Archives for June 2000
On Chain Letters... (June 29, 2000) Ha. I'm starting a chain letter. I wonder if it will work. If you want to read it, e-mail me and I'll send it to you....
Odds and ends of news... (June 29, 2000) This would be very cool if it were true. Is it true? I haven't really been talking about what's been going on in my life at all for the last couple of weeks. After seeing Max again, my composure...
Which new TLDs would you like to see? (June 28, 2000) So after my long and expressive tract of yesterday, it's time to ask your opinions: Which new TLDs (Top Level Domains) would you like to see on the net? And feel free to add your own ideas......
In which ICANN consider new TLDs... (June 27, 2000) So ICANN are considering new top-level domains for the web - to which we can only breathe a sigh of relief and pray to god that the new ones will be both functional and worthy of getting excited over. People...
I am proud to be a dumb shit... (June 27, 2000) Say it loud and say it often: "I am proud to be a dumb shit" [courtesy of boylog's anti-smoking section]...
Assembler.org goes live... (June 26, 2000) The new assembler.org has gone live, and very good it is too (now with downloadable DHTML scrolling code)....
Working on a dumb project with Katy... (June 25, 2000) I am working on a not so secret project with young Katy. I'm not going into details yet, but it's a little tiny fun site which we are going to do for a laugh. I'm going to stick it on...
On Pottery Barn, Friends and Advertising... (June 24, 2000) Do you remember that episode of Friends where Rachel is obsessed by the Pottery Barn? Well when I first saw it I thought to myself - hmmm, what a strange premise for an episode. And because we don't even have...
On Adding Functionality to Blogger... (June 23, 2000) On 23/6/00 3:16 pm, Matthew Kingston at hit_or_miss_org@hotmail.com wrote: Tom- You use Blogger for your weblog, right? I'm wondering if you've seen my "Blogger Comments Manifesto" (http://hit-or-miss.org/blogger_comments/) and have any thoughts about Blogger and comment systems. Matt of hit-or-miss.org On...
In which Derek quits webloggia... (June 23, 2000) Newsflash: Powazek Quits Weblogging. While in an unrelated, but nonetheless relevant counterpoint, Mark has said: "I didn't do it for myself, I didn't do it for you, I did it because I had to. I am Batman."...
Murder Portal E-Business Venture Update... (June 22, 2000) kitsch bitch......
Sexy thoughts on my new mac... (June 22, 2000) Barbelith is now brought to you via a G4 400, 192Mb RAM, DVD drive, TV card, Zip Drive, 17" Studio Monitor, Kritter USB webcam, OS9. Long live the Mac Revolution....
On a web-based intermediary for hit-men... (June 21, 2000) Katy and I have just had a great idea for a new money-making venture targetting a completely underexploited section of the e-marketplace - professional hitmen and the criminally violent. The idea is just like that in Strangers on a Train,...
On Mark's Barbelith dream... (June 19, 2000) Sometimes Mark just does the coolest things (and of course, if he got himself permalinks, we could treasure them forever, instead of being forced to quote them at length): barbelith dream by Mark Olynciw I was an Englander, born and...
Vile Stick-Insect Ally McBeal... (June 18, 2000) Today's briefing is brought to you through the tremendous power of absolute and total denial. The day has been filled with all the activities that help me distract myself from bad stuff around me. These include: Chocolate, Random Sex, Music,...
On Anti-Advertising... (June 18, 2000) I'm really keen on anti-advertising. I wonder occasionally if I should try to persuade my boss to run banners for really creative sites as house ads instead of some of the dubiously designed ones that we currently run. I wonder...
I feel cold, cruel, hollow, vengeful and partially dead... (June 17, 2000) I have written and rewritten this post about thirty times, and every time it sounds too flippant. So I'm not going to bother writing anything detailed or in depth. Fuck it. I feel like someone slid the hook from "I...
PC Format feature on weblogging... (June 16, 2000) Thanks to Dan at Daily Doozer, who has scanned all of the PCFormat feature on weblogging. Read away......
Webloggers in PC Format... (June 15, 2000) Wise up, UK webloggers, and get yourself a copy of PCFormat. Picture the scene - I'm sitting at my desk, pretending to do work and sending my boss cartoons involving kiwi birds being chopped up into little bits and stuck...
Beautiful design found through referral logs... (June 15, 2000) Finally, a piece of beautiful design found through my referrers log: rupture.co.uk......
My 100 Favourite Albums Ever... (June 14, 2000) Having thought about it carefully, I have decided that lists like "the best albums of the 90s" are mildly pointless (if endlessly diverting). But that doesn't matter surely? They are interesting exercises, and so without apology or explanation here is...
Metafilter madness... (June 13, 2000) Wow. People can get really heated about stuff can't they? Metafilter madness....
The evolving role of weblogs... (June 12, 2000) I am going to respond to Jason Kottke's comments about weblogs in full shortly. In the meantime here are a few thoughts on the matter: Jason Kottke has inspired me to work on the web more than anyone except perhaps...
Some current design favourites... (June 12, 2000) Current weblogging design favourites: wetlog, public weblog, magnetbox, keithbrown.com, tame.net, Web Therapy, Confessions of a Wannabe Actor, underachievers.com....
