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RPSONC: Rabbi Phunkiewsky's School of New Communication is too cool for this planet.
‹ 30.6.00
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Be he alive or be he dead ...
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Circlemakers ... they make circles.
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I've played the odd game of cricket in my time but never like this. No <ahem> "protection" ... are they mad?
‹ 29.6.00
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Urgh ... late night ... too many of these ... but all in all, a fun celebratory evening :)
‹ 29.6.00
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A classic parody ... Furniture Porn.
‹ 29.6.00
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A couple of weeks back I mentioned a "Monkey" revival going on around our studio but it looks like the lads have moved on to ... Terrahawks. I'm reserving comment on this one.
‹ 29.6.00
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Awww ... isn't it cute? It's the Pet of the Day.
‹ 29.6.00
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I received this story this morning ... chances are it's done the rounds a hundred times already and it's more than likely apocryphal, but I thought it was quite good.
‹ 28.6.00
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Happy birthday to me ... 26 and lovin' it!
‹ 28.6.00
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"Hi, My name is Sam ... I draw pictures from your titles": excellent stick art at explodingdog.
‹ 28.6.00
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For better or worse, it looks like IE dominates.
‹ 28.6.00
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And the sexiest accent in Britain is ...
‹ 28.6.00
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Mixology looks interesting but doesn't appear to have gone anywhere since its launch at the start of the year. Shame that.
‹ 28.6.00
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Find out what happens when Puff Daddy meets Mahir.
‹ 28.6.00
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I stepped out of the house this morning and the day smelled of summer ... love that feeling.
‹ 27.6.00
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The south London sky for most of this afternoon has been a bizarre purple/orange combination - sort of like Barbelith in reverse. Pollution or natural phonomenon ... who can tell?
‹ 27.6.00
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Human genome mapped: a big "Congratulations!" to all concerned.
‹ 27.6.00
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Kim Cattrall is so delicious as Samantha, it's hard to believe she was the traitorous Vulcan Valeris in "Star Trek VI" ... Salon's low-down on season three of "SITC".
‹ 26.6.00
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I caught a quick performance by Ultra Naté over the weekend (she had the crowd up-and-at-'em) and watched Fight Club again (well worth it for the closing scene alone).
‹ 26.6.00
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The sun may or may not come out but I'm sure it'll be a good weekend anyway ... see you on Monday.
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Culture Vulture: "a somewhat haphazard and pronouncedly idiosyncratic sharing of matters cultural."
‹ 24.6.00
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A very tasty site dedicated to New Zealand music (some of which I believe I have waiting for me in my birthday parcel from home - on strict instructions, not to be opened until the day itself (28/06)).
And from the sublime of NZ sites, to the ridiculous ... please don't buy these God awful scarves.
‹ 24.6.00
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How ridiculous is it, in this day and age, that a TV channel can be ordered to move its nightly news bulletin from 11pm to 10pm? There's no denying we live in a media-saturated society ... surely people know where to go to find out what's happening in the world without the need for some third party to dictate (in their infinite wisdom) when they should get that information. Sheesh.
‹ 23.6.00
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Caroline on kiwifruit ... I must admit to never having heard of the yellow ones before. On the European "zespri" site she comments:
"The European one also typically focuses on the fact that it's NEW (as in NOT OLD and certainly not OLD WORLD) and from NEW ZEALAND, i.e. 'it comes from far away, so it's good for ya'."
Just like me ;)
‹ 23.6.00
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The south-positioned Millennium Bridge webcam gives a nice, user-controlled shot of the office: I work in the white stepped building (Mondial House) behind the row of air-conditioning vents (those black window-looking things in the middle) ... come and visit if you like.
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I have a feeling I'm going to miss the festivals this year ... then again, there's always next summer in Britain to plan ahead to.
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A large Wagamama craving has just hit ... must make it there within the next week or so methinks. Along with the equally delicious food, Kirin is the best tasting beer I've had since I've been in London.
‹ 23.6.00
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I only scored 8 out of 20 in this round of the Cultural Idiocy Quiz and I flunked the Gary Coleman bonus section ... very depressing.
‹ 23.6.00
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Take the hard work out of insulting friends and loved ones with an automatic complaint generator.
‹ 22.6.00
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An interesting puff piece on two shows I can't work out why I like: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Sex in the City".
‹ 22.6.00
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Coffee old friend, you've got me through the morning once more.
‹ 21.6.00
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A fun night was had last night (with about ten of the usual suspects) playing teenybopper at the grandiosely titled "Pepsi Chart Event". Several pitchers of "Woo Woo" (vodka, cranberry and peach schnapps) later, we went and hammed it up on camera behind this guy which was fun ... the evening's best conversation went something a little like this:
Kara (resident 'dosser' at our flat): "Hi."
J (aforementioned boy-band member): "Hi."
Kara: "Umm ... I don't really have anything else to say to you."
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Observations on the first half of 2000's pop offerings courtesy of The Freaky Trigger Pop Music Focus Group.
[ via New York London Paris Munich ]
‹ 21.6.00
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My beloved employer invented the hyperlink? Hmmm. Well, if Dr Evil's father can claim he invented the question mark ...
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It looks like "Chicken Run" is going to have to be bumped up a few notches on my must-see list ... glowing viewer reviews at IMDB from last weekend's U.K. preview.
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Two thousand uses for peanut butter: the only time I'll ever touch the stuff is in a good satay sauce.
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Some folks like to share a little too much: the most recently trashed items of the Icepick crew.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again ... its a mad mad world out there.
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Caroline (aka Prol) ... linkslut extraordinaire? Never!
