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President Bush was told before September 11th - that bin Laden might attempt to hijack planes
5/16/2002 07:50:25 AM
Napster to close down? - a sorry end for the service, if this story is to be believed
5/15/2002 07:48:02 AM
Candy shaped like syringes causes concern - BBC says some children have told parents they are "addicted" to the sweets.
5/14/2002 08:06:18 AM
US Government nearing default on its debt - current ceiling stands at $5.95 trillion and they want to go higher
5/10/2002 07:35:28 AM
55% of Londoners use e-mail - to undermine their colleagues.
5/9/2002 08:33:42 AM
The four word film review - eg the Scorpion King: "Can pecs get Oscars?"
5/8/2002 10:49:46 AM
BBC: US expands 'axis of evil' - now includes Cuba, Lybia, Syria, Camden and Brixton.
5/7/2002 09:47:43 AM
Nike successfully sued for false advertising with regard to its sweatshop labour practices - Nike's defence was that its deceptive statements were covered by free speech!
5/6/2002 09:43:31 AM
UK army goes on Operation Snipe hunt in Afghanistan - which apparently is a very silly name to Americans
5/4/2002 08:15:17 AM
In a Simpsons-esque development - US mayor launches competition to find his city's best doughnut. A nice gesture in this era of pre-packaged chain stores.
5/3/2002 08:54:50 AM
Sweet Release - "a supplement that alters the scent and taste of your sexual fluids."
5/2/2002 02:58:07 PM
"Don't protest today, vote tomorrow" - says Tony Blair (!) Sorry, Tony. No violence today. We're not the ones dropping bombs.
5/1/2002 04:19:57 PM
Beware of myth turning into May Day reality - this BBC report says "last year saw violent protests in Oxford Circus" even though I was at Oxford Circus and there was no violence.
5/1/2002 07:42:55 AM
Operation Overhype - excellent report by Matthew Tempest explaining how media predictions about May Day turn out to be fantasy
4/30/2002 05:17:15 PM
London police urge this week's May Day organisers to come forward - they really have some over-inflated ideas of what's going on, don't they! There *are no* organisers!
4/29/2002 08:10:22 AM
Lisa Left-Eye Lopes killed - in a car crash in Honduras
4/26/2002 09:31:06 AM
Once Upon a Time in Jenin - can you say "war crime"?
4/25/2002 02:54:42 PM
US forces out chemical weapons inspector Jose Bustani - perhaps they're afraid he was going to discover secrets about America's 'weapons of mass destruction'.
4/24/2002 01:13:29 PM
UK Government sprayed various chemicals over the country - during secret germ warfare tests between 1940 and 1979
4/23/2002 08:24:58 AM
Today is Earth Day - discover a little about sustainable development.
4/22/2002 11:21:13 AM
Washington sees protests as the IMF and World Bank meet - wonderful to see different causes, eg anti-globalisation and anti-war, teaming up.
4/20/2002 04:09:11 PM
Readers boycott the LA Times for being biased against Israel - but with a UN envoy calling Israel's military action in Jenin "beyond belief", it's hard to be biased towards them right now...
4/19/2002 09:04:02 AM
David Icke links to my Consumption video - I take it as a compliment from the renowned conspiracy theorist
4/18/2002 08:33:58 AM
Entire Dutch Government resigns - after report over the massacre at Srebrenica during the Bosnian war.
4/17/2002 07:44:58 AM
History of the Arab-Israeli conflict - in a handy Flash walk-through format. Very informative.
4/16/2002 09:22:21 AM
Study shows that online music damages sales of major artists (SCROLL DOWN) - but helps lesser known, solid acts.
4/14/2002 09:43:43 PM
It's the moment those BBC obituarists have been waiting for - the Queen Mother is dead. But don't worry, Denis Norden's Laughter File is still going to be broadcast.
3/30/2002 08:36:56 PM
Tit for Tat - the Palestinians deserve a homeland free of occupation, the Israelis a life free of terrorism. Sad, sad, sad.
3/29/2002 09:15:16 AM
Abba refuse to reform - for $1 billion - actually I would have liked to see them live, but dread to think how much the tickets might have been
4/12/2002 05:56:37 PM
Operation Enduring Freedom Trading Cards - "Not included are the disturbing images shown repeatedly on national newscasts" (such as, one presumes, the death of innocent people). Thanks to William.
4/11/2002 09:21:34 AM
She meant more than we realised - Guardian remembers the Queen Mother forming the Sex Pistols and campaigning for the legalisation of cannabis...
4/10/2002 09:24:15 AM
Drive-thru-drugs - police discover full service crack window.
4/9/2002 10:09:38 PM
Man builds own monorail - in which to ride around garden
4/8/2002 10:32:35 AM
The Queen Mother's death seems to be going on for days - and though everyone's gran dies at some point; they don't usually close Marks and Spencer's for them.
4/5/2002 12:06:05 PM
British Foreign Minister says Israel/Palestine conflict - could "engulf us all"
4/4/2002 09:21:06 AM
Israeli troops siege church in Bethlehem - anyone get the feeling this is about more than just terrorism?
4/3/2002 06:24:43 PM
War against Terror does not include Chairman Arafat - explains Bush. Because we can't just have any Tom, Dick or Harry country deciding on its own War Against Terror.®
4/2/2002 08:25:48 PM
Doctors increasingly being asked to heal animals - or so the Guardian expects us to believe, on this April Fool's Day.
4/1/2002 02:04:22 PM
Michael Eisner, Disney CEO, says it's wrong to steal from creators - ironic from the man that gave us the Hunchback (Hugo) & the Little Mermaid (Christian-Andersen) and is currently embroiled in a copyright disagreement re: Winnie the Pooh.
3/28/2002 07:21:28 PM
Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers proved dead? - a pair of human feet found near Severn Bridge.
3/26/2002 12:45:55 PM
Consignia changes its name back to Royal Mail - and, sadly, decides to fire 15,000 people. The BBC says: "...how not to run a company."
3/25/2002 12:57:59 PM
Trigger-happy UK defence minister - says he's willing to use nuclear weapons. Weapons of mass stupidity.
3/22/2002 08:42:15 AM
Forgive me Father, for I have spinned... - an American Government official has been living in London briefing the Labour Party on the War on Terrorism.
3/21/2002 10:58:12 AM
Brand USA - Naomi Klein comments on attempts to redress the foreign perception of America through advertising.
3/18/2002 03:19:40 PM
In this time of escalating war, gorge yourself - on these defaced pictures of Britney Spears.
3/17/2002 02:31:01 PM
George W Bush says he doesn't recognise the outcome of the Zimbabwe election - and that the result was "flawed". Oh irony of ironies.
3/14/2002 03:41:53 PM
America's list of nuclear targets was only a joke, says the Pentagon - we're just stockpiling these warheads for safe keeping in case they get lonely.
3/11/2002 06:02:55 PM
US and UK conveniently discover link between Iraq and Al Qaeda - but curiously none between Saudi Arabia and Al Qaeda...
