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Date
20020416
Latest Viral Agent
Time
09:06
Upload photos of yourself wearing Fred Perry. Fred who?
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Date
20020416
Yet Another Lame Quiz
Time
09:10
Which “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” Character Are You? There are some who call me… Tim.
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Date
20020416
Time
09:11
Have an evil puppet version of you made so it can change places with you, leaving you to face a lifetime of sleeping in a suitcase and appearing on stage with a hand up your bottom.
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Date
20020416
Time
09:22
Play with the Homer Simpson Soundboard, or read about the stolen donut truck.
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Date
20020416
Time
12:42
‘My Dad and I Visit a Porn Set‘
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Date
20020416
Time
13:52
Laverne and Shirley return, Easter Island objects.
What, only Easter Island?
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Date
20020416
Time
16:06
Sorry bloggage has been light today.
I’ve spent a lot of time wondering if Weblogs can get their own BBC TV show.
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Date
20020416
Time
16:28
Run for the hills! Hatten has mutated!
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Date
20020417
Time
09:05
Can Weblogs Get Their Own BBC TV Show? is working out pretty well so far.
Thanks go to the following peeps for their kind bloggage:
http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/
http://www.ultimateinsult.net/
http://www.wannabegirl.org/
http://udn.netfirms.com/blogger.html
http://www.trialbyfire.tk/
http://www.funjunkie.co.uk/
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Date
20020417
Time
09:10
This is some awesome, awesome Lego.
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Date
20020417
Time
09:13
The cynic in me just doesn’t buy this. Back in Australia, McDonalds used to advertise their burgers as being ‘Made with 100% Australian Beef’. What they didn’t publicise was that their meat was supplied by the ‘100% Australian Beef Company’. Geddit? No, I just don’t trust them.
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Date
20020417
Time
09:18
Ship hits fan. Well, not quite – but you get the idea.
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Date
20020417
Flash Shows
Time
09:25
No, I can’t explain it either.
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Date
20020417
Time
09:29
Make your own big-screen TV.
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Date
20020417
Time
10:08
Turkey crashes through window of video store and craps all over the hunting videos. Strange but true.
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Date
20020417
Time
11:50
Blog evolves into actual newspaper.
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Date
20020418
Time
08:34
I’m very impressed that this very serious weblog took the time to wonder ‘Can Weblogs Get Their Own BBC TV Show?‘ – CNN will be next, you just watch.
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Date
20020418
Time
08:40
I find it hard to believe that this book actually exists, but it does. Make It So: Leadership Lessons from Star Trek: The Next Generation is probably the silliest self-help book I’ve ever seen. No, wait – I take that back. Now I look closer, I see that Amazon has a special offer. You can buy this book and Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun for less than $20! Where’s my credit card?
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Date
20020418
Time
08:45
The SeeThru Weblog seems to be caught in a time loop that won’t let it escape lunchtime last Thursday.
I hate it when that happens.
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Date
20020418
Time
08:47
Woman who walks away with $58 million lottery cheque claims she’d be happy with just one million. Or anything ‘over $10’. Doesn’t it just make you want to stab her in the head with a pencil? Here, this will make you feel better.
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Date
20020418
Mustard Man
Time
08:53
(DAY 1,235,722)
Muchmusic finally got back to me regarding the identity of Mustard Man! Hoorah!!
Oh, wait – hang on.
I’d better read this email carefully before I get excited.
It says:
“Thanks for your interest, unfortunately we are not able to supply any personal information about contest entrants.”
What?!
Scum!
SCUM!!!!
I wait over a month for a return email and this is what they give me? Don’t I even deserve a hint?
You’ll pay for this, Muchmusic. I swear by all that is tangy and yellow that you will pay!!!!!!
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Date
20020418
Time
09:04
A new auction site for you to enjoy – ejected.co.uk is dedicated to traders of unwanted CDs and vinyl. I’m sorry, but I’ll die before I part with any of my music collection. I’m the kind of person that keeps everything…
After all, there are times in life when only Manilow can soothe the pain. There are also times when you’re so drunk that listening to The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner seems like a good idea.
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Date
20020418
Time
09:27
I don’t know what’s more disturbing – that they built a virtual stapler in the first place, or that they actually have the cheek to ask for funding to build another one.
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Date
20020418
Time
10:12
Africa is being ripped off over Internet access. Seems fair if you ask me.
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Date
20020418
Christianity Watch
Time
10:14
A list of alternative rap groups for young gangstas who don’t want to go to hell.
