Friday, November 23, 2001
Harry Potter Porn. I dunno, I thought the
Star Trek and
Buffy Porn was
bad enough, this is just
freaky!
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:18 AM
Patent Stupidity: Apple invented Alpha Blending. If Apple wins this one, I will have lost my faith entirely. Is the
Patent office staffed with
monkeys?"At issue is patent number 5379129, filed by Apple in May 1992 and granted to the company in January 1995. The patent describes a "method for compositing a source and destination image using a mask image". Essentially, it covers how computer software may blend two images using a third, the mask, to determine how the two are melded together. "
Elements of the story be be found on The Register
here and
here. There is also a list of potential
prior art claims online. And just for
fun heres a list of other
questionable Patents.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:07 AM
Speaking of
Online Texts, which of course I was, I've found a
great selection of the works of
HP Lovecraft online at the
HP Lovecraft Library. I think I have everything here already, but handy nonetheless.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:54 AM
I don't know why but I thought
The Hungry Horse was brilliant. Very
Hans Christian Anderson like.. I love the proper
unsanitised,
undisneyified Hans Christian Anderson tales, they're great! There's a good selection of his stories
here. Personal favourite is still
The Tinder Box I think.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:44 AM
In a similar vein, why not check out
Buffy's Swearing Keyboard?
(Warning: Bad Language!) Don't ask my why 'cos I don't think I'll ever know....
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:39 AM
Thursday, November 22, 2001
posted by John Dalziel at 10:29 AM
Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Another reminder: Dec 1st, International AIDS day. Represented amongst the online design community as 'a day without art'. Design sites close down for the day.
posted by John Dalziel at 5:46 PM
Go here to learn
All about Carnivore the
US Governments (FBI)
Internet spying technology.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 2:07 PM
There's a
new edition of
"TVGoHome". Read it now, it's only a
matter of time before the author is
recruited by
ITV to realise his
bizarre inventions.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:57 PM
"Buy Nothing Day" is looming large on the Horizon:
November 23rd.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 8:07 AM
Fellow
bloggers out there you can, should you wish, grab my "Better Archive Listings"
Archive Template from
here.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:18 AM
It's an
oldie, but I think it's high time I posted the
Dogs Playing Poker game. It is a
classic after all.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 1:01 AM
This site claims the
US is still a British Colony. They
lost me about the 3rd paragraph. Maybe if they tranlate it into English I'll try again.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:55 AM
2001, The Year we made Contact..... or not. Check out
The Chilbolton 'Arecibo message' Formation for details.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:49 AM
It seems that the old favourite
Nigerian Scam is right up at
number 3 in the list of
Top 10 Internet Scams for
2001. My own personal
favourite variation is the one with the
Diamonds, It's so beautifully crafted. I saw a chap with a paper copy of that one on the train earlier this year, but he wasn't interested in hearing it was a scam. I guess there really is
one born every minute. Or maybe he just thought I was a freak
.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:41 AM
Don't ask me why but it's
Pants Racing!
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:30 AM
Take a look at
Dumb Laws and witness the
folly of allowing elected officials decide the law of the land. I vote we let the computers make the law in future. Speaking of which, I see that my own
delightful Government thinks it's okay to
rush through it's coveted new
Anti-Terror Bill of
120-odd clauses with only a couple of days debate.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 12:24 AM
Tuesday, November 20, 2001
The
BBC ran a story last week about a man apparently
fired for
smoking in the privacy of his own home. If true that's definately
waaay over the line. If this is an indication of things to come I want assurances that
line-dancers will be equally
targetted.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 11:59 PM
I
"get it" mate!
posted by Andy Buchanan at 10:18 PM
Last night I had a religious experience.
I spent the evening at the NFT in the company of John Lasseter and Ray Harryhausen. I have tried to explain the significance of this event to everybody I have met today and only my brother 'gets it'. I feel a "bell curve" reference coming on...
posted by John Dalziel at 2:12 PM
Monday, November 19, 2001
The
"ChildCare Action Project (CAP): Christian Analysis of American Culture" have put up thier
report on
Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone.
"And what better time to embrace evil in entertainment than now when we have kicked God out of schools, government and many, many homes and what used to be the family"
"By the way, Harry converses with a snake in this movie. Not a cow, not a dog, not a cat, but a snake. And one of the characters is 665.5 years old."
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is numerically equivalent to a PG-13 of the movies in the CAP comparative baseline database. In the baseline database, PG-13 movies earned from 67 to 55 of 100. This movie earned a CAP final score of 55. Offense to God, Wanton Violence/Crime and Impudence/Hate earned scores equivalent to R-rated programming. Sex/Homosexuality, Drugs/Alcohol and Murder/Suicide earned scores equivalent to G-rated programming. "
They've been
quite gentle I think
. Incidentally the
most hated movie at CAP is
[unsurprisingly].......
Dogma.
posted by Andy Buchanan at 6:22 PM
The sharp eyed
Chris spotted this little story over on
The Register about
BMG and thier evil
Copy Protected CD's.
"Bertelsmann Music Group has had to
back down on plans to force anti-rip technologies on
British CD buyers."
"
BMG released its first
copy-protected CD,
Natalie Imbruglia's new album
White Lilies Island, earlier this month. However, a posting on the
Natalie Imbruglia Web site this weekend, revealed the company's plan to issue
unhappy consumers with
replacement discs that lack the anti-rip encoding."
I can
confirm that this is indeed
the CD I bought and
ranted about the other day. I have already phoned up and am
awaiting the arrival of my pre-paid envelope to make the return.
Result!
posted by Andy Buchanan at 5:47 PM
Sunday, November 18, 2001
Shock result! According to
Fuali.com I'm more of a
Metal-Head than I am a
raver,
geek,
goth,
grunger or
punk!
I am 53% Metal-Head.
I rock just as hard as the rest of the thrash set, except when no ones looking I like to get down with a little "More than a Feeling."
Even bigger shock result! The Test says I'm
not an
Internet Addict. I'm beginning to think these tests might be
bogus!
I am 47% ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET.
I could go either way. Deep into the madness of nights filled with coding CGI-Scripts and online role playing games, or I could become a normal user. Good luck!
posted by Andy Buchanan at 5:13 PM