In which Tom introduces Max to Peter... (June 11, 2000) Sometimes, when I'm out with people and I'm misbehaving and being mischievous, I really feel like I'm on a roll. But not a good roll. Instead, one of those uncontrollable rolls that aircraft have which subsequently turns into a spin...
Meeting new webloggers... (June 11, 2000) I went to the UK webloggers meet this afternoon with Katy (who also writes a goodly amount about the experience). It's a pity that I wasn't more in a mood to party, as it was really quite fun. Special kudos...
Numbers that I own... (June 10, 2000) I own 9, 13, 16, 22, 28, 42, 43, 46, 56, 57, 63, 64, 77 & 96, but I think there are a few that are REALLY missing... [via prol]...
Katy's complete disaster? (June 10, 2000) Katy is not always as supportive as she might be. For god's sake, my dear, there's no reason that it should be a complete disaster....
Self-immolation is for girls... (June 10, 2000) I think I've done a bad thing. Peter wanted to go out for a drink this evening, and I said yes. Then I suggested that Sean might like to come along. Peter said yes [who the hell is Peter]. Sean...
On Contrasts.net... (June 10, 2000) I don't know, maybe sometimes I do go over the top. Who can tell? Contrasts.net?...
On Boylog... (June 9, 2000) So, anyway, I went to this weblog called BoyLOG this morning, and the first thing I did was jump into blogger and write a slightly snarky comment. I think I was still reeling from this TV program on yesterday which...
Flow, Clog and Reflex... (June 8, 2000) I have contracted one of those unpleasantly dehabilitating cold virus things that makes your nose fill with sticky stretchy green goo that means that you have to sleep on your back so that it "flows" down rather than clogging up...
Posing for Jezebel's Mirror... (June 8, 2000) Now featured at Jezebel's Mirror Project: Me, Evil Nick and Katy poncing around in a dance studio in the O2 Centre, Finchley Road......
A simple riddle, solved... (June 7, 2000) Christ, Kerry, these things are getting easier and easier. [I won't link to him (for a couple of days - see down the page), but go and check out www.riothero.com for the riddle in question] Anyway - this one took...
It's not an edict. Sheesh. (June 7, 2000) It's not an edict. Sheesh. Anyway - okay, I'll link to you on the condition that you DON'T LINK TO MARK (just for a couple of days!): zippyblog......
This man rules the world... (June 7, 2000) I swear to god, this man rules the world......
A Campaign for a Better Blog... (June 7, 2000) Mark at www.riothero.com (notice the absence of link) said: "I hope you see that this ISN'T like high school. I DON'T go to less popular weblogs and laugh... I DON'T pull Tom's [Ed: ME!] pants down and whisper 'Ner Ner...
Getting the answer to the riddle... (June 7, 2000) I've had loads of people sending me the answer to the riddle I posted a couple of days back. Most of you got it right. For those of you who didn't and who still want to know the answer, wander...
Surely there is room to be frivolous about the church? (June 6, 2000) I have read Bertrand Russell on Christianity. I am familiar with the range of argumentation. I am well read in Gay and Lesbian Studies and Queer Theory. I am more than capable of forming a decent argument. But frankly, I...
What's going on with the relationship stuff? (June 4, 2000) I got an e-mail. It reads as follows: "I understand you have to be careful who reads what but the main (though part of a huge) reason I check your site is to see how things are going on the...
Barbelites beat Riotheroes... (June 4, 2000) Everyone is doing terribly well on the whole riddle thing. Yay Barbelith regulars. You've whupped the ass of riothero's readers!...
On buying plasticbag.org... (June 4, 2000) So the secret's out [thanks sja] - I have registered and paid for plasticbag.org (don't go there yet though because there isn't anything up). I'm interested in people's opinions on it. After the other two going in about twenty minutes...
Kerry's riddle... (June 4, 2000) Kerry is becoming quite ubiquitous. I quoted him a couple of days ago, and now, Mark at Riothero is quoting him as well. I promised Kerry that I'd set up a weblog for him on my server, and I still...
What a waste of time... (June 4, 2000) This would be a really interesting literate science fiction quiz if it wasn't for one simple fact. You answer a question, it tells you that you're wrong, and then when you check the answers, it thinks you have put down...
On moving to a new domain name... (June 3, 2000) I've bought a new domain name, and the barbelith weblog will shortly be moving over to it. Only it won't be called barbelith any more (duh!). In the meantime, service may be a little sporadic. Bear with me in this...
Whup Dan Hon's ass... (June 3, 2000) Someone needs to whup the ass of the Daily Doozer. In the meantime, ask the Magic Eight Ball some questions of your own......
A huge loan arrangement... (June 1, 2000) I'm absolutely terrified that this article: AppleInsider -An Exclusive Inside Look at Adobe Photoshop 6 will be the final straw that forces me to go out and buy myself a Mac on some kind of huge loan arrangement....
Neonlit gets picked up by Yahoo's Pick of the Week... (June 1, 2000) I'm delighted to report that Neonlit, which I have been running for Time Out, has just been selected as a Pick of the Week by Yahoo. And it's a particularly good week to visit as well, as it includes a...
On Atesque's redesign... (June 1, 2000) I'm really interested in Atesque's redesign - it's got that wonderful ordered madness feel to it. Feels like an punk or metal album cover. Something with a lot of energy in it......
