B-List Archive
September 2002
Postings to the B-List.
Subject: B-List: Rate My Kitten / Save Sheeba
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:38:50 +0930
Rate My Kitten
< http://www.ratemykitten.com/ >
* Top 20
< http://www.ratemykitten.com/?q=gallery >
* Bottom 20
< http://www.ratemykitten.com/?q=bottom >
Molly - One of my favourites:
< http://www.ratemykitten.com/?kitten=10540 >
Mr. Scrumpy - One nasty looking cat:
< http://www.ratemykitten.com/?kitten=24309 >
----
Save Sheeba
< http://www.islandseven.com/savesheeba/ >
A parody of Save Karyn. The first of many?
Subject: B-List: Gross-Out Time
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:58:36 +0930
1. "Burp, ffffft, flick... Survey shows how gross we are"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_657856.html >
2. "Fried Spiders: Crispy and Gooey"
< http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=humannews&StoryID=1402352 >
3. "Sask. woman collects nearly 40,000 grasshopper to win Elton John tickets"
< http://www.canada.com/news/story.asp?id={0E521884-8898-4E0F-AFC6-B9E22E735B97} >
4. "Ten most dangerous foods to eat while driving"
< http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/weird_news/3962439.htm >
"'Drivers beware': The ten most dangerous foods to eat while driving"
< http://www.hagerty.com/about_news_article.asp?PR=04/29/2002 >
5. "Restaurants ban 'Big Eater'"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_657480.html >
6. "Orchestra plays with its food"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_661750.html >
Subject: B-List: Mobile Phone Stories
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:47:04 +0930
1. "Why do cell phones make us stupid?"
< http://www.msnbc.com/news/800979.asp?cp1=1 >
2. "Islanders vote against mobile phones"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_656012.html >
3. "Hush-Hush Hooray, Says NYC"
< http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54608,00.html >
4. "Mobile phones, shorts and mini-skirts banned by Lithuanian parliament"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_663878.html >
5. "Where's Felix? Just Track Him on the Mobile..."
< http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=humannews&StoryID=1365320 >
6. "Bark twice for bear - hunting dogs get mobile phones"
< http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/26782.html >
Subject: B-List: Having A Ball
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:22:16 +0930
1. "Man waiting to see if giant rubber ball will bounce"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_657069.html >
2. OrigamiBoulder.com
< http://www.origamiboulder.com/ >
3. Battle of the bra balls
* The BraBall
< http://www.braball.com/ >
* Big Giant Bra Ball
< http://www.nicolinosbraball.com/ >
4. "Who's On First" (Sketch by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello)
< http://www.squarewheels.com/content2/whoonfirst.html >
5. "Soccer ball lands on hot air balloon"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_666806.html >
6. "Boy tries to remove marble from brother's ear"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_666319.html >
Subject: B-List: l33t-speak / Tsunamii.Net Crush Server
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:56:52 +0930
A. L34rn h0w to 5pe@K l33+
1. "How to speak like a cyber freak" or "h0W t0 $P3AK l1k3 4 cYBEr Fr3@K"
< http://www.planetquake.com/turkey/l33t_a.htm >
2. The Official L337-English Translation Resource
< http://www.cscentral.com/features/l33t/ >
3. L33t-5p34K G3n3r@t0r v3r510N 0.6 [l33t-Speak Generator]
< http://www.geocities.com/mnstr_2000/translate.html >
4. English to L33t Translation
< http://home.olemiss.edu/~dpark/l33t.html >
5. l33t naminator
< http://www.gamespy.com/naminator/ >
B. The Tsunamii.Net Crush Server
< http://www.tsunamii.net/3p52.htm >
Alpha 3.5 is a webserver which will crush itself, on 12 September
1900 hours (7pm) GMT (ie London time). Adelaide is 9 and a half
hours ahead of GMT.