3/10/2002 12:20:51 AM
America Attacked, 911 (7mb Flash movie) - doesn't have the desired effect, mainly due to the heavy presence of Enya on the soundtrack.
3/9/2002 09:47:54 AM
Caffeine is only a flavouring - according to Coca-Cola.
3/8/2002 05:23:27 PM
George W Bush sees pop star and waves excitedly at him - sadly, the musician is Stevie Wonder. [scroll to bottom]
3/7/2002 09:00:22 AM
When rock start sell out - I quite like Moby but he's one of the worst offenders from this list...
3/6/2002 08:59:35 AM
Microsoft attempts most ridiculous defence so far - if the US Government doesn't let Bill have his way, Bill says he won't make Windows any more. Boo hoo hoo.
3/5/2002 10:26:47 AM
Did terrorists smuggle a 10 kiloton nuclear bomb into New York? - and did US intelligence know about it?
3/4/2002 09:37:05 AM
Tobacco chief says smoking is 'not good for you' - and wouldn't let his kids smoke.
3/2/2002 11:03:24 AM
Nixon tried to bomb 'Nam - "Vietnam is going to get reordered", he said. "It's about time, it's what should have been done long ago."
3/1/2002 11:19:08 AM
Those badly-bearded Grammy execs will do anything for some publicity - locking three unsuspecting teenagers backstage and commanding them to download as many MP3s as possible. Sad.
2/28/2002 09:20:46 AM
Michael Moore interviewed by O'Reilly on Fox News - and the results are hilarious.
2/27/2002 10:40:54 AM
Investment bankers who spent £40,000 on booze in one night lose jobs - while their ostentatious attitude is clearly disgusting, perhaps they got a raw deal...
2/26/2002 11:50:22 AM
FBI holding anthrax terrorism suspect - believed to be an ex US government scientist.
2/25/2002 05:16:08 PM
The Media Monopoly - in 1983, according to Ben Bagdikian, 50 corporations controlled the US news media. In 2002, the number has fallen to just SIX.
2/22/2002 10:13:24 AM
Iraq accuses US of state terrorism - claims that "millions of dollars on troops and mercenaries to carry out terrorist operations against Iraq." Maybe.
2/21/2002 09:08:39 AM
Enron Voice Mail system - "if you're a former Enron employee and you'd like advice on how to survive your retirement, press three"
2/20/2002 09:07:38 AM
London Underground map redrawn for better access - which is a start, I suppose.
2/15/2002 09:08:08 AM
WOXY 97X radio - Thanks very much for playing 'Uprising' on your station this evening.
2/15/2002 12:05:59 AM
Slobodan Milosevic shows his video defence - quite compelling, especially with regard to him as an individual taking responsibility for all the alleged massacres. See also this BBC talking point
2/14/2002 09:09:34 AM
Eating healthy food can make you ill - at least mentally, according to a new book.
2/13/2002 11:41:36 AM
Pentagon investigates possible beatings of Afghan civilians by US forces - they didn't just beat them, they *bombed them*, stupid. "...You don't know who's bad. You don't take the chances", says the hilariously-monikered Rear Adm. John Stufflebeem.
2/12/2002 09:58:04 AM
The Woolworth Song (mp3 download, 1mb) - looks like someone beat me to cONsUmpTiON after all...
2/11/2002 09:11:55 AM
Majority of Americans now believe evil is bad, survey says - which is good, because I got a little confused what with that Axis of Evil and Dubya being nominated for the Peace Prize and all...
2/6/2002 06:19:23 PM
At last, what we've all been waiting for - robotic sweatshopping, allowing third-world labourers to work for industrialised nations remotely over the Internet!
2/5/2002 09:55:53 AM
Truth: the first victim of the War Against Drugs. Or was that the War against Terrorism? - according to this advert (QT movie) taking drugs is equal to blowing up buildings.
2/4/2002 05:07:47 PM
Bootylicious vs Smells Like Teen Spirit - The best yet of Soulwax's bootlegs (MP3 file)
2/1/2002 03:26:15 PM
George Bush's Musical Chairs - Our economy may be in the dumps but we got WAR! (applause) JOBS! (applause) WAR! (applause). "Iran, Iraq, N. Korea, I'm warning you... we're gonna bomb any country which doesn't have a Disneyland. Let's Roll!"
1/30/2002 08:46:44 AM
Disability Clip Art - crossing the border from political correctness into the realm of disturbing
1/29/2002 11:48:14 AM
White Stripes video - those Lego movies are all the rage these days
1/28/2002 08:06:47 AM
Can wireless frequencies and cellphone masts make you ill? - this man thinks so
1/24/2002 09:15:50 AM
Reports today state that the Taliban suspect prisoners were only shaved, bound, gagged, with their mouths, eyes and ears covered while being transported. So that's alright, then.
1/21/2002 11:09:00 AM
The truth behind 'Black Hawk Down' - funny how the movie paints a few white Americans as heroes while mowing down hundreds of faceless Somalis...
1/18/2002 11:15:51 AM
Wacky Warning Labels - and on the same site Loony Lawsuits: "Drunken partier sues police for not arresting her."
1/16/2002 11:06:36 PM
US holding suspected Al-Qaeda prisoners in 6X8 ft outdoor cages - though this is a 'War on Terrorism', they have been denied rights as Prisoners of War under the Geneva Convention. No-one has much sympathy... but what if one of them is innocent?
1/15/2002 10:17:30 AM
"I Like To Watch" - quite shocking video featuring intercut footage of pornography and the World Trade Center disaster. Be warned.
1/14/2002 10:01:13 AM
Surreal news story of the year so far - Prince Harry smokes dope - "Harry fell in with a bad lot at the Rattlebone Inn..."
1/13/2002 01:01:13 PM
Protect and Survive - circulated by the Government in the late 70s early 80s to tell us how to survive a nuclear blast by building a camp from bits of wood and some pillows.
1/10/2002 10:18:52 AM
CNN.com - allegations have surfaced suggesting that the Bush administration prior to September 11 slowed anti-terrorist investigations in order to make an oil pipeline deal with the Taliban.
1/9/2002 10:10:09 AM
Extremely disturbing images, supposedly of Iraqi children harmed by US Depleted Uranium weapons - thanks to whoever sent this link in
1/8/2002 10:41:21 AM
Why is Tony Blair jetting around abroad and transport minister Stephen Byers on holiday when they have problems at home to sort out?
1/7/2002 11:02:18 AM
The USA's latest propaganda leaflets - to be dropped on Afghanistan. Nice Photoshop job.
1/4/2002 06:29:49 PM
Monsanto Hid Decades Of Pollution - makes you wonder what goes on in these executives' heads
1/2/2002 10:54:22 AM
Happy New Year, Afghanistan - US planes bomb village and kill 100 residents.
12/31/2001 01:17:06 PM
Movie characters - created from Fisher Price little people
12/30/2001 11:59:12 AM
www.pressplayster.com - the site they're all talking about - okay, well maybe just some of them...
