Ryan Gardner on September 30th, 2005

Check out this post on TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) - the have an article linking to a site in Germany that has a cool desktop image of a smashed screen.
Good idea: Putting it on the screen fullscreen and then pretending to drop the computer. Give back to friend.
Bad idea: Actually dropping the computer [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 30th, 2005

Two BYU girls are staging a sit-in protest by their lockers. It is unclear what exactly they are protesting, why they are protesting it, or when they will stop. They have been sitting by their locker for several days now, occasionaly joined by friends. They pass the time by sprawling themselves on the floor in [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 29th, 2005

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Thanks “cnjwh6039683″ for sending me that instant message. I appreciate the nice engrish you used in it. What is this? Some kind of bad Japanese translation? (Like the classic: All your base [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 29th, 2005

The RyeBlog is sporting a new look today. What do you think? Let me know in the comments… I like some things about this look (like the calendar, and the cool mouseovers) but other things I don’t like (like the colors).
EDIT: I switched back to the “old” look. I think I’ll stick with this [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 29th, 2005

Finally, I can affix a muppet to my letters. If I ever sent any letters that I used postage for, that is.
Is it just me, or does the Post Office seem to be making stamps increasingly collectable in hopes that people will actually, you know, buy them?
At least they have eBay keeping them in [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 29th, 2005

Here is a funny ad that spoofs this ad by Apple. It is for the Mac Classic II.
(While you are at it, check out this spoof trailer for Star Wars, Episode III)
iPod Nano Spoof

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Ryan Gardner on September 29th, 2005

Sports Illustrated has an interesting article about an interesting high school football player. Bobby Martin has no legs. The article doesn’t go into much depth except to explain that one game a referee wouldn’t allow him to play because he wasn’t wearing “Shoes, knee pads, or thigh pads.”
After that game, things were cleared up [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 28th, 2005

The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing revealed the design of the new $10 bill today. The new bill - which follows the same design scheme as the new $20 and new $50 bills recently introduced.
There are a bunch of cool features that the new bills have to keep you busy when you are [...]

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Ryan Gardner on September 28th, 2005

I think the headline says enough.
Dr. Richard (Dick) Chopp is well known in the Austin community for performing Vasectomies. He also enjoys treating patients with metabolic evolution of kidney stone disease, male endocrine urology disorders, prostate disease and Peyronie’s disease. He has extensive laparoscopy surgery experience, is on the transplant team and performs Living [...]

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