{ 2000.10.21 } The Tacky Postcard Archive has a cool mailtothefuturesque feature that lets you send postcards to people anytime from now till a few weeks time.
{ 2000.10.21 } The Tacky Postcard Archive has a cool mailtothefuturesque feature that lets you send postcards to people anytime from now till a few weeks time.
{ 10.19 } I not going to be nasty or rude. Positive only. Fair and square.
And I was explaining this to my friend as we crossed the road and someone with a huge golfing umbrella pushed past and I pointed in indigation. "You don't need an umbrella that big," I shouted after him, "Put it away!"
And the woman a couple of metres in front of me turned round, looked at me, and said "You should have to get a license for those things." And I agreed completely, "Why can't people wear hats?" She was enthusiastic: "People just don't know how to use them." "Those big ones are the worst. There's no need!" I continued as we crossed the road. "They should be banned," she said finally, and we both nodded happily and went our separate ways.
{ } Ooh nifty. I can get The Onion on my Palm.
{ } Don't piss around with shitty gif versions -- you can now watch the deleted Tron sex scene in full motion video. (This post triggered by Alan Kay Is Tron. Don't ask.)
{ } I am extremely interested in the Wiki Wiki Web. To read further: Starting points, faq, and one minute Wiki.
{ } I approve (as if they needed it). BountyQuest is anti bad patent, pro good patent. They're a clearing house for corporations to offer money in bounty to people who can find prior art to patents, such as Amazon's 1-click and even the BountyQuest business method. The company vision and history is also interesting reading.
Question: After a patent is granted and then prior art is found, how from there is a patent invalidated?
{ } Thursday, time for the second Upsideclown of the week. And man, it's funny.
The first point being that the cat hasn't been seen since yesterday afternoon. Not that this would normally be a cause for concern; under the usual circumstances the only thing to worry about would be whether little Prometheus was urinating on the i-Book or dissecting dead mice on the living room rug. But this time I'm really worried; I'm not going to get upset about the blood on the Axminster when the rain's still pouring down and the cat isn't back yet.
George relates the tale of our recent ordeals at the Grand Clown Lodge: Wet wet wet wet wet. Go now, it's worth it.
Well, go on then.
{ 10.18 } Brilliant Untitled Document this week. Birds Not To Fly South For Winter. "Fuck it," says Swallow.
{ } Song monkey is so wrong, oh so wrong. It's like an audio version of [NEW SEX TOY].
{ } (Personal link time.) What can I say except it was a great night; I'm the least photogenic person on the earth, and here's proof; and yes, dammit, shellsuits would make that noise.
{ 10.17 } Not at all funny: A few ideas on packing incase the world ends. I'm scared now. [via Guardian weblog.]
{ } I forgot to mention Gravilux when I first saw it: Gravity sim Java applet. Funfunfun. [via kottke via boingboing.]
{ } Terragen [site not available today] is without doubt the best damn landscape generator I have ever seen. Although the official site's not up, there are a couple of mirror sites from which you can grab the app itself.
My landscapes aren't quite as good as the ones at Planet Terragen, but I'll get there. Next stop: Animations. From memory, there's a fantastic movie at the proper Terragen site -- but as I said, that's not there today.
Technically: A paper entitled Fractal Patterns in Nature.
{ 10.16 } Monday is the day of fresh Upsideclown.
What follows is directly reproduced from what I unearthed in a friend's back garden. The first part is reproduced here. I am still digging for the continued parts, but no luck yet.
James pulls Upsideclown in a new (and altogether very odd; I'm quite worried about him) direction in The March of Proudfoot: Part I.
