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Star Wars + Transformers = ?

So, in something that probably should not ever happen, the two worlds of Star Wars and Transformers have been brought together. No, this doesn’t mean Megatron with a lightsaber, it means a transforming Darth Vader. Into the freaking Death Star. That’s right. The completed Death Star, on top of that. Apparently this isn’t the only [...]

9,246,050!

Yeah! Alexa ranks maxelman.com at 9,246,050! That’s only 9,246,047 spots behind google! Alright, so it’s absurd, but it’s a start, right? Edit (28 August 2007): 7,082,312, take that! up by two million! Edit (30 August, 2007): 2,425,454, ha! another five million! Edit (2 September 2007): 1,888,110! Edit (11 September 2007): 1,731,098 Edit (1 October 2007): [...]

lifehacked bag

Inspired by lifehacker and this post, I put together a picture and listing of the contents of my everyday bag. Took a lot longer than I thought, but here it is: Here’s what goes most everywhere with me around college and town, much of that by bike. Chrome Mini Metro w/ cell phone strap-pouch: Just [...]

way to go amazon.com

So, I ordered something for a special someone’s birthday, and after the order online was marked as delivered, and UPS told me to contact the shipper (because only they can start a “trace”?), I was a bit frustrated when there was no phone number to be found for Amazon. However, I did find this – [...]

quit hitting the tornado button!

Remember Sim City 2000? your “board of advisors”? Who all were really just CRAZY? Well, maybe not entirely crazy, but I came across this page today that shows exactly what would happen if they were as crazy as I remember. Check it out, it’s hilarious. And speaking of Sim City, who is one of the [...]