New Nintendo

by kartooner on November 27, 2003

Wit­ness one of the ear­li­est com­mer­cials for the Nin­tendo Enter­tain­ment Sys­tem, pre­dat­ing the launch of the new con­sole in 1985.

Don’t Touch that Number

by kartooner on November 24, 2003

Accord­ing to The Reg­is­ter “In a move that has sur­prised naïve observers, the US Patent Office has announced that from now on it will con­sider ‘seri­ous’ appli­ca­tions to patent spe­cific inte­ger num­bers.” As far as I’m con­cerned this only means one (…)

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Jell-O Bones

by kartooner on November 21, 2003

The ques­tion on everyone’s mind these days is whether or not Jell-O is made from ani­mal hides and bones. Well, look no fur­ther because accord­ing to Snopes.com “Some­times the most innocu­ous of food­stuffs con­tain con­stituents whose ori­gins are less than (…)

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75-Year-Old Mouse

by kartooner on November 18, 2003

Today marks the 75th Birth­day of Mickey Mouse, pop cul­ture icon orig­i­nally cre­ated by Wal­ter Elias Dis­ney in 1928. I can hon­estly say that Mickey Mouse for me was the per­son­i­fi­ca­tion of all that is, was and always will be Walt (…)

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