xBlog: The visual thinking weblog
21st November 1999

Bannerstake

This is a pretty cool tool. “Find out if someone is holding your brand name hostage … Here’s how it works: Online search sites commonly sell keywords to advertisers. At this time, the rules are unclear about who can buy your trademark or brand name. Example: Company A may discover that a Company B banner advertisement is displayed when ‘company a’ is typed in as a search term on several major search engines.”

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21st November 1999

Trivial Pursuit On Line

Play online or check out the handheld or board games.

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21st November 1999

A Graphic Designer’s Guide to the Galaxy

Search over 150 graphic design links in 20 categories, or browse & buy related books, magazines, & software.

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21st November 1999

The History of the Universe

“This web site is a complete history of the Universe from start to finish. It is based on the belief that if you don’t know where you came from, then you cannot appreciate the miracle of being here, nor make wise decisions about where you want to go.”

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21st November 1999

Scott Kim, puzzle master

“Designer of visual thinking puzzles for the web, computer games, magazines, education and toys.”

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21st November 1999

Mary Kay Bergman, voice-over actress, dead

“Mary Kay Bergman, an actress who voiced many characters from the animated ‘South Park’ shows and other major projects, has died. She was 38. Bergman’s attorney, Robert Harrison, says she killed herself on Thursday night.”

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21st November 1999

The Code of the Geeks

“The geek code consists of several categories. Each category is labeled with a letter and some qualifiers. Go through each category and determine which set of qualifiers best describes you in that category. By stringing all of these ‘codes’ together, you are able to construct your overall geek code. It is this single line of code that will inform other geeks the world over of what a great geek you actually are.”

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21st November 1999

Scott Kim, puzzle master

“Designer of visual thinking puzzles for the web, computer games, magazines, education and toys.”

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