If you’re a regular reader, you saw my feeble attempt to persuade and change the world a few weeks ago…and here we go again. This time, let’s keep it light.

The inspiration for this post came last night, while sketching in my blackbook and watching The Office. More specifically, I was watching “The Fire”. In it, Dunder Mifflin employees must think of ways to pass time while they wait for a small fire to be put out. Enter Desert Island. I thought it would make a cool blog post.

So here are the rules. I will name a few categories and list the top 5 things in that category that I would bring to a deserted island (or imagine you can only use the following for the rest of your life). You will do the same. On your blog. And send me an email or trackback so I can read it! For my game, a full season of a show counts as one DVD and a 2 disc audio set counts as one cd. Let’s begin!

DVD’s

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Hustle and Flow
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Scrubs Season 6

I’m young.  I’m allowed to be shallow.

Music CD’s

1. Weezer’s The Blue Album
2. 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me
3. Dave Matthew’s Live at Fenway Park
4. Brad Paisley’s 5th Gear
5. Flipsyde

What can I say?  I could listen to Jim Dale all day long.

Audiobooks/Spokenword

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. Star Wars: Dark Forces
3. Father Gilbert: Dead Air
4. The Westing Game
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Books

1. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
2. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
3. The Fellowship of the Ring by JR Tolkein
4. Harry Potter and the
5. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Board(ish) Games

1. Mancala
2. Chess
3. Scrabble
4. Risk
5. Monopoly

For all my designer friends, assume you were restricted to using only the following for the rest of your life (#000 & #FFF are freebies).

Colors

1. #00BBEE
2. #FF77FF
3. #FFBB00
4. #DDDDDD
5. #444444

For now, that’s all I’ve got.  So, if you have a few minutes, play with me!  Copy and paste this template or come up with your own.  Add lists (writing utensils, sports equipment, etc) or take away lists.  Have fun with it.

Look forward to seeing your choices!

Coming soon, in a galaxy far, far nearer than you’d expect with this type of intro…Star Wars shoes by Adidas!  If you know anything about me, you know I love Adidas and I love Star Wars.  Yes, I have the Collector’s Edition of the Dark Forces dramatized audiobook, and yes I listen to the entire 6 hour adventure multiple times per year.  And yes I bought it when I was about 12.  I’ve also photographed myself with all my Adidas gear and sent it off to the company.

Point is, I couldn’t be happier about the news.  The most influential science fiction work ever produce is coming together with the makers of what I consider the highest quality everyday apparel.  It’s a dream come true.

Sadly, it hasn’t been released yet.  The few images we Star Wars fanatics have been granted leave us drooling and appetite-whetted, though not yet satisfied.  The official Star Wars release says that they will be available in select stores and online in January.  Here are a few of my favorites, though I believe I’ve decided to go with the AT-AT high tops (pictured above).

To add to the frustration, I stumbled across more Star Wars apparel that is currently only available in Japan.  This time it’s hats - New Era (59Fifty) hats to be specific.  Here comes the drool again.  I’m already a huge New Era fan (got my LA fitted a few weeks back and I love it), so again this excites me beyond words.  Here are a few pics of the hats currently available, though I have yet to hear if they will come to the US anytime soon.

Until January, enjoy the pics. I’m sure if you’re anything like me, you will come back for a second or third look. Oh, and a note to all relatives, friends, and random people who might want to get me a Christmas gift…all cash gifts will go into what I like to call my “ATAT FUND“.

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This is the 200th post on RyboMedia (hence the 200 “o’s”).

To celebrate this milestone, I’ve put together a list of 100 things I love about the internet. Why not 200? Read until the end and you’ll see. Enjoy!

50 Random Goodies

1. Overusing hashtags.  #awesome
2. Watching The Office on Hulu the day after it airs.
3. Blogging.
4. SideReel.  Where else can I go to find links to watch my Scrubs and Friends?
5. SquaredEye.  Because they rock and look perty.
6. Amazon wishlists.
7. Tupac is alive!!!
8. Pandora.  Seriously, the more I use it the more I love it.
9. Hey Ya! acoustic style.
10. Graffiti t-shirts.
11. Restaurant.com.  Admittedly, it was better when I had a lady friend, but still an awesome place to get gift certificates dirt cheap.
12. Joupes.  Yeah right, I’m going to list 100 things and not do some self-promotion?
13. Farmville.
14. Kobe Bryant highlight videos.
15. Wookieepedia.  It’s a Star Wars Wikipedia.  Need I say more?
16. HTML color code charts.  Far more useful than you’d expect.
17. Nerds proposing.
18. More nerds proposing.
19. Horrible, horrible, horrible albeit hilarious parents.
20. Amazing dance skills that I will never have.
21. The Star Wars tattoo chick.  Actually not a turn on for me, but still quite interesting.
22. Google Reader.  Sharing is quick and easy, and I can star items for later, more intense reading just like Gmail.
23. Retrievr.  If you’ve never used it, it lets you find Flickr images by color.
24. Google Image Search.  It makes staring at my future wife so, so easy.
25. ESPN Fantasy Football.  I’ll never play football so this is as close as this 160 pound white boy gets.
26. Cute dogs.
27. Google Chrome.
28. Google Voice.
29. Google cake.
30. Google.
31. The best song ever, sung by Percy Sledge and Michael Bolton (live footage).
32. SEEN painting the Hollywood sign.
33. Bob Parsons.
34. Listening to NBA games for free.
35. The things I’m going to put my kids through (because I’m a Star Wars junkie).
36. This dude.
37. Hungry Howies.
38. Extensive graffiti guide.
39. Awesome pictures of cute babies.
40. What up with that?!
41. Personality driven ministry.  #SARCASM
42. Nature in all it’s beauty.
43. Really, really, really good web design.
44. A 63-can color test.
45. DRM-Free mp3 downloads for less than $1
46. Listening to the exact songs I want…for free! (Yep, same as above)
47. Google Chrome Extensions
48. Mitch Hedberg
49. My cousins baby trying to hug my dog.
50. Star Wars Adidas shoes!