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Date
20020418
Time
11:05
Popbitch has been threatened with legal action by the compilers of the UK charts if they continue to disclose midweek chart positions in their weekly mailout. I wonder why…
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Date
20020418
Photoshopping
Time
13:31
Not a bad performance over at Fark today, but I got my ass whupped by Chewbot. Oh well.
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Date
20020418
Time
14:22
A great tool for mocking friends – no Photoshopping skillz required! Insert a friend’s face into a highly questionable picture here.
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Date
20020418
Time
14:23
Oh, great – so it’s gay pets on Channel 4 now, is it? Richard Littlejohn will be pleased to hear about this one. Why don’t you drop him a line?
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Date
20020418
Time
14:33
Join in and help MSN ruin these people’s lives.
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Date
20020418
Time
16:02
Drop by somethingawful.com today for an awesome linkfest/article entitled; ‘Thank you very much, Internet!!!’
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Date
20020418
Time
16:27
A disturbing theory for Star Wars fans.
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Date
20020419
Flash Games
Time
08:58
Let’s play dodgeball!
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Date
20020419
Time
09:02
Five youths is a small town in the US are accused of plotting to ambush the police chief and ‘drive-by’ his ass (that’s gangsta talk – see, I’m hip). Too bad everybody at the local burger joint already knew about the plan. They probably know where Hamburgler is hiding out, too.
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Date
20020419
Time
09:05
David Lee Roth buries the hatchet – and, no, it’s not in Sammy Hagar’s skull.
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Date
20020419
Time
09:09
Internet Explorer users who click their browser’s back button open the Windows operating system to a malicious hack attack.
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Date
20020419
Obscure Irish Joke Reference
Time
09:11
It’s OK, they’re going to make the trip at night.
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Date
20020419
Time
10:38
A great collection of those hilarious ‘Man Show Boy’ Videos. All classics.
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Date
20020419
Photoshopping
Time
10:44
Yet another good Photoshop offering over at Fark, this time with a Kingly Captain Kirk. Fark are putting some good stuff forward lately, but I just can’t seem to get past 2nd place. In fact, I’m beginning to develop a bit of a complex about it…
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Date
20020419
Time
14:33
Some kinky search results are an important aspect of our Can Weblogs Get Their Own BBC TV Show? campaign, and we just scored the number four result for anybody looking for the new BBC weblog. We ain’t there yet, but we’re on the way…
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Date
20020419
Time
15:11
Oh, great. Now bovine TB is on the loose.
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Date
20020419
Time
15:22
That furtive bear turns up everywhere!
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Date
20020419
Time
15:41
Planetary alignment heralds world peace. For a brief period. Maybe.
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Date
20020422
Time
09:14
OK, here we are – Monday morning. A whole new day in a whole new week, onwards an upwards etc. etc.
Let’s see what trouble I can get into today…
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Date
20020422
Christianity Watch
Time
09:16
22 reasons why porn is bad for you. I have nothing against porn, really – but I do hate seeing people get ripped off.
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Date
20020422
Flash Games
Time
09:22
Mini-golf, anyone?
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Date
20020422
Time
09:30
Aren’t neighbours great? Read about the water-narcs or have a gander at this chap who has issues with the new arrivals next door.
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Date
20020422
Time
10:09
Top stuff. The WhatTheFont font recognition system is going to get a hammering from me. Send this link to the web designer in your life and make his or her day.
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Date
20020422
Time
11:52
A cool interview with George Lucas, who has only just recently become aware of how much we all hated Ep. I
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Date
20020422
Time
11:54
Bloody hell, and I thought my kids were bad.
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Date
20020422
Voter Apathy Strikes Again
Time
11:55
The poor folks over in France have woken up to discover a right-wing government headed towards power. The general reaction has been; “Merde! I should have voted!”
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Date
20020422
Time
12:02
Play with the excellent Google Browser while you can. Google are sure to step on it before the end of the day – they don’t like it when folks re-hash their data.
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Date
20020422
Time
12:04
A literacy test for people with short attention spans.
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Date
20020422
Time
12:18
This website is quietly waiting for Ronald Reagan to die.
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Date
20020422
Time
12:24
Dangerous variant of the AYB virus detected.
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Date
20020422
Photoshopping
Time
13:00
Take an image of the unveiling of the new wax dummy of ‘The Rock’, replace the heads with those of another notorious eyebrow raiser – and it comes out looking like gay porn!