12/24/2001 07:39:06 PM
Why the bin Laden tape doesn't prove his guilt - while it's probable that he was guilty, in legal terms the tape doesn't stand up as evidence
12/18/2001 09:10:34 AM
Ticketbastard.net - one man's crusade against the 'convenience charge'
12/17/2001 10:03:11 AM
The Queen is groovy - and apparently wants to SMS her Christmas speech as a text message: "R U OK UK?" etc
12/14/2001 10:42:49 AM
US Government realises - that you can't bomb terrorism after all.
12/12/2001 09:27:24 AM
E-mails from a Traitor - someone did a newsgroup search of all the postings made by John Walker, the American who joined the Taliban in Afghanistan on Jihad.
12/10/2001 09:35:10 AM
United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan appears with Sesame Street - and Elmo has something to say about September 11th.
12/8/2001 09:08:21 AM
Adding a side order of McClass - McDonald's launches new restaurant with library and fancy furnishings.
12/7/2001 10:02:37 AM
Robert Anton Wilson: 'Do not adjust your mind. It is reality that is malfunctioning.' - ' I regard Dubya's current Kampf as a War Against Some Terrorists'
12/7/2001 12:22:18 AM
Democracy on its way to Afghanistan? - Four different factions have agreed on a transitional cabinet, interestingly it contains two women. Elections in six months. Let's hope they make it work.
12/7/2001 12:21:20 AM
Apparently KPMG don't like people linking to them, which is funny because I linked to their corporate song last year.
12/6/2001 10:48:00 PM
The truth is out - DNA from genetically modified crops has been found in wild maize growing 62 miles from the nearest GM field.
12/4/2001 10:54:52 AM
US Bombs Hit Wrong Target for Second Time in Two Days - I'm willing to put this one aside and say it was just an oversight. But don't do it again, eh boys?
12/3/2001 10:58:58 AM
These people are fighting for you - unfortunately they're thick as pigshit.
12/2/2001 11:26:50 AM
World AIDS Day: Link and Think - the scourge of AIDS is not over.
12/1/2001 10:19:48 AM
StopEsso - demonstrate at your local Esso (or ExxonMobil) petrol station on Saturday 1st December to protest their abysmal environmental record.
11/30/2001 10:12:56 AM
To what extent was the US Government aware - of an impending disaster on September 11?
11/29/2001 03:45:00 PM
Hollywood Police 'The Effects of Drugs and Prostitution' - but what about this
11/28/2001 02:26:31 PM
How the terrorists stopped terrorism - with love.
11/27/2001 10:32:02 AM
The Observer - on the conviction of UK music industry figure Jonathan King.
11/26/2001 12:53:33 PM
Buy Nothing Day - today in the US, tomorrow in the United Kingdom
11/23/2001 08:12:15 AM
Little Kids Rock! - "Forget music by the twenty-something crowd. Here is music written by kids who can still show you their age on their fingers."
11/22/2001 11:28:56 AM
Bombs Upon Evil - something tells me this satirical page on the Warp Records site is the work of Chris Morris. (Thanks to William for the link)
11/21/2001 09:35:56 AM
BBC: US accused over bio-weapons deal - ironically, Bush is believed to oppose strong limitations on these weapons of mass destruction
11/20/2001 09:22:40 AM
Cherie Blair and Laura Bush's concern for Afghan women - might have been more credible before their husbands started bombing Afghan men, women and children.
11/19/2001 11:26:14 AM
NTK - is linking to the site today, so it's busy. Visitors so far from Playboy, The White House, Hollywood Reporter, Sony, the Labour Party, the BBC, Ovate...
11/16/2001 06:05:08 PM
Protest midday Sunday: Hyde Park, London - the war has not yet ended and neither should the demonstrations for peace.
11/16/2001 05:27:24 PM
Flight 93 cockpit tapes - audio from hijacked flight cockpit
11/16/2001 10:20:28 AM
Tobacco firm buys exclusive rights to anti-lung cancer drugs - they sell you the disease and make you pay for the cure.
11/14/2001 09:36:11 AM
American Airways plane down in Queens, New York - the tragedy keeps getting worse
11/12/2001 03:11:35 PM
More reasons not to buy Natalie Imbruglia's CD - it's copy-locked, so you can't play it on your computer.
11/12/2001 10:14:30 AM
World Trade Organisation meetings in Qatar - this is important, agenda includes a new version of the MAI, which allows corporations to sue if governments' laws restrict their profits.
11/10/2001 09:13:19 AM
"Al-Qaida has successfully laid a trap for the United States" - touching on the oil motives behind the war. Meanwhile George Bush says, rather implausibly, that this is a war to save civilisation itself.
11/9/2001 09:34:11 AM
Report from Egypt: ordinary Arabs' opinions on the war - "Why, people ask, is Tony Blair rushing around with such zeal? Why does he look so pleased with himself?"
11/7/2001 11:37:49 AM
Chinese state media produces videos glorifying terrorist attacks on 'arrogant' US - footage of WTC disaster intercut with the Godzilla movie seems very postmodern.
11/6/2001 10:38:32 AM
"The war isn't going well" - says Donald Rumsfeld, American defence secretary
11/5/2001 09:39:42 AM
California governor warns of possible terrorist attack on Golden Gate Bridge - a genuine threat or is he covering his back?
11/2/2001 08:52:11 AM
Judge rules against anti-war student - says that protests must not disrupt education
11/1/2001 10:12:04 PM
New Scientist - anthrax used in terror attacks is probably sourced from America, perhaps even from a US government project in the 60s
10/31/2001 09:03:31 AM
Majority want pause in bombing - according to ICM poll
10/30/2001 09:34:32 AM
My song "fOr yOU" wins Now.com's Pitch - if the 60% lead was genuine and democratic, thanks to you all. If it was a set-up, then the bribes must have worked ;)
10/29/2001 09:44:44 PM
Wrong to protest against the war? - David Horowitz gives his own impressions as an ex-protester
10/29/2001 02:08:16 PM
Vote for my song 'fOR yOU' - in the Now.com chart. And post a nasty comment about me on the discussion board.
10/25/2001 11:05:46 PM
Don't move your head - Escher, please forgive me!
10/25/2001 09:28:06 AM
BBC: Bombs trap villagers - America admits to accidentally hitting residential areas, a mosque and a hospital. This child lost his family.
10/24/2001 05:59:28 PM
Add Logic to List of Casualties - Top Ten contradictions on the war against Afghanistan
10/23/2001 10:13:52 AM
The Independent - reports on a leaked UK Government document which tells councils to 'prepare for highest casualties ever' in the event of a bio-terror attack.
10/22/2001 08:11:48 AM
American soldiers die in Afghanistan raid - wonder how many of them will have to go before public support for the bombing lessens.
10/20/2001 09:19:58 AM
How Safe Are Your Illegal Drugs? - bizarre Wired piece which theorises that terrorists might poison the world's narcotic supply. Fairly unlikely, since stoners are usually the people least excited about the prospects of a war against anything.
