November 30, 2003
Diana & Vader T-shirt
This t-shirt from Red Dot is very nice. Shame it's £42.
November 28, 2003
Shut up Nan, you're making it worse
Granny says 'nothing wrong' with Timberlake's penis
November 27, 2003
TURDucken
Mmmmmm turducken - turkey stuffed with duck. Why not stuff the duck with a hamster as well?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Petite former Burger King manager Sonya Thomas wolfed down 7-3/4 pounds of holiday food in 12 minutes on Wednesday to defeat a pair of 400-pound rivals and win the Thanksgiving Invitational eating contest.
The 106-pound Thomas of Alexandria, Virginia, devoured massive helpings of yams, green beans, cranberry sauce and turducken, a turkey stuffed with duck, chicken and sausage, to win the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) event.
Smash Hits from 1985
No Rock and Roll Fun review NME from 1987 and more excitingly, Smash Hits from 1985. Unfortunately there is no mention of "The Hedge".
Audio cables
If you are looking for audio or video cables, then I can recommend BC World
Blocking hosts in postfix
Comcast is an ISP with no abuse@ email address, and they have a lot of spamming customers. To block Comcast from your mail server (if you run postfix), try this:
create file /etc/postfix/client_access with contents:
client.comcast.net REJECT
then run postmap /etc/postfix/client_access
in /etc/postfix/main.cf have this line
smtpd_client_restrictions = check_client_access hash:/etc/postfix/client_access,
# your other restrictions follow
and then
postfix reload
you can add as many hosts to /etc/postfix/client_access as you like...
November 26, 2003
Britain Is Sh*t
Britain is Shit - but not as shit as this band
ttree
Perl: I have been using the Template Toolkit a little (to create email templates that variables are dropped into) and have now found the ingenious ttree - create static websites from templates.
Truck Dismount
Truck Dismount by the same person as Stair Dismount
November 25, 2003
Stanleys, Little Portland St.
Stanleys in Little Portland St (off Oxford Circus) is supposed to have excellent Sausages & Mash.
Problems with Soulseek?
Problems with soulseek? Read the soulseek blog
The wit of the airport graffiti artist
As seen at Heathrow. It says: I'm 15 and have a small willy. Am I a loser or just a Sheff Wed fan
November 24, 2003
daily mail-o-matic
qwghlm.co.uk: daily mail headline generator
nicetitle.js
Just found a way to add fancy new titles...
Samphire
Samphire, NW5 - a good restaurant by Tufnell Park Tube.
November 22, 2003
November 21, 2003
A letter from the taxman
Purportedly - it's a real letter someone received from the Inland Revenue,
reprinted in the Guardian
"Dear Mr Addison,
I am writing to you to express our thanks for your more-than-prompt reply
to our latest communication, and also to answer some of the points you
raise. I will address them, as ever, in order.
Firstly, I must take issue with your description of our last as a" begging
letter". It might perhaps more properly be referred to as a "tax demand".
This is how we, at the Inland Revenue, have always, for reasons of
accuracy, traditionally referred to such documents.
Secondly, your frustration at our adding to the "endless stream of
crapulent whining and panhandling vomited daily through the letterbox on
to the doormat" has been noted. However, whilst I have naturally not seen
the other letters to which you refer, I would cautiously suggest that
their being from "pauper councils,Lombardy pirate banking houses and
pissant gas-mongerers" might indicate that your decision to "file them
next to the toilet in case of emergencies" is at best a little
ill-advised. In common with my own organisation, it is unlikely that the
senders of these letters do see you as a "lackwit bumpkin" or, come to
that, a "sodding charity". More likely they see you as a citizen of Great
Britain, with a responsibility to contribute to the upkeep of the nation
as a whole.
Which brings me to my next point. Whilst there may be some spirit of truth
in your assertion that the taxes you pay "go to shore up the
canker-blighted, toppling folly that is the Public Services", a moment's
rudimentary calculation ought to disabuse you of the notion that the
government in any way expects you to "stump up for the whole damned party"
yourself. The estimates you provide for the Chancellor's disbursement of
the funds levied by taxation, whilst colourful, are, in fairness, a little
off the mark. Less than you seem to imagine is spent on "junkets for
Bunterish lickspittles" and "dancing whores", whilst far more than you
have accounted for is allocated to, for example, "that box-ticking facade
of a university system".
