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Truth in Advertising: the Movie
October 6, 2000 – 12:00 am
[ via recommendation ] The Advertising Industry is a such an easy target. [ QuickTime ]
Fragging Battlefield Earth
June 2, 2000 – 12:00 am
[ via Need To Know ] “Compared to Battlefield Earth, Gladiator is Citizen Kane.” — Uberpundit John Leonard All the world loves to see mighty fall hard, and non have fallen harder than the Scientology equivalent of the 50′s Romans-and-Christians blockbuster: “Battlefield Earth.” So awful that instead of recruiting people to Scientology, it takes people [...]
Bad Science Web Log
March 14, 2000 – 12:00 am
Bob Park writes a weekly column for the American Physical Society’s site on matters relating to skepticism. His disclamier: “Opinions are the author’s and are not necessarily shared by the APS, but they should be.”
Bashing the Mouse at the Food Court
November 10, 1999 – 12:00 am
The Food Court makes the following assumption: Disney bad, anime good, and anime mixed with American culture better.
Leno in Newspeak
November 1, 1999 – 12:00 am
A whole year’s worth of Jay Leno monologues reduced to Newspeak.
NT Splash Screen
August 24, 1999 – 12:00 am
[ via http://pirates.piratehaven.org ] Oh, so that’s what NT stands for.
Joe, you’re never going to live that site down.
July 26, 1999 – 12:00 am
Maxis takes a potshot at exiled USWeb founder Joe Firmage in their promotional site for “The Sims.”
101 Ways to Save Wired Ventures
December 20, 1998 – 12:00 am
Now that Wired’s been carved up and sold to Newhouse and Lycos, it’s a little late, but worth the thought. 3. Have Nicholas Negroponte host a Wired Miracle Telethon. “I’m going to stand here and talk nonstop about the Digital Revolution until we raise US$500,000.” I like this one: 30. Face reality: libertarians are a [...]
How to use Front Page
November 28, 1998 – 12:00 am
The Camworld Web Log found a use for those Front Page manuals. Link
The Prediction’s Just a Little Off
November 9, 1998 – 12:00 am
NewtWatch closed two years ago, predicting the defeat of the Speaker. Now things have caught back up. Link
Earth’s Bullsh*t Detector Threatened
October 30, 1998 – 12:00 am
“According to the report, the unregulated release of Disney videos, the saturation of airwaves with Family Channel broadcasts, and the contamination of millions of homes with Princess Di collector plates, Precious Moments figurines and other sentimental pollutants have created a crisis situation in the Earth’s pathosphere.” Link
The Brunchers decode Microsoft
October 20, 1998 – 12:00 am
My MS complaint for the day was learning that COM doesn’t support inheritence. This means my first IIS project can be described paraphrasing Zork: “You are in a library of many tiny classes, all alike.” Link