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Tuesday
Jan 26, 1999
Peter McCluskey reviews Baetjer's Software as Capital, and contrasts the programming languages Perl and Smalltalk to illustrate some of the points.
to Economics by arkuat
Legos are cool, but easily disabled by marauding post-Y2K fanatics. Build an army of dangerous servo robots with stuff from Parallax and plenty of KevlarŪ
to Robotics by obvious
Need something stupid, annoying, and out of style? Try Clickable Beavis.
to Art by tjs
You've just heard about a horrible disaster. Ten people killed. It's sad, sure, but just how was it? Well, check out the Killing Spree Scoring System and rate it against previous massacres.
to Humor by tjs
For all you maladjusted Unix-using freaks out there, there's XEvil: because violence should be senseless. (Kill your parents. Run with scissors.)
to Games by tjs
Monday
Jan 25, 1999
When you absolutely positively have to have automatically reinflatable tires.
to Transportation by jason
Data mining in action. Find out how much the world values you when you construct your own public opinion poll.
to Memetics by peterb
The Remembrance Agent is an application that augments associative memory. Quite possibly the wearable's Killer App, since "serendipity is too important to be left to chance".
to Wearables by petey
Strunk's Elements of Style are always fashionable.
to Reference by petey
Ambrose Bierce was an optimist. Godling's Glossary covers everything from avoiding existence-centrism to something almost, but entirely, unlike Gilbert and Sullivan.
to Commentary by petey
The search page that Deja News doesn't want you to know about.
to Conspiracy by petey
The ever vigilant Cheese Reporter brings you up to the minute news on events such as the World Cheese Contest.
to Food by peterb
The difference between a nice salad and a nasty one may only be properly understood by grasshoppers and the men who eat them.
to Science by jacquez
When the Fox network just isn't enough, there's PursuitWatch. Just 99 cents a year will get you pager alerts every time a TV station broadcasts a high-speed chase. Unfortunately, and predictably, it's available in Los Angeles only.
to Culture by riotnrrd
If you're attacking that heavily-armed nest of Cisco engineers, you'd better know what the best combat shotgun for the job is.
to Warfare by riotnrrd
The story of "three very bored geeks, a leatherman, a bunch of disposable plastic lighters, and a severe case of pyromania."
to Gadgets by riotnrrd
Before you duck and cover, take a look at the pretty pictures.
to Warfare by goboro
Like the ordinary guy on the street, I am incapable of ripping a phone book in half. I actually know a professional clown, but he's also incapable of tearing those damn phone books in half. Thankfully, next time I have need of such a useful skill, I can just call up Buffo, the World's Strongest Clown for all my phone book-ripping, unicycling, FULL time entertainment needs. And remember, kids, SAY NOPE TO DOPE because BUFFO SALUTES AMERICA!
to Humor by nyarl
UPDATE: Thanks to a loyal reader, that funky banner ad to Kalashnikov has been roughly translated as "Everyone trusts Kalashnikov. From Spetsnaz to Cisco Systems." Now, the Spetsnaz are Soviet special forces, but we are still left with one important nagging question: Why on earth is Cisco Systems stockpiling and endorsing AK-47s?
to Warfare by nyarl
Sunday
Jan 24, 1999
Correct some of your youthful Usenet indiscretions with Deja News' automated message nuker.
to Computing by tregoweth
Saturday
Jan 23, 1999
I was always dissapointed as a kid that my favorite Japanese movie monster Gamera never fought Godzilla. But now, there's strange fan fictionto come to my rescue. Remember, "Godzilla vs. Gamera" is a trademark of Matt Lutes. I'm sure neither Daiei Corp., Toho Corp., or Sony have a problem with that.
to Movies by peterb
Friday
Jan 22, 1999
Seti@Home is a project that lets internet users use spare cycles to help look for meaningful signs of alien life amongst SETI data, much like the distributed efforts to find crypto keys.
to Science by faisal
Ryuchi Sakamoto is one of the most interesting and versatile popular composers of the late 20th century.
to Music by faisal
Prodigy's shutting down its pre-Internet "Classic" service rather than fixing its year-2000 bugs.
to Computing by tregoweth
The Multimedia Medical Reference Library can help when something goes wrong with you.
to Reference by goboro
Kalashnikov Arms, makers of the most widespread firearms in the world. But what the heck did this banner ad pointing to them have to do with Cisco Systems? Any translators out there? And what the hell kind of uniforms are those guys wearing, anyway?
to Warfare by nyarl
Thursday
Jan 21, 1999
Revolutionary book in the '60s, quaint web page in the '90s: Steal This Book online.
to Reference by tregoweth
The search engine is now available for testing. Please notify joshua@memepool.com in the case of any problems.
to Memepool-News by joshua
Bioluminescent toys. As in, children's toys. As in, squirtguns that squirt glow-in-the-dark fluid. Yes: gene-spliced microorganisms to entertain you!
to Games by goboro
Find the nutritional content of most anything.
to Reference by goboro
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