2006 – Page 12 – Hand Coding

Four Things: The Meme

February 7, 2006February 7, 2006 Ashley BischoffLeave a comment

Another Internet meme has walked along and Andy tagged me — let’s see how this goes:

Four Jobs I’ve Had in My Life:: Newspaper Delivery; Library Page; PC Support Technician; Front-end Developer
Four Movies I Could Watch Over and Over, and Have:: The Matrix; Return of The Jedi; Equilibrium; Lost in Translation
Four Places I Have Lived:: West Chester, PA; Blacksburg, VA; Alexandria, VA; Dallas, TX
Four TV Shows I Love To Watch:: Mythbusters; Six Feet Under; Space Ghost; The Daily Show; San Francisco; Cape Town; Düsseldorf; Boston; Google News; Slashdot; PalmInfocenter; Ask MetaFilter
Four Favorite Foods:: Chocolate Cake; Avocados; Pancakes; Blue Cheese

Oh, and in case you’re wondering, yes, I coded that as a definition list :). And, sure, I could tag four people with the meme, but do we really need more propagation of this one across Teh Intarweb?

Oh, So That’s The Deal With 13!

January 14, 2006January 13, 2006 Ashley Bischoff5 Comments

Since yesterday was “Friday the 13th”, I got to thinking about why there was superstition surrounding the number thirteen. As it turns out, I ran across an article on the CSICOP website which addressed just that. (CSICOP is the “Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal”, is a pro-science group.)

How did thirteen get such a bad reputation? To understand, one needs to know the history of twelve, says CSICOP Senior Research Fellow Joe Nickell. “The number twelve has traditionally represented completeness in mythologies and religions around the world,” says Nickell. “There are twelve months of the year, twelve chief gods of Olympus, twelve signs of the zodiac, and twelve apostles of Jesus. Thirteen exists just one digit beyond twelve, and is symbolic of the first departure from divine completeness or the initial step towards evil.” […]

Now for the chicken-and-the-egg thing, I’m left wondering whether thirteen was thought to be unlucky and then the number of apostles was recorded as twelve, or if it happened the other way around :-/.

Web Junk 20 on VH1 — The Video Meme Show

January 13, 2006January 13, 2006 Ashley BischoffLeave a comment

Apparently Viacom bought iFilm back in October and now they plan on making use of it — “Web Junk 20” is premiering on VH1 this evening:

“Web Junk 20” is a weekly show based on clips and shorts that will be shown on VH1 and on-demand via VH1's broadband network VSpot.

Set to premiere Jan. 13, “Web Junk 20” is a countdown of the strange and humorous videos being spread virally around the Internet. Hosted by comedian Patrice O’Neal, the show is executive produced by Rick Hankey, Shelly Tatro and Michael Hirschorn. […]

Sounds like fun — with this and Best Week Ever, maybe I’ll be able to stay current with pop culture ;).