Archive: December, 2001
8" Star Trek Plate Wesley Crusher
Come on, admit it: you’d love to find a commemorative plate of yourself on eBay, bid on it and win.
Sunday, December 30th, 2001 7:00pm
Stranger In A Strange Land
Here is an excellent article by Christopher Hitchens about "The dismay of an honorable man of the left".
Sunday, December 30th, 2001 4:38am
Gorey Movie
Here’s something interesting I stumbled upon while browsing through a bunch of "home movies" that people have posted up at apple.com.
Sunday, December 30th, 2001 4:07am
Driving through the desert
My brother in law, Jeb, left for Colorado yesterday. We drove up to Tucson and dropped him off at the airport.
Saturday, December 29th, 2001 11:19pm
Sad news from home
I’ve been having a great time here in Arizona, relaxing and enjoying myself.
Friday, December 28th, 2001 1:07am
Happy Christmas
A very happy Christmas, one and all.
Wednesday, December 26th, 2001 12:32am
La Casita
One of the best things about Sierra Vista, Arizona is its mexican restaurant, La Casita.
Saturday, December 22nd, 2001 6:57am
Tannenbaum
This is going to be a very quick entry… I have to rush off in a few moments to the Retired Officer’s Club (should be fun).
Friday, December 21st, 2001 12:44am
Leaving on a jet plane
I’m taking leave of Brighton for a few weeks.
Tuesday, December 18th, 2001 6:57pm
Contacts -> iPod
This is a really clever piece of freeware.
Tuesday, December 18th, 2001 3:23pm
Monty Python and LEGO
Here’s a LEGO version of the Camelot song from Monty Python And The Holy Grail (from the people who brought you the one minute long version of 2001:A Space Odyssey in LEGO).
Monday, December 17th, 2001 1:57am
Designomatic
You have to be a real geek to enjoy this kind of thing. Needless to say, I love it.
Saturday, December 15th, 2001 12:49pm
The Web Standards Project: Fighting for Standards in our Browsers
The WaSP is bowing out.
Friday, December 14th, 2001 1:53am
Pornolize
There’s a website where you can type in a URL and see the "pornolized" version of any site.
Friday, December 14th, 2001 1:33am
The James Bond Villain Personality Test
Apparently, I’m Francisco Scaramanga.
Thursday, December 13th, 2001 4:06pm
Birthday girl
Monday was Karin’s birthday. We all went out to a nice Thai restaurant.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2001 6:32pm
Chanukah
Happy Chanukah.
Monday, December 10th, 2001 12:29pm
{fray} - the tree
If, like me, you are subscribed to the {fray} mailing list, you’ll have received an email today pointing to a re-run of an old seasonal story - the tree:
Saturday, December 8th, 2001 2:40pm
Season's Greetings 2001
Lance Arthur has his virtual Christmas card up already.
Saturday, December 8th, 2001 2:16pm
New iMacs in January?
The rumour mill is churning.
Friday, December 7th, 2001 8:08pm
Silicon Beach
I’ve just come back from an interesting evening in The Sanctuary which is a cosy little cafe not 30 seconds from where I live.
Thursday, December 6th, 2001 2:12am
DeCSS
I thought I was being a smartypants by posting the Perl source code for decrypting DVDs but this is really clever:
Wednesday, December 5th, 2001 2:42pm
KPMG
I’m linking to kpmg.com because I can.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2001 10:20pm
"Goner" Worm
Here’s a fairly neutral report on a new worm that’s doing some damage.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2001 7:18pm
A web of visions
I was just over at the BBC website reading this article about Joshua Davis and his inclusion in the current exhibition at the Design Museum.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2001 5:56pm
One of us
Andrew Sullivan has seen the light and I’m not talking about politics.
Monday, December 3rd, 2001 1:17pm
"It" is here
Here’s what all that fuss was about. "It" has been revealed. "It" is a scooter.
Monday, December 3rd, 2001 1:09pm
Moby Tour Diary
I just found out recently (thanks to Prentiss Riddle) that Moby keeps an online journal.
Sunday, December 2nd, 2001 2:55am
The Science Museum
As of today, there is no admission price for the Science Museum or the Natural History Museum.
Saturday, December 1st, 2001 2:08pm
