A blog of mystery and chagrin

by Shane Snow

Television Sky Archives

March 07 2010

The Most Amazing Emoticon Since the Smiley

Eighty percent of what you say isn’t coming from the actual words you use. OK, I made that statistic up. But it’s true that tone of voice, body language, pitch, and mannerisms all play a big part in communication. Even before the advent of technologies like text messaging and email, people realized that written communication . . . (continued)

December 31 2009

Krang Series Part 2: The Technodrome

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Krang wasn’t messing around when he stole the universe’s largest (and most versatile) gadget and piloted it through space and time to reach Earth.
But then, Krang’s not the kind of guy who messes around with anything.
Though his motives were foggy, it’s clear that no other device could serve Krang’s astronomically evil purposes better . . . (continued)

November 28 2009

Krang Series 1: Interview with a brain

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As everyone who grew up in the 80s/early 90s knows, neither Hitler nor Hannibal is the universe’s most evil genius. They were bad dudes. But they never did anything that would qualify them as evil on a galactic scale: traveling through time and space and wreaking havoc on alien planets. When speaking of the Most . . . (continued)

May 21 2009

What’s this? Dinosaurs on Segways?!

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That’s right, everybody! My latest website has emerged from it’s giant, expensive, computerized womb (aka my Macbook Pro), and it’s ready for YOU!

What you can expect to find at Scordit.com:
The powers of shameless bragging and longingful wishing
Scordit lets you create a personal profile and then “score” things that you’ve bought, received, . . . (continued)

March 11 2009

Things people have searched for to find my blog

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Kind of a lot of people stumble onto this blog. Not on a regular basis – there’s probably a handful of friends that check in every week (and thank you! you rock!), but I get a surprising amount of random traffic from Google organic search. In honor of these valiant googlers, this week I’d like . . . (continued)

January 14 2009

Next Week: Bum Anthology. This Week: Wishing I Was Cooler

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I know I made all these exhorbitant promises about the Bum Anthology coming out on my blog, but I’m here in Las Vegas this week, and there’s no way I’m braving the cold (yes, it’s cold here compared to where I live) to find some bums to interview. So next week will be the big . . . (continued)

September 22 2008

I am King of the Internet

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If you go to Google and type in the phrase ‘how to kiss’ and hit search, you will notice that #8 on the list is www.how-to-kiss.net – which happens to be owned by me! That’s right, I now own everyone who wants to learn how to kiss on the internet. And yes, there are pictures . . . (continued)

September 08 2008

D#!@ T.V. Antennas…

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Whereas living in the city of Honolulu definitely has its perks, I’m finding that it’s quickly turning me into an even bigger cheapskate than I was before. $1350 a month in rent for a 1BR will do that to you I guess.
Once we got moved in, I ordered Internet from the cable company, who . . . (continued)