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Dan And Claire’s Grand UK Tour
Well, the plans are set now.
On Thursday night (or Friday), Claire and I will be travelling up to Preston to spend the weekend with my folks. Hopefully my gran will be able to make it down, too. We'll also get a chance to look at the new puppies (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3), who'll … -
Seymore Butts
Is this actor real? Seymore Butts (say it out loud) is listed on the IMDb, director of such films as Anal Surprise Party, Female Ejaculation Review, and Tongue In Cheeks, as well as over 60 other films. Also performed in 50 films... most of which don't have an IMDb score...
...so it's an anonymous pornstar with … -
Troma Night Makes International News
If you come to Troma Night tonight, I'll explain the above picture (click for a larger version). It's got something to do with this new account on the web site.
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The Starling
I have a hard time believing that this story is true: it's just too crazy - but the photos are good and hard to forge without more resources than your average internet prankster. So, here's the tale as it was told to me...
There's a company in the States that sells automatic car washers as a … -
Physical Device Fingerprinting Over TCP
A PhD student in San Deigo has written a fascinating paper which will spook internet anonymity freaks - Remote Physical Device Fingerprinting - which describes how a physical computer can be uniquely identified on the internet, regardless of operating system, IP address, or data sent, just by looking carefully at it's TCP packets (which contain …
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Things Bots Shouldn’t Learn
This afternoon, I've taught Iggy, the robot who looks after the RockMonkey ChatRoom:
How to play The Game. Damn - I'm out. He's not very good at it, and, by proxy, neither am I. Comprehension of facts expressed as "concept ARE fact", rather than "concept IS fact", and about knowing "who" people are (ask "Iggy, … -
Opera 8’s Solution To IDN Exploit
I'm sure you've all seen the recent Internationalized Domain Name exploit, which affects most web browsers (except for Internet Explorer - shocker! - because it doesn't yet have the power to support internationalized domain names): if you haven't, why not visit paypal.com - looks just like the real thing; doesn't it: the browser bar says …
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MEng Dissertation - Hamster Music
No, I'm not talking about that god-awful de-da-de-da-de-do-do-do de-da-de-do do thingy: I'm talking about this ingenious MEng dissertation project, in which the student hooked up six hamsters to a MIDI device and, with some clever hardware and software, used their movements to compose music. If you look at the site, be sure to download the …
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Now That’s Customer Service
Do you remember in the middle of last week I finally discovered that I could make Firefox have all the features I loved in Opera, using plugins? Well; I'm honoured to report that my comments haven't gone un-noticed: I've recieved a comment on that post from Jonny Axelsson, dude who does standards-related stuff for Opera. …
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Photopia, Again
I wrote the other day about Photopia, one of the most brilliant and unusual pieces of interactive fiction I've ever experienced. Finally, JTA gave it a go, and loved it too - and he and I have been spending the last few days discussing some of the really, really clever bits and putting our own …
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Rejected Crayons
You won't find these from Crayola...
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Stop… Think… Listen…
What the fuck.
People are stressed. People are angry. People are being complete bastards to one another.
Well, shit... worse things honestly do happen at sea.
I feel sorry for everybody who's on the recieving end of any of this glasspaper-buggery-of-the-mind; and I've heard more than enough already to get a pretty clear picture. And the thing I … -
Fire On The Beach
This is what makes Aber great: that somebody can suggest a fire and a couple of hours later there are over a dozen people huddled round a pile of wood, separating burgers.
We had some difficulty getting the fire lit to begin with - perhaps something to do with the fact that it had been snowing … -
Table For Sale
The photograph, above, appeared on an eBay auction: the item for sale was the table and chairs - a full dining set (not including the things on the table, of course). However, there's something about the photo that suggests that the seller is a man. Can you tell what it is?
Don't read the comments until … -
Star Wars: Episode III Pictures
Geekiness ahead. Some folks have been posting stills from the upcoming Star Wars film, Episode 3, to the web. Most of the mirrors are getting shot down by too-much traffic, but I've managed to get the pictures and they're hosted here (in a way that only my friends will be able to access). About 80 …