Friday, November 22, 2002

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This is getting worse... View an ad and get something free at some Web sites. Reuters Nov 22 2002 2:16PM ET [Moreover - moreover...] 9:26:16 PM    comment []

Lots of Bruno Bozetto (my hero!) links at ::: koewi.log :::: "Im Laufe der Jahre hatte ich schon den Namen vergessen, genauer: einfach nicht mehr dran gedacht. Bruno Bozzetto." Great stuff, Robert! 7:47:19 PM    comment []

More fishy stuff...Controversy over 'new life' experiment. Education: An American experiment to create new life forms could take place in the UK without public debate, a biotech watchdog warns. [Guardian Unlimited] 7:38:29 PM    comment []

Something fishy going on? Adverstudies: pharma ad agencies producing medical "research". Scary-as-hell story about advertising agencies who specialize in pharmaceuticals getting involved in "research," commissioning studies in support of their clients' dope and pushing editorial boards of scientific journals to adopt their conclusions. Via [Boing Boing Blog] 7:33:02 PM    comment []

Strange. I always thought the people in Apple's 'Switch' campaign were real people who have 'switched'. But in the interview Feiss also reveals how she landed the Apple advertisement by accident. She's a friend of Hamilton Morris, the son of documentary filmmaker Errol Morris, who directed the ads. The pair went to watch some ads being filming in Los Angeles one day and there happened to be a couple of open spots. Both she and Hamilton were filmed, and their spots were chosen for the campaign. Does that mean she just read a text from a piece of paper? Something out of the keyboard of an ad copywriter? She never 'switched' in reality? And neither Hamilton? In that case it could have some legal implications for Apple... Switch stoner speaks. Ellen Feiss, the Switch ad stoner poster girl has broken her long silence and given an interview to a college paper. Link (viciously slashdotted site, here's a vanilla text mirror) 4:50:35 PM    comment []

Looking at some of my really old books, I came to realise quite a few of them are due for repair. The netbib weblog found a Simple Book Repair Manual on the web. 4:16:15 PM    comment []

Just another weird idea I had this morning: The RatSwine! 2:19:02 PM    comment []

Mrs Peel, we're needed... A huge The Avengers site can be found here: http://theavengers.tv/forever/welcome.htm The website features complete episode guides, images, links, whatever you want. 12:06:33 PM    comment []

Have I already mentioned the fab XML tutorial? XML Tutorial In our XML tutorial you will learn what XML is, and the difference between XML and HTML. You will also learn how to start using XML in your applications. 8:51:41 AM    comment []

Very interesting article on OS X: MacFixIt - Comments on Jaguar by anonymous Tenon Engineer: "Mac OS X, Apple's new operating system based on BSD Unix, offers Macintosh users greater flexibility, stability, and multitasking ability than previous versions of Mac OS. Although it has many strengths, Apple still has more to do in a number of areas relevant both to a Unix and server environment. " 8:48:56 AM    comment []

The Mookse and The Gripes, the last illustration out of eleven: And there were left now an only elmtree and but a stone. 8:13:47 AM    comment []

Nobody has ever said you are allowed to actually dance in a pub... £5,000 fine for dancing [This is London: London News] 8:02:08 AM    comment []