Free 411 phone numbers

With the death of GOOG-411 (Google's toll free address service), I had to look for a new information line to fulfill my non-GPS, non-iPhone needs. Thank goodness for Wikipedia categories (at the bottom of each article)!

• (800)373-3411 (800 FREE-411)
• (800)843-4636 (800 THE-INFO) [Verizon]

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Directory_assistance_services

Alternative Nation: wut happen?

I stumbled upon this retrospective of the 90s today. Full of quotables, "I was there" moments, and brilliance.

Love this: "...With the Internet, we know about every promising band seemingly from the time it records its first demos. By the time the album comes out, the backlash has already kicked in. Now the challenge is to not be informed; surprising people has gone the way of putting current events on newsprint. It’s almost like we don’t want to be surprised anymore, because that means we’re somehow out-of-the-loop, or not savvy enough to be there first, which seems to be of the utmost importance when it comes to music these days."

A great read for those sitting at a relative's house, waiting for the turkey to burn.

What Happened to Alternative Nation?
http://www.avclub.com/features/whatever-happened-to-alternative-nation/

Best of the Year 2010

Music video best-of coming soon!

EQ1 Map Archive

My current pet project (among other things, like life) for the past few months has been collecting all of the dwindling EverQuest drawn maps, storing them, and giving them to the public. I call it the EverQuest Map Preservation Society (maybe I should have a Donate button). Work in progress here.

www.steveprutz.com/eq

Jewelry

Check out my friend, Aatisha Singh, and her insanely awesome recycled creations:


http://www.etsy.com/shop/DevakiDesigns

Lyric Entry #005

Somewhere along the way
exacting vengeance gave excitement
Somewhere along the way
that excitement turned to pleasure
Somewhere along the way
that pleasure turned to madness
But sooner or later that kind of madness turns into pain

Tackleball

Week 2: Somehow Joe Paterno gets past state troopers and executes a three-punch combo on Nick Saban's hairpiece.

Week 3: The Nittany Lion mascot places a peace flower in the earhole of Shane Ewing's helmet.

Week 4: Hooty hoot!

Week 5: Iowa is finally overcome, with extreme prejudice. Goal posts are taken down by the White-Out faithful and transferred to a nearby corn field.

Week 7: The Victory Bell is fashioned as a hat and a drinking receptacle.

Week 10: Jim Tressell forfeits after seeing Rob Bolden's forearm from a mile away.

Week 11: The state of Maryland donates all land to Penn State University after just seconds witnessing the Nittany Lions take the FedExField.

Week 12: Nothing of interest.