10/19/2001 10:37:00 AM
CNN's frightening transcript of crazy US propaganda radio broadcasts - "What are you using, obsolete and ineffective weaponry?...You are condemned...Our bombs are so accurate we can drop them right through your windows." Ahem.
10/18/2001 09:01:12 AM
Required reading: - 'Get Your War on'. At least the War on Satire hasn't started yet.
10/17/2001 04:47:08 PM
U.S. Bombs Hit Red Cross - more US humanitarian effort confirmed by BBC. Back to school for the 'smart bombs'.
10/17/2001 09:27:54 AM
Bush Rebuffs Taliban Negotiations - Taliban offer to hand over bin Laden if US offers proof and stops bombing. Seems reasonable enough. Would Bush hand over a suspect if someone was bombing his country?
10/16/2001 12:29:55 PM
Metal band Anthrax - have been asked by drugs company Bayer to promote the anti-anthrax pill Cipro.
10/15/2001 09:38:55 AM
US admits bomb went astray - hits residential neighbourhood a mile from the intended military target. Four dead. Well done George and co - what happened to smart bombs?
10/14/2001 01:48:26 AM
BBC News - 20,000 people rally for peace at Hyde Park. Congratulations. Let's make it 100,000 next time: 18th November.
10/14/2001 01:46:57 AM
Stand shoulder to shoulder for peace, Sat Oct 13 - if you want to say "Not in My Name" to this war, protest tomorrow noon in Hyde Park... then go to my gig ;)
10/12/2001 09:14:31 AM
BBC - Bush says he might stop attacking Afghanistan if the Taliban "cough up" bin Laden. Like after days of bombing (including the death of a bin Laden relative who BBC reports as a 10 year old boy) they're going to just roll over. Bush also said "we must act to stimulate a slow economy." Hmm.
10/12/2001 08:48:24 AM
The Guardian - "To eradicate al-Qaida through an air assault is like destroying a flu virus with a sledgehammer: it cannot work."
10/10/2001 10:42:50 AM
UN reveals 4 workers from a UN mine clearing charity in Afghanistan were killed by an American missile yesterday. Another reason why war is not the answer: a cruise missile costs more than £500,000 and the UK released 60 on Sunday. £30 million of our money wasted in one night.
10/9/2001 10:25:37 AM
Anti-war demos tonight and Saturday - the mainstream media might not have reported it, but a couple of thousand people marched to Downing Street yesterday; fortunately Indymedia have pics.
10/9/2001 10:14:47 AM
Noam Chomsky - interviewed about the Afghan situation.
10/8/2001 12:08:50 PM
Jedi recognised as a religion in UK census (PDF file) - this is genuine, our little prank worked.
10/6/2001 10:19:49 AM
Police scanner recordings - including some from the time of the World Trade Center disaster.
10/5/2001 10:40:26 AM
Michael Jackson: You Rock My World video - in QuickTime. About 20 minutes long but doesn't make much sense.
10/4/2001 03:28:36 PM
Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People - another classic from The Onion.
10/3/2001 10:40:18 AM
"Hi Mom, it's Osama. I'm not going to be able to call you for a while, I'm fine, but really busy..." - some more great circumstantial evidence surfaces.
10/2/2001 11:51:23 PM
DeskSwap - file-sharing taken to its most frightening extreme. Log on and share your computer's desktop with the world.
10/2/2001 01:40:02 AM
It's All About The Price - intelligent examination of the CD sales world from an independent music retailer
9/29/2001 10:20:36 AM
Government minister warns of fresh terrorist attacks in London - "We are in a very dangerous situation", says Peter Hain. Thanks, I feel much safer now.
9/28/2001 09:05:51 AM
US renames "Operation Infinite Justice" - to "Operation Enduring Freedom". Next up: "Operation Extensive Nomenclature".
9/27/2001 08:56:03 AM
Starbucks Apologises - for charging NYC rescuers who needed water to treat victims
9/26/2001 11:50:24 AM
John Humphrys, the Sunday Times - "It's not anti-American to see both sides of the argument"
9/24/2001 09:43:02 AM
Salon.com - "It isn't just 'freedom' they hate."
9/22/2001 08:47:31 AM
Schoolboy told teacher that "World War III will begin tomorrow" - the day before the WTC attacks.
9/21/2001 09:46:41 AM
Alternative Media Guide - to the War on Terrorism
9/20/2001 06:09:15 PM
Islamic clerics urge bin Laden to leave voluntarily - but Taliban leaders expected to allow him to stay
9/20/2001 10:02:13 AM
The Big Lie - explaining why we should not willingly sacrifice our freedom and civil liberties in an attempt to end terrorism.
9/19/2001 11:33:16 AM
US 'planned attack on Taleban' - even before the WTC disaster, according to a Pakistani official.
9/18/2001 09:13:46 PM
Michael Moore - on the road through America trying to reach his daughter in New York. Funny and controversial.
9/18/2001 12:39:37 PM
Robert Fisk, the Independent - "Bush is walking into a trap"
9/17/2001 04:16:59 PM
'Whatever the technical or legal issues about a declaration of war, the fact is we are at war with terrorism' - says Tony Blair. Thankfully some more sensible comments in the piece from Paddy Ashdown.
9/16/2001 01:44:28 PM
Five men reportedly - set up cameras beside the Hudson River to film the WTC atrocity as it happened
9/16/2001 01:06:34 PM
New York Post: SIMPLY KILL THESE BASTARDS - an almost Onion-esque response to the NYC tragedy.
9/14/2001 08:30:14 PM
Salon.com - exposing the sad truth that America originally funded and trained Bin Laden, prime suspect of the Manhattan tragedy.
9/14/2001 12:15:28 PM
Red Cross donations via Amazon - simple one-click donations for American disaster. Give now.
9/12/2001 10:51:35 AM
Boston Herald - more details, suggesting terrorists made weapons from razorblades and pen-knives. Our thoughts are with all those on the hijacked jets.
9/12/2001 10:47:51 AM
CNN - both World Trade Center towers now collapsed, several confirmed car bombs, part of Pentagon collapsed, all US flights grounded
9/11/2001 03:43:54 PM
BBC News - 2 aircraft crash into World Trade Centre in New York, another crashes into the Pentagon in Washington. A likely terrorist attack.
9/11/2001 02:50:11 PM
BBC News - street children in Delhi learn to use the Net in 8 minutes, are downloading MP3 songs within a month.
8/27/2001 10:45:56 AM
Internet banned in Afghanistan - probably for the best. They can get on with their lives and read some (burning) books.
8/26/2001 03:07:19 PM
Wil Wheaton official site - you know, that little guy from Star Trek: TNG. He can code PHP! And CSS! He wants to help Dmitri Skylarov! And he looks *great* in Lycra.
8/25/2001 09:31:43 AM
Cat supposedly being chopped up and cooked (mpg video) - from the desperately offensive Stileproject site. Before you get too sanctimonious, check if there's any meat in your fridge or leather in your wardrobe.
