Saturday, May 8, 2004

Amazing. Found at the fabulous Gravity Lens Weblog (Mark - this is brilliant!): the Aliens versus Predator Chess Set. Fab. 12:47:05 PM     |

Good Books. Violet Books. The galleries of dust covers are amazing. Via linkfilter. Violet Books specializes in Antiquarian Supernatural Literature, including literary ghost stories, Victorian science fiction, Yellow Nineties Decadence, H. Rider Haggard & haggardesque "Lost Race" novels, Marie Corelli & other occult romancers, Rafael Sabatini & Jeffery Farnol & all vintage swashbuckling historical romances, westerns, Yukon adventures, jungle tales, Sax Rohmer & all weird thrillers, classic detectives, vintage children's & young adult fantasies & series books, & all things old, fictional, adventurous, & weird. 10:44:36 AM     |

Tsk. My aunt, 'Tante Grete', used to live there. Nice lttle town actually. Sasser worm suspect held. An 18-year-old has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of creating the Sasser worm, police say. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] But although the worst of the outbreak is over, it is thought the worm will never entirely disappear, and that future versions may be far more damaging. 10:29:59 AM     |

Sick. This is so sick. Für Dumme und Soldaten: 'I was beaten for three days by British soldiers' [Independent: World News] In a witness statement obtained by The Independent, Kifah Talah, 44, an engineer, claims he was hooded and beaten about the neck, chest and genitals by soldiers during three days before being made to dance in front of his tormentors. 10:21:28 AM     |