No, I can’t figure it out, either.
Just go and vote for it, that’s all I ask.
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Date
20020422
Time
13:12
Anna Kournikova to appear nude in Penthouse. Not voluntarily, mind you. The pics are candid ones taken by a freelance snapper with a long lens. *Ahem*.
A Penthouse source insisted they were high-quality shots and would be used in a “lovely, tasteful pictorial”.
*Ahem*. Again.
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Date
20020422
Time
14:16
Take a look at the size of this confiscated spud gun! I want one!
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Date
20020422
Time
14:49
If you own a .uk domain name, you might want to watch out for this new scam.
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Date
20020422
Time
16:46
The most exotic creature in the Star Wars universe is a duck.
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Date
20020423
Time
09:20
Dancing with cats? Sorry, not unless there’s a kickline involved. Everybody knows that cats are evil.
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Date
20020423
Time
09:25
Confused cattle go to the mall. They couldn’t find Starbucks, but I’m sure the police fitted them out with a hot cup of coffee and a danish down at the station.
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Date
20020423
Time
09:28
You knew it had to happen, and here they come – Sept. 11 Babies.
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Date
20020423
Time
09:38
Eminem is to appear dressed up like Osama bin Laden in his next video. The twat.
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Date
20020423
Time
09:43
Sports careers come and go, but I have a feeling that this photo is going to run and run.
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Date
20020423
Time
09:51
When walking through the woods on the way to work this morning, I found what I first assumed to be an abandoned Lego figure – but then I looked closer and saw that he was wearing a pilot’s uniform. I searched nearby for wreckage of a little Lego plane, but couldn’t find any. Perhaps he was pushed out by his co-pilot, or a jealous ex-lover. Either way, I’m surprised that the incident has gone unreported – and that Lego don’t make parachutes.
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Date
20020423
Time
10:45
An excellent book that actually teaches you How to Shit in the Woods.
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Date
20020423
Christianity Watch
Time
10:48
1. Creation Safaris take you to ‘unusual and beautiful places’ where you can learn ‘important evidence for creation and against evolution’. I just love their slogan:
“Creation Safaris: Escape to Reality!”
2. You have to admit that this kind of behaviour is pretty scary.
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Date
20020423
Time
11:42
More Lego linkage! Hoorah!
From groovymother.com comes this excellent link that lets you make a Lego version of yourself.
This is me. Well, this is me as I like to dress up on Saturday night when I go cruising for sailors.
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Date
20020423
Time
12:49
Trying to bend it like Beckham seems pretty dull, if you ask me. I’d rather try to find Sven’s sweet spot.
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Date
20020423
Time
13:29
A fine collection of rude snow creations.
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Date
20020423
Time
13:37
Linda Lovelace dies aged 53. Honour her memory in ASCII if you like, or ponder on the distinct lack of poster or movie stills for this spicy title. You might also wish to drop by the Linda Lovelace Virtual Museum, even if it’s just to read this interview with Eric Danville that addresses the whole doggie movie issue.
TRIVIA: Deep Throat was filmed in only 6 days in Florida, US – and is in fact the highest grossing film ever to be made in that state – which beats the hell out of the The Blair Witch Project, if you ask me.
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Date
20020423
Time
14:24
25 child pornographers/abusers arrested in 10 countries.
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Date
20020423
Time
14:30
You know that yodelling thing they have at the end of every Yahoo! commercial? The guy who performed it claimed that he was only paid a few hundred dollars for it on the understanding that it would be used once and once only. When he took issue with Yahoo! over compensation for its repeated use they refused to play ball, so he took them to court. In a move that surprised almost everybody, Yahoo! just bit the bullet and settled.
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Date
20020424
Are You Gay?
Time
09:15
Tee-hee. Pete sent this in: Are You Gay? He doubts its authenticity, and is right to do so. Yes, it’s an urban legend.
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Date
20020424
Time
09:17
I’ve read this book, it’s a good read. Enjoy this excerpt/quiz thing from Everything You Know Is Wrong.
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Date
20020424
Time
09:20
Well, it seems we have a bit of an enlightenment thread running through the blog this monring. This seems as good a time as any to plug two of the greatest sources of truth known to man, The Straight Dope and the Urban Legends Reference Pages over at Snopes.com
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Date
20020424
Time
09:39
A collection of student art? How can I resist?
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Date
20020424
Time
09:44
Yet another football game, this one involving a table-top version to plug Adidas toiletries. Be warned that this game requires the very latest version of Shockwave Flash to operate – not a smart move when you want something to go viral, guys.
