Monthly Archives: February 2006

Watch ‘Em Grow

Webmonkey shows how to make your thumbnail images grow to full-size using JavaScript. See it in action here.
On a side note, wasn’t Webmonkey supposed to have folded a couple of years ago? This is like when stores have going-out-of-business sales and you find out a couple of months later they’re still there.

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Kricfalusi Blogs

John Kricfalusi starts his own blog according to boingboing. I became familiar with his work through the Spike and Mike’s animation festivals that I used to attend every chance I got in the early ’90s. His Ren and Stimpy cartoons were featured shorts at the festivals, before Nickelodeon picked them up.

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My Own Private Torino

This is me ice skating in Dublin, CA last Friday night at my niece’s birthday party. I somehow managed to propel along with those stiff, graceless strokes of mine. Hey, at least, I didn’t slip and fall.
(Sorry for the nausea-inducing camera movements)

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MetroFreeFi goes Global

MetroFreeFi, an online database of free wi-fi hotspots in the U.S. and the creators of wiPod, will expand world-wide in the next few weeks. When it started a year and a half ago, it covered only the Bay Area. Its name back then was BayAreaFreeFi.com. It then included the entire state of California, then it [...]

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French Komikero

The gall of the Gaul! Frenchman Ivan Brun attempts to capture Philippine urban life in comics form. And by golly, he’s got it right. Check out a sample of his work at Gerry’s site.

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