Friday  the Twenty-Fourth of January, 2003

Five points for haiku
In Rule 12 of BlogNomic
Excuse my drivel.  ]

Passing Frenzies: Thief II - Button Men - Startopia - BlogNomic - Hours of Inform


 Wednesday  the Twenty-Second

Maybe I'll remember to take a proper look at the Board Game Recommendation Service if I mention it here.  ]
Use the West Pier webcam to check whether it's sunk or caught fire or been dragged away by over-enthusiastic driftwood collectors yet. [via Joh]  ]
"19.30 Fred Dibnah Interrupts - Spoof TV show. Dibnah travels Britain asking unsuspecting local amateur historians to explain their specialist subject to camera, then humililiates them by standing beside them and loudly interjecting 'Yup-yup-yup' in an annoyed and increasingly frustrated tone of voice, suggesting that he knows the subject much better than they do, until they lose their place."
Other Listings Magazine seems to be far more active than it has any particular right or reason to be, at the moment. Some good stuff in there.  ]


 Tuesday  the Twenty-First

Life mimicking nagging background thoughts - Swappingtons is an online forum for showcasing your unwanted possessions and giving them away to anyone who's interested; the receiver pays out a number of ethereal "swap points" which you can then use to "buy" other people's items. Which seems a bit of a harsh economy in that it values this artificial currency over external friendships and sheer need or enthusiasm, but I'm sure it'll evolve in useful ways.

I'm signed up as Kevan - if I start piling my unwanted possessions in, I'll add a permalink somewhere. [via Leonard]  ]


Encore: Vonnegut at 80, a recent interview. "I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American. Apart from that, OK."  ]
"And here, according to Trout, was the reason human beings could not reject ideas because they were bad: Ideas on Earth were badges of friendship of enmity. Their content did not matter. Friends agreed with friends, in order to express friendliness. Enemies disagreed with enemies, in order to express enmity."
A rippled plastic tray of delicious Vonnegut quotes; sharp and simple commentary on the human condition, lifted here and there from a few of his books. [via Matt]  ]
Bah; Brighton's West Pier has collapsed even further. The previously-unnoticed West Pier Photos site has some copyright-emblazoned pictures of the increasing dereliction, as well as some glorious underwater shots, surprising marine life and many desolate photos of the interior.  ]


 Monday  the Twentieth

"What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
     a. sunshower (36.02%)
     b. the wolf is giving birth (0.04%)
     c. the devil is beating his wife (6.14%)
     d. monkey's wedding (0.21%)
     e. fox's wedding (0.14%)
     f. pineapple rain (0.04%)
     g. liquid sun (0.72%)
     h. I have no term or expression for this (54.07%)
     i. other (2.62%)"
This American Dialect Survey is as astonishing for its things that the UK doesn't have words for as its things the UK doesn't even have. American readers can take the test for themselves, and contribute to the colour-coded weather maps of dialectical language. [via Kirsty]  ]

As 
Above

Brain children. Recent or noteworthy Web offspring.

Online cliques. Trespassers may be welcome.

In the bookpile. Powered by allconsuming.net.

Incidental music. Ohrwurmen or otherwise.

Other weblogs. The ones I make a point of returning to a lot.

Supporting cast. That have Web pages. In alphabetical order.

Weeks beginning. All having ended.
2003: 20.01 13.01 06.01

2002: 30.12 23.12 16.12 09.12 02.12 25.11 18.11 11.11 04.11 28.10 21.10 14.10 07.10 30.09 23.09 16.09 09.09 02.09 26.08 19.08 12.08 05.08 29.07 22.07 15.07 08.07 01.07 24.06 17.06 10.06 03.06 27.05 20.05 13.05 06.05 29.04 22.04 15.04 08.04 01.04 25.03 18.03 11.03 04.03 25.02 18.02 11.02 04.02 28.01 21.01 14.01 07.01

2001: 31.12 24.12 17.12 10.12 03.12 26.11 19.11 12.11 05.11 29.10 22.10 15.10 08.10 01.10 24.09 17.09 10.09 03.09 27.08 20.08 13.08 06.08 30.07 23.07 16.07 09.07 02.07 25.06 18.06 11.06 04.06 28.05 21.05 14.05 07.05 30.04 23.04 16.04 09.04 02.04 26.03 19.03 12.03 05.03 26.02 19.02 12.02 05.02 29.01 22.01 15.01 08.01 01.01

2000: 25.12 18.12 11.12 04.12 27.11 20.11


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