M-Dub Bash 2003, Friday 09.05 @ 9 pm, and apologies for the short notice. Come throw down with all the science geeks from my medical school. There will be future physician assistants, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and osteopathic physicians all congregating in one spot; females, if you're looking for a future sugar daddy, it's a good place to hunt. Males, if you want a sugar mama, there are tons more girls than guys in the PA and OT programs, and they will be out making mid-to-upper 5 digit salaries within 2 years, more than plenty for a low % finance plan on the M5 I'm looking at. Kidding aside, it is this year's inaugural event for our school year, and I expect debauchery to abound. Come have fun with the people many of you met if you came to Axis|Radius for Labor Day Bash barely a week ago. Glendale: 101 North/Westbound to 51st Ave. South on 51st Ave. to Union Hills. A right takes you west. Left (south) on 55th Ave. Left on Wagoneer, right on 54th Ave., and finally the third left to find 5433 VILLA MARIA DR. Call me for more info. b.j. @ 602.284.2326.

This week, the University of Minnesota's Design Institute is hosting the Big Urban Game in Minneapolis. Teams of people will move enormous game pieces around the city. Whichever piece completes its assigned route first wins. What a cool, crazy idea. The Design Institute set up the game to draw city features to the attention of its residents and to draw the city itself to the attention of the people beyond its borders. It is, of course, collaborative, public art which is interesting for its own sake.

NEU-YORK is a cautionary meditation, suggesting what the local geographical reality might have been like had victorious Nazis succeeded in bringing the Third Reich across the Atlantic Ocean in 1945. At the same time it is an exploration of psychological transport, place, displacement and memory.

Wild.

Sony Ericsson has created a fully interactive demo of their newest GSM phone, so you can play with the different parts of the phone's interface before you buy it. Considering most phone companies still seem content to put functionless, powerless, utterly dumb props in Best Buy tethered with security cables so short that customers can't even put the gutted phones to their ears, this demo is downright brilliant.

Ever wonder where AZ Central writers get ideas for their stories? Apparently, they've been thieving from this site and mine. From today's front page, three articles were linked that have been covered by Ukazu and Fuelfire several days ago.

1) "Schwarzenegger describes group sex, drug use in '77 interview" Thanks guys, but FF had that covered five friggin' days ago. Welcome to yesterday, ya simps.
2) "Man survives drill bit through head" Oh really? That's a great story, last week. Paul owns.
3) "Secret e-mails call 'flash mobs' to action" Welcome to Snorefest, 2003! Ukazu had this one dialed in since June ...and then again a couple of weeks ago.

The media have criticized webloggers for "recycling the news". I criticize the media for being a bunch of out-of-the-loop lameasses.

Well, on Sunday night, I felt like I was on top of the world, not because the DJ booth looms over the club like some sort of godly perch, but because of the immense support from everyone who made the party at Axis a huge success. People came from as far as Minneapolis, and as high as Boulder in the typical "I'll be damned if I am the only one not at this party from the ukazu crew" style. Sincerely, thank you coming and partying, you made the night great. And for those of you named J-rod, don't worry, we'll throw another one really soon, maybe it will be named The Better Than Vegas Bash! Thanks again, everyone.

Holy smokes, somebody put video of vocal chords in action out on the web. I think the human body is equal parts fascinating and gross, and this video is certainly categorized the same, but really, if you've never seen your pipes in action, you really ought to check this out. [ thanks, interconnected ]

Accidents happen, sure, but falling off a ladder, face first onto an 18" long, 1.5" wide drill bit? That just sucks. Craziest of all, the guy lived, he can talk, and he's not significantly brain damaged. His relatives visited him in the hospital, he still had the hardware sticking out of his face, and he was cracking jokes.

Some people will do anything to get front page news at UKAZU.