To convert time, try "Time Zone Converter"
< http://www.timezoneconverter.com/ >
The Crush server - webcam, countdown:
< http://195.195.81.5/ >
Subject: B-List: Stories about Judges and Drivers
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:18:11 +0930
1. "'Wash out foul mouths' says judge"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2192763.stm >
2. "Greek judge banishes women from his court after hearing insult"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_670347.html >
3. "Irish judge says slow drivers are idiots"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_664468.html >
< http://www.rte.ie/news2/2002/0905/motorist.html >
4. "Research says BMW drivers are rudest on road"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_664727.html >
5. "Police Investigate Rodent in a Roadster"
< http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=humannews&StoryID=1423380 >
"Hamster found driving toy racing car on seafront"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_665496.html >
"Speedy the racing hamster gets new home - but without car"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_668658.html >
Subject: B-List: Halfbakery
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:13:45 +0930
Halfbakery
< http://www.halfbakery.com/ >
"The Halfbakery is a communal database of original, fictitious
inventions, edited by its users. It was created by people who
like to speculate, both as a form of satire and as a form of
creative expression."
* Browse recent additions
< http://www.halfbakery.com/index-recent-by-date.html >
* View top ten
< http://www.halfbakery.com/index-top10.html >
* Random half-baked idea
< http://www.halfbakery.com/random-idea.html >
* Search for ideas
< http://www.halfbakery.com/search.html >
Some selections:
* Fake management-speak
< http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Fake_20management-speak#1028082273 >
* Bizarre metaphors
< http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Use_20Bizarre_20Metaphors >
* Cat ejection pack
< http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Cat_20Ejection_20Pack#1032224549 >
* McDollar
< http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/McDollar#1019678135 >
* Telephone music selection
< http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/telephone_20music_20selection#1008575111 >
* Waiting party line
< http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/waiting_20party_20line#988916643 >
Subject: B-List: House Ideas
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:54:45 +0930
1. The Sopranos - Home Design Page
< http://www.sopranohomedesign.com/ >
2. "US pair auction home with a difference"
< http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s679253.htm >
3. "60-foot water tower for sale as des res"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_664973.html >
4. "California tree-house couple told to get out"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_664022.html >
5. "Overclocked House Needs Extreme Cooling"
< http://bbspot.com/News/2002/08/house.html >
6. "Hermit-in-residence heads for weekend of solitude"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_675105.html >
7. "Oops! Bulldozer Rams Wrong Florida Home"
< http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=humannews&StoryID=1398846 >
8. "Plans for giant body building in Amsterdam"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_671416.html >
Subject: B-List: A Couple of Political Observations
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:13:56 +0930
All this lovey-dovey stuff between George Dubya, Tony Blair and
John Howard reminds me of a piece by the Dead Kennedys. You need
to hear the song for the full effect, but here are the words:
< http://www.lyricsdomain.com/lyrics/8166/ >
Note that it is a parody of a phone conversation between a US official
and the Prime Minister of the UK. At the time Ronald Reagan was US
President and Margaret Thatcher was UK Prime Minister. The Soviets
may be gone, but most of the song still seems eerily familiar.
----
Philip K. Dick (author of stories behind Blade Runner, Minority Report) -
Notes on "Oh to be a Blobel!"
< http://www.philipkdick.com/pkdweb/Oh%20To%20Be%20A%20Blobel.htm >
"Hitler had once said that the true victory of the Nazis would be to
force its enemies, the United States in particular, to become like
the Third Reich -- i.e. a totalitarian society -- in order to win.
Hitler, then, expected to win even in losing. As I watched the
American military-industrial complex grow after World War Two I
kept remembering Hitler's analysis, and I kept thinking how right
the son of a b# was. We had beaten Germany, but both the U.S. and
the U.S.S.R were getting more and more like the Nazis with their
huge police systems every day."
Subject: B-List: Quatloos! - Cyber-Museum of Scams and Frauds
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:59:11 +0930
Quatloos! -- Cyber-Museum of Scams and Frauds
< http://www.quatloos.com/ >
"This website seeks to educate you about certain types of financial
frauds, how these deals really work, and how you can manage your
risk of financial fraud...".
News, commentary, forums, links.
Examines some of the on-line scams and frauds, eg:
* Advance Fee Fraud
* Nigerian 4-1-9 Scam
as well as long-standing scams like Multi-Level Marketing.
Not just informative, the site has some humorous sections such as
"The Brad Christensen Exhibit":
< http://www.quatloos.com/brad-c/directory01.htm >
"Brad Christensen fights back by conning the con men. With humor
and imagination as his weapons, Christensen preyed on the scammers'
abundant supply of greed and ignorance..."
Example exchanges:
* Dr Elvis
< http://www.quatloos.com/brad-c/elvis.htm >
* The Senator's Beach Pledge
< http://www.quatloos.com/brad-c/musa.htm >
B!?