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Friday, January 30, 2004
Paws for Though is taking a long weekend off.
Back Monday
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Thursday, January 29, 2004
Weight Watchers recipe cards, circa 1974 - the bastard lovechild of boredom and a scanner. What worries me most of all is that I'm pretty sure I've seen the originals of these before....probably in 1974.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Quest for the Crown one of the [ahem] 'classic' video games.
I'm just wondering how long you will last before you realise you've been suckered by a very good spoof.
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After Defeat, Campaigner for 'Free Burma' Begins Anew - I'm on one of my periodic "save the world" missions right now. This is an interview with one of my oldest college friends. Everyone talks about it when they graduate but he's one of the few people I know who is really 'making a difference'.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Vision Aid Overseas - imagine this, a charity run by opticians which collects old glasses, trains volunteer prison inmates to work out the prescription, gets its member to give up their vacations to take the glasses out to Africa and run eye-clinics for the locals and collects air miles to pay for their transport.
Worth a visit eh?
(And my cousin is one of the founders).
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Monday, January 26, 2004
Big Whale on a Lorry - this appears to have begun as one man's attempt to prove he wasn't going mad by finding other people who had witnessed a dead whale exhibited around the UK in the 1950's.
He found witnesses....tons of them.
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Sunday, January 25, 2004
channel4.com - Bo'Selecta! The Bear Story - let's get one thing straight from the start. I don't like watching Avid Merrion; he makes my skin creep.
However, there is one little character on his show who merits a mention. He's funny the first time you see him. Don't bother wathcing him more than once (it's a one-gag routine) and DEFINITELY don't let the kids see it.
Oh, and he's a bear.
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Saturday, January 24, 2004
Area 51 Lab v.3 :: Creativit? Consulenza Tecnologia - first time I've ever featured a non-English language site here. And I don't even speak a word of Italian beyond "Soprano". However, wait for the Flash to load near the top of the page and then go play with "characterbuilder" - it's a fun little time-waster.
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Friday, January 23, 2004
Thursday, January 22, 2004
NASA Earth Observatory - another collection of amazing images from space. In particular check the "Visible Earth" section.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Marbles Reunited - I'm in two minds about the Elgin Marbles. On the one hand we did nick them, no question. But on the other hand, having spent a lot of time admiring them in the British Museum, I'd really miss that horse's head!
Fortunately this site has no such qualms, it's all in favour of doing the right thing and giving them back. It also points out that Elgin did not grab all of the marble peices with the result that some of the figures are actually split between London and Athens (eg. head in the UK, torso in Greece). It offers a first chance to see the various bits reunited with photos of the various elements juxtaposed to show how they should look.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Wellinghall - The films of LoTR are all very well but the *definitive* version of the trilogy was produced by the BBC as a 13-hour radio drama about 20 years ago (although even they had to leave out Tom Bombadil). This site is pretty ambitious and not yet finished but the information that's there already is pretty impressive.
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Saturday, January 17, 2004
The Word Spy - fascinating definition site focussing on the more unusual or amusing new buzzwords eg: bear jam, cat typing
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Friday, January 16, 2004
Theban Mapping Project - interactive guide to the ancient area around Thebes. Really good maps that let you zoom in really close.
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
Joe Cartoon : Lament For Toad - I'm not that keen on the toad per se - but the Panda is way cool!
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Ed Needs A Hummer!: Help Ed to buy an insanely oversized car. "A Hummer is a wonderful thing to own and cherish. That is why Ed is trying everything he can think of to get one."
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Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Welcome to the WWT official website - The Wetlands Wildfowl centre in Wales happens to be only a mile from my parents' house - great place to wander through.
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Monday, January 12, 2004
HTBY: How to: bathe a cat - "Get a mesh bag used for washing lingerie, insert 1 cat. Once the cat cannot flail about it will relax and just take it. Absorb cat hate for a few days, enjoy."
The rest of the site is in a similar vein. Someone had the quite sensible idea of soliciting user-written explanations of how to perform certain tasks. The responses they seem to be getting are not quite in the spirit intended - but hugely entertaining nonetheless (see also - "How to Bathe a Hampster")
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Sunday, January 11, 2004
South Park Studios: Games: Create a Character - does what it says on the tin. Make South Park versions of your chums
(.....and then see how long they stay your chums).
Labels: says on the tin
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Saturday, January 10, 2004
Feed the Pig - feed the pig, make it blow up, feed another pig (faster this time), make that one blow up. Not exactly rocket science but oddly gratifying.
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Friday, January 09, 2004
This to That (Glue Advice) "We are here to help you choose the right glue for your bonding requirements." (evidently the requirements they have encountered so far did not include heads and tables....)
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Thursday, January 08, 2004
Official Monster Raving Loony Party - no joke, they're for real. Thank God.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Lloegr - situated just over the border from Wales. An easy day trip (also has some nice antique maps)
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Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Playstation robot TV ad - sorry, couldn't resist one last oddball. Playstation have been running some very quirky adverts in the UK recently. Let's be clear here; I don't own a playstation nor do I play one on TV - however I do like this weird cute little advert.
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Monday, January 05, 2004
LOGO R.I.P. - Ah well, guess it's back to work and 'serious' sites ;-) Rather intertesting graveyard for old logos - may even bring back fond memories. Don't try to leave a wreath however.
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Sunday, January 04, 2004
Once More with Hobbits: A Lord of the Rings and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Musical Adventure - if you've seen Buffy the Muscial and you like LoTR, this is brilliant. If you haven't, prepare to sit and scratch your bum while the rest of us giggle.
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Saturday, January 03, 2004
Mr. Picassohead - yet one more thing to play with. Mr Potoatohead for grown-ups.
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Friday, January 02, 2004
Make-a-Flake - A snowflake maker by Lookandfeel new media - this is worryingly addictive (and I'm still not finished with the holiday spiriti)
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Thursday, January 01, 2004
Ugly Christmas Lights.com! - I just don't want the festive spirit to end.... Labels: christmas
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