Some of you may think we here at the Progress NEVER make mistakes. Thanks Mom. For the rest of you check out The Ad Graveyard (http://www.zeldman.com/ad.html) for an idea of ads that shouldn't have been, or often never were, thanks to some common sense person who finally noticed the boo boos before actual publishing. I liked the opening joke about copywriters as well as the ABC poster noting the reunion of the Beatles (Anthology) using the old recordings of John Lennon while mentioning the observation that "They said it would take three more bullets for the Beatles to get back together."

On a similar note, the people at Ad Busters (http://adbusters.org/spoofads/) have a made a bunch of 'spoof ads' aimed at alcohol, tobacco, fashion, food and more in a often dark vein. You might want to check it out first before the younger set, but I wouldn't mind seeing more emphasis placed on these very real problems facing our teens on posters in our local high schools, than worry so much about what they are wearing.

Finally, sticking to the newspaper subject... the kids at cockeyed.com have unraveled the Memorial Day paper to see how much paper was actually used to produce the Sunday edition. See their results at http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/news/newspaper.html, where they have also measured, poked, or prodded a variety of everyday products to see 'What's in there', so you can get the low down on the amount of Oreo Goo is in a bag of cookies, or ink in the print cartridge, or the REAL instructions on how to get the somewhat cheaper cartridge refill kit to work on your HP printer. AS IF. Their main page is at http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/howmuchinside.html.

Got an interest in famous, or infamous, pirates. No, not your boss. I think. Enter Beej's Pirate Image Archive (http://www.piratehaven.org/~beej/pirates) for a look at mostly old lithographs and carvings of historic baddies on the high seas.

For those who spend too much time looking at these computer screens, there's the Illustrated Guide to Breaking Your Computer (http://members.aol.com/spoons1000/break/index.html). There are several obvious, once viewed, problems that can arise when bending, folding or otherwise mutilating the technological source of your personal angst, and it seems they have some pretty good pointers for the general destruction of the various parts. I thought this site was well put together. One note I might add would be to find an old system you could practice on, perhaps working out your aggressions BEFORE dismantling the beast on which you have all the pictures of your best friends bachelor party (might need those one day).

Ever wonder who those people are who win the Nobel Prizes every year? You know I do, and now I can check out an archive (http://www.almaz.com/nobel/nobel.html) dating back to 1901 of all those really neat people, like YASSER ARAFAT who won the peace prize in 1994. Do you suppose the nominating committee members who pick these folks work for the Olympics too?

There are a bunch of small online games at Useless Games (http://www.urban75.com/Mag/useless.html). Looked like some old classics like Asteroids, etc., plus some new offerings like perpetual bubble wrap. A must see, no doubt. Oh, and some might not be suitable for the kiddies. Something about a pong game that involves Monica Lewinski.

Ever wonder what your name translates to in Hawaii? Me too, so I went to http://www.hisurf.com/hawaiian/names.html. Edward, it seems is really Ekewaka. I wondered what they were yelling at that Hawaiian market after the ‘accident.’

Ok, so this guy is walking past a big wooden fence at the insane asylum and he hears all the residents inside chanting, "Thirteen! Thirteen! Thirteen!" Quite curious about this, he finds a hole in the fence, and looks in. Someone inside pokes him in the eye. Then everyone inside the asylum starts chanting, "Fourteen! Fourteen! Fourteen!" Hmmm. Methinks he’s on the wrong side of the fence.

As always, please send your input to me at [email protected] or go by the web site at surf.to/nethotspots. Until next we meet, be careful around the grill and take care.