8/24/2001 09:03:03 AM
Help Bill Gates - from the excellent Michael Moore. Bill Gates is losing money from charities making copies of his software. Help him get it back!
8/23/2001 09:33:22 AM
Google Questions and Answers - prize to the first person to amusingly befoul these poor people
8/22/2001 11:13:47 PM
Canadian police targetting citizens 'because they don't like their politics' - but it's still a free country....isn't it?
8/21/2001 01:36:53 PM
Modern Physics Is A Fraud - exactly what I used to tell my science teachers
8/20/2001 09:45:57 PM
The New Coke conspiracy - perhaps Coca-Cola *wanted* people to hate their old new drink (scroll down page).
8/20/2001 09:37:37 AM
Tim Burton - says there won't be a sequel to his Planet of the Apes remake. That's what *he* thinks...
8/18/2001 09:20:08 AM
Your help please - today a new Flash music player has been installed onto the site. Please say what you think of it.
8/17/2001 01:29:01 PM
Y2Khai.com - now this is what a real artist's site looks like.
8/17/2001 08:20:42 AM
Secret military codes hidden in road signs - good to see paranoia is still alive and well
8/16/2001 06:38:32 PM
Government urges Californians to waste 25% more electricity - and all this time we fools thought they had an energy shortage.
8/15/2001 02:51:17 PM
Bankruptcy for Dummies - the publishers of the "For Dummies" series is being sold, with $90 million in debt
8/14/2001 09:43:22 AM
Glossary of Nadsat language - as used in the book/film "A Clockwork Orange." Now you can tolchock some old veck in an alley and viddy him
swim in his blood.
8/13/2001 08:56:49 AM
Japanese manufacturer creates dog --> human translation device - barks and woofs turned into phrases like "I feel super-great!"
8/8/2001 02:22:46 PM
Star Wars Episode II title announced - "Attack of the Clones". Is that the best they can do? Why not "Obi Wan and the Spiders From Luton"?
8/7/2001 03:35:05 PM
Chick Christian Tracts - FIRST: "Happy powder. You'll feel terrific. THEN: "You'll have to admit him to a state mental institution for long term care...He'll never recover"
8/6/2001 11:28:30 AM
Humanclock.com - any chance of Microsoft building this into its operating system?
7/28/2001 09:36:37 AM
Now this is the way to deal with protesters - against corruption. We can all learn from the Indonesian government.
7/27/2001 09:33:36 AM
US Rejects Anti-Germ Warfare Accord - just as I was beginning to forget how inhumane and short-sighted George W Bush's policies are...
7/26/2001 11:42:18 AM
Amazon.co.uk CDs: Sounds of Passion - in case you wanted to know the difference between an "Old Jewish Man Climaxing" and a "Redneck Climaxing". Or hear a lesbian in a jacuzzi. Customers who shopped for this item also shopped for: David Gray
7/25/2001 11:02:59 AM
The Truth About Sesame Street - "Sesame Street is, in reality, a dangerous ONE-WAY street, which leads to only ONE destination - the destruction of the White Race!" Right.
7/24/2001 12:05:27 PM
Tabloids fully grasp the complexities of Brass Eye TV satire - and check the left hand side: "Child singing sensation Charlotte Church showed how quickly she's grown up...looking chest swell"
8/2/2001 11:10:48 AM
Where's George? - for our American friends. Trace the movement of your dollar bills
8/1/2001 01:39:42 PM
Portugal decriminalises drug use - while Canada makes possession and growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes legal
7/31/2001 04:06:23 PM
'Brass Eye' TV show controversy - child minister Beverley Hughes brands the episode 'sick' despite admitting she hasn't seen it
7/30/2001 09:04:36 AM
The Guardian - G8 "jamboree" summits likely to be scaled down in wake of Genoa. $200 MILLION USD was spent on the Genoa summit, money that could have been better used to wipe off third world debt.
7/23/2001 12:02:34 PM
Sunday Times - journalist reports from Genoa: "Truncheons rained on down and my helmet disintegrated"
7/22/2001 12:32:25 PM
7/20/2001 09:15:48 PM
BBC News: Protester shot dead by police at Genoa - absolutely disgusting.
7/20/2001 09:14:55 PM
Indymedia.org - keep checking back here for candid reporting of the Genoa summit/ protests today
7/20/2001 09:12:09 AM
Wake Up, Dubya - Tuvalu in the Pacific says it will be underwater in 50 years. 11,000 people are asking to be resettled. Now would be a good time to ratify Kyoto, Mr. Bush.
7/20/2001 09:10:55 AM
Lord Jeffrey Archer found guilty of perjury - jailed for four years. I'm amazed (and glad) he's been sentenced to prison but wouldn't be surprised if he wiggles out on appeal.
7/19/2001 01:49:37 PM
BBC News - study shows that material possessions more likely to make you depressed
7/19/2001 11:10:35 AM
Harry Shearer: Le Show - Net radio from one of the voices behind Spinal Tap, the Simpsons.. (and more worryingly, an attendant at Bohemian Grove too...
7/18/2001 09:31:45 AM
Underground Marketing - "I feel so great, so real... It's this drink! Would you feel the same way with soda? No! I feel alive!"
7/17/2001 10:03:47 AM
Why rock bands don't smile - the Washington Post lets the (Cheshire) cat out of the bag
7/16/2001 02:05:41 PM
Video tour inside Nike's Vietnamese footwear factory - created by Nike themselves. A whitewash?
7/14/2001 10:16:08 AM
Girl attempts suicide broadcast by Webcam - the evidence suggests it's true, otherwise just a foul hoax. Image here
7/13/2001 08:33:28 AM
Drug companies spend twice as much on ads as on research - which is okay as long as no-one gets killed, right?
7/12/2001 02:36:47 PM
Alex Jones - this admittedly extremist DJ infiltrated California estate Bohemian Grove, where once a year our political and corporate leaders salute the Owl God and sacrifice the effigy of a human baby.
7/11/2001 08:16:58 AM
Study says junk food companies target ads at kids - a fact which will be obvious to anyone who's seen those weird Ronald McDonald the babysitter commercials.
7/10/2001 01:14:35 PM
Kid dies at boot camp - and I hope the boot camp trend dies soon.
7/10/2001 12:37:23 AM
Yeah, Echelon exists - discovers a European Parliament tribunal, and it's been spying on your e-mails and phone calls. But what do you expect *us* to do about it?
7/6/2001 09:16:19 AM
The Libera Manifesto - from website owners to audiences
7/5/2001 07:44:08 AM
Trip Clips - audio of kids 'on' drugs such as DXM. Not exactly enlightening.
7/3/2001 09:33:54 AM
Judith Scott - 55-year old American Down's Syndrome sufferer who, perhaps unknowingly, creates beautiful examples of 'outsider art'.
7/2/2001 10:29:55 AM
Now.com MP3TV - I'm being interviewed for this Web/ cable TV show today, it will broadcast Wednesday. Viewers in Hong Kong beware.
