Archive for April, 2003

New iPod

Tuesday, April 29th, 2003

Apple’s new iPod is availible in 10, 15, and 30GB models. Droolproof.

Doctor, Doctor

Saturday, April 26th, 2003

The good doctor certainly kept himself busy during WW2 as a political cartoonist. This site shows a variety of his works from that period of time. Have a look but be warned that some of the stereotypes portrayed will make you cringe.

Picture, Picture

Thursday, April 24th, 2003

While there’s is not much to say as the rain here is incessant, so enjoy a photo of my television playing Solaris (the Tarkovsky version)

Futurama Volume 1

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2003

I bought the Futurama Volume 1 DVD on the weekend at A & B sound. It was a steal at 33 dollars. Do yourself a favour and buy it as soon as humanly possible. The picture quality is far better than the DIVX’s I downloaded.

Honey Bunny

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2003

Everyone love’s bunnies. Now you can enjoy random pictures of them at your leisure thanks to the folks at rabbit.org. Also, the rest of the site is a wealth of information about keeping rabbits as domestic pets.

Sweetwater Post-Natal Abortion Clinic

Saturday, April 19th, 2003

Sometimes you just can’t seem to get rid of problems during that pesky nine month gestation period. That’s where the Sweetwater Post-natal Abortion Clinic comes into play. All you have to do is to pay the fee and let them erase that mistake. It doesn’t get any easier.

Saddam Hussein - Blogger

Thursday, April 17th, 2003

Ok kids, i bet you didn’t know that Mr. Hussein had a blog too… go here and read about what is going down in Iraq from a better source than CNN.


When I’m not gassing the Kurds, I’m blogging!

Orisinal Games

Wednesday, April 16th, 2003

Ferry Halim has made some of the most original games available on the internet. They are cute and precious and lots of fun. There are lots to try so they can take up an afternoon if you feel so inclined. Also try the virtual flower arrangments as well.

Safari

Monday, April 14th, 2003

Apple has updated the Safari web browser. Enhancements include tabbed browsing and autofill form. It’s my browser of choice on the Mac OS X. When I’m on Windows (god forbid) my browser of coice is Mozilla. Unfortunately Internet Explorer 6 still doesn’t render PNG’s correctly. You can download Safari via software update on Mac OS X.

Go Fish

Saturday, April 12th, 2003

In an effort to capture Iraqi leaders on the lam, the US government has issued playing cards with the names and faces of Saddam’s regime. However, most remain scepticle that the soldiers will be willing to give up their nudie playing cards for this set.

Nasubi

Thursday, April 10th, 2003

The Japanese once again blur the line between entertainment and sadism in the popular television show Kensho Seikatsu. In this show aspiring comedian Nasubi answers the call for an audition and unwillingly becomes part of a television show for the next year. He is trapped in a room with no clothes, no means of entertainment, and no food. The only way he can get any of these things is to fill out contest entries found in magazines with the stacks of postcards left in the room. While most Western cultures would never allow something like this citing the Geneva convention, the Japanese love it. It became a ratings smash. If you’re ever in Japan the show can be found at your local video store in the comedy section.

Crimes Against Humanity

Tuesday, April 8th, 2003

April Winchell is a radio host on KABC in Los Angeles. Her website is a pot of gold of strange multimedia featuring MP3’s of songs that simply shouldn’t exist like ABBA songs in Hindi, terrifying Christian recordings, and soul-destroying Stairway to Heaven covers. Too much to mention here. Kill an afternoon and visit her site.

Lost and Found

Monday, April 7th, 2003

Found Magazine is a website dedicated to chronicling interesting found objects like photgraph and notes. Each note or photo tells a partial story and part of the fun is speculating what really went on. Quite captivating.

Cobalt Blue

Saturday, April 5th, 2003

This is one of the songs I’m working on. I came up with it this week and sent Mason the demo. So if you’re interested in what I’m up to, here it is. This is a single-mic, single-take demo so no expectations, okay. I’ll my posting at least one demo a week up here for download. However, only one per week due to website constraints. But judging by the web statistics thing I’ve added to the site, I’m the only one who visits here on a regular basis. Thanks jerk-arms!!

Kid Robot

Friday, April 4th, 2003

Kid Robot is a store in San Francisco which sells collectable action figures. Alternately called “fashion toys” (Japan), “Hong Kong vinyl” or “urban vinyl action figures”. The trend originated in Hong Kong but now includes designers from Japan, England, Singapore, and the United States. This emerging movement is a unique fusion of East-meets-West culture, and connects to other movements like urban street culture, graffiti and hip-hop.

Iraqometer

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2003

Yeah, I could watch the news or read the newspaper but I have better things to do with my time. Well here’s the Iraqometer - distilling the information down to it’s basest elements: death, bombs, fire, etc.