The 2001 winners are in! I love this annual contest: designers are limited to 5K or less to create the best-looking and most useful web site. The creativity of some of these people is just amazing. It's surprising what a person can do with so little space. And clicking on the homepages of judges and participants is a goldmine in design ideas. Highly recommended.

What the Democrats need is someone like me.

Just for the record, Reeses peanut butter cups kick ass. As does Rubios, which I'll be eating at today for the first time in months. Why can't downtown San Jose have a nice selection of decent fast food?

Don't tell me DEMOCRATS are the ones who'll wind up gutting campaign finance reform.

The White House has finally vocalized what we've long suspected it believes: Wasting gas is the American Way.

It's a scary thing when rolling blackouts don't even make CNN's front page anymore.

Here I am again at my favorite Borders store, here in Santa Cruz. I spent all day at the beach and had an epiphany this afternoon that I'll probably never be able to live farther than an hour's drive from the shore. Even the perilous 30-minute jaunt here is pushing it. (Maybe this is actually my second-favorite Borders. The store in Newport Beach was easier to reach and was just across the street from Virgin Megastore and that corny little mall, Triangle Square.) Maybe I should move to Santa Cruz when my lease is up.

In other news, I'll be back to my old Phoenix stomping grounds next weekend. Clear out space on your Palm Pilots, 'cause Kenny's back in town and ready to party! Ah, who am I kidding? I'll probably wind up seeing "Joe Dirt" in downtown Tempe.

Speaking of Joe Dirt, am I the only one that noticed he stole my life story? The movie sounds a little to much like "Billy Dirt Jeans" to be coincidence...

It's about time Democrats started fighting back.

Yo yo yo, check this out: I hooked up my CE device to the corporate network. Awwww yeah!

Since when does the owner of a giant corporation have an official say in government policy? Anyone who thinks big business doesn't affect their lives ought to read this.

As musch as I enjoy the benefits of free trade, Tom Tomorrow, as usual, has a point.

I wish I could say this is a hoax.

Man oh man, what a trip. California Adventure was so-so, the writing conference was a mixed bag, and a certain co-worker had me seriously pissed off by the end of the trip.

So anyway, now I'm back in the thick of things, quickly realizing that I don' have enough time to actually impliment anything I learned.

Guess where I'll be in about four hours...

Despite our desperate need to believe the world's greatest democracy didn't elect an idiot to lead the free world, George W. Bush really is as dumb as he seems, writes Jonathan Chait.

How's this for geeky: I signed up to be in a spring video game league for Tribes 2. Hopefully, my team will prove a lot more successful than my softball team.

Another 5-4 decision that splits the high court's conservatives and liberals. It's only gonna get worse, people, when W. starts making appointments.

From today's Slate: "By this standard, Quebec City might be a turning point. OK, it's small and cute, but it is in Canada, which means that by definition it isn't cool."

Man, I love anti-canadian sentiment.

Exactly.

And now he's backing down from his previous hard-line and incredibly stupid stance on Alaskan refuge oil drilling. It looks like W.'s learning what "balance of power" means.