http://www.rhube.com bits of useless knowledge mashed together in a loosely congealed, lightly grilled patty of inspirational genius Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:40:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My weekend project which turned into my multi-weekend project: the nookbook. I took a standard hardback sketchbook from the nearby art store, carved up its guts, used a little Mod Podge, and had myself a pretty nifty (if I do say so myself) protective case for my new nook. [caption id="attachment_429" ... http://www.rhube.com/2010/02/20/nookbook/ Apologies for the overuse of Ralph Wiggum-related ephemera, but I couldn't help myself. The Phillies take on the Evil Empire in the World Series starting tomorrow and Jorge Posada is about to get introduced to Choochtober. Here's how I envision it: http://www.rhube.com/2009/10/27/choochtober-rolls-o/ Yahoo! and T-Mobile are both getting all up in your business. Or "you" business, more specifically. Both have recently launched new campaigns that are all about "you" and they're both getting a lot of attention, mostly because there's clearly a lot of money behind them - Yahoo!'s money ... http://www.rhube.com/2009/09/28/they-choo-choo-choose-you/ During the GMail outages this past week, I thought Google needed their own version of the Twitter Fail Whale, so I went about creating one while watching Wedding Crashers for about the 30th time. If for just one disruptive morning, snail mail, the enemy of e-mail, slowly dragged GMail out ... http://www.rhube.com/2009/09/26/google-fail-snails/ Finally, Philly gets the Ork poster treatment it deserves. Clearly Ork heard my complaints and made appropriate reparations. I'll forgive their treatment of Philly as a second-tier US city because I want one... at a discount. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Where you at, Mayfair?"][/caption] http://www.rhube.com/2009/09/26/phinally/ I just I can't help getting fired up about the latest issue of Philadelphia Magazine because my high school alma mater, Father Judge Catholic High School for Boys (the official title) was prominently featured in the cover story, "Best of Philly Schools 2009". What does Judge, an all boys high ... http://www.rhube.com/2009/09/22/j-u-d-g-e/ This is just too good not to spread around the interwebs. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Tony's big screen debut"][/caption] From [The700Level] and [The Sporting Blog] http://www.rhube.com/2009/09/22/tonys-big-screen-debut/ Nike unleashed a new advertising campaign all over the boob tubes and interwebs this weekend which featured a handful of NFL superstars in separate spots, the most notable of which starred Adrian Peterson in an ad which hearkened back to the opening scene of The Last Boy Scout, except instead ... http://www.rhube.com/2009/09/14/nike-not-prepared-for-combat/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Metal Neil"][/caption] http://www.rhube.com/2009/08/21/neil-diamond-prince-of-darkness/ superpoop.com http://www.rhube.com/2009/08/17/obama-gets-even-with-j-roll/