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Friday, May 23, 2003
Whoa. Somehow in the bustle of the last few days, I missed the demise of the ever-great Brunching Shuttlecocks. I am saddened. Brunching has been a big part of my web amusement since the beginning of my Web-all-the-time days back at Wispolitics.
Luckily, the Slumbering Lungfish will let you keep an eye on Lore and what he's up to.
This reminds me of something my team might have made back in the OM days if we were a bit more sophisticated: a fountain that appears to make water move uphill. Pretty ingenious. (via gulker, as I apparently missed it completely when it appeared on boingboing a couple days ago)Looking for a new design for your website? Try Strange Banana, a random site designer. Each time you reload the page, you get a new design--and some of them aren't that bad (certainly better than this page's original incarnation.) (via J-Walk)
Items continue to trickle back to Iraq's looted museums:
"One of the storerooms that was looted contained almost entirely documented authenticated copies," Bogdanos said. "I got six items today. They were all from the gift shop."
Thursday, May 22, 2003
Jayson Blair limericks are being submitted by Romenesko's readers, and while I'm sure there there's a head of angry steam behind them, most just aren't that good. Even the ones I do like have serious rhythm problems that suggest they need to go back and study up on the traditional form before they bebop freestyle.
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Apparently not everyone made it to E3 as planned last week: six French game journalists were held at LAX for more than a day, interrogated and body searched several times, and then "forcibly repatriated" back across the Atlantic. (via boingboing)
Update: still doing reading on this with links found via the bb discussion thread. If you're interested, I recommend doing the same.
According to the White House web site, Flat Stanley has been given Top Secret security clearance (via PCJM). Given this newfound openness to the Ficto-American community, perhaps Babar could replace Ari Fleischer--it should be noted that his adventures are already part of the Combined Arms Research Library at Fort Leavenworth. Uh, Babar that is, though I have no doubt that Mr. Fleischer has had adventures. Perhaps he will write about them in his book.
And because I enjoy jabbing at sloppy copywriting: Instead she reminded Stanley to tell all children to study and listen to their parents. Implying that she had no interest in what occurred at the meeting, which seems a bit odd. Not to mention that it shows no respect for Stanley's willingness to bring her up to speed, regardless of whether or not he was requested to substitute for her in the first place.
Liana passes along a link to Stunt Camp, an English summer camp where kids can go to learn basic stuntwork instead of leathercrafting:
Do you want to come to Stunt Camp and learn to fly like Superman or Neo from the Matrix? Sword fight like Aragon and fall through the air like James Bond?
Yeah, that clumsy James Bond--he is falling all the time, isn't he?
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Proof that the web can answer all of life's really important questions:
"Because of the smoother edge, the regal Australian Silver Five Dollar coin should roll smooth when rolled at an unpredictable terrain like the exotic Wat Po Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. This would be an interesting matchup. The coin should be able to handle its own for a considerable amount of time before the terrain takes hold of the momentum."
--from Coinrolling.com (via Neil Gaiman), a brilliant collision of numismatic obsession and eclectic architecture ("the cross-concourse underground tunnel at the Atlanta airport".)
As the Star Wars Kid Fund nears three grand, the Kid has done us all another service as we begin to consider what our own return on embarrassment might be.
Meanwhile, the Crew of Two are kicking each other for not "leaking" their "embarrassing" Star Wars video instead of going for the "large-scale" release.
Woo, that's a lot of air quotes. Sorry, Andy. I'll go sleep now.
Monday, May 19, 2003
Checking up on my Googleshare:
Seth Johnson has a 4.85% googleshare of "Inkslinger".
Movin' on up, apparently.
Last Wednesday the Wisconsin Report quoted "Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make famous" from a Washington Post column about Karl Rove.
In search of the original quote and its proper attribution (Quem deus vult perdere, prius dementat--"Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad", from Euripides, to the best of my quick Googling), it was interesting to see the variant quotes I found along the way: Apparently those whom the gods would destroy, they may also make crazy, confident, proud, Geraldo Rivera, angry, prophetic, l33t, golfers, passionate, great, writers, and President. Who knew?
Lord Sainsbury of Turville: My Lords, I totally agree. These statistics on accidents are extremely fascinating; they prove that the British public can use practically anything in this world to hurt themselves with. It is understandable that there are an estimated 55 accidents a year from putty, while toothpaste accounts for 73. However, it is rather bizarre that 823 accidents are estimated to be the result of letters and envelopes. It is difficult to understand how they can be the cause of such serious plight. I agree with the noble Baroness that it would be helpful if people paid careful attention.
Baroness Strange: My Lords, does the Minister agree that sardine tins and anchovy tins are also very difficult to open with their tin-openers?
Lord Sainsbury of Turville: My Lords, I think I will just agree with the noble Baroness on that question.
So help me, that conversation is not only not made up, it's an actual part of a recognized political process. (via William Gibson)
While I come up to speed, go read some classic matches from the WWWF Grudge Match: KITT vs. Herbie, The Corleones vs. The Cartwrights, and of course, The Tournament of Champions: Escape from the Death Star.
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