7/1/2001 01:00:43 PM
Man mows drugs code into field - I love the news.
6/30/2001 08:36:07 AM
Sharpeworld.com - sparky, funny and interesting. Is this an evolved weblog?
6/29/2001 03:38:57 PM
UK Terrorism Act 2000 - it is illegal to wear badges or t-shirts which "arouse reasonable suspicion" of being "a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation".
6/28/2001 09:47:27 AM
Chinese Government - executes 57 people to mark UN anti-drug day
6/27/2001 09:47:07 AM
President Bush - preventing students from getting college grants unless they come clean about their drug histories. Of course old Snortin' George has nothing to hide himself...
6/26/2001 11:21:47 AM
'Anarchists' protesting at next months Genoa G8 summit - will use "mediaeval-style...catapults and battering rams", according to The Times. And this is one of the world's leading news sources?
6/25/2001 12:36:53 PM
VirtualStapler.com - is this what the Web has come to?
6/23/2001 12:15:43 PM
One man's fight against Coca-Cola - stunningly well-written at GuerillaNews.com
6/22/2001 07:39:28 AM
SendMeADollar.com - a new slant on voluntary donations: man charges people $1 to post on his messageboard. $3300 made so far.
6/21/2001 09:34:15 AM
Studio Brussel, national radio station from Belgium - played 'For You' as MP3 of the week tonight at 9.30pm. Thanks!
6/20/2001 06:13:13 PM
Candy Ravers at Disneyland - well-written and irony-filled account
6/19/2001 09:14:20 AM
Name this tune - I don't know the answer to any of these
6/18/2001 12:24:46 PM
Erotic He-Man and She-Ra fan fiction - what does Julia think of this?
6/17/2001 10:43:14 AM
Timothy McVeigh's death certificate - for you viewing 'pleasure'
6/15/2001 09:18:04 AM
Cannabis shrinks cancer tumours - has there been a conspiracy to hide this?
6/14/2001 09:41:02 AM
Pocketpig - she draws what she eats with a palm pilot
6/13/2001 12:48:35 PM
Ionesco for kids - the Bald Prima Donna rendered in sock puppets
6/5/2001 09:31:54 AM
The Music of the Internet - converts your computer's IP address into a melody
6/3/2001 02:55:39 PM
Don't use these words - unless you want Echelon to spy on you
6/2/2001 01:40:38 PM
Man arrested at McDonalds - for saying Chicken McNuggets are shit
6/1/2001 09:19:38 AM
Zippy, George and Bungle for sale - Rainbow TV puppets expected to fetch £3,000 each.
5/31/2001 02:45:43 PM
Payola discovered in US radio once again - sad but not much of a surprise
5/30/2001 09:33:42 AM
Will Hertes prank letters - like the Henry Root letters but aimed at Disneyland, Ben & Jerry's etc
5/28/2001 09:09:16 AM
It's not what you think - bear with this one (MP3 music file)
5/26/2001 10:26:49 AM
Esquire publishes made-up story - about Michael Stipe of REM. Nobody notices.
5/25/2001 06:44:20 PM
FBI wiretap conversations - courtesy of the Smoking Gun
5/24/2001 06:15:01 PM
Pizza Hut announces it will deliver a pizza to space - obviously one of the few locations NOT outside their f***ing zone.
5/23/2001 03:12:09 PM
Am I Electable Or Not? - apologies for perepetuating this (I sense it's a thinly-veiled ad scam) but the Fantasy Cabinet is quite good.
5/22/2001 10:07:46 AM
Is this the end of independent online music? - Vivendi Universal buys MP3.com
5/21/2001 12:15:19 PM
Interviews 50 Cents - videos and text inviting American citizens to tell short life stories
5/19/2001 02:16:52 PM
Oh George Bush - with your drilling for oil in nature reserves, with your sponsorship from major polluting companies and your general corruption... you're such a crazy guy.
5/18/2001 06:40:11 PM
"The Dough" - Flash movie: says pretty much everything about the corporatisation of our planet.
5/17/2001 11:28:29 AM
Jon Ronson's - convincing investigation which suggests Timothy McVeigh was not acting alone in the Oklahoma bombing
5/16/2001 12:14:08 PM
Kadoum - art/music project translating heartbeats into sound via buckets of water and Nokia mobile phones
5/15/2001 11:34:49 AM
So long, and thanks for all the fish - RIP Douglas Adams, creator of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
5/13/2001 01:05:58 PM
PaperCDCase.com - type in an album name and it prints out a CD label for you. Almost certainly illegal, but brilliant. How long before someone sues 'em?
5/11/2001 11:05:08 PM
Gerbils used to sniff out drugs and bombs - this could be a joke, hard to tell.
5/10/2001 08:50:30 AM
BP makes £1.3 million AN HOUR in profits - or £355 a second. Nice.
5/9/2001 04:10:30 PM
Gore Vidal doesn't approve of the Oklahoma bombing but says if the bomber had blown up FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. at midnight when no one was in it, "you'd be a national hero."
5/8/2001 09:07:24 AM
ABC News - prouldy presents RealAudio files of a 1984 execution in Georgia, USA.
5/5/2001 11:28:58 AM
Adbusters - do it again with great footage of idiots scrambling for free cash
5/4/2001 11:22:55 AM
Lois Austin, 32 - "said she was held from 2pm to 9.30pm and had been supposed to collect her 11-month-old daughter from nursery at 5.30pm. When she asked to leave, she claimed a sergeant told her: 'You should have thought of that before you came.'"
5/3/2001 10:08:57 AM
More from the Guardian ...and yet more- "Two German tourists missed their flight home after being sealed in by police and refused permission to leave"
5/2/2001 09:26:34 AM
The Guardian's May Day coverage - is absolutely brilliant. "Officers are only supposed to (take pictures) when there are strong grounds to suspect a person has been involved in criminality."
5/2/2001 09:21:08 AM
According to a document leaked to the Guardian newspaper - the BBC will be "specifically looking out for violence, disorder and confrontations" at the protests today.
5/1/2001 10:16:11 AM
Militant Cyclists - exactly how riding a bike can be militant, I don't know. Perhaps not polluting the planet on your way to work is somehow militant. Anyway, solidarinosc to the (non-violent) anti-capitalist compatriots.
5/1/2001 10:06:56 AM
A school with no classes - and the students wear tie-die.
4/30/2001 09:43:20 AM
Advanced Kama Sutra - NB this is a 7mb movie file and not suitable for minors or the easily-offended.
4/29/2001 05:46:14 PM
This is what happens - when a group of 10 year olds are forced to listen to Guided by Voices
4/27/2001 09:10:41 AM
Pave France Now - aims to solve the European parking problem by moving the French to belgium and covering their motherland in asphalt.
4/26/2001 10:02:55 AM
It's TV Turn-off week - and I've already missed two days. Does using a computer count?
