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i've removed the embedded sound. you can still read about it in
the 8.31 posting, and you can still hear it.
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8.31.2000
the beer
backpack. ooh. [via cardhouse]
i am so going to hell. . . dress up
jesus. i admit it- i love the sign that says "hang in there." [via fark]
unseen
footage from the survivor finale. [via fark]
chi-chi-chi-chia!
what you looking at, fool? [via fark]
cult movie
posters. too hip. [via gmtPlus9]
i don't get it. why would you ever want to wear a breastee? nothing says lookit my
cleavage like a breastee! [via not so soft]
for tom: mr. monkey's index
of famous monkeys. [via weblog
wannabe]
if you have a sound card, you'll notice that this page has been
talking. i figured i would splain why. last week, ryan told me that he really liked the design, especially
the woman with the purple face. then he told me that she talks to him. and
he told me what she says. silly, silly, boy. . .
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8.30.2000
if you've noticed, i haven't posted anything about them in a while. that's cause they suck.
but last
night's game looks like it was pretty wacky. pedro hit someone with the
4th pitch. there was a bench-clearing brawl. there was another in the 7th
when daubach got hit by a pitch. all-in-all, 8 devil rays were ejected.
pedro pitched an almost no hitter. he surrendered a lone single in the
ninth. oh yeah - they won. but they are still 4
games back (but only a
half back in the wildcard).
kick ass. kid pix is a hoot.
all software should be this intuitive. [via evhead]
i'm not particularly religious. but this is
the way it should be. "It's the people who make a church, not the
building. It's the people who matter, not their clothes. It's worship, not
obligation." [via fark]
hehehe. new site just launched: wwbbd?. [via metafilter]
"incredibly
ignorant" indeed. aside for just getting the words mixed up, if you
really were a pedophile, do you really think that's something you'd
advertise in your job title?!? [via not so soft]
vader for 2000! good
grief. [via weblog wannabe]
aluminum foil deflector
beanie. there is a reason i am posting this here. it's an excellent
story. but it's not my story. it's her story. and it's better heard in
person. [via weblog wannabe]
come on now,
guys. you said you were back. and you haven't updated since 7.21. tsk
tsk.
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8.29.2000
good
freeking god. steve, you buy these and i'll lose all respect. $2,170 and
there are still 12 days left. yikes. [via fark]
Couple
fights for son, 6, they say is girl at heart [via fark]
weird searches in my referrer logs: tampon
and picture. um, why?
bushism
of the week: "I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I
am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it
goes." --Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000. [via backup brain]
zeldman has this
whole archive of dead
advertisments. you know, ones that never made it to print. here are some favs. but this is just wrong.
interesting thread over at
metafilter on this open
letter to dr. laura. i point this out for one reason: "I'm confused
as to how people can look to a book for guidence on how to live their lives
when it begins with talking snakes and half-angel, giant monster-men."
meg asks
why? i ask why
did ben and jerry's sponsor this?
neale has some hip
thoughts on the whole survivor thing.
oh my. survivor
mp3s. be sure to check out the lost pictures, too. [via
wetlog]
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8.28.2000
someone had way too much free time on their hands. . . x files barbies.
it's actually pretty amusing if you are familiar with the episodes they are
parodying. parodying? [via weblog
wannabe]
the star
wars anti-smoking campaign. [via fark]
ak! gotta start working on a new design scheme. . . august is
almost over. yucko.
guerilla improv opens
its fall season tonight with a show at wpi. alden hall, 8pm. be there. sign
up for the mailing list to get
e-mail updates on the groups underground activities.
spam spam
spam spam.
you have got to be kidding. e-mail for your cat? yes,
it's true. sign up at MeowMail.com.
sigh. [via mood swings]
amusement park ride or medical device? you be the judge. [via
rob]
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8.25.2000
britney
speaks. "Well, really, I mean, every day is different for me. Like
today, I'm focusing on trying to sing and dance at the same time. And yes, I
mean, it's really -- I mean, it varies for me. You know, and I mean, one
week I'll be worried about an award show coming up. And the next week, and
now, you know, right now I'm really -- it's really hectic and crazy because
I have a video coming up in between tour rehearsals. But the ways I relax is
just, you know, finding time for yourself and, you know, getting massages,
spending time with my mom, you know, stuff like that." um, scuse me? [via
steve]
go download summoner geeks. really.
it's worth it. [via jeremy]
last night was the best night ever. yes indeedie.
neale is hosting a
slash
the splash contest. entries must be in by sept 3. be sure to take a look
at his parodies.
news
on the upcoming harry potter movie. [note the all important word above
the picture. . . ]
kick
ass! ooooh. they've even got a home
page. and you can play
games. and they have programming contests.
