Month: July 2004Page 1 of 2

if you need it explained, it won’t be funny

Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka: http://www.oblomovka.com/entries/2004/07/28#1091064480 “David Turner. Works for RMS. Starts by quoting the “spider in the hands of an angry Lord” preach. “Licensing is not theology – it’s…

preparingforemergencies.co.uk

preparingforemergencies.co.uk: http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk/ So much better than the real thing. Oh, alright, for those of you who might not get a booklet, see the coma-inducing original for yourselves: http://www.preparingforemergencies.gov.uk/

the hitchhiker’s movie first unofficial website

The hitchhiker’s movie first unofficial website: http://hitchhikermovie.free.fr/ Now has a trailer for the film, and I have to approve of the opening music, the logo that is shown…

The Project Apollo Image Gallery

The Project Apollo Image Gallery: http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html Images from the first moon misson (Apollo 11), very nicely scanned.

the fluttering fringe of fecklnessness

RED MEAT . Meat Locker . the fluttering fringe of fecklnessness: http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/2004-05-11/index.html Ah, Gnomes now, is it ?

Letter to Warner Brothers: A Night in Casablanca — Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

Letter to Warner Brothers: A Night in Casablanca — Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: http://www.chillingeffects.org/resource.cgi?ResourceID=31  “I am sure that the average movie fan could learn in time to distinguish between…

The World Wide Panorama – QuickTime VR Panoramas

The World Wide Panorama – QuickTime VR Panoramas: http://geoimages.berkeley.edu:16080/wwp604/ Facsinating, if you can view QuickTime VR’s: the few I’ve sampled are very well done.

possibly poetry

I originally wrote this a few years ago as an email to describe the joys of my day at work and was accused of poetry. I’m not sure,…

ryanair to branch out into toiletries and clothes ?

BBC NEWS | Business | Luggage ‘ban’ for Ryanair flyers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3878641.stm I can imagine their boardroom chats now: “If only we could ban those wretched customers, we wouldn’t…

how not to get rich quick

BBC NEWS | England | Essex | DVD pirate’s pitch ends in arrest: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/3874417.stm Outstandingly dumb.

zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: http://www.virtualschool.edu/mon/Quality/PirsigZen/ An oft-quoted book which until recently I never realised was available on-line. So far I’ve reached Chapter 2 (taken 16…

spamalot on broadway

CNN.com – Star names join Python on Broadway – Jul 7, 2004: http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/07/07/stage.montypython.reut/index.html Nice – the casting looks pretty good so far although I think I’ll wait to…

things i really must get around to doing: No. 71835

Vietnamese Iced Coffee: http://coffeefaq.com/coffaq7.htm#VietIcedCoffee and: http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/asia/vietnamese/00/rec0005.html I’ve only had it once on a trip to Cupertino, and it was the first (and only) time that iced coffee has…

might be some downtime later today/early tomorrow

BBC NEWS | England | Kent | Storms cut power and block roads: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3874683.stm Not exactly planned downtime, but it wouldn’t be fair to say unexpected, given the…

spin the colour wheel

Colours on the web – color theory and color matching: http://www.webwhirlers.com/colors/wheel.asp “Are you about to give up? Just can’t find the right colours for your page? Well, here…