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 - 'Scientologists are smarter than Christians. Christians only have one book to sell...'
12/23/2000 10:24:43 AM
Jelly Baby Mutilations - someone report these abusers now.
12/22/2000 12:17:17 PM
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa Claus - let's blow him out of the skies!
12/22/2000 01:43:14 AM
Amazon User Page for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos - "for a product this expensive they should pre-install the neck strap for you"
12/20/2000 12:51:55 PM
'All of the Dead' - 'The World's First Lego Video Nasty!'
12/19/2000 12:32:46 PM
Ananova - Rapper "Eminem" Dies in Car Accident - except that he's still alive... blame those hoaxing hackerz
12/18/2000 11:43:57 AM
Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne Most striking is Pooh Bear's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), inattentive subtype.
12/17/2000 11:48:04 AM
Dolphinsex.org - 'my current mate is a dolphin who lives in the harbor of my resident city.' 'Cuddle them, rub them, talk to them and most importantly, show them you love them... Like a way of saying that this wasn't just a one-night fling.'
12/9/2000 11:33:22 AM
World's Oldest Recorded Music - MP3s of Thomas Edison's wax cylinder recordings
12/8/2000 08:46:59 AM
Thundercats Outtakes - MP3 files of Lion-O and Panthro. Note: may destroy your childhood innocence.
12/7/2000 11:46:47 AM
BBC instructs staff on using revolving doors - only employing the finest these days. See also BBC's reply to autograph hunter: 'NUTTER, polite fob off, no autograph'.
12/5/2000 02:35:35 PM
Anorexic and Bulimic Rec Room - now this is *seriously disturbing* ...
12/16/2000 02:06:24 PM
STOP CLOWN PORN NOW! - for all those who indulge in a little prawnography.
12/15/2000 09:15:07 AM
Bill Gates is dead - kind of....
12/13/2000 11:11:57 AM
Britney Spears - has been hailed a saint by the Church of England because she is 'a great ambassador for virginity.' The singer collected her plaudit wearing silver hotpants and a rubber boob-tube.
12/12/2000 11:52:07 AM
Download The Internet - why wait for those individual pages when you can download it in one go?
12/11/2000 06:58:31 PM
Impotence expert states that a man's hands or feet is no guide to the size of his penis. Thank God.... The news we small-foots were waiting to hear.
12/10/2000 10:41:14 PM
pacifier.jpg - a quite horrific new direction for conceptual art.
12/4/2000 03:55:58 PM
Britain writes off third world debt - wonderful news and an achievement for Jubilee 2000. But surely not a pre-election tactic from Chancellor Gordon Brown...?
12/3/2000 07:07:57 PM
In observance of World Aids Day, time to think about the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS. Visit The Terrence Higgins Trust; discuss on the message board
12/1/2000 12:59:49 AM
Libraries! - why would anyone PAY for a book when it's accessible FOR FREE?!
11/29/2000 10:06:33 AM
David Blaine incarcerates himself in ice - if it's anything like his usual tricks, this is phoney as anything and already done to death by the Masked Magician.
11/28/2000 01:29:14 PM
Online Music Awards - you may have heard that Radiohead won, but did you know that my site came 81st out of 2200 (just below Mansun and the Manics' official sites and above The Crocketts')...? Thanks to you all.
11/27/2000 12:55:51 PM
Japanese Engrish - 'the little part which suffocates when the sharp part which gets hurt is swallowed'
11/26/2000 01:32:45 AM
Hats of Meat, beef wigs etc - yes, they also arrange 'meat-ups'...
11/24/2000 06:38:37 PM
Pop mogul Jonathan King charged - after allegations of male child sex abuse. Makes me wonder about comments on my "model-like good looks" in King's TipSheet magazine. Seriously, though, let's hope for everyone that the claims are false.
11/24/2000 11:41:01 AM
Admiral Ackbar For President - could the solution to American election crisis be this amphibious crustacean?
11/23/2000 10:34:20 PM
The Weakest Link MP3 remix - place your bids for novelty Christmas single...
11/23/2000 05:46:48 PM
BBC Test Cards - fascinating.
11/22/2000 10:27:28 AM
Physics for bored commuters - detailing one of the most annoying conundrums of modern life: the phantom traffic jam. Learn, fools.
11/20/2000 11:13:10 PM
Suicide Kit - disturbing Christmas gift concept created by an artist who claims to be just 13 years old.
11/19/2000 08:54:31 PM
Williamson's Tunnels - a rich landowner in the 1800s who, for no real reason, paid people to build tunnels under Liverpool.
11/18/2000 6:57:42 PM
New Crispy Snack Cracker To Ease Crushing Pain Of Modern Life
11/17/2000 8:17:20 PM
huge.jpg - brings a whole new meaning to the expression "big cat".
11/17/2000 7:59:49 PM
Internet Sex Photos - but with the bodies removed
11/16/2000 3:22:19 PM
Like Victor Kiam, P.Y. Gerbeau says he will buy the Millennium Dome himself if it doesn't get sold. Read related thought
11/15/2000 7:28:11 PM
George Harrison fights off violent attacker using metaphysical religous exhortations:
"I shouted at him 'Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna'".
11/14/2000 11:17:27 PM
Amazon - their version of the Florida ballot card. Jakob Nielsen must be having a field day.
11/14/2000 9:13:48 AM
Paul Lansky - electronic composer whose mild und leise was sampled by Radiohead on "Kid A"
11/13/2000 7:59:08 PM
Napster web search - download tracks from anywhere without the app
11/13/2000 11:05:19 AM
The Droplift Project- going into record stores and *leaving* CDs for other people to buy.
11/13/2000 10:51:11 AM
Florida ballot form just follow the arrow...
11/12/2000 10:40:25 PM
Dan Rather: "If a frog had side pockets, he'd carry a handgun" - US political commentary reaches its nadir
11/12/2000 10:34:14 PM