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Date
20020424
Time
09:50
Something decidedly weird is happening in the woods near my house. For the second time in two days, I’ve found the corpse of a toy on the way to work – well, in this case, the partial remains of one.
I can’t help but wonder what exactly is going on. Perhaps one of these figurines is on the loose. Don’t laugh – they’ve already turned on their creator.
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Date
20020424
Time
10:12
When I was poking around for a good link to those serial killer figurines (see below), I found this interesting titbit of information:
On March 24, 1999, the brother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims was stabbed to death in his Milwaukee apartment in ritualistic fashion. According to a medical examiner’s report, Ernest Smith’s body was “posed,” with figurines placed around it and in his hand, sheets from pornographic magazines stuffed into his shoes and pants, and cigarette ashes put in an ear. The kitchen knife used to kill him was left in his body.
Just think about how weird that would be. You’re at home, minding your own business when *thunk*, you get stabbed in the back with a kitchen knife. You hit the floor and slowly but surely expire, as your unknown assailant sets up this weird tableau – then leaves. Soon after, you shrug off this mortal coil and have one of those ‘float above your body’ experiences we see in all the movies. You look down to see yourself lying on the floor with your trousers full of porn, surrounded by half a dozen GI Joes and Barbie dolls – no doubt thinking all the while; “Now how the hell did that happen?”
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Date
20020424
Time
10:24
Boy, we’ve taken a sinister turn in the last half-hour. Here’s five things you probably missed in ‘The Shining’ and a few things to think about before you commit suicide. If that last link depresses you, I have the antidote right here.
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Date
20020424
Time
10:33
Finally, someone has the guts to tell the truth about advertising.
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Date
20020424
Time
12:32
Woman charged with ‘assault on a peace officer’ for throwing her cat at a policeman.
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Date
20020424
Time
16:08
Eminem is being a twat again. He just bought every copy of the new edition of The Face and had the lot shredded because the cover showed him wearing a pink tank top. The original photo had the rapper wearing a red top, but it was digitally altered so as not to clash with the colour scheme of the front cover. R-i-i-i-i-ght. FYI, Eminem has always been rather touchy about the issue of his gayness, but especially so since this happened.
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Date
20020425
Time
08:23
Yesterday, the .US namespace (the official top-level domain for the United States) kicked into action. Perhaps now they’ll stop the whole ‘we own .com’ nonsense.
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Date
20020425
Time
08:32
A digital photography contest? Sounds like fun – especially if I can Photoshop my way into their hearts. Please send evil suggestions to the usual address.
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Date
20020425
Time
09:01
What do you think. Can I get my religion onto this guy’s action list? Even as a low priority, maybe?
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Date
20020425
Time
09:05
My, hasn’t it been warm lately?
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Date
20020425
International Tax Avoidance Day
Time
09:06
International Tax Avoidance Day is coming up (11th May – remembering the death of visionary Douglas Adams), and I ask you all to spread the word and stand prepared. I also need to remind myself to update the page for the Fark Party (10th May) with some kind of alert/reminder – even if it’s just for me. Followers of my religion are expected to carry a towel with them at all times on the 11th, and it wouldn’t do for a representative of the UCIN to be caught out towel-less after midnight, now would it? Even if it’s just so that I can suck the corners for much-needed post-pint nutrients…
Hmm, now that I think of it, I should probably pack a few testifying pamphlets as well…
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Date
20020425
Time
09:23
Some interesting and amusing discussion over at Fark regarding Eminem and the pink t-shirt scandal. If you’ve never read a Fark thread before, try one now. This one’s a pretty typical mix.
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Date
20020425
Time
09:35
No, this isn’t me, but thanks for asking (you cheeky sods!).
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Date
20020425
Time
09:43
Elmo just gave evidence before a congressional committee to urge more spending on music research and musical instruments for school programs. No, really!
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Date
20020425
Time
12:24
In case you’re wondering, yes, I did find another corpse in the woods this morning – but this time the toy killer has made a big mistake. If you look closely, you can see a name tag attached to the victim’s clothing. Hopefully, the authorities can use this name to quickly identify the victim (one ‘Stuart Little’) and get one step closer to solving this mystery!
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Date
20020425
Time
17:00
A fine collection of Nazi and East German Propaganda for you to enjoy.