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8.24.2000
salon has a great episode
by episode summary of what happened.
damn.
[via not so soft]
woah. scary.
malkovich!
[via gmtPlus9]
britney
to write teen advice column for bbc. Spears said: "This is a great way
of showing that pop stars are real people too. Most of those logging on are
probably going through the same experiences most teens go through, and it is
great to share with them how I dealt with these situations." um, what?
chub club weigh-in. it's been awhile. i am down 3. woo! of
course, that brings me back to one less than my starting weight. . .
it's
over. now will everyone please return to their normally scheduled lives?
thank you.
granted, it's a joke. but i wouldn't be surprised if someone
actually made survivor:
the movie. [via fark]
washington post touts survivor's evil
queen. [via metafilter]
big
brother turns out to be very much like the book. the producers are
editing and re-editing and changing the public's perception of what's
happening on the show. this is the 2nd article i've seen about this.
apparently, dedicated webcam watchers can see what's really happening vs.
what gets aired every night. interesting stuff.
the cute little town i live in is expanding faster than the
infrastructure. as a result, they are worried about electricity demand
during the summer. (i don't really understand why - it's not like it's been
hot or anything.) anyway, they've set up this new system to let residents
know when energy demand is high. on the front porch of the electric dept.
building in town, they've installed a new orange light. when energy demand
is high and we need to conserve, they will turn the light on. let me say
that again, with emphisis in case you missed it the first time: when energy
demand is high and we need to conserve, they will turn the light on.
the
first professional olympic baseball team.
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8.23.2000
andrew points out that this tour, brought to
you by the same guy who did the ebay art gallery, is even better. he's
right.
Ebay
Conceptual Art Gallery. a few are a little raunchy. a few are downright
disgusting. one made me scream in terror. [via mister pants]
i don't know if i should laugh or cry. laugh i think. Will
ape sex make Burton leave Planet of the Apes? apparently, the studio is
worried that if there is a monkey-human relationship, the movie will get an
adult rating, and they won't be able to sell as many aciton figures. [via mister pants]
a few of my friends over at gweep have a thing for hello kitty
stuff. (i don't know why. i don't ask.) well, now you can buy the car. i'm
not kidding. check out some of the hello kitty
details. [via mister
pants]
and in one of those weird conicidences. . . pop culture junk mail offers a
link to a story about a
hello kitty cafe opening in hawaii.
ok. weird. i just linked here
to find out what that silliness was all about. the page loaded no problem.
but a pop up window. . . well, popped up. and the pop up was restricted by
my firewall. and now my phone just rang once and stopped. i am having a
twilight zone day. or something.
good god. this
is what we can expect from our next prez? good
grief.
drag queens to
appear in the sydney olympics closing ceremonies. [via fark]
*snarf* Titanic Adventure
Slide and Iceberg Challenge. it says it's not affiliated with any motion
picture. too bad. i would've paid good money to see leo and kate on this. .
. [via cardhouse]
in another weird coincidence thing. . . swallowing tacks posted a link to
the titanic slide. who
wants to pitch in and get this for dibble's wedding?
or maybe we should get him human
foosball.
final ep of survivor is tonight. i am proud to say i haven't
watched a single show. but brady bunch
survivor? now that i'd watch. be sure to read the
story. [via ctrl-alt-ego]
even more *snarf* amazon.com sells the
bible. scroll down to the author comments. [via fark]
so i got the i love
you, you're perfect, now change! cd
the other day. it really is a hoot.
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8.22.2000
now you can download weird al's great adventure. "Weird
Al has lost his accordion and he needs you to help him find it!" great.
haven't tried it yet. let me know if you do. [via metafilter]
from the egg on your face department: Cannabis
may make you a safer driver. hehehehe.
ooh fun. AOLiza. this
guy took the ELIZA program and let it loose in AOL chat rooms. read the
results. [via metafilter]
woo! new bobs cd to be released in
october! there is other
news, too. including: the bobs provided the character voices for smarterville.com. good god. they've
got a bobs toothbrush.
