Kind: Articles
Traditional long form content: a post with an explicit title and body.
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Context-Insensitive Advertising, The eBay Way
You'll remember that some time ago I explored some of the creative possibilities of eBay's context-sensitive ads and their quirks. Well, I think I've been bested by an observation by The Register:
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The End of The Job Interview
Seth Godin thinks that job interviews are pointless, and he makes a convincing argument. Give his blog a read.
Most of you who read this spend far more of your time on the receiving end of job interviews, and so his thoughts perhaps aren't so much use to you, unless you feel bold enough to tell … -
You Can Get Anything On The Internet
I frequently find myself impressed with some of the more unusual things it's possible to obtain on the internet. I was browsing the binaries newsgroups when I came across this gem of a self-help film:
A few interesting things about this film:
It's called Meeting Women Online. I suppose that's a valid topic for a … -
Tie Rack: Your New Illuminati Card
Here's a conspiracy theory for you: Tie Rack are a decentralised, corporate-funded, international network of smugglers and drug runners. It stands to reason:
Do you really think there's a market for a shop that sells only ties? Okay, I know that they also sell umbrellas and scarves: but really... most of their shops are … -
A Postcard From Heather
We've just received a postcard from Heather...
...which immediately got us out of The Game. For those that aren't sure how that could have happened from an innocuous postcard, the blame goes to Jimmy, who took great pains to get us to associate the word cheese with The Game. Heather writes:
Hello Troma Geeks!
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Chinese Funerals And Sudo
Scott Adams has written a fabulous blog entry about strippers at Chinese funerals, but it's not quite as funny as the latest xkcd comic. For those who aren't sufficiently geeky (if you're a geek: read the comic first then come back here), sudo is a command found on some computer systems that allows you to …
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Strange Happenings In LiveJournalLand
Strange. First Faye's comment on Andy's controversial blog post diappears. Now her entire LiveJournal is empty of posts (not just friends-only but gone, as far as I can see), but the account still exists.
Faye? What's going on? Has the internet eaten you whole?
EDIT: The plot thickens. I've just remembered that I noticed this weekend that … -
Orgasms And Biochemistry
Just read a great article on brain activity during sexual stimulation and specifically upon orgasm: scanning people's brains while they're engaged in sexual activity with their partners has lead to some fascinating results. From the article:
In men, greater activity was seen in the insula, which deals with emotion, and particularly in the secondary somatosensory … -
A Town Called Eureka - People Enjoy This?
We've been watching a little of A Town Called Eureka of late, following the discovery that Matt watches it and so does my mum. We watched the first episode earlier this week, which I found to be well-performed and a great idea... but terribly realised. Nonetheless, I thought to myself, it was a pilot episode …
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A Town Called Eureka Presents “Troma Night”
Matt made a blog post about a TV series - A Town Called Eureka - which he's been watching. In episode 4 (which has just been broadcast in the UK, two weeks behind the US schedule) several of the characters get together in a cramped space full of technology to watch films, once a week. …
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ScummVM DS Is Just Wonderful
Woo! I've managed to get ScummVM DS working on my Nintendo DS. Put simply, this means I can play fab old LucasArts games like all the best Monkey Island games, Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and The Fate Of Atlantis, and Sam & Max Hit The Road (which is on my screen right now). …
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On The Implausability Of The Explosives Plot
I read a really great article over on the Interesting People mailing list today: On The Implausability Of The Explosives Plot. It's well-written, only slightly cynical, and - crucially - exhibits a knowledge of chemistry and basic security policy that seems to be beyond the entire research teams of the scaremongering governments of today's Western …
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In Praise Of Dreamhost’s Backup System
Dan accidentally deletes Abnib Gallery, but Dreamhost's backups have him covered.
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Pissing In The Pool
Had a rather unusual dream last night: I found myself swimming at my dad's local swimming baths, with him (as, in fact, I did the weekend before last for the first time in years - we used to do so weekly). The swimming was particularly easy going: I was going at a hell of a …
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Dinosaur Adventure Land
ON DINOSAUR ADVENTURE LAND
This is the strangest thing I've seen so far this week, and I'm a diggdot reader. Dinosaur Adventure Land (site navigation requires JavaScript) is a dinosaur-themed education park with all the usual things - fossils, a "back in time" ride, huge plastic dinosaurs: you get the idea - that you'd expect a …