Saturday, October 27, 2001
Speaking of
pop princess' I see that
Tiffany and
Debbie ( now Deborah for that more "mature" image ) Gibson still both have a loyal gaggle of fans. Heck, even I quite enjoyed them at the time. I'd have to file them under 80's nostalgia now though
.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 11:31 PM
Britney Spears has a
Potty mouth? Regarding her
forthcoming album Britney said
"When I say 'hell' and 'damn,' I say it out of frustration in my songs". Ahhh, our likkle
pop princess is growing up,.... bless.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 10:11 PM
Friday, October 26, 2001
posted by Chris Wood at 4:44 PM
9-5 is bad for your health according to the
Sleep Council. The Council analysed the data collected between 1999 and August 2001 from
12,000 survey respondents from around the world.
Here's some of the findings:
".. the implication is that the majority are not fully alert in the middle of the day - the traditional time for a siesta in hot countries. We must conclude from this survey, that the traditional 9-5 working day does not suit the majority,"
"..the UK is also the most scantily clad of nations at bedtime with 51% going naked in summer against 29% in winter."
"UK respondents were outnumbered by nearly three to one in their use of sleeping pills with just 7% of those taking part using them as opposed to 18% of their overseas counterparts".
"74% of UK respondents as opposed to 56% of all others said they enjoyed a regular lie-in".
"[the] fact that 73% of the world uses alarm clocks, says Dr Idzikowski, confirms the need for more sleep. "Otherwise they would wake up naturally,"
Story spotted at the
BBC,
Ananova and
What the Papers Say.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:03 PM
I want my mummy. This probably wins the "Most bizarre site I've seen all week" award, and that's not bad considering the competition....
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:56 PM
Yahoo today quotes
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld,
"We may not find Bin Laden". If this is true, and the rest of the report alleging a wide base of support for
Bin Laden in the Mid East is also true, why are we bombing
Afghanistan? ( Speaking of which, surely this
Armchair warmongery virtual campaign of retribution is much less costly)
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:52 PM
Thursday, October 25, 2001
The
Browser Wars are far from over it seems. Apparently
MSN.COM is actively stopping non Internet Explorer browsers from connecting to the service.
Mozilla &
Opera seem to be
specifically targetted. From the Yahoo article:
"Microsoft is seeing (that) it is an Opera browser and shutting it out," said Tetzchner, whose team was testing the problem Thursday. "If you change the Opera string by one letter, it is letting us in."
The software giant admitted that it is watching for Opera strings--but only because it wants to encourage people to use standard-compliant browsers.
Almost plausible, I mean, I'd probably use
Opera ( It
is cool ) if it's standards compliance was a bit better,
and it supported the
Google Toolbar and the
Copernic Pro &
Summarizer integration I find indespensible these days
. Of course this being the
real and only reason is probably
unlikely.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 11:41 PM
The second transitional period of the
Data Protection Act came into effect in the
UK yesterday. UK Web sites and sites with servers in the UK are under a stack of
new obligations if they collect or use any personal or
identifying information.
The Register has the details.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:37 PM
The
Onion has posted its
Halloween safety tips. Good advice for the paranoid
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:29 PM
Now Showing,
"I was a teenage warlord".
15 year old
Afghan Northern Alliance warlord to be exact. Can't say as I approve.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:23 PM
Wednesday, October 24, 2001
Celebrate?
Home Secretary David Blunkett is proposing that Cannibis be reclassified as a class C drug, effectively making prosecution for simple possesion the exception not the rule. Licensed Medical use is also on the cards. No other drugs are to be reclassified. Story on BBC.
The Guardian has run a piece discussing The Sun's accusations of "spin" over this announcement. I guess The Sun doesn't approve, at least in public, I expect the journos are probably just as big bong-monkeys as the rest of the population.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 11:13 AM
Tuesday, October 23, 2001
(From
NTK) "W*nk" apparently means something else in the US: Post at
Keenspot.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:52 PM
Disney take an underhanded swing at
Napster. The October 5th episode of the
"Proud Family" entitled
"EZ Jackster" shows the disasterous effects of illegal music trading. Not at all a transparent attempt by a global media company to influence the youth of today, really... Story on
Newsforge.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:28 PM
Game publisher,
Simon and Schuster Interactive yesterday launched
"Real War'', an RTS game set in the
Middle East and based around a
US response to a terrorist attack. Developed by Rival Interactive, the game is based on software written for the US Military, "Joint Force Employment,'' which in use in military colleges. Full story
here.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 7:10 AM
Monday, October 22, 2001
Click the picture for fullsize
I got this bizarre thing over email, so I don't know who's repsonsible, but it made me smile anyway
[Update 23/10:it seems this service would be welcome. Story on Yahoo ]
posted by Andy Buchanan at 4:23 PM
Sunday, October 21, 2001
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:52 PM
Rummaging through my hundreds of favourites earlier
(I really need to clean up) I came across the link to
Chris Coutt's No Effort Online site, home of the fabulous
Tales for the L33t: Romeo & Juliet Flash Movie. Blisteringly
good fun to watch again. Also I see
part 1 of the heavily
Matrix inspired
There's something about Osmethne is released, but be warned it's a bloomin' long movie!
posted by Andy Buchanan at 4:37 AM
For anyone interested in
censorship issues in the
UK I've found a great site called
Ban the Board of Censors. Looks promising, definately a site to check in with often. The other
key site to check out, is as always the
Melonfarmers. Always stay up to date with the latest censorship insanities!
posted by Andy Buchanan at 4:20 AM
