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Sunday
Aug 13, 2000
Windowblinds - Make your windows-based PC look like BeOS, Macintosh, and even OS/2 2.0.
to Computing by kade
Saturday
Aug 12, 2000
Stargeeks is a hilarious and well-produced short film about two Star Wars fanatics on their way to the premier of Phantom Menace. Its worth watching just for the militant trekkie bad guys and the matching Han Solo outfits.
to Movies by skallas
Dean and Nigel, display the "Art of Blending In" with unsuspecting members of a typical British Highstreet.
to Humor by loothi
Do you know what you're really buying into when you buy Nike and Disney products? Interested in shopping with socially and environmentally responsible companies? Try the Greenpages.
to Economics by skallas
Why only pseudoskeptics take CSICOP seriously, as exposed by ex-CSICOP officer Dennis Rawlins when investigating the controversial Mars Effect.
to Science by skallas
Mohsye - Catapult cats, breed like rabbits and more.
to Games by kade
Friday
Aug 11, 2000
Exactly why Ralph Nader is running for president and don't miss his great Visa-parody TV commercial.
to Politics by skallas
Introducing the LIVE Hotel Cecil Webcam. The Hotel Cecil is located in a part of town you don't normally associate with Los Angeles. The 24/7 webcam brings you live video coverage of life on the streets of skid row as it unfolds.
to Web by kade
60's astronaut Gordon Cooper has been accusing the U.S. government of a UFO coverup for years. Maybe a trained fighter-pilot just can't tell the difference between something out of the ordinary and a weather balloon.
to Conspiracy by skallas
The Dildo Song. Enough said.
to Humor by kade
There are at least a million and one uses for duct tape. And then, a few more.
to Culture by rich
Thursday
Aug 10, 2000
Eventually this had to happen, mix one part Linux hysteria and two parts geeks with nothing better to do and you have text-mode Quake.
to Games by skallas
Video Games + Engrish = THIS!
to Games by kade
Facial surgery helps transsexuals "pass" from the neck up, with sometimes amazing and, lets face it, sexy results. Here's some of the same procedures with less dramatic results and photos that show the interim healing process.
to Science by skallas
Watch defeated American pop-icons selling Engrish-titled products in Japanese TV commericals.
to Television by kade
Forget The Church of Mentos. You can have fresh breath AND Bible verse with TestaMints.
to Religion by enigma
A few months ago I noticed people are still using Rexx to build dynamic web pages. Plausible. Today I heard of something more, er, sinister: CobolScript®! Just see how this baby threatens Perl's omnipresence and elegance!
to Computing by wwwwolf
Wednesday
Aug 9, 2000
The Retarded Ravers of America. If this site doesn't convince you that E is bad for you, nothing will.
to Wackos by kade
Writing pop songs for guitar is really this easy. Its exactly what your musician friends you're so jealous of do, at least at first.
to Music by skallas
John Conway's Game of Life is a simple and well known cellular automata that can be used to generate some pretty amazing behavior, including a Universal Turing machine.
to Computing by riotnrrd
Ah, more archives of everyone's favorite song to analyze and parody. There's also a FAQ, for those new to one of the world's longest songs.
to Music by djinn
Tuesday
Aug 8, 2000
This obviously inflammatory and ghostwritten speech by Courtney Love has become an internet staple when discussing the music industry, while Steve Albini's superior and much more informative essay is largely ignored.
to Music by skallas
Sadly, Nerve.com panned a passage from William Styron's Sophie's Choice, one of my favorite books both to read and to study.
to Books by djinn
Survivor Sucks has made waves as the site for news and speculation about the residents of Palau Tiga. Only one of the residents, however, is responsibile for the Gayest Dance Ever. If you saw the August 2 episode, you know what's coming.
to Television by boneyard
I really enjoy the intertwined plots & the portrayal of New York's Bravest everyday heroes captured by the writers of NBC's Third Watch. But, I was obsessed with Emergency! when I was a kid. Now, you can rediscover the adventures of Paramedics Roy DeSoto & Johnny Gage, Nurse Dixie McCall, and the rest of Squad 51 and see what might've been if only those darn network censors hadn't gotten in the way. 
to Television by rich
Forget Customatix, Creo Interactive was there first, and their designs are definitely funkier
to Fashion by wheezer
Monday
Aug 7, 2000
Improvisation meets Manga at Impromanga where amateur illustrators collaborate on various comic book story arcs in the popular Japanese Anime style. I especially like the "consciousness in the machine" story Animate Objects.
to Art by skallas
Enter the strange world of the only helpful computer virus. After copying itself to your drives and floppies it nicely asks if you'd like to encrypt your data using the IDEA encryption alogrithm. Its friendly but its not free, you can buy it here for ten dollars.
to Computing by skallas
Customatix brings mass customization to your feet. Design your own shoes and have them made by someone in asia. Strapped for ideas? Let the professionals inspire you.
to Fashion by dennis
The Holy Bible -- coming to a VCR near you. I'm looking forward to the The Book of Revelations DVD.
to Religion by kade
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