A couple of technical points arising from direct queries:
1. The reason we don't simply write "Muggins" on the envelope has to do
with the vagaries of the postal system;
2. You can rest assured that "sucking the very marrows of those with
nothing else to give" has never been considered as a practice because even
if the Personal Allowance didn't render it irrelevant, the sheer medical
logistics involved would make it financially unviable.
I trust this has helped. In the meantime, whilst I would not in any way
wish to influence your decision one way or the other, I ought to point out
that even if you did choose to "give the whole foul jamboree up and go and
live in India" you would still owe us the money. Please forward it by
Friday.
Yours sincerely, H J Lee, Customer Relations."
November 20, 2003
November 19, 2003
Squeezebox
The squeezebox from Slim Devices. Wireless MP3 streaming. Sweet.
November 17, 2003
The Amalgamation Of Soundz
Nice DJ Set [realplayer required] from The Amalgamation Of Soundz (Buy it from Amazon.co.uk)
Bimma.info
Is this [bimma.info] a savage indictment of today's consumerist society, or is the geezer just a twat?
The Loose Cannons
- The Loose Cannons - seen these DJ at the Elbow Rooms, Islington on Friday night a couple of times. They're also DJ'ing at the XFM remix night this week...
November 15, 2003
Insightful headline of the week
Many Britons think Bush is stupid
Filthy Critic
Just found out the filthy critic is dead.
Shuttle SB75G2 Black P4 Mini Aluminium Barebone system
This looks the dogs bollocks...
Processor Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron 478-pin Northwood and Prescott
Chipset Intel i875P + ICH5-R
Memory 2 x 184 pin DDR SDRAM up to 2GB at PC3200 (ECC Optional)
Audio Realtek ALC650 AC’97 5.1 Channel Audio Controller
LAN Broadcom 5788 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
PSU 220W 110/230V AC
Dimensions: 300mm(L) x 200mm(W) x 185mm(H)
Parallel ATA Two UDMA-100 Dual Channel PATA Ports
Serial ATA Two UDMA-150 SATA Ports + Intel 82801ER SATA RAID 0/1/0+1
On-Board Video None
PCI 1 x 33MHz
AGP 1 x AGP 4X/8X
Other Internal Headers 1 x Floppy Disk
1 x Parallel Port
1 x IrDA
1 x WKMC
3 x Fan
1 x CD-In
November 14, 2003
Sony MDR-EX71SLB Fontopia Headphones
Best headphones I've had - for the money (actually I have the previous model MDR-EX70, these look even better) - they cut out external noise very well, just don't wear them riding a bike.
November 13, 2003
Stevie Wonder covers (that aren't crap)
The Wonder of Stevie - this is very nice....
November 11, 2003
USB DJ Console for scratching MP3s
Hercules announced their new DJ Console, a complete portable DJ controller and multichannel USB sound card designed to let you use a desktop or laptop PC to mix MP3s like a night club DJ or turntablist.
I wonder how well this works... more info here and you can buy it in the UK here
Broadband Router
Linksys Etherfast Wireless Ap - looks good for £53, and works with XBL too...
November 10, 2003
START answers your questions
START - like Ask Jeeves, but not crap
November 09, 2003
Dave's Quick Search Taskbar Toolbar Deskbar
Just checking
this out - looks good
Sunday Roast(ing)
Poor, hard done by, 10 grand better off Sharon Kelly
"He and McManaman left me feeling used. They think they are gods - but they're vultures" (Vultures?)
""The way I was treated left me feeling used. I felt horrible afterwards..." So I immediately rang up the News of the World to degrade myself further.
Use your bluetooth phone as a remote control
Fancy using your bluetooth phone as a remote control, to change track in WinAmp, etc. Well, if it's a Sony Ericsson, you can
There is also Mac software available
Soft Pink Truth
The soft pink truth: do you party is a good electro-ey album with plenty of farty samples.