4/25/2001 09:04:09 AM
Is hacked computer code free speech? - here is the SDMI-cracking report that the American record industry wants to ban
4/23/2001 10:04:43 AM
The thing about protesting - is that policemen with laser-targetting rifles might try and shoot you in the crotch
4/23/2001 09:53:46 AM
Heartwarming tale involving Christmas tree-shaped car fragrance devices - this seems like a good approach to copyright disputes.
4/20/2001 01:34:37 PM
Laziness is good for you, scientist finds - is this the discovery of the century?
4/19/2001 11:38:11 AM
Mayday Monopoly - 'All you have to lose is your chain stores!' - a global day of action against capitalism
4/18/2001 03:36:24 PM
American spy plane crew interrogated at length - inbetween putting on spoof comedy plays and teaching captors the words to 'Hotel California'.
4/17/2001 12:24:35 PM
Happy Easter! - jpg image
4/14/2001 04:01:36 PM
Creator of the smiley face icon dies - a million ravers mourn. He was paid just $45 :(
4/13/2001 06:55:43 PM
Is this what Photoshop was created for? - Pop singers made to look fat
4/11/2001 10:34:16 AM
Downed Chinese pilot was a joker - claim the Americans - who once flashed a sign bearing his e-mail address at a rival airborne craft.
4/10/2001 01:24:56 PM
Australian floating euthanasia clinic - "Nitschke continues to hold workshops for terminally ill patients advising them how best they can kill themselves"
4/9/2001 11:17:04 AM
US Federal Communications Commission explains what is decent to broadcast and what is not. (PDF file)
4/8/2001 03:01:29 PM
The Masked Guitarist - see and hear this Fonoscope postcard
4/6/2001 12:06:37 PM
Alfayed.com - 'his life and beliefs'. This sweaty little Harrods man has his own site.
4/5/2001 12:51:49 PM
Kremlin Fried Chicken - the best sandwiches this side of St. Petersburg!
4/4/2001 02:38:48 PM
April Fool by Saddam's son taunts Iraqis - probably the second-nastiest thing he's ever done after persecuting those Kurds...
4/3/2001 06:44:56 PM
The famous Spaghetti Trees of Switzerland - in streaming Real Video from the BBC
4/1/2001 12:29:25 PM
Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies - for inspiration or lateral thinking during the creative process
3/31/2001 02:53:47 PM
Operation Dessert Storm - international month of "pie-rect" action
3/30/2001 11:59:49 PM
20 percent of US cafÈs are now run by Starbucks - isn't it great?! See this PDF for details on how wonderful Starbucks is.
3/29/2001 03:56:49 PM
Now this is peaceful protest- people chaining and even cementing themselves to train tracks to protest nuclear waste being shipped to Germany. They also played volleyball on the tracks.
3/28/2001 04:25:32 PM
The La - Z - Boy "Oasis" recliner - with massage, built-in phone and 'thermo-electric beverage cooler'. Perhaps it should have wheels as well...?
3/27/2001 01:20:20 PM
AOL bans time - workers at AOL's London office are being forced to remove their watches today
3/26/2001 12:47:14 PM
Nologo.org - the book now has its own Slashdot-style weblog/discussion site
3/25/2001 09:58:50 AM
Psychoexgirlfriend.com - not sure if this is genuine or not
3/24/2001 01:21:41 PM
Wesley Willis - I just had the good fortune to see this guy play. Take a listen to his MP3s and look at his beautiful drawings
3/23/2001 12:08:44 AM
India - back office for the world? - I'm in favour of third world countries developing rapidly, but can't help distrusting these examples of international call centres...
3/22/2001 12:39:37 PM
Amazoning the News - actually, why not Amazon the whole Web...
3/21/2001 01:31:15 PM
Please vote for this song - by Oxford band Amoniker. They asked so politely...
3/20/2001 06:21:57 PM
Sounds from Rainbow - the 80s TV show, not the prog rock band
3/19/2001 11:51:30 AM
Comic Relief - donate to charity via Web. Can't argue with this, except for all the pictures of Billy Connolly...
3/16/2001 09:24:18 AM
Payola goes legit - rumours that huge US radio chain to merge with pay-for-play record promoter. So you'll have to pay to get your song heard on their stations.
3/15/2001 11:30:25 AM
Buddyhead - proper gossip that puts Popbitch to shame. Check the rest of the site too.
3/14/2001 09:44:46 AM
Joey Skaggs - the prank genius has just announced his annual April Fool's day parade. Check the rest of his site too.
3/13/2001 04:27:29 PM
Am I Going Down? - A guide to your likelihood of dying in an air crash.
3/12/2001 11:10:33 AM
Go Hunter S. Thompson - at least we can trust someone in the media to say what he *really* thinks
3/11/2001 10:46:02 AM
Radio 4's Shipping Forecast in MP3 - the soothing voice which never fails to re-assure even in times of storm.
3/9/2001 10:19:00 AM
BottleMail- float a message off into the ether
3/9/2001 12:22:30 AM
NapAnon - 'a gathering place for homeless Napster addicts'
3/7/2001 10:02:34 PM
KPMG Consulting official corporate song - "We go for the gold, together we hold to our vision of global strategy."
3/6/2001 05:12:39 PM
Drugs companies blocking cheap AIDS medicine - oh, so you'd rather get rich than save these suffering Africans? What a surprise.
3/5/2001 12:04:08 PM
Napster to Start Filtering Songs - thousands and thousands of songs to be withdrawn. This is Download Weekend.
3/2/2001 10:41:19 PM
The Web Page from Hell - I should glean a few design tips from this... although I've already learned the lesson about using frames...
3/2/2001 12:24:16 AM
All Your Brand Are Belong to Us - at last a good use for this used meme. Culture jamming at its best.
3/1/2001 12:40:16 AM
Dome hamster fetches £3,000 - while the media amuse themselves with this comedy news, remember that the Dome, its contents and the land it's on has been stolen from us the people and will probably end up owned by some corporation. I bought a Body Zone pubic louse, by the way.
2/28/2001 09:28:14 AM
COMPAQ Tech Support - "Where is the ANY key?". Ugh.
2/27/2001 06:01:37 PM
End of online anonymity? - News of the World claims Government is examining "measures to ensure that all internet users are clearly identified and closer supervision of chatrooms"
2/26/2001 11:32:30 AM
Bonsai Kitten - I plan to learn this exquisite ancient art
2/24/2001 06:26:21 PM
Man Eating Baby Pic - apparently Scotland Yard and the FBI are investigating this. Don't they have anything better to do?
2/23/2001 02:52:49 PM
All your Base Are Belong to Us continued - sorry to do this to you all but this site is worth a look.
2/22/2001 10:53:08 AM
Are you a duclod? - hard to fathom university prank stretching back ten years
2/21/2001 12:46:30 PM
The Stanford Prison Experiment - in 1971, students and professors organised a simulated prison, ending it nine days early as volunteers showed signs of extreme stress
2/20/2001 09:26:36 AM
Celebriducks - scare children with bathtub ducks featuring the heads of Charlie Chaplin, The Queen, The Mona Lisa etc
2/19/2001 11:54:04 AM
Khoomei and Overtone Singing - video clips of this extraordinary art, where more than one note at a time is sung
2/18/2001 09:26:37 AM
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US - this meme's really doing the rounds.
