c|net is celebrating its 10th anniversary with cool special features: a look back to its website 10 years ago, a 10-year IQ test and 11 (huh?) Top 10 lists. Here are Slicksta’s favorites:
Top 10 Web Fads
Top 10 Buzzwords
Top 10 Dot Bombs
Top 10 Best Products
Top 10 Worst Products
Archive for September, 2005
c|net’s 10th Anniversary
September 30th, 2005
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Map a Zip Code
September 30th, 2005
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Now you can map a zip code using Google Maps and a something sinister called ZCTAs. The resulting polygons make for good gangsta tats of your ‘hood. Represent!
Slicksta mapped ‘90210′ and ‘90025′ for kicks and found out that they are contiguous. Holy crap – now you know where Slicksta lives!
Sony Ericcson Gameboard EGB-10
September 29th, 2005
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“Fight menacing aliens, win fast paced car races, solve intricate puzzles.” The EGB10 gameboard almost looks like a fake but it’s legitimate. Just snap the gaming controls onto the back of a Sony Ericsson Z600 or T630 phone, write “N-E-R-D” across your forehead and you’re good to go.
Slicksta thinks it’s an interesting idea but [...]
End of the Palm OS?
September 28th, 2005
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Palm released the latest Treo today and announced that it will be powered by Windows Mobile. Is this the end of Palm as we know it? What’s the big deal wonders Slicksta. He had a Palm once but the games weren’t that cool and he never mastered that stick thingy. Eventually he traded it [...]
Orbitz Strikes Again
September 26th, 2005
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Those wacky flash programmers at Orbitz are at it again. As if VolleyPong was not distracting enough, now Slicksta has to deal with an entire microsite of the Orbitz Flash games.
Register for a chance to win free travel and other prizes (Vegas baby, yeah!), create a profile and see what other slackers are playing in [...]
Got PMS?
September 16th, 2005
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The calcium in milk helps reduce PMS. This is the basis for a hilarious new commerical from our favorite milk peddlers. The spot shows men stocking up on milk and lugging cartons of it home in every conceivable way. The best part is the look on the guys’ faces: a hilarious mixture of hope and [...]