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Date
20020425
Time
17:01
Tumbleweeds are still blowing across the SeeThru weblog. I may take them off my nav-bar tomorrow – once I’ve finished building about a dozen or so other pages, that is.
Oh, didn’t I tell you? New sections and new excitement will be coming to this blog soon. I know, I know, you can’t wait – but you really shouldn’t get your hopes up. It’s not a like a full re-design or anything, just some new bits tacked onto the side. Kind of like mag wheels on an old Ford Cortina.
That reminds me of a story, actually…
My brother used to drive an old HQ Holden. It was gold. And red. And black. And green. (This all depended on which body panel you were viewing at any given time – you get the idea, I’m sure.)
One day he picked up a couple of mag wheels at an auction, and by a couple I mean two. He was quick to get them onto his car – both on the driver’s side, mind you. As you might expect, the car steered like a cow as a result, but damn it looked great when he parked it against a wall.
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Date
20020426
Time
09:10
Some researchers are concerned about something they call ‘link-rot’, whereby bits of the web are disappearing (at what I think is an increasing rate). Some sites are being replaced by pornography, as reported by Wired last year. A headache for educators, yes – but really something that should worry us all.
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Date
20020426
Time
09:15
Apparently AOL’s $50-Billion loss is due to an accounting anomaly. Me, I think it has more to do with the cost of all those bloody CDs they send out.
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Date
20020426
Time
09:19
Another gem courtesy of ultimateinsult.net, The LEGO Chainsaw Massacre.
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Date
20020426
Christianity Watch
Time
09:21
How to Perform an Emergency Baptism
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Date
20020426
Time
09:23
The site autistics.org has all sorts of information on it, including tips on asking a girl out for a date. No, I’m not being cruel. If you take a close look at it, you’ll probably agree that it’s advice all single men can benefit from – and if you do want to take a girl to the movies, don’t forget the most important step of all:
“Step 2: Find a girl who you would like to go see a movie with.”
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Date
20020426
Time
09:30
A quick memo for everybody. Please sign it and pass it on.
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Date
20020426
Time
09:33
No, no toy corpses in the woods this morning – but I did find (pause for dramatic effect) the murder weapon!
The police will have to take me seriously, now…
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Date
20020426
Time
11:20
Shame on me for not spotting this earlier! The four men who broke into a holiday home where Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were staying have escaped a prison sentence by signing a non-disclosure agreement. This basically means that if they talk about what they stole (or saw in the house), they’ll be locked up. Included in the items stolen were some videotapes with “personal footage”. How very interesting…
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Date
20020426
Flash Games
Time
13:26
Watch out – this is a simple enough game but, like Tetris, really sucks you in after a while.
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Date
20020426
Time
15:15
Gosh, Serena, thanks for that.
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Date
20020426
Time
15:34
More on streaking for you to enjoy.
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Date
20020426
Time
15:48
Right, I’m off to brave the woods on the way home. If I find another corpse or get attacked by a lone psychopathic toy, I’ll let you know all about it on Monday. Have a good weekend, everybody – oh, and here’s something to keep you busy for the rest of the afternoon – What’s Better?
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Date
20020429
Time
08:57
I didn’t walk through the woods this morning, I caught the bus instead. On the bus, I was safe from the murderous toy that lurks in the woods, but I could swear that the ticket machine was looking at me funny…
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Date
20020429
Time
09:00
I don’t know if I mentioned this before, but I love boot sales. This weekend, I came across a couple at one boot sale who were tidying up the storage rooms in their little radio station. They had boxes and boxes of CDs on offer – 10 for £1 – and I bought 50 of the suckers! Nearly all of them were promo CDs from 89-93, which is doubly cool because it was full of stuff that I’d bought as a single (or played on music video) as a DJ, but was forced to leave behind when I left Australia. Interesting things, promo CDs. For one thing, they don’t seem to have a Track No.1 (I wonder why). They also give a very good indication of the large volume of quality material that gets released but never makes the charts.
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Date
20020429
Time
09:09
George Lucas will be judging a contest for fan-made films based on Star Wars. What a shame that the best of these don’t even qualify for entry.
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Date
20020429
Time
09:12
Seethru is now officially closed, as the message goes. What a damn shame.
They produced some of the best viral stuff in the last 12 months.
For this, they stay on the navbar for one more day as a mark of respect.
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Date
20020429
Time
13:21
Worth1000.com has taken a leaf out of b3ta’s book by launching a survival appeal.
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Date
20020429
Time
13:51
A great collection of cat attacks.
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Date
20020429
Mustard Man Returns!