Star
Wars Episode II Title Generator. my name results in "Star Wars Episode
2: The Crying Of The Jedi." lovely. dan turns us "Star Wars Episode 2: The
Space Ewok." hehehehehe. [via fark]
kevin's
oddly different story time. curious george
and henry's red
ballon are the best.
a simpsons
movie is in the works? scary. here's more
info.
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8.21.2000
back in the saddle again. . .
oh. and the harry potter thing? apparently, they cast it. woo.
State of
Texas to Execute Gore, Lieberman. [via fark]
especially for dibble, who insists that
star wars was a b movie that made it. The
20 Worst Moments from Star Wars. i especially like numbers 12 and 5.
they've also got a list of 20
Reasons Why Return Of The Jedi Was The Worst In The Star Wars Trilogy.
pretty lame, except for number 15. [via fark]
yes, i am a geek. i
wanna go. no pun intended.
for steve: apparently, she's beautiful and brainy. [via fark]
remember the post-it-note
theatre thing? there are more on line flipbooks at fliptomania. yes. they are a real
company. and they really make flipbooks. [via evhead]
new toys to buy at firebox.com, where men buy
stuff! seriously. that's their (not there) tag line. the shot glass chess set
is pretty cool. the toastabag is just
plain scary. shot rocks,
shot glasses made of ice, are damn cool. there's much more, but i'll let you
explore. [via backup brain]
pat
the candidate. [via backup
brain]
this is ridiculous. Study
finds onscreen reading more difficult. but all they did was scan
the article in. which means it wasn't formatted really nicely and all webby.
and it was probably all grainy the way scans tend to be. what a dumb study.
[via cardhouse]
so what's up with harry potter? i caught the tail end of
something on the radio yesterday saying there was some big announcement
today and kids who love harry potter should check the internet. anyone?
contact info is over there (imagine me gesturing over to the left hand side
of your screen. . .)
dear loyal readers (all 5 or 6 of you):
i apologize for saying i'd be back in the swing of things
friday, and then not. last week was tough and good all together. i took a
much needed break of sorts. but i'm back now. really. i mean it. anybody
want a peanut?
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8.17.2000
yes, i am still alive. sorry for the lack of updates. i hope to
have a few today. if not, i should be back in the swing of things tomorrow.
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8.15.2000
the brunching shuttlecocks present the alanis
morissette lyric generator.
suck comedy
school. canada is on the instant funny list.
wavmania.com.
that's it for now. i am a busy busy girl.
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8.14.2000
Video-Game
Characters Denounce Randomly Placed Swinging Blades. "Nintendo and these
other companies are always talking about how realistic their graphics are.
Well, what's so realistic about killer turtles shooting out of clouds and
such?" [via harrison]
you have got to be kidding. the second coming project: "in order to
save the world from sin, we must clone jesus to initiate the second coming
of the christ." [via mike]
survivor goes the next step: destination: mir. good
grief. [also via mike]
i hate it when i write myself notes and have no idea what they
mean. on my list of stuff to do when i get back to the office, it is written,
"add @ and meta to blog." i have no idea what this means. sigh.
so i got a voice mail while i was out of the office last week
that said, "well, it sounds like you're on vacation, so have a good time and
i'll talk to you when you get back." um, scuse me? what part of "i am out of
the office on company business, returning august 14th" means vacation?
i have piles of crap to sort through after being away for a week.
so i need to get to that. but here are a few to keep you entertained until i
get some more time.
yes, i am back in the office after a week of power meetings and
such at the main plant in schenectady. woo. down $23 at the track. got to
see a pretty hip musical called i love you, you're perfect, now
change! ooooh! they do have an original
cast recording! oh - and i feel totally empowered and re-energized to do
my job. or something.
you can now get free x-files internet
access. how wacky is that? and no, i did not download it. yet.
this picture over at exploding dog made me laugh out
loud: unfortunately we
had to share.
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8.11.2000
i am in a training session. in a room where they gave us ethernet
connections. those silly people. . .
ugh. i am too tired. go play in the archives.