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Ahhh ... summer weekends. Drinking on the South Bank on Friday night - the Thames and surrounds were fantastically lit up - then it was off to see a certain petite pop princess on Saturday night and a well deserved roasting on Sunday. Does life get much better?
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Nice comments about cortex at Gusset: right back at you gal! (could there be any particular reason why I'm starting to find shocking pink sites as of late?).
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Could biorhythms be making a comeback? A friend just purchased one of these which has it's own handy biorhythm-reading-thang ... totally useless but still good for a laugh.
‹ 17.6.00
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Beat those nay-saying astrologers at their own game by changing your star sign!
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Zone out with Go Zen: Laura Ashley would collapse on sight.
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Hack that furby!
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Panorama ... the TV show.
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Panoramas-a-go-go at iPIX.
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Tate Modern has a suitably stylish site (in shocking pink) ... the balcony at work has an excellent view of the real thing too. Check out the panorama as well: I hereby rechristen today as Panorama Day ...
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Everything2 is an interesting concept, along the lines of h2g2: post anything you like and hopefully x person will have posted something you yourself want to know.
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A panoramic view of Westminster/Waterloo from Feed's excellent "Street Level" special issue: the accompanying copy rings true ... "[T]here are landmarks in all directions, of course, but what is striking is how difficult it is to pick out the so-called sights from the enveloping mass."
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It's great to live in a city where know you can be this lazy if you feel like it.
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Prolific is the winner of today's CoolStop Best of the Cool Award ... congrats Caroline! (it's pretty hard to top her fantastic blog: a well-deserved winner).
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I seem to be linking to nzoom a lot lately: subconscious homesickness perhaps? Anyway, here's another ... Attempt to copyright All Black haka.
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Interesting design point for the day: the narrow vertical banner ads used throughout beme.com. It sounds strange (because the concept seems so obvious) but I don't think I've ever seen this done before.
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Outrage in London last night as weblogger is forced to sit back and think of England while regular s.f. installment is pre-empted for soccer match by a horde of football-crazed flatmates ...
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Reasons to feel good and not so good about what you put in your mouth.
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Whenever I see TanqueLogue in the listings at Blogger, I always think of this. Any 'blog that starts the new week with ... "Ah, sweet sweet weekend. Would that you went on for weeks at a time, instead of days" ... is right on my wavelength.
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Two late nights + an 8am start this morning = one tired Dave. Never mind, t'was well worth it: out playing the larrikin with the crew on Friday, then the 21st on Saturday which was a roaring success. The look on the birthday boy's face was priceless, bless 'im, and he loved the present too which is always a relief.
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Always good for a laugh is the Ask Jeeves Take a Peek which shows those questions most recently asked of the man himself. Some of the many gems: "What is the Internet?" (try opening your eyes), "Where can I see pictures of gloves?" (each to his own, eh?) and "Where can I find Florida?" (right where you left it buddy).
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"[E]asily the most successful spokesthing of the dot-com era": I haven't seen the ads, but he is kinda cute.
‹ 8.6.00
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The changing face of Kiwiana as reflected in the drug-of-the-nation, "Shortland Street".
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I can't believe I'm going to a 21st birthday party on Saturday ... it was only five years ago that I partied hearty in that way but it seems like a lifetime ago. Of course, I'm absolutely stuck for present ideas for the lad in question: at least he can be assured of not getting anything as tacky as these.
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I'm just back from lunch and feeling completely bloated after a meal with the studio at Cafe Spice Namaste. Great food, although we spent enough to feed the Third World for several years ... again, gotta love those deep BT pockets!
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Everything you ever wanted to know about keeping a pet rat (be afraid, be very afraid).
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The world is well overdue for a "Monkey" revival if you ask me.
Fascinating facts from the vaults of the US Bureau of Printing and Engraving:
"The origin of the "$" sign has been variously accounted for, however, the most widely accepted explanation is that the symbol is the result of evolution, independently in different places, of the Mexican or Spanish "P's" for pesos, or piastres, or pieces of eight. The theory, derived from a study of old manuscripts, is that the "S" gradually came to be written over the "P," developing a close equivalent of the "$" mark. It was widely used before the adoption of the United States dollar in 1785."
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It's religion vs. capitalism this week at The Inexplicable Object of the Week.
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An excellent article on the story of Pope Joan: what's most interesting is the way the tale has mutated over various incarnations of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
On the corner of Cannon Street and Walbrook (intersection in the top left corner of this pic) is a statue of a man talking into a cell/mobile phone - I've yet to read the inscription but it's kind of a bizarre concept. Was the first ever call on a mobile made here? Or is it a monument to global telecommunications dominance? Stay tuned for details.
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Recent object of my affection: the Sony PMC-DR45L ...
The sound out of this little baby is fantastic (perfect for my 'so small you can only just swing a dead cat'-sized room) and Moby's "Play" sounds brilliant. Why that album sat around doing barely any business for so many months is quite beyond me.
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Marketing people sure know how to throw a good bash: TimeSmart (one of the sites I've been working on) had a belated launch party last night and a good time was had by all. My head feels like it's been stuffed with cotton wool and my lungs feel like they've been put through a cheese grater but apart from that, I'm fine.
The venue was Tokyo Joe's (just off Piccadilly) which was kind of like drinking in the TWA orbital lounge from 2001: A Space Odyssey (yellow modular furniture enthusiasts would've had a field day). And the evening's tipple of choice? Absolut Kurrant and cranberry juice. Mmmm. The "open bar" concept is truly a dangerous thing.
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