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| Thursday Aug 12, 1999 | Iridium, the satellite phone system, backed by Motorola, tanks. My guess? Microsoft gets to buy a global satellite communication system for a song.
to Commentary by joshua |
| Wednesday Aug 11, 1999 | Thanks to IPOme.com, the once-dicy act of 'selling out' will soon be as easy as filling out an SEC S-1 form. Just don't ask any of us here at memepool about "exit stratagies" should shares of You, Inc. trade below the offering price and the open market ends up proving what your longsuffering employer suspected all along. to Finance by pjammer |
| When Microsoft Windows just doesn't cut it.
to Humor by david |
| The
Astronomical Society of the Pacific has standing
globes of
Earth's Oceans,
Venus,
Mars,
and the Moon,
for when more ordinary globes
simply won't do. to Cartography by goboro |
| Live
celebrity surgery, anyone? to Health by tregoweth |
| Unless you just happened to be in the right place in Europe this morning, the only way to catch the last eclipse of this millenium was to log in to the website of local science museums for the live webcast. The world's coolest science museum also offered an all-night "eclipse party" where this memepool contributor witnessed totality alongside a thousand cheering science geeks. to Science by pjammer |
| Tuesday Aug 10, 1999 | In spite of overwhelming evidence against the possibility of a functional perpetual-motion machine, human history is nonetheless filled with determined wackos in grim pursuit of the ultimate thermodynamic free lunch. to Science by pjammer |
| You're the deposed ruler of Sierra Leone trying to get your job back, or a third-world government trying to keep down insurgents, who do you call? Sandline International! to Warfare by nyarl |
| Because you know that a lemon-scented man dying on a cross is better to have in your bathroom than an actual, blood-and-pus-scented man dying on a cross.
to Religion by mrradon |
| Just when you think computer technology is doing us no good
whatsoever, you discover that you can
buy Tupperware
over the web. I love this country. to Commerce by mpc |
Ever seen something like this before in your messages log? mountd[6688]: Blocked attempt of You have been owned. Lance Spitzner has a very nice collection of technical whitepapers regarding script kiddies, and their threat to UNIX varieties and Windows NT.to Internet by urog |
| The Spunk Library is a one-stop resource for free anarchist and alternative literature in electronic form. No, they don't have the Anarchist Cookbook, but they explain why not, and are putting together a cookbook of their own. to Politics by mendel |
| Monday Aug 9, 1999 | Just because you're blind, that doesn't mean that you can't be
A Movie Critic. to Movies by keith |
| For memepool-reading perverts (but I repeat myself) who drooled over Brandy/Cavewoman, you should probably go check out Danger Girl, which, while not by penned by Frank Cho, nonetheless stars improbably-proportioned female leads who resemble Brandy/Cavewoman - except that they wear skintight jumpsuits/bikinis and kill international terrorists.
to Comics by pjammer |
| It's rather suprising what one can make out of
old Volkswagens:
trikes and
boats,
for a start...
to Transportation by goboro |
| Be ye artist, engineer, or just the kind of person that likes to
fill up the basement with nonsense, the Small Parts
Catalog
is full of all sorts of things you never knew you didn't need.
to Gadgets by goboro |
| For every standard, there are
alternatives.
to Computing by goboro |
| Religious convictions regarding the relative merits of the things aside,
Trackpoints
aren't just for laptops anymore. You can now get 'em in pc keyboards
of both the
standard and
ergonomic variety.
to Computing by goboro |
| This guy is just a little biased.
to Computing by goboro |
| To save your back, you can spend a cool grand on a chair,
or drop fifty bucks on a ball.
to Health by goboro |
| Oh, and for those of you who do like
Liberty Meadows,
you should probably check out
The Liberty Meadows Comic Book.
And if you just like drooling over
Brandy,
you should probably go read
Cavewoman SPX '98,
which is also by Frank Cho and has a main character who resembles
Brandy except that she wears a leopard print bikini and kills dinosaurs. to Comics by keith |
| Saturday Aug 7, 1999 | The newly-minted Liberty Meadows is a delightful comic starring a neurotically insecure protagonist and his persistently bungled attempts to connect with an out-of-his-league attractive female love interest - along with an eccentric cast of deranged talking animals.
And if you've ever wondered, as I did, how comic book artists get their ideas, Frank Cho offers his disquieting confession here.
to Comics by pjammer |
| Friday Aug 6, 1999 | NetLingo is an online reference containing emerging new vocabulary and annoyingly e-prefixed verbs for the self-consciously hip, technology dilettantes
interested in eliminating the most obvious signs of noveux-tech poseurdom. to Linguistics by pjammer |
| The Oxford English Dictionary needs words! to Reference by tregoweth |
| A very useful Manhattan Address Locater. to Art by jack |
| From visionary pop artist of the 1960's, to master of dynamic neo Expressionism, Peter Max and his vibrant colors have become part of the fabric of Culture. He recently created one otf the world's largets stages ever for Woodstock 99. to Art by jack |
| Scenario: Aisle 5, Local grocery. You are overwhelmed. Which body bar is best? Luckily, you've been to David Lynch's
Soap Review page, thankfully mirrored at the
Internet Access Foundation in the Netherlands. Oh, and check out who the
Laatste 10 bezoekers were to see the soap review page.
to Health by urog |
| I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time" So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance. ...a great list of Steven Wright quotes. You can scroll up or down to see a bunch of additional one liners. to Comics by jack |
| Don't we all need a little bit of Rubik's Cube Art right about now? to Art by succa |
| Help make the world a safer place for fans of crappy music! How? Help the police nab the thugs who ruined Woodstock. to Culture by boneyard |
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