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8.10.2000
science
songs available for download as mp3s.
groovy,
baby!
dear tired: yes, i am tired.
because i didn't get enough sleep last night. because i am in this icky
hotel that smells bad and has an uncomfortable mattress. and the bed is
definitely missing something. . . .
when dr.
seuss goes bad.
the random
beer generator. i don't really know why. . . at least it's slightly
better than that random
chicken thing. . .
how fresh is this
guy? [via seann, if i remember correctly. if not,
too bad. okok, if not, someone tell me. contact info is listed over on the
left hand side.]
this is very silly. and fun. A Step-by-Step Guide
to joining the Forces of Darkness. definitely worth some surfing time. i
would post some of the funnier bits to entice you, but i am too freeking
tired.
lameness all over the eventual blog. i promise to make it up to
you. . .
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8.9.2000
oooh. fun. dhtml
magnifying glass: "I was trying to do something like the system used in
Blade Runner by Rick Deckard to zoom in on a photo. This is as far as I got.
Next to do: voice recognition software and optional whiskey on the rocks."
rent-a-ghost. "The
World's first, and only Ghost Installation Company." well, that's a relief.
in case a ghost isn't what you need right now. . . Rent-A-Relative.
a little something for dandan martins:
instructions on how to hack your tivo. [via
/usr/bin/girl]
who would you kill?
[via gmtPlus9]
stupid.com: "a complete
waste of perfectly good technology." yes indeedie.
The
20 Greatest Simpson Bit Characters. [via fark]
hey. i warned you links would be lame this week.
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8.8.2000
starting today, i am in schenectady for the rest of the week on
business. updates will be sporadic.
more fun domains for fun e-mail addresses at yada.com. [via weblog wannabe]
this is truly frightening. kids
learn guerrilla tactics in Palestinian summer camp. [via fark]
sing it with me: found
a planet, found a planet, found a planet just now. just now i found a
planet, found a planet just now. i hve no idea what possessed me to
blog that article like that. maybe it was the summer camp thing from the
last entry. . . [again, via fark]
more singing news: blame
canada, blame canada.
monkey army. not to be
confused with this monkey
army. note the fancy new url: www.guerillaimprov.com. ooooh.
aaaaaah. oh. [via
not so soft]
these guys? cool as shit. infiltration: the zine about going
places you're not supposed to go. i wonder if anyone could set up a
similar page about wpi. . . hmmmm? anyone? [via gmtPlus9]
and a little game to keep you entertained while i am out of
town: pong! [via fark]
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8.7.2000
must.
have. [via not so
soft]
Babylon 5 creator
publishes novel for free on the Net [via danarchy, who swears he'll update now that i keep
linking to him. yeah right. (do i hear a challenge??)]
*cry*. chub club weigh-in this morning. i am up 3 pounds. i blame
you. and you. oh- and you. and everyone else who keeps saying, "why are you
trying to lose weight? you look great!"
in an article in time
magazine, james poniewozik writes: "This much we do know: Duchovny, who
last year suggested he might not return to the series at all, will be back
for 11 episodes, about half the series. Fox just hired a new male lead,
Robert Patrick, who will sub for Mulder, playing a cop turned Fed. About six
or seven of the 20 or so episodes will be 'mythology' installments and the
rest stand-alones - the usual stingy ratio. They will be an hour in length
and will be punctuated by short films, or 'commercials,' that encourage
viewers to buy consumer goods and services." this is not new news. i just
love that last part. and i keep thinking it says "a cop turned Fred."
it is my baby sister's birthday today. she's 19. god, i feel old.
. . but i am also a very proud big sister. she took the photos on kori's webpage. and, she gets to work court side
at celtics games, where she was able to take this
photo and this one.
a
moment of silence, please. "In 1985 he told the Guardian newspaper that
he hoped by the end of his life to have put everything in order -- 'a kind
of little bow, tied on life. And I can see myself drifting off into
eternity, or nothing, or whatever it may be, with all sorts of bits of loose
string hanging out of my pocket. Why didn't I say this or do that, or why
didn't I reconcile myself with someone?'"
"We all know someone who offends in some way but we're not always
able to find the right words to bring the problem to their attention. Allow
gentlehints.com to apprise the
individual in a gentle and diplomatic manner while preserving your
anonymity." as i said to my friend keith, what we really need is
hitthemovertheheadwithasledgehammer.com
when word goes bad
what a hip vacation! take the adventure bus to Tau Ceti
Ruckus. i especially like the disclaimer down at the bottom of the page.
and they do offer some real
trips. [via fark]
floral
radiographs. these are so pretty. ooooooh. aaaaaaaah. oh. [via not so soft]
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8.4.2000
i am at an off-site meeting today. and then i get to go watch
the sox from a box. woo! (sounds like
a dr. seuss) anyway,
so this is it for the day. what you see is what you get.
huhuh. this is
cool. heheh. he said bush. and dick. huhuh. heheh. [via metafilter]
many times at the b over pints we have tried to list all of the
seven deadly sins. here's a handy shirt that will
help you remember. [via memepool]
random chicken. i
don't get it.
