Evans Above
I think the technical term for this is EGADS! Please be patient as we curse and yell at a database mixup that deep sixed dozens of our database entries. We need to clean up or recreate them one by one. Should be fun...
May 25, 2002
Miss Piggy is a cannibal
I can’t remember where I first read about this, but I saw the commercial today:
Miss Piggy and Kermit are doing ads for Denny’s Grand Slam Breakfast! Has she assimilated herself so far into the dress and boa wearing human world that she’s willing to eat strips off her relatives.
At least frog legs aren’t on the menu.
May 23, 2002
Guilty as charged…
I could always try and claim that aliens made me do it, but I actually sat down and watched Fox’s Celebrity Boxing 2.
Perhaps I wanted to see Darva Conger get KO’d (she won), but still, there was something satisfying in seeing Ron Palillo get his clock cleaned by Dustin Diamond.
I feel so bad…
May 20, 2002
CSS Redesign
MacEdition’s Codebitch mentioned Digital Hit in her latest article. She pointed us out as an example “ [that] plenty of sites that aren’t ‘about’ Web standards and Web development now use CSS layouts.”
We’ve recently changed our news area to a CSS design. Translation: The site still looks stylish in newer (version 5+) browsers but will look plainer in older browsers like Netscape 4.xx. This means that devices like PDAs and tools for the disabled are better able to access those new pages. Wouldn’t have been able to make the jump without inspiration from CodeBitch and Jeffrey Zeldman. Thanks!
Cuban Embargo
In his speech about Cuba, President Bush said that “Well-intentioned ideas about trade will merely prop up this dictator, enrich his cronies and enhance the totalitarian regime. It will not help the Cuban people.”
Why is it that the US will not trade with 11 million Cubans but will trade with 1 billion Chinese, who live under a regime that frequently, consistently and systematically abuses human rights?
Gee, do you think it’s because there’s more money to be made with China and Cuba’s a “cheaper” country to be all righteous about?
May 19, 2002
Mildred Pierce
My girlfriend’s back from her holiday. It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon and she’s decided to watch Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce.
It’s a shame that so many of the video transfers of the old films are so bad in terms of sound and image quality. The orchestration in the title sequence warbled like a warped record and there’s a ton of scratches and hairs in each scene.
It’s a shame that this is how many of the classic films are seen by new viewers.
May 18, 2002
That’s a lot of ice cream
A new Dairy Queen opened up in my area recently. I hadn’t really been to one since I was younger, so I’ve tried it a few times. I don’t know if they’ve changed their methods, but the ice cream doesn’t taste like I remember. Each of the few times I’ve gone I always end up thinking I should’ve just walked on by.
I felt sorry for one guy today though. They had him dressed up as a giant soft-serve cone. I tall desserty-type of guy with big shoes and an ice cream-eating grin. The sort of thing you’d expect if Disney was run by dairy farmers.
Actually, I guess that’s not as bad as the Hershey theme park where employees have to go around dressed as chocolate bars and Kisses.
A mouse in pants is one thing. I just don’t want to make conversation with my food.
Darva Who?
I hear that Darva Conger will be boxing Olga Korbut in the next round of Fox’s Celebrity Boxing.
a) Darva: Your fifteen minutes are up, please go away. b) I thought she wanted to regain her privacy. Perhaps the Playboy spread didn’t help…
…and so we begin.
Evans Above: A little area for me to ramble on and ponder things that don’t really fit in the headline news area of the site.
Sometimes it’ll be site news like “There’s a new section called Evans Above on the site.” (How’s that for a circular reference.)
Sometimes it’ll be observations about the world…both the real one and the entertainment one.
Sometimes it’ll be about nothing.
Should be fun…