50 Blogs

51. SiteSketch101 - Teaching You How to Blog with Passion, Power and Profit
52. Blogussion - Blogging Discussion, Tips & Tricks
53. ColorFreak - Make sure to check out the Banksy piece!
54. KomodoMedia - BEAUTIFUL site, great design-related posts
55. UnmatchedStyle - Reviews of beautifully designed websites
56. Webdesigner Depot - One of the coolest header images I’ve ever seen on a site
57. The Design Cubicle - Well researched, deep posts on blogging and web design
58. Design Milk - Neat design, from home furnishings to computer equipment
59. ThinkVitamin - Carsonified’s Blog About the Web
60. Desizn Tech - Great design blog (CSS, textures, etc)
61. CrazyLeaf Design Blog - Beautifully designed blog
62. Daily Blog Tips - What’s it sound like?
63. Blog Oh! Blog - Wanna sizzle up your WordPress blog?
64. WordPress Jedi - Feed your WordPress Demons!
65. Unique Blog - Create A Blog That Stands Out From the Crowd
66. Million Clues - Technology Guide for the Digital Citizen
67. Spyre Studios - The blog of a small but high quality design agency
68. Lumos Studio Photography - Great photography from an old teacher of mine
69. Allan Cole Roberts - More grat photography from a great web designer
70. The Official Gmail Blog - News, tips and tricks from Google’s Gmail team and friends
71. Rands In Repose - Great writing, make sure to check out the Nerd Handbook
72. iGeekTrooper - On the Front Lines for the Geek Empire
73. Necessary Cool - The Premier Guide to All That is Cool (That’s me!)
74. Cope2 - Personal blog of graffiti legend Cope2
75. Senses Lost - Graffiti pics, interviews, product reviews, and other cool stuff.
76. Jersey Joe Art - Blog of graffiti icon Rime
77. Hurricane Game - That’s right, I’m a big fan of The Game
78. Chip Oglesby - Random Whatness
79. Jeff Elder -  On Charlotte Networking
80. LakersNation - For fans.  By fans.
81. The No Look Pass - Great NBA blog by Lakers fan
82. Cleveland, Curveballs, and Common Sense - Putting 2 and 2 Together Since 1987
83. People of Wal-Mart - You guessed it - pictures of Wal-People
84. Fail Blog - Funny FAIL pictures and videos
85. Awkward Family Photos - Spreading the Awkwardness
86. eSarcasm - Geek Humor Gone Wild
87. SocialWayne - Tech tips and tricks!
88. Jasongraphix - The journal of Jason Beaird
89. Technically Incorrect - Awesome news related to tech stuff…yep…
90. Chris Pirillo - Great posts by a true all-around geek
91. BDawg - Great blog from a good friend of mine, unveiling web apps, etc.
92. Conversion Rate Experts - Turning Clicks into Customers
93. Joupes Blog - Of course I’m going to put it here.
94. Tynan on Tech - Technology from a jaundiced perspective
95. Carrie Underwood - More of a news feed, but it helps me stay up to date with my lady
96. BoingBoing - Tech, gadgets, science, culture and art news, etc.  Whew.
97. Download Squad - Latests in tech news and software downloads
98. ISO50 - Great photography and design work by Scott Hansen
99. GeekDad - Logic puzzles and other awesome geeky things
100. The Star Wars Blog - Need I say more?

Now, granted, this post would have been a whole lot more effective if I had 200 items in my list. However, I seriously doubt you’ve read this far…and even fewer of you would have if I had 200 things. SO, here’s the challenge.

By this time next year, I would love to have a completed list of 200 things (blogs, videos, awesome Twitter people, whatever!) - half of them mine, half of them yours.  Lame?  I don’t care, it’s my blog.  Start commenting.