ORIGINALLY AIRED: 1/19/2005
Xeni Jardin, Valet Gadget Trap, Garry's Mod Contest
Episode #5009
| Top This: AmysRobot.com compiles the “ultimate” Top 10 list of Top 10 albums from 2004.
Live the Life of Craig: Craig Robinson has mapped out every “What If?” scenario his life could’ve taken, all for your examination. Office Bricolage: Design weapons utilizing common office supplies and submit them to the contest at Bleacheatingfreaks.com. |
| BoingBoing.net co-editor Xeni Jardin describes her celebrated blog as “a church we want people to convert to,” and many websurfers already have. It consistently writes about the most interesting things on the Internet. “It’s a challenge to figure out what not to post – you could blog 24 hours a day and not keep up,” said Xeni. (Want to add to Xeni's workload? Feel free to suggest sites for BoingBoing.net to cover by using this suggestion form.)
Head over to Xeni's Blazing Blogger Bookmarks for her blog-watching picks. |
| Boing Boing Rejected Names 5. Bing Bang 4. Beep Boop 3. Yabba Dabba 2. Boing Boing Boing 1. Richard Dean Anderson.com |
| Here are the Internet curiosities that Sarah dug up for your amusement: The Funhaler: Kids love the Funhaler! The members of the band Roctum: How can they possibly fail? Geek Tattoos: Ultimate ink for ultimate geeks. |
| Brendan decided to gauge the must-have factor of various review products sitting around the office by loading them up in his car and seeing which object would get stolen by the G4 parking valet. Can you guess which one?
Suunto X9 wristwatch |
| In tech topics…
No P2P in CA: California just says no to P2P’s with an anti-P2P bill. World of Hurt: Blizzard apologizes for World of Warcraft problems and offers 48 hours of free gameplay. It’s the Death Row Show: Thailand plans to install death row webcams in its jails. |
| Kevin P. gave a preview of Sony’s upcoming God of War for PS2 after playing some demo levels. The mythological action game is “a little bit platformer, a little bit puzzler, and a whole lot of action,” said Kevin. With great graphics, fast action, and fluid battle controls, all signs point to a good title.
“The question at the end of the day is: Will the game offer enough variety to keep players interested? Sadly, I can't really tell ya. Not at this point -- the demo only lasted about 25 minutes. However, those few minutes were filled with enough over the top torso tearing antics to warrant a 'try it' from me; so check out God of War in March.” |
| Geeks everywhere may have cause to rejoice with the film version of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Check out the trailer here. |
| Andre of Detroit wanted to know how BoingBoing.net got started.
BoingBoing was originally a ‘zine (bOING bOING) created by Mark Frauenfelder, who later converted it into a blog. It now is run by several editors. “We are friends in real life -- we’re all hardcore nerds,” said Xeni. What are some good blog tools? Sarah likes Typepad (“It’s great whether you know html or not.”) and Kevin P. suggests |
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Xeni's Blazing Blogger Bookmarks
BoingBoing.net contributor Xeni Jardin provides a list o' links for blog watchers. |
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The Garry's Mod Contenders
Vote for your favorite screenshot created using Garry's Mod for Half-Life 2. |