Time
17:08
Can Weblogs Identify Mustard Man?
Frankly, I have no idea – but I figure it’s worth a try.
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Date
20020430
New Improved Bloggerheads (Coming Soon)
Time
09:16
OK, a great deal of the code is done and most all of the content is written and proof-read. Alls I have to do now is tidy up and link the front end. Should only take the rest of the day.
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Date
20020430
Time
09:19
Over or under? Crumple or fold? Yes, we all know that toilet paper can be daunting, but those of us who’ve experienced the infinite technicalities of a Japanese bathroom simply count our blessings and just get on with it.
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Date
20020430
Time
09:22
I was reading an old Freak Brothers book last night, and at the tail end (no pun intended) Fat Freddy was in a bar asserting that dogs were fascist. His reasoning?
“Well, have you ever seen a police cat?!”
Thankfully, not all dogs are blindly fighting to aid the wealthy elite in their domination of the poor. Some are actually pretty smart.
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Date
20020430
Time
09:34
Vampire Lesbian Kickboxers. All right! The web rules!
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Date
20020430
Latest Viral Agent
Time
09:41
Win free* flights for life with Virgin Atlantic.
(*I love it when they include those little stars…)
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Date
20020430
Mustard Man II
Time
09:45
(DAY TWO)
Can Weblogs Identify Mustard Man? is already receiving a lot of support. I’ll return the link love with a list later today. Now, onto that code…
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Date
20020430
Time
13:06
Well, here it is. As you can see, it doesn’t *look* that different, but there’s lots of new stuff around the place. Most of it is a full de-lurk revealing and explaining what I do for a living – but if it’s mild amusement you’re after, you could do worse than a journey through my plain-Jane Photoshopping collection.
You may also note a change to the navbar on your left. Yep, Seethru and a few others have gone (habits change, what can I say?) and the lovely Firda has been added. She’s a bit ill today, the poor dear, so please do drop by and say hello.
Have fun poking around the new stuff – and please do let me know if you find any deliberate mistaks.
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Date
20020430
Time
13:23
I love it when a deserving publication enjoys a new lease of life on the web. Check out Atomic Bombing: How to Protect Yourself.
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Date
20020430
Time
13:41
Cool, a new search engine to play with – Flipper.com
This one touts itself as a deep indexer, so I’m off to see just how deep it can go. It seems a pity, though, that a search engine called ‘flipper’ doesn’t adopt more of an Ask Jeeves approach. Something like:
“Flipper, how tall is the Eiffel Tower?”
“ak-ak-ak, click-click-whistle, ak-ak-ak”
I know, I know. I’ll just get my coat, shall I?
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Date
20020430
Time
13:49
Well, the web is full of pleasant surprises today. Take a look at the future of democracy. The good thing about being able to vote online is that you don’t get collared by the party pigdogs as you enter the polling station – unless you count pop-up Conservatives. Do you think they’ll allow that?
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Date
20020430
Time
14:14
Yet another dope has been caught having sex with an animal. This time a pony. All ladder jokes aside, I recently warned a colleague of mine (hello, Martin) that there’d be an notable increase in offences like this. I knew this because, out of the referral stats over the last two years at Celebrity Bestiality, I’d noticed a general month-by-month increase in the number of people in the UK who used this kind of search query. I called the Home Office a few months ago to try and get some statistics, but they thought I was taking the piss.
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Date
20020430
Time
15:48
The BBC has introduced a new search engine, and not everybody is happy about it. The BBC claims theirs will be more useful, as things such as paid placement are polluting results in most search engines (funny, I was just thinking that.
But how big is the online presence of the BBC going to get? It’s already spent the last two years taking food out of the mouths of UK developers, and done very little for the community as a result. As with TV, the focus for the BBC online should be innovation, not recycling.
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Date
20020430
Time
16:34
A great link from the deep bloggage of www.groovymother.com – find your perfect date courtesy of The Florida Department of Corrections Offender Network. For example, I searched for a 6 foot blonde woman and got this selection of lovely ladies. These ones are from the fugitive list, so therefore are available for immediate dating. Pretty sweet, huh?
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Date
20020430
Time
16:49
ITV Digital is to stop broadcasting all its pay TV services from midnight tonight and lay off a thousand or so workers in the process. Happily, Monkeh has already found new work.
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Date
20020430
Time
17:00
Seems that I’m not the only one cleaning house – davelog.com has just had a complete refit and now looks, erm, different.
