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Saturday
Apr 24, 1999
The name is Bond. James Bond.
to Movies by pjammer
For my next gift, Alert Memepool Readers should send me the Nikon Coolpix 950 digital camera. Thanks in advance!
to Gadgets by peterb
Deja News is testing Deja Ratings, which will apparently let you vote on everything. "Let's see, that's 4.5 for Dell tech support, 3.8 for border collies, and 3.6 for Prozac."
to Web by tregoweth
Friday
Apr 23, 1999
Do you have friends who desperately wants to get into law school? Before your friends start taking LSAT prep courses, encourage them to read the savagely hilarious rant of a disgruntled UCLA law student.
to Law by pjammer
Tom Tomorrow (the pen name for Dan Perkins), is the author of the hilarious left-wing comic This Modern World. While you're there, ask yourself: How many angry letters from pissed-off Catholics do you think he got for his piece on Mother Theresa?
to Comics by pjammer
A subversive website you definitely do not want to surf to from a workplace computer, Disgruntled: The Darker Side of the World is an angry webzine written by, and for, those of us who shake our ass for The Man.
to Humor by pjammer
Take a look at memepool.com through the so-called goofy glasses of a disturbingly goofy website. The goofiest part of the whole site is its owner's love of the word "goofy."
to Humor by djinn
If you ever have an opportunity to get to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, go during peak cherry-blossom season, that is, now.
to Travel by djinn
Yes, when news breaks, you can count on domain name speculators, and those who would thwart them.
to Internet by tregoweth
Thursday
Apr 22, 1999
Breaking ranks from most investment banks (which are famous for their stodgy conservatism) First Union launched one of the most offbeat promotional television campaign this season. Beautifully produced and visually striking, the grim, Blade-Runner-esque 30-second spots can now be found in First Union's video archive.
to Television by pjammer
According to this article on Hotwired, the current owner of the extremely valuable "sex.com" domain may have stolen it from the rightful owner. More interestingly, the article notes that sex.com grosses over $100 MILLION a year.
to Web by riotnrrd
Modern art is crap!
to Art by riotnrrd
The Hacker FAQ provides management types with advice on the care and feeding of a happy hacker. Rest assured, there are ethics involved. You may want to become a hacker. Kind of a debatable process. You'd probably know if you were one.
to Computing by machita
When I seize control and institute my own utopian society, listening to Foetus will be mandatory for all citizens. In fact, my new Declaration of Independence will be nothing more than the lyric sheet for Nail. I CAN DO ANY GODDAMN THING I WANT
to Music by nyarl
Now that web sites of organizations that deal with the US Government must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, perhaps you should use Bobby validation service to verify whether your web site is accessible to the visually or aurally impaired. It looks like memepool is entitled to use the Bobby Approved icon.
to Web by peterb
Wednesday
Apr 21, 1999
Sure to give your fundamentalist friends major cat-fits, Psycho Dave's favorite hobby is Recreational Christianity, described as indulging in activities, literature, and media of a given sect of Christianity for the sole purpose of having fun at its expense.
to Religion by pjammer
Like its ripoff/inspiration The Onion, The Fig Blabber! offers deranged "news" stories, but targets its spoofs to the slam-worthy clowns in Hollywood.
to Humor by pjammer
Tuesday
Apr 20, 1999
Okay, you've read that Cryptonomicon essay about Linux. Then you read his 1996 Wired article about transoceanic cables and the geeks that lay them. Rah rah. Now you may as well spend another half hour reading Nicholas D. Arnett's Counter Rant - which feature the kick-ass quote (in reference to chaos theory): Actually, the luck was that Digital Research Inc. declined to sign IBM's non-disclosure agreement, which was the flap of a butterfly wing in Monterey that made it rain money in Redmond.
to Commentary by pjammer
More comprehensive than Nyarl may hope, World of Coasters offers a large guide to roller coasters in North/Central America, Europe, and Asia.
to Reference by pjammer
Can Barney Fife and the folks of Mayberry help save your soul? The Lord works in mysterious ways.
to Religion by eclipse
Should any game publishers be reading memepool, please, for the love of God, grab up and release the English version of Jagged Alliance 2. Some of us still like single-player, turn-based games with solid strategy and entertainment over eye candy.
to Games by nyarl
Good Vibrations would like you to celebrate National Masturbation Day by collecting pledges for every minute you masturbate that day. And now that dildos are legal in Alabama again, everyone can lend a.. um.. hand.
to Sex by riotnrrd
From the "soon at a carnival near you" department... Yugoslavian photos of the downed F-117 Stealth Fighter
to Warfare by urog
Extreme Computing is your one stop for all your wearable gear. From M1s to Twiddlers, Extreme has most everything for the budding cyborg. They offer complete PC110-based kits and even used wearables.
to Wearables by petey
While not as comprehensive as I'd hoped, The American Midway offers a large guide to (American) amusement parks, focusing mainly on roller coasters.
to Travel by nyarl
Monday
Apr 19, 1999
Explore Brian's brain. Despite the site's claims, I think Brian actually does exist.
to Wackos by djinn
Are you a dull man?
to Culture by djinn
S.M.U.R.F.= Socialist Men Under a Red Father. Don't take my word for it.
to Wackos by pjammer
A View From the Back of the Envelope is devoted to the joys of approximation and educated guessing.
to Science by riotnrrd
The All-Music guide, a free online version of their popular reference book, contains descriptions of thousands of performers, bands and albums in addition to careful descriptions of different musical genres and how they interrelate
to Music by riotnrrd
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