2/17/2001 11:06:47 AM
the Telharmonium - an enormous musical instrument capable of transmitting performances down a phone line. In 1911.
2/16/2001 11:00:05 AM
Dome race back on - with Legacy losing 'preferred bidder' status perhaps there is some justice in this country.
2/15/2001 04:07:43 PM
The Napster Revolution and the Law - v. interesting interpretation of copyright
2/15/2001 09:05:14 AM
Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine.mp3 - definitive subtle, soulful version of the old classic.
2/14/2001 07:11:38 PM
Life as a human punching bag - Poverty-stricken Japanese man lets people hit him for 1,000 yen a minute.
2/13/2001 12:12:01 PM
Napster ruling only delays injunction - shutdown looks inevitable unless they can block all copyrighted files. But..erm.. you'll still be able to swap my 3 MP3s on Napster....
2/12/2001 11:57:30 PM
Will Napster shut down today? - court ruling approx 7.30pm GMT
2/12/2001 12:28:21 PM
Lego Porn - what the Internet was made for, surely.
2/11/2001 06:19:45 PM
Drunk driver sues boss for boozy party - follows story of crack addict who sued drug dealer...
2/10/2001 07:28:57 PM
Girl sends death threats to herself via AOL chat - AOL's bad, but not *that bad*...
2/9/2001 11:42:34 AM
Telephone Sounds - phone error messages from across the USA and the world in streaming RealAudio
2/8/2001 09:32:02 AM
Anti-globalisation protesters "make me want to vomit" - says Michael Moore, head of the World Trade Organisation. Which is funny, since *he* makes *me* want to vomit, too.
2/7/2001 08:32:29 AM
Smashing Peanuts - the demise of Mr. Corgan & co drawn in the style of Schultz
2/6/2001 02:37:11 PM
Culture Jammers Unite - order a shoe from Nike's custom sneaker site requesting the special ID 'Sweatshop'
2/5/2001 09:53:20 AM
US Government glossary of narcotics street terms - 'Aunt Nora'= cocaine, 'Whiffledust'= ecstasy. May I suggest a new term, Bushpowder...
2/4/2001 03:51:38 PM
Groundhog Day - apologies: I'm a day late on this one. Or am I? Watch Punxsutawney Phil's stunning insights in streaming video.
2/3/2001 12:02:00 PM
Pica - "is an abnormal craving for non-food substances such as pebbles, trash, tabs from soda cans, string and cigarette butts"
2/2/2001 09:29:33 AM
Battlestar Galactica - *this* is how they did that robotic dog thing. Ugh.
2/1/2001 11:34:07 AM
Canadian World Domination - Future Territory - I know this will please quite a few of you...
1/31/2001 11:22:29 AM
Rear Entry - disgruntled former Amazon employee claims to break into his old offices
1/30/2001 11:27:03 AM
Geographical Tube Map - Have London Underground been lying to us all this time?
1/28/2001 01:47:36 PM
Etoy sues eToys for copyright infringement - the art 'corporation' might just succeed in closing the Net toy giant down. Justice?
1/27/2001 09:10:08 AM
Kowloon - band who also played last night. I don't trust 'em.
1/26/2001 11:57:30 AM
Go here now - and send a message via laser to the leaders of the World Economic Forum. I suggest: 'Is Economic 'progress' Killing the Planet'?
1/25/2001 10:22:19 AM
Head teacher kisses pig to keep promise to students - read right to the end.
1/24/2001 01:42:00 PM
The Holy Land Experience - Christian theme park to open in Orlando. No Jesus Coaster, though, as yet...
1/23/2001 11:27:13 AM
Jellybath.com - you too can bathe in jelly.
1/22/2001 12:50:33 PM
The Transformers - apparently, scientists have *just decided* that the next generation of robots will transform from one shape to another.
1/21/2001 06:45:17 PM
I Surrender, Dear - 'A controversial new book argues that an acquiescent wife is the key to a happy marriage'... as does a dead wife, presumably. Demeaning, anyone?
1/20/2001 03:47:40 PM
Found Diary - a little like my found objects but even more voyeuristic. Or is it a Blair Witch-style hoax?
1/19/2001 01:33:02 AM
MPs vote for total ban on hunting - at last they've seen fit to end this cruel 'sport', but no doubt those barbaric aged cronies in the House of Lords will overturn the ruling.
1/17/2001 11:11:45 PM
Who's Wants To Be A Millionaire (again) - The Backstreet Boys will take part in a televised 'battle of wits' against Metallica's Lars Ulrich. Eurgh.
1/16/2001 03:55:54 PM
Scientists link eye cancer to mobile phones - ten years from now, expect blind and deaf yuppies with hand, head and hip growths...
1/16/2001 12:51:47 AM
Seminal punk band Crass - need your help saving their country house.
1/15/2001 05:09:33 AM
soulXchange - 'lets you sell your soul and buy other people's souls'
1/12/2001 03:29:29 PM
Gallup Poll - four out of five Americans know Earth revolves around Sun. Well, thank God for that...
1/11/2001 08:29:32 AM
Æôark - 'Since U.S. corporations are by law U.S. citizens, it should be possible to marry one...'
1/9/2001 09:56:39 AM
Enough to drive even imperialist capitalist pigs mad: first check out this site, next visit this one and finally, for a full explanation, visit this one
1/8/2001 11:20:31 AM
Boong-Ga - 'This is a fun game of spanking the people that make your life miserable'.
1/7/2001 11:33:27 AM
The Evidence - George 'Dubya' Bush is in fact a robot.
1/6/2001 01:00:34 PM
Anonymous monolith found in Seattle park - well, it is 2001 now....
1/5/2001 11:42:47 AM
Ananova News - Man calls fire brigade to light cigarette
1/4/2001 11:57:09 AM
Black-Market-Babies.com - Select the baby's look: 'If you choose an incompatible combination, such as yellow skin/blue eyes, we must add $3000 for dyeing'
1/3/2001 11:49:20 AM
Save Blogger! - technology providers for this weblog need our cash now. They deserve it.
1/3/2001 11:44:10 AM
17 year old schoolboy intern saves company - creates entire web strategy, is offered head of marketing job
12/29/2000 08:38:36 AM
George Monbiot, The Guardian - 'The modern industrial economy works like this: resources are dug from a hole in the ground on one side of the planet, used for a few weeks, then dumped in a hole on the other side of the planet'
12/28/2000 05:07:49 PM
World's longest fingernails for sale - 'not using his left hand has killed off vital nerves and left him deaf in one ear...'
12/27/2000 10:38:25 AM
Santa stolen! - bones taken by Italy, now Turkey wants them back. And here's me thinking he's still alive...
12/25/2000 03:12:45 AM
My Life as a Celebrity Scientologist
