Yearly Archives: 2007

When was the last time you

used a pay phone/phone booth?
By this time next year, AT&T will be done with the pay phone game [via Crave].

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I Am 16 Pixels

For some reason the other night i got an itch to whip up a new one, so here we go. You should be seeing it now up on your tab or location bar. Can’t believe my previous site icon was almost 3 years old.

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8-Bit Videos

I’m a sucker for 8-bit mash-ups. Just happened to see these two Super Mario Bros.-influenced videos tonight:

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The Oner

This 4-minute martial-arts fight scene is one continuous shot. Tony Jaa in The Protector ascends 4 stories through dozens of bad guys in this oner that took over a month to choreograph and prepare, and 5 takes over the course of several weeks to finally get right.

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I Polished My Other Headlight

[Part 2 of my attempt to refinish my worn headlight lenses.]
I actually did this a couple weekends ago, but hadn’t had time to write it up.
As before, these are the supplies i used—mostly stuff i found in the garage.

Spray bottle with soapy water
Rag
400 grit wet/dry
600 grit wet/dry
1000 grit wet/dry
1500 grit wet/dry
Meguiar’s PlastX clear plastic polish
Applicator [...]

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