Archives for May, 2002
2002.05.27 (Mon)
Spam Poetry
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In homage to other modern Imagists, the morning’s mail brings a little spam poem: pearl white teeth in 1 week…
Suicide Bomber in Perth?
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Australians generally lack the committment and self-denial necessary to be good suicide bombers, yet one man may have nudged (or…
2002.05.24 (Fri)
Leunig’s Imperatives
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The previous post reminds me of “The Miracle of Parenthood…” by Michael Leunig, probably the best cartoonist ever. Above…
2002.05.23 (Thu)
Biological Imperatives
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Yet another of the thousand little chemical temperings that flesh is heir to. It’s always something of a surprise to…
2002.05.22 (Wed)
It is so good to see Cintra Wilson back in Salon. In Men who hurt themselves for a living she…
2002.05.21 (Tue)
Xbox Live
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MS goes for control, Disneyesque experience for Xbox Live By John Lettice, The Register Microsoft still has time not to…
2002.05.20 (Mon)
A Week of Eyes
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Eyes have been in the news. All the good shots have been of faces and eyes. Was looking again…
Viva Timor leste
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Congratulations to the nation of East Timor on your independence! God knows you’ve had a rough time of it….
2002.05.19 (Sun)
Please Release Me
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Darklemon introduced me to This Day in Music. The day I was born, Englebert Humperdinck was No. 1 on the…
2002.05.18 (Sat)
“What happened here was simply unimaginable.”
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Also from Caterina.net, this astonishing story by Alan Riding for The New York Times about one man’s theft of works…
The Lions’ Den
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I just flip for genius. Susan Kare is a judging panelist for this year’s 5k awards. And what a…
39 Moons for Jupiter
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Astronomer David Jewitt and grad student Scott Shepard have discovered 11 more Jovian moons. 11! Astronomers discover 11 new moons…
2002.05.17 (Fri)
Sweet Transience of Life
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Oh, the humanity, indeed. If you ever discover a bottle, do not fail to secure it! Contact me at…
Left & Right, North & South
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It’s a little-known fact that I mix up left and right on an occasional, but nonetheless alarming, basis. Another annoying…
2002.05.16 (Thu)
My Next O’Reilly Purchase
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There’s always something I want from O’Reilly. Now it’s the Husky Book. I’m definitely of lower-intermediate UNIX abilities, so…
Dear IE6(Win) Viewers…
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Sincere thanks to those of you who’ve written pointing out that the font selector on the right-hand side of this…
2002.05.15 (Wed)
Mac vs. PC Redux
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Some clichés are always worth revisiting. zAmboni posts a faint Eco of Umberto’s famous “MAC vs DOS” column* on Ars…
Japan to Outlaw Magic Mushrooms
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You may not have known this, but magic mushrooms containing psilocybin are – or at least have been – legal…
Rolling Your Own (Tampons)
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Boingboing links to a post by Teresa Nielsen Hayden of Making Light about rolling your own tampons. The story reminds…
Cracking CD Protection
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On the subject of copy protection (ahem), I’m sure you’ve all seen this story (about which method The Register suggests…
A Gentle Reminder
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Scroll all the way to the bottom of this page and you can see a somewhat less obtrusive rendition…
Style Sheet Updates & Caching
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Scott at www.darklemon.com wrote to tell me about some style sheet monkey business you may have noticed. I made some…
2002.05.14 (Tue)
Oops! Missed Mothers’ Day (again)
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I knew I’d goofed yet again when I received e-mail from my mum just now, subject line: “Interesting Australian Custom.”…
Ruth Cracknell, 1926 – 2002
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One of Australia’s greatest actors, Ruth Cracknell, has passed away. I never got to see her on the stage,…
2002.05.13 (Mon)
Hooligan Cruise
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Up for a relaxing cruise down the east coast of Honshu? What’s the bet this boat is trashed to the…
New EU Flag Design
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Rem Koolhaas has been commissioned to design a new flag for the EU. The result is something between a…
2002.05.10 (Fri)
Ancient Animals – Really Ancient
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Now this is interesting. Fossils have been found in my home state of Western Australia containing what look like tracks…
A Mind-Altering Swim
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This is probably of minimal interest to anybody, but I just had the best swim I think I’ve ever had…
2002.05.09 (Thu)
The Back-up Conundrum
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I periodically back-up the entire contents of my web server to a local volume. I haven’t automated this yet (although…
Chimera vs. OmniWeb
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Chimera is a stand-alone Cocoa browser, is “aimed at delivering a best-of-breed browser on the OS X platform.” It…
A New Aussie
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My daughter became an Australian citizen today. You beauty, mate! I guess she technically became a citizen when the…
2002.05.08 (Wed)
Best in Show
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The night before last I watched “Best in Show.” The film came out in 2000 directed by (and featuring) Christopher…
Cell Phone Pollution
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It was only a matter of time before we started hearing about this, I suppose. (Yes, I know: it’s another…
Ouch! Zacharek Reviews Woody Allen’s Latest
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I’m still a huge fan of Woody Allen’s earlier movies, especially “Manhattan,” “Stardust Memories” and of course “Annie Hall” but…
The Ineluctable Difficulty of Typographical Politeness
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Here we are in the year 2002 (last time I checked) and it’s still extremely difficult to be typographically polite…
2002.05.07 (Tue)
Need More Proof That Microsoft is Fucked Up?
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Now this is funny. Compulsory Windows: for Macs, and people without PCs?John Lettice, The Register Microsoft has come up with…
Sometimes It’s the Jerks I Feel Sorry For
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I seemed to be getting bombed by the Klez worm recently. Then again, who isn’t, so not much to add…
Deep Throat to be Revealed: No Word on Pricing
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Was it Haig? Kissinger? Someone from the CIA? James Mann, who worked with Carl Bernstein at The Washington Post, seems…
2002.05.06 (Mon)
Wine Chauvinism
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I went to a party a couple of nights ago given by a couple of French friends. It was a…
Bamboozled by Google
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I usually use Google’s JavaScript browser toolbar widget to do searches and so don’t often go directly to google.com. Last…
2002.05.02 (Thu)
Bouncing Microwaves
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Tsuyoshi Hondou, a Japanese researcher currently at the Curie Institute in Paris, thinks that mobile phone use inside trains and…
Leading the World in Violent Crime
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Here’s a question whose answer may surprise you (it certainly surprised me): Which country has the most violent crime? Answer:…
New Albums from Tom Waits
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A new album from Tom Waits is always a big event – but two new albums is just an embarrassment…
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