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07 June 2006

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So, I'm working on another idea for a funny site. Right now, Facts About You is just a collection of those silly 'Chuck Norris Facts' or 'Jack Bauer Facts' (about one-fourth written by me) rewritten to apply to YOU! Right now, it's a static page, but I'm working on allowing the reader to personalize everything with their own name (and to specify gender: male, female or robot), so it ends up looking like this (but with YOUR name, got it?). That's assuming that with my PHP non-skillz I don't crash the entire internet first.

Anyway, please view the prototype and tell me what you think (and if you've got any funny "facts" to share, let's hear 'em!).

post by: wendell at: 18:47 | 5 comments

fun! it's that google thing--just google "wendell is" and use those results (or any name--it works with everything--pet names are really good)

posted by amberglow 07 June | 18:56

I like it!

posted by I Love Tacos 07 June | 19:19

Could be interesting, but it seems like it needs a little more, some other level of customization. A selection of traits YOU process that would alter the facts, maybe?

Post if you get stuck on the php, seems like good, straight-forward project to learn with.

posted by danostuporstar 07 June | 20:25

IN SOVIET RUSSIA, BILL BRASKY SCISSOR-KICKS YOU!!

posted by Wedge 07 June | 21:12

Thank you, Wedgie!
The more I know of the origins of this meme, the less chance I'll end up looking like the idiot I am.

Let's see... from the Bill Brasky playbook...
"YOUR poop is used as currency in Argentina."
"YOU once punched a hole in a cow just to see who was coming up the road."
"YOU did all the makeup on the Planet of the Apes movies."
"YOU once inhaled a seagull."
"YOU drive an ice cream truck covered in human skulls." (I saw this one in one of the Norris lists and thought twice about it...)
"They once had a bachelor party for YOU. YOU ate the entire cake before we could tell you there was a stripper in it." (saw this one elsewhere...)
"YOUR family crest is a picture of a barracuda eating Neil Armstrong."
"YOU named the group Sha Na Na. They did not want to be called that."
"If you drop a phonograph needle on YOUR nipple, it plays the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds." (Again, I'm going to work out seperate male/female lists, but this just might work for both...)
"YOU once breastfed John Madden!" (ditto.)

posted by wendell 07 June | 21:22

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