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Internets I have known: Mariachi Hero
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Before "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero II" there was a little idea I cooked up* with a brilliant young art director. For our stodgy liquor (tequila) client. Mariachi Hero! Unfortunately, as is the case with most of my highly-amusing internet ideas, the client wanted no part of it.* Now it's available for sale at a reasonable price, plus development costs. How reasonable? Well, if you're cheap, just steal it and find your own programmers. What a bargain! In my own spare time, natch.
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Internets I have known: The 700 Hoboes Project
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The 700 Hoboes Project. In the beginning, there were hoboes. Then, a notable non-historian wrote some lies about them in his wonderful and wholly inaccurate almanac. That man was John Hodgman. The book was The Areas of My Expertise. Amongst the lies was a comprehensive list of notable historical hobo names, numbering 700. After Hodgman read the list. Into a music flattening device, one Mr. Mark Frauenfelder of the Boing Boing. Teletyped a suggestion that 700 cartoonists volunteer. 700 zombies. 700 pi...
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Internets I have known: The Sackful
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White Castle was the original fast-food restaurant. And back in their heyday (before McDonalds), they had a company newsletter called "White Castle Official House Organ." The Sackful. Is my attempt to reintroduce that. In keeping with their product, it's hamburger-centric and onion-ey. Ninjadoodle (at) gmail (period) com.
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Internets I have known: Galactic Mu
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Science fiction blogs are, on the whole, a well of cruelty combined with snippiness. Galactic Mu. Was founded by sci-fi fans who actually like sci-fi. What a twist! Also, it's a really nifty site design. I contribute. Regularly, under the code name Halcyon. Ninjadoodle (at) gmail (period) com.
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Internets I have known: The Crave is Calling
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The Crave is Calling. The client (who is actually a wonderful client) asked us to support a campaign created by their traditional agency. The campaign featured a character known only as "the Crave." The character is basically a burger (inanimate) in an egg chair, with a phone (beige), who had a habit of dialing (but not speaking to) people at inopportune times. At his nefarious lair, buried deep within the steamy magma of Slider Island. Anyway, that was the plan, last I checked.
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Internets I have known: Eat better do better dot org
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Eat better do better dot org. Childhood obesity is a growing crisis in Ohio. Many parents just don't understand the basics of good nutrition. They don't know good foods from bad, or if they do, have trouble providing or preparing good food. Our effort to educate the parents started with these outdoor boards and continued online ( eatbetterdobetter.org. Once there, eligible folks could also sign up their kids for federally funded school meals. Ninjadoodle (at) gmail (period) com.
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Internets I have known: Why Blogger?
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I could set up a custom portfolio site with a fancy, wiggly interface, the likes of which you've never seen- but why? Blogger fits the need. It's simple to use, easy to navigate, free, and extremely low maintenance.*. With Blogger, I never have server issues. I never have domain registry issues. Whatever I put up here will be here for people to see, whenever I point them to it. Ninjadoodle (at) gmail (period) com.
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Internets I have known: Bears-in-ill-fitting-hats
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Illustration by Halcyon Snow, a.k.a. Mike Peterson, a.k.a. Me). What was the internet created for if not the exploration and exposition of absurd notions? A while back, the amazing Mr. Malki! Suggested the following memes for the upcoming year (2008): deep-sea divers, befuddled wizards, treasures of antiquity, naughty jesters, gendarmes, sultans/caliphs, bears-in-ill-fitting hats, and "this guy.". Naturally, I picked up the bears-in-ill-fitting-hats meme and ran with it.
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Internets I have known: Enter the Wayback Machine
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Enter the Wayback Machine. One tricky thing about web properties is that they have a tendency to disappear. But, as you know, on the internet, nothing ever disappears entirely.*. My first agency job was at a small independent agency in Seattle called Herring-Newman. They were surprisingly progressive about technology. We even had an extranet (we called it a coopranet; that term did not catch on, probably because I insisted on spelling it with an umlaut) which enabled us to share files with clients.
