Archive: November, 2001
George Harrison
I heard the news today, oh boy.
Friday, November 30th, 2001 9:21am
Tenant cuts 7ft hole in billboard blocking his window
Talk about intrusive advertising. I don’t understand how the guy managed to put up with having his view blocked by a billboard for over a year. Can anyone blame him for taking a saw to it?
Friday, November 30th, 2001 9:03am
More Anagram Fun
Here’s some more fun from the Modern Humorist: "If poets wrote poems whose titles were anagrams of their names".
Thursday, November 29th, 2001 4:22pm
Ban on DVD-cracking code upheld
Following up on an earlier post, a court has now ruled that it is illegal for me to write this here:
Thursday, November 29th, 2001 3:27pm
Walk For Capitalism
I think I’m going to be sick.
Thursday, November 29th, 2001 3:10pm
Modern Humorist - The Holy Tango of Drama
If playwrights wrote plays whose titles were anagrams of their names…
Tuesday, November 27th, 2001 3:42pm
Vector Lounge
This is one amazing piece of Flash. I’m starting to realise just how much can be accomplished with ActionScript.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2001 1:37pm
New Worm
Every Sunday, I send out an email newsletter for The Session to all the folks who have subscribed to receive it.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2001 1:41am
Mac Expo
This is my first "remote" posting.
Saturday, November 24th, 2001 3:43pm
Man who got £250,000 in error says money is his
This is great.
Friday, November 23rd, 2001 11:38pm
Galileo's Daughter : A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
Time for a little book review. I’ve just finished reading "Galileo’s Daughter" by Dava Sobel.
Thursday, November 22nd, 2001 7:42pm
Ice Mold
I smold, you smold, we all smold for ice mold.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2001 10:23pm
The Czars
I went out last night to see a band called The Czars. Actually, I saw two fifths of the band: the singer and guitarist are doing a little mini-tour ‘round England.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2001 7:24pm
Osama's Nuclear Plans Half-Baked
Here’s a tale of the blind leading the blind.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2001 1:47pm
Photoshop: It's All the Rage
This article at Wired is all about Photoshop. Specifically, it’s all about the popularity of "Photoshopping" images for fun, satire or spite.
Monday, November 19th, 2001 7:01pm
RSS fever
Time for some more geek talk. I’ve been spending the day playing with RSS feeds on my little portal (again). I was spurred on by an encouraging email I got from Prentiss Riddle, who keeps a great weblog.
Sunday, November 18th, 2001 11:57pm
The ugly world of PCs
Jessica and I got plenty of exercise today. We walked to the far end of town to look at the wares at PCworld.
Saturday, November 17th, 2001 7:43pm
Wil, Wesley and the Web
Wesley Crusher was a character in Star Trek: The Next Generation. The character is generally regarded as being the most annoying, obnoxious member of the Enterprise crew.
Thursday, November 15th, 2001 7:04pm
Drunken rock star assaulted aircraft crew, court told
Peter Buck has been known to behave a bit oddly in the past (he spent most of 1995 getting drunk in his dressing gown). Still, I always thought he was something of a gentle giant at heart.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 2:48pm
Procrastination
I spent most of today making tweaks and changes to my little portal.
Monday, November 12th, 2001 10:14pm
Headlines
Some more geeky stuff:
Sunday, November 11th, 2001 11:34pm
Sunday, November 11th, 2001 11:11am
Weblogs.Com: Recently Changed Weblogs
This is really only of interest to the geeky amongst you. I’ve been messing around with my custom made blogging application.
Sunday, November 11th, 2001 3:27am
Kaese Spaetzle
Catherine, our drummer, is coming over tomorrow night. Chris and Karin are going to cook up some kaese spaetzle.
Friday, November 9th, 2001 11:51pm
Satellite on a shoestring going strong
Nasa could learn a thing or two from the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association. One month after the clever folks in Maryland launched a satellite built for just $50,000 (instead of the originally anticipated $1,000,000), the satellite shows no sign of deg
Friday, November 9th, 2001 7:14pm
Apple Renderings
This is fun: a page of speculative designs for future Macs.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2001 9:11pm
Bonfire night
Last night was bonfire night. In England, November 5th is celebrated in rhyme:
Tuesday, November 6th, 2001 6:18pm
My new scarf
Despite the warmest October since records began, I’m not going to let the nice weather fool me.
Monday, November 5th, 2001 4:03pm
The world outside my window
It’s another lovely day in Brighton.
Monday, November 5th, 2001 2:41pm
Levitated Daily Source : flash 5 open source modules
This is the kind of site where I can literally spend hours: Levitated Daily Source.
Sunday, November 4th, 2001 5:49pm
School says Bible permits smacking
The debate surrounding corporal punishment has flared up again here in England.
Saturday, November 3rd, 2001 3:58pm
The Brick Testament
Now, this is what the Internet was made for: Bible stories in Lego form.
Friday, November 2nd, 2001 10:16pm
Movie industry dealt DVD-cracking blow
This is good news. The infamous DeCSS code is protected under free speech.
Friday, November 2nd, 2001 7:31pm
Giant Sand
The Giant Sand concert was lots of fun.
Friday, November 2nd, 2001 2:27am
One month
It’s the first of November and I’ve been writing my thoughts in this journal for exactly one month now.
Thursday, November 1st, 2001 12:33pm