*snarf* best
name for a college ever
mmmmmmmm. brains. the other gray meat.
the vatican's list of
movies you should see. you'll be surprised at some of entries.
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8.3.2000
based on something that happened last weekend, i have been on the
lookout for a specific snapple drink: a pink, passion fruit flavored drink
called sky that comes in those snapple tornado bottles. i can't find it.
anywhere. however, today in a gas station i saw a pink, tangelo flavored
drink in the snapple tornado bottle called meteor. hmmmmm. . . i am
beginning to suspect the pink, passion fruit flavored drink called sky that
comes in the snapple tornado bottle doesn't exist. searching snapple. . . leads to elements. . . leads to flavors. . . and
sky! how bout that? it does exist. i heart the internet.
a cute little britney story over at an entirely other
day.
and a little petition to
"*Britney* *Spears*, Girl of Silicone" [via weblog wannabe]
seems to be a britney thing happening today. . . britney helps launch
a website. and it did go live yesterday. it's "the freshest place to party on the web!"
oooh. you can even "Make your friends jealous by downloading the Exclusive Britney
Spears Sweet16.com ScreenSaver!" [via wetlog]
oh. my. god. uncle booger's bumper
dumper.
take the starfleet academy exam. i
am proud to say that i had no idea what they were asking on most of the
questions. i got 7 out of 30.
i am impressed by the technology. plus it's fun. the face generator. [via not so soft]
fun with flash: nose
pilot. stick with it. [via fark]
funky
even more funky
now this? this is just a bad
idea.
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8.2.2000
kottke presents Straight Outta
.Compton, where dot com marketing copy meets gangsta rap lyrics.
i was going to save this for tomorrow, but it's too damn fun. catapult! good god, there is
music and sound effects. [via metafilter]
bwhahahahhahahaha
pot
prices on the rise due to drought. any witty comment i could make would
just get me into trouble. [via fark]
damn. 19
innings. finally ended around 4am EDT.
beat a seal. another
one i thought sleezy
d might enjoy. he is, after all, fond of clubbing people with a baby
seal just for the irony.
i haven't posted a britney site for steve in a while. . . flush britney spears.
to stick with the beating on pop culture theme. . . smash regis. be sure to read why.
gobs of information about the lord of the rings movie and other
things tolkien: theOneRing.net.
the wonders of duct
tape. as squared said last night, "it's all
about manray, baby!" oooooh.
aaaaaah.
oh.
of course, squared's comment was actually
in reference to go-go boots. she and dani found some
cool ones for sale at girlfriends LA. ooooooh.
but i think the above outfits would definitely work.
speaking of manray. . .
you can get your very own manray e-mail account. hip.
and in case you didn't know, Man Ray was an artist who lived from 1890
to 1976. here is one of
his more famous photographs. he was a pretty wacky character.
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8.1.2000
someone said she needed a
new keychain to go with her new car. so here are
just a few sites
where one might find
some nifty keychains. [just one more]
steve says he wants to buy this.
a moment
of silence, please.
"The Tierra C
source code creates a virtual computer and its Darwinian operating system,
whose architecture has been designed in such a way that the executable
machine codes are evolvable. This means that the machine code can be mutated
(by flipping bits at random) or recombined (by swapping segments of code
between algorithms), and the resulting code remains functional enough of the
time for natural (or presumably artificial) selection to be able to improve
the code over time." [via andrew]
beer can bob. [speaking
of pictures of weird things in weird places. . . where oh where is jeremy's big thing?]
wow. altoids have a
website. it's pretty funky.
ms releases new software. ok, not
really. it's silly. go look.
geesh. and i thought my friends were geeks. a collection of custom computer
cases. [via digital swirlee]
dennis miller gets less
than stellar reviews. [via pop culture junk mail]
fun new rings for your nokia
phone. includes classic rock, madonna, musicals. wacky. [via pop culture junk mail]
fancy new design for a fancy new month. background via Jeffrey Zeldman Presents
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