Pretentious review here
November 07, 2003
Mind the crowd
No shortage of volunteers for mobile phone porn testing
I'm sure she deserved it
You can't beat a bit of defending someone who viciously attacked a toilet attendant on the popjustice.com messageboard. Don't post to disagree though, or it'll get removed.
"if the PJ trip to The Drink happens I might just wollop her one myself." - sure you would.
November 06, 2003
Watch out neighbours
Karaoke Revolution looks like it could be as good as the eyetoy, talking of which
Return To New York, 22/11/03
Arthur Baker, Sean McLusky & Culturecide Promotions in association with
The Great Eastern Hotel present
RETURN TO NEW YORK
SATURDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2003 - LONDON
@ The Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, London EC2.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY PARTY
The fifth in a series of exclusive events, bridging 20 years of electronic music unifying the talents of the true originators with today's new breed.
Live on stage
Exclusive live performance from legendary New York dance pioneers:
TOM TOM CLUB (ex Talking Heads)
Plus:
THE LOOSE CANNONS
WHITEY (PPQ)
Doors 8pm - 2.30am
£18 in advance
£20 on the door
Plus International DJ.s:
TIGA
EROL ALKAN (TRASH)
RICHARD FEARLESS (DEATH IN VEGAS)
exclusive DJ set preview of new Death In Vegas tracks.
ARTHUR BAKER (WHACKED RECS)
SEAN MCLUSKY (SONIC MOOK EXPERIMENT)
QUEENS OF NOIZE
BONES & RAMSEY
WOODY WOODBURN
NADIA KSABAI
FRANCOIS NORDMAN
CBGB's Room:
Legendary New York live music club CBGB host a programme of filthy Rock & Roll bands featuring:
THE KILLERS (LAS VEGAS)
DEAD COMBO (NYC)
TOWERS OF LONDON
CAZALS
Plus DJ set from the first lady of Punk Rock: JAYNE COUNTY
Powerslaves
An electro tribute to Iron Maiden. A record label in Amsterdam has assembled 14 electro-fied covers of classic tracks by the British metal band. Vocoders, drum machines, and analog synths galore, plus influences as diverse as industrial, synthpop, and Miami bass. More information
Stalkers ahoy!
This is the saddest thing I've ever seen!
November 05, 2003
Joining the chorus of approval
Echoes by The Rapture is very, very good (and more varied than you'd expect).
The Rapture EM
The Rapture have done an Essential Mix.
If you are quick, you can download an mp3 of the whole thing (200MB) from here (registration required).
Listening to it now... it's pretty damn good!
November 04, 2003
November 03, 2003
Soulseek Recommendation System
Soulseek now has a fancy
recommendation system.
Enter "stuff" you like and find other users with similar tastes.
Everybody Loves Raymond
Whoo Hoo! Paramount is showing Everybody Loves Raymond later this year in the UK!
Sophie Ellis Bextor
What was the name of that album again? Oh yes, Read my lips
Pocket PC <-> Evolution
Syncing Pocket PCs with Linux it can be done with synce... actually managed to get this connected up and can list the files on my iPaq...
No more Red Hat
Hmm Red Hat Linux as we know it will soon be no more.
"Red Hat listened to feedback from our customers and created a product strategy that supports the needs of enterprises and the Linux and Open Source community." - more like listened to its' shareholders and realised it wouldn't make any money allowing ISOs of a product very similar to its' "enterprise" product to be downloaded for free.
"The Fedora Project was introduced in late 2003." (5 minutes ago). "Built for and with the help of the open source community" (so we don't have to pay them).
Collide-a-scope
Like annoying students, floors covered in beer and crap indie music? Try Collide-a-scope
at King's College London.
Not sure if the world's fattest DJ (Mac) is still spinning there though.
November 01, 2003
Optical Illustion
This is amazing. I have no idea how it works.
Study the picture carefully, after about 30 seconds you will start to see a boat in the background.