Sunday  the Ninth of February, 2003

I was standing in the drizzle on Brighton beach, this afternoon, staring at the sloping wreckage of the West Pier; pigeons and seagulls lined along the contours of the tilting ballroom roof, and a floorless, smashed-open ticket booth hanging emptily above the breaking waves. Inspiring, hermetic stuff. I took an armful of poor-quality digital photos of it, as well as a few of the Palace Pier's ghost train wreckage; camera held high above sheet-covered wire fencing, a scorched helter-skelter standing guard.  ]

Passing Frenzies: Thief II - Button Men - Startopia - BlogNomic - Trodo


 Thursday  the Sixth

Less contained pier fires, from America in the last century; "Firemen used dynamite in a futile attempt to stop the fire at the pier's outer boundary."  ]
Some amazing photos of the recent Brighton Pier fire, with rivulets of burning god-knows-what pouring into the sea as the ghost train went up in flames; Ananova has a picture of the aftermath. This is nothing to do with me.  ]


 Wednesday  the Fifth

The second 24 Hours of Inform are over, with three contestants managing to write a text adventure that met various pre-specified criteria (must be set on a cruise ship; must involve Jesus, a cat, a mini-skirt and weather balloon). You can play and contrast the games via a Java z5 interpreter: Ghost Ship, Aesthetic Deletions and Escape from the SS Borgarís.  ]


 Tuesday  the Fourth

"Players shall receive one point for every comment posted to their most recent blog entry by non-anonymous individuals, excluding themselves."  ]
Logi-Sticks - a nice logic-circuit chessboard game from Raven's convergently evolving brain, involving either Icehouse pieces or appropriate tokens of your own invention.  ]


 Monday  the Third

What really happened to the West Pier. It all seems so obvious in retrospect.  ]

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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: 03.02 27.01 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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