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Thursday, February 24, 2005
THE VIRAL CHARTS MEDIA PLAYER - One Man and His Dog FC
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Roadkill Rugs - when cuddly toys don't move fast enough: Plushie Pizza. Suggested suitable recipients for these include: Hunters that returned without a trophy
Motor-home owners
Semi-truck drivers
Your friend that just hates cats
Things that went bump in the night
Anyone with a sense of humor
Anyone that needs a sense of humor
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Friday, February 18, 2005
Here are 14 actual error messages seen on the computer screens in Japan, where some are written in Haiku. Aren't these better than "your computer has performed an illegal operation"? 1. The Web site you seek cannot be located, but countless more exist. 2. Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. 3. Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much. 4. Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. 5. Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. 6. Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now it is gone. 7. Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down. 8. A crash reduces your expensive computer to a simple stone. 9. Three things are certain: Death, taxes and lost data. Guess which has occurred? 10. You step in the stream, but the water has moved on. This page is not here. 11. Out of memory. We wish to hold the whole sky, But we never will. 12. Having been erased, The document you're seeking must now be retyped. 13. Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Labels: geek
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I believe that this orginally appeared in the Washington Post several years ago. As I recall, the haikus were submitted by readers. They are too clearly American humor to be real Japanese haiku!
By Simon, at
11:44 AM
I was wrong. It was from a 1998 Salon: http://archive.salon.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html
By Simon, at
11:51 AM
But oh don't you wish they were for real...? ;-)
By Carol Naylor, at
12:09 PM
Thursday, February 17, 2005
So you think Children's reading primers are cute and safe? Think again, then read - The Cuddly Menace - "I saw the book for what it was: not a gentle introduction to life's most profound curiosity, but a primer for the parasitic offspring of an invisible invasion!"
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Furby Autopsy: The First Slice: "After removing the batteries, we set to work on skinning his furry little carcass...." Labels: geek
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Monday, February 14, 2005
The Cap'n's Unfortunate Valentine's Cards - think of this as a singleton's revenge.
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Thursday, February 10, 2005
"It's my party and I'll scam who I want to..."
Now Robert Kilroy Silk has founded his own political party, it's not taken long for a spoof site to appear. In Vitro Vanitas perhaps? Or maybe "Futurus luminus est, futurus luteus est"
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005
George W Bush Speechwriter:
1. Take 1 President (preferably Republican and dumb)
2. Get him to make speeches (not exactly hard)
3. Chop up recordings of speeches into short - even monosyllabic - soundbytes
4. Allow web users to remix
5. Serve and enjoy
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Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Another one from the Geek Heaven department - somebody has hotwired an Etch-o-Sketch so it can be controlled with a serial mouse.
I'm sure I'm not the first person to respond simply - "WHY?!?!?!?"Labels: geek
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Monday, February 07, 2005
You might be a Trekkie if...
Oh Shit - I do know who Minuet is....
So it's probably just as well that this is what I'll be doing in just under 3 weeks. It's even been reported in the local press
Gosh, a preview in the local press. We've arrived!
....just as well we probably won't go quite as overboard as this lot.
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Saturday, February 05, 2005
Friday, February 04, 2005
Once again, I'm seeing way too many sites I want to blog but don't have time to say much about them.
Therefore it's time for another draft-blogs purge:
Things You'd Like To Say At Work, But Can't - Oh yeah? Try me...
Crazy Credits for Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) - this is the one which starts off with pidgeon-Swedish translations of the opening credits but then veers off into Moose bites and the Wonderful World of Llamas
Diesel Greatest Hips: Worst Album Cover Gallery and Funny Pictures For the Ages - If you thought just the music was bad just click through these cringe-inducing album covers. Somewhere around the 10th image, one of two possible thoughts will pop into your head:
1. "OMG - I've already looked at 10 of these!!!"
2. "OMG - I OWN that!"
I'm told a support group is planned....
Matt Groening Apple Ad - this is what he was doing before The Simpsons.
False Advertising - a gallery of parody - some of these look like they are real adverts just slightly subverted. The new taglines alone are worth trawling through the whole collection though.
Welcome to the fashion label, that likes it rough and dirty... - as a rule I'm not terribly interested in wearing my opinions on my sleeve (or chest) however this is tempting. With a tag line of "We don't play nice" (also a caption on one of their T-shirt) these guys sell clothing for people who like to tell it like it is. "Its just fashion darling......."
Bob's Inappropriate Toys for Children; Chicago's East Side Mall toy store specializing in childrens toys - Jeez, I wish this wasn't just a joke....
slap a mime at ihateclowns.com - "web based email and the official site for people who are afraid of or just plain hate evil, creepy clowns. Yes...The No Clown Zone" Yes, you too can get an e-mail address telling the world how you feel about clowns. I feel safer already.
Killer hoover attacks Scotsman The Register - only in Scotland.... (Although given the £10K compensation payout, this story sounds like it should be coming from the US)
Car fishing - I know this has been doing the rounds for a while but I just had to get rid of it somewhere.
Snafu University - they'll take anyone. From their social life page:
"I try to turn a welcoming ear to those of all faiths, even those I can see right away have the mark of the Beast upon them." explains School Chaplain H. Blowfish, who presided over the GodZone's recent multimillion-dollar renovation. Here is a wee smattering of the holidays we observe:
Druidic Tree Mass (condensed version only)
Ramadan
Festival of Divots
Stormy Monday
Ruby Tuesday
Queer Thursday
T.G.I. Friday
L'ag B'omer
Holy Cowday
The Feast of St. Barry
Zen Meditation Smackdown
Amazon.com: Everything Else: JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank - this is a test drive just waiting to happen.
Amazon.com: Wish List - meanwhile those crazy guys in tech support at Amazon have set up their own wish list (just in case any grateful customers would care to shower them with gifts). Oddly enough for uber-geeks, they left off the Badonkadonk Tank. And something tells me that they won't be getting a new stapler any time soon...
And finally, 'cos it's Friday, a game: Jarts - and no, you can't harm the bunny...
Labels: bunnies
posted at 10:40 AM
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Thursday, February 03, 2005
JustinSpace Joan's Monets: "Observe how dinosaurs, teddy bears, and farm machinery bring new life to tired old impressionism."
(Actually I couldn't spot any teddies, but it's still rather good)
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005
It's Groundhog Day. Phil sez the weather's gonna be poo for another few weeks. [sigh]
I know! Let's find out what my Harry Potter alter ego is!  | You scored as Remus Lupin. You are a wise and caring wizard and a good, loyal friend to boot. However sometimes in an effort to be liked by others you can let things slide by, which ordinarily you would protest about.
Remus Lupin | | 85% | Hermione Granger | | 70% | Sirius Black | | 70% | Harry Potter | | 65% | Albus Dumbledore | | 65% | Severus Snape | | 55% | Draco Malfoy | | 50% | Ron Weasley | | 50% | Ginny Weasley | | 50% | Lord Voldemort | | 20% |
Your Harry Potter Alter Ego Is...?
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Meanwhile I just discovered that this year Phil's been Farked
posted at 5:06 PM
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