quest to turn one red paperclip into a house by up-trading.  On July 12, 2005 he started with a paperclip and has since traded for such items as a fishpen, coleman stove, [...]