Sunday  the Seventeenth of August, 2003

Seen in a shop; magnetic wall paint for children's bedrooms - it's not actually magnetic at all (you can't stick heretical loose change to it), but contains iron particles which you can stick magnets to. It's ferrofluid! Comments? ]
I've idly written a zombie infection simulation, using the effortless Proce55ing. With only a few simple rules for zombies and humans (zombies are slow and lurch towards other moving objects; humans are fast and turn around if they see a zombie), a nice amount of drama and advice emerges - the effectiveness of the zombie horde, the vulnerability of a panicked human crowd, the grim effectiveness of alleyway pincer movements, and - best of all - the importance of looking around corners. Comments? ]

Passing Frenzies: Thief II - BlogNomic - Kaleidoscope - 26 Things


 Friday  the Fifteenth

The Sci-Fi Channel cancels an Arnold Schwarzenegger day for fear of rival political candidates demanding equal airtime. And presumably the same goes for the porn star's work. They should get some sort of "equal airtime within the same context and genre" amendment in, for clarity and voter entertainment. Comments? ]


 Thursday  the Fourteenth

More unsettling wrongness: the classically irritating standard Nokia ringtone is, says the Guardian, actually taken from a piece of 19th century classical guitar music; Gran Vals by Francisco Tarrega. Listen to a tinkly MIDI file of it. Comments? ]
"Using their strong sense of smell to lead the way, newly transformed zombies will instinctively gravitate to other zombies. Solitary zombies are very rare. Within days of the onset of a plague, packs made up of dozens of zombies will have formed. [...] it is actually disadvantageous for zombies to pack together. It makes them more conspicuous, as well as making it more difficult for all to get to feed."
A gloriously deadpan study of the biology and sociology of the undead, from the Federal Vampire & Zombie Agency, only a day or two after I was discussing zombie flocking algorithms with Adam. Zombie ecology fascinates me endlessly (to the point of failing to write a novel about it); I'd try simulating a world of interacting zombies, humans and vampires if I could get Starlogo working properly. [via Joh] Comments? ]


 Tuesday  the Twelfth

Wanted: Scheming but loyal Grand Vizier to join fledgling technological dictatorship. You will be alert enough to foil attempts against the incumbent government, but sufficiently satisified or disinterested not to attempt insurrection. Must have experience of security camera systems; must have own weblog. Salary negotiable. Apply within BlogNomic. Comments? ]


 Monday  the Eleventh

Have 2p and 1p pieces really been magnetically attractable since (experimenting with my change jar) 1992? Or did the government retroactively replace them all while I was out of the country? This seems deeply and fundamentally wrong. Comments? ]
France. Pointillist traffic lights. Roadside bouquets of bold, plain supermarket signs leading to warehouses of products from the 1980s. Priorité à Gauche. Decimal-point village distances. Les vaches. Dead animal heads. Jesus versus the Robots. The fascinatingly emergent properties of barbecue coals, and ultimately the oven. Trust in alien cashpoint machines. Cheap, good, clichéd food and drink. Staring orange chicken eyes. Pedalling absently over the depths of a lake. "To be drunk on water is noble and ecstatic." The road to Rouen. The importance of booking hotel rooms. Peacock tails and flamingo pinks and other meaningless self-perpetuating traits of sexual selection. A Seacat without a Royal Bengal tiger, of any description. Calm international waters, where cigarettes are cheap and superfluous, and credit-card validation modems don't work. Home. Sleep. An unexpected day off work. Vague reaquaintance with this "Internet" thing. Hello. Comments? ]

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

Weeks beginning. All having ended.
2003: 11.08 28.07 21.07 14.07 07.07 30.06 23.06 16.06 09.06 02.06 26.05 19.05 12.05 05.05 28.04 21.04 14.04 07.04 31.03 24.03 17.03 10.03 03.03 24.02 17.02 10.02 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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