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| Wednesday Jan 12, 2000 | So, not sure what to think of REBOL just yet? I don't blame you, but I would suggest checking out Scheme if you're wondering what kind of coolness REBOL descended from. to Computing by dnm |
| EGADS!, you still need more room? You must be awful to live with. Here, try X:Drive, slacker. And think about investing in some e-wastebaskets. to Web by dnm |
| If you don't know the origin of the expression
"a Rube Goldberg device," check out the
(inevitable) official
web site of this legendary cartoonist. to Comics by tregoweth |
| Tuesday Jan 11, 2000 | As the web dot-commodes itself into a mindless array of asinine shopping tools, I'm tempted to give up on technology
and become a hobo. And then I'm reminded that the power
of the web is to bring small communities together, give 'em a voice.
Then paradoxically intrigued and satisfied, I return to my complacent ground state until the apocalypse. to Culture by mpc |
| Wally Dug is a genius.
He even says so himself. After reading his article on building
removable media with
pancakes or muffins, however, I am forced to agree.
to Computing by halfjack |
| If you happen do be in Manhattan on a Sunday night, go to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater for the free A.S.S.C.A.T. improv show. It's free people, and it's funny. Oh so very funny. If for some reason you're home watching The X-Files , check the schedule for other Upright Citizens Brigade live shows. to Humor by birgitte |
| If you are interested in where VC's are putting their money these days, register for the Venture Wire daily newsletter and find out. Mental Note: Remember to start on-line company and get funding. to Commerce by birgitte |
| The Jockey Club has published 52,233 recently released names that can be used for thoroughbreds because their previous owners have gone to that glue factory in the sky. A moment of silence, please, for Back Door Bobby, Sexy Sister, Love From Above, Man O'Pleasure and Daddy's Candy Cane. to Sports by rogers |
| Great googeley moogeley, I need to play Space Channel 5 so
badly it hurts. to Games by peterb |
| The Gallery of Psychiatric Art gives you a revealing peek at more than a half-century of completely legal marketing and advertising of psychoactive chemistry in America. to Drugs by monde |
| Monday Jan 10, 2000 | Ave atque vale! I've got religion, and its that of the Universal Church of the Divine Julius. As in Caesar.
to Religion by peterb |
| Forget about learning how to say mundane stuff like "Hello, what is your name?" or "How much does this cost?" in the language you're trying to learn. It's nice to see there's a page which shows you how to say something truly important...in just about any language you can think of. to Linguistics by monde |
| Bruce Campbell has a new TV show called Jack of All Trades, where he battles the most evil enemy of all -- the French. It's being paired with some other syndicated show called Cleopatra 2525, where scantily clad women get chased underground by killer robots and "discover Cleopatra, an aspiring actress and part-time exotic dancer who suddenly awakens from a cryogenic deep freeze, having lapsed into a coma during cosmetic surgery in the year 2001." God I love television. to Television by nyarl |
| Sid Sackson used to design games for Milton-Bradley and Parker brothers -- but you've probably never heard his name, because those companies don't give credit to game designers. Sackson was prolific, inventive, and developed addictive games that anyone could play but that had loads of depth. Try them yourself: you can find (MS-DOS) computer versions of Can't Stop, Choice, Acquire, and Monad. There's also a java version of Choice that is truly superb. to Games by peterb |
| Building your own loudspeakers is never as easy, cheap, or reliable as purchasing them but it
is indeed an extremely rewarding construction project for the ambitious and toolhandy.
Perhaps the best place to start is the relatively evolved Speaker Building Page.
Then perhaps you should move on to the DIY Loudspeaker FAQ and then read the section covering speakers in the
FAQ from rec.audio.* which has a nice bibliography and reference list.
Speaker Builder Magazine is the canonical dead-tree
periodical for the field. A smallish webring
showcases both hobby and commercial projects, including S. Westenskow's decent
audio page and a collection of his relevant technical articles.
Brian Steele has his own set of subwoofer related
articles for the infrasonically challeneged. The diary of the
proprietor of PhilsAudio is either a pile of design clues or a case study in obsessive compulsive disorder. And finally,
do not miss the unannotated yet thoroughly mondo mother of all audio links.
to Music by urog |
| Do people think you're a loser who Spends Too Much Time Online? Do people tell you that you need to Get Out More? This guy is probably hearing a lot of that right now...and laughing all the way to the bank. (The virtual one, that is; he's not supposed to actually leave his house...not even for a minute.)
to Web by monde |
| Sunday Jan 9, 2000 | With four Star Wars films in existence, not to mention the Special Editions, it may be hard to determine which one is the worst. Fortunately, 50 Reasons "Jedi" Sucks has done much of the necessary critical analysis. to Movies by jacquez |
| x10's advertising is apparently now targeting
pornographers and
stalkers. to Web by riotnrrd |
| Saturday Jan 8, 2000 | There's only one thing worse than math jokes, and that's physics jokes. to Humor by magus |
| I'm not the only one who thinks that all clowns are child molesters. Next stop, Santa Claus... to Culture by djinn |
| You've heard of math rock, but how about high energy physics rock? Les Horribles Cernettes claim to be the one and only high energy rock band, loved by tens of thousands of high energy physicists worldwide. They can't be too bad; after all, they even have a fan club. to Music by magus |
| One of the disadvantages of the web is that it provides a forum for fetishists. Joel is perhaps less distressing than most: his fetishes appear to be hairy, shirtless men and hairy, shirtless men being tied up and tortured. Well, everyone needs a hobby. to Wackos by jacquez |
| Some things just naturally go together, like peanut butter and chocolate, eggs and bacon, Sonny and Cher, and Battlestar Galactica and the Republican Party. to Wackos by magus |
| Support America's first Gen-X presidential candidate. Even if he's horrible as a president, it'll be worth it just to hear him say "Dude, this rocks!" at the inauguration. to Politics by magus |
| The art of Masami Teraoka combines classical japanese print technique with modern and Western themes in a jarring and often hilarious way, and often on serious and contentious topics. Where else could you see McDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan or The Geisha's AIDS Nightmare? to Art by fringehead |
| I'm not too big on the bible but I really like some parts of this bible site, specifically the little treatises on grammar and writing style, even if the 'musings' only serve to promote the company's own translation... to Literature by djinn |
| Has anyone else seen the Altoids ad posing as a porn site? to Culture by djinn |
| Are you outraged that our country is sliding into moral decay? Get out your big black hat and belt buckle, join the Puritan Party, and help bring back the long lost art of witchburning. to Politics by magus |
| Sick of the Democrats and the Republicans? Maybe you'd like to try the Pansexual Peace Party, which wants to promote positive political progress and the partnership paradigm through prurient propaganda, and perhaps also pick a peck of pickled peppers. to Politics by magus |
| Fight the tyranny of gendered pronouns with the Gender-Neutral Pronoun Faq. And if you ever see the author, be sure tell em what you thought. to Linguistics by magus |
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