Archive: August, 2002

The Julie Burchill Random Recycler

Regular Guardian readers and residents of Brighton and Hove will enjoy the Julie Burchill Random Recycler:

Saturday, August 31st, 2002 10:02pm

Animatrix

Feast your eyes on the trailer for "Animatrix". Nine directors create animated stories set in the universe of The Matrix.

Saturday, August 31st, 2002 11:57am

Sleeping Giants

One of the niftiest things about going to Arizona is seeing the "airplane graveyards" on the outskirts of Tucson.

Saturday, August 31st, 2002 11:28am

Pong

Just when you thought there was no such thing as a good reason to use pop-up windows…

Friday, August 30th, 2002 5:50pm

www.thegirlinthepicture.com

This is too cute. Not only is this an online marriage proposal, it’s a great little quicktime movie too.

Thursday, August 29th, 2002 5:40pm

Evolutionism Propaganda

Here’s an hilarious rant from a creationist nutcase claiming that Apple are not only pushing an "Evolutionist" agenda but that they’re godless commies to boot:

Thursday, August 29th, 2002 11:13am

Meteorite hits girl

What are the odds?

Thursday, August 29th, 2002 10:22am

Plagarism

Compare and contrast.

Wednesday, August 28th, 2002 12:27pm

0wnz0red

A short story by Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing has been published over at Salon.

Wednesday, August 28th, 2002 11:16am

Mugshots

See if you can spot my ugly mug in amongst this lot.

Wednesday, August 28th, 2002 10:03am

Signs

I was watching the trailer for the new M.Night Shyamalan film "Signs" which led to the website for the film.

Monday, August 26th, 2002 12:18am

Dog fouling

Jessica and I were sitting in the pavilion gardens last week. On our way into the gardens, we passed a sign that listed the rules of conduct.

Sunday, August 25th, 2002 11:40am

Sleep the dream!

In honour of National Slackerday 3 here in the UK, I will do no work today.

Friday, August 23rd, 2002 11:46am

Cadbury's ad upsets India

This could have come from Adbusters:

Wednesday, August 21st, 2002 10:51am

Pitching Blogs

Oh, dear. The Public Relations Society of America (that’s marketers to you and I) just don’t get it.

Tuesday, August 20th, 2002 12:07pm

Space sounds

Listen to the sounds of space - black holes, pulsars, the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Ganymede, even Sputnik’s beep - they’re all here.

Tuesday, August 20th, 2002 11:48am

24 Dreaming

24, the TV series, finished up here in the UK last night. The "real time" hook didn’t quite work on the BBC where each episode lasted 45 minutes thanks to the lack of ads.

Monday, August 19th, 2002 8:43pm

free_culture

I know that this has been ‘blogged everywhere but it really is required viewing:

Sunday, August 18th, 2002 12:37pm

Broadband

Well, I finally joined the twenty-first century. I finally got the place fixed up with an ADSL connection.

Sunday, August 18th, 2002 12:31am

Betrayal

Take a look at the photo in this PR story from the White House.

Friday, August 16th, 2002 12:26pm

Star Trek: Nemesis

Aw… Wil Wheaton isn’t going to be in the next Star Trek movie after all.

Thursday, August 15th, 2002 12:32am

The Rambling Amp

Jessica isn’t the only one getting new musical equipment.

Monday, August 12th, 2002 4:14pm

Tales of the Plush Cthulhu

"After vigintillions of years plush Cthulhu was loose once more, and ravening for delight. How He slavered and gibbered! And the stuffed animals fled or went mad at the sight of Him."

Saturday, August 10th, 2002 3:25pm

The Spiders

From E-Sheep comes one of the best comics I’ve read on or off the internet: The Spiders.

Saturday, August 10th, 2002 1:56am

Never mind the terrorists, the morons have already won.

Here are a couple of examples of the great job being done by airport security officials in the States.

Friday, August 9th, 2002 11:44am

Private And Public

I like this a lot.

Thursday, August 8th, 2002 1:18pm

Plustech Walking Technology

That is one cool looking machine. Eco friendly, too.

Wednesday, August 7th, 2002 11:42pm

Why I Hate Star Wars

"I thought it would be funny to go dressed up as Spock".

Wednesday, August 7th, 2002 1:51am

Free Online Barcode Generator

Ever wondered how your name would look as a bar code?

Tuesday, August 6th, 2002 5:01pm

The Rambling Speaker

Jessica is now the proud owner of a 150 Watt bass speaker.

Monday, August 5th, 2002 1:13pm

Robotic Spam Poetry

Ben Brown has created an online poetry generator with a difference. It uses Spam for its source material.

Sunday, August 4th, 2002 11:49am

Weebl and Bob

Want Pie now!

Saturday, August 3rd, 2002 4:17pm

Real World Style

CSS layouts, tips, tricks, and techniques.

Saturday, August 3rd, 2002 11:45am

Milk appeal for pint-sized hedgehogs

The first-day goat’s milk of the female goat who’s just had kids is something we all take for granted but did you know that the same one-day old goat’s milk could save the life of a baby hedgehog?

Friday, August 2nd, 2002 8:13pm

iPod vs. Sliced Bread

In an attempt to counter the oft-heard claim, The Morning News sets about finding out if the iPod really is the best thing since sliced bread?

Thursday, August 1st, 2002 3:28pm

rabbit rabbit

Rabbit rabbit.

Thursday, August 1st, 2002 10:58am

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