22-May

wild things

I’m stepping away from lunch but wanted to post that I visited the local Minneapolis amusement park Valley Fair yesterday. That’s what The Super Genius Podcast Episode 4 is going to be all about. I rode a ride called Wild Thing and accidentally swallowed at least one bug. That ride was crazy style. An hour […]

20-May

superman returns tv spots

Here’s two new spots that they’re airing on television. The first spot is a bit spoilery so if you want to avoid significant plot points then you should skip it. The second spot, however, has a SMALLVILLE feel to it. It’s either the love talk or the pop song in the background — or both. […]

14-May

1980 astroworld videos on dvd

I’ve had my hands full with my client’s project and can’t believe that I finally had some time this weekend to make a new friend, hang out in Uptown, call my mom to discuss in some detail why she should work at a better hospital, send belated presents for my dad’s birthday and for Mother’s […]

06-May

the eero aarnio ball chair

Recognize this chair from CLOCKWORK ORANGE and MEN IN BLACK? There’s one for sale near me although it’s way too pricey even at 70% off. After doing some research, I’m pretty sure inmod is the way to go, however. Their reproductions of the original Aarnio chairs are wayyy more affordable. So cool.

06-May

the impossible mission force

The first MISSION IMPOSSIBLE came out in 1996 while I was still a teacher. I didn’t like it until I saw it the second time because I’d missed so many double-crosses that I’d gotten completely GODFATHER 3 lost. Director Brian DePalma was good at doing that to you. The second film, directed by John Woo, […]

02-May

new superman returns trailer

Click here for the new SUPERMAN RETURNS trailer. I’m stuck behind a firewall and can’t watch this until I get home. Wah. I’ve got a lot of work to do, as well. I know. Wah, wah.

02-May

markshields.com circa 1996

Thanks to the kind folks at ARCHIVE.ORG, I was finally able to locate a copy of my very first website from 1996. It looks better on a FireFox browser (the background isn’t loading in Internet Exploder, for some reason). I used Notepad and Netscape 3 to test the site, I believe. I’m vaguely recalling that […]

01-May

my april 2006 adsense results

Channel Description Page impressions Clicks Page CTR Page eCPM Earnings MARKSHIELDS.COM 79,578 747 0.94% $1.25 $99.39 THEREALWORLDAUSTIN.COM 45,115 61 0.14% $0.27 $12.21 MARKWAHLBERG.COM (Forum) 83,406 72 0.09% $0.10 $8.61 THEREALWORLDPHILLY.COM (Forum) 1,947 7 0.36% $0.84 $1.64 QUARK.NAME 576 11 1.91% $2.14 $1.23 MARKWAHLBERG.COM (Old Forum) 2,908 8 0.28% $0.36 $1.03 ASTROWORLD.CC (Blog) 2,644 8 0.30% […]