B-List Archive
March/April 2003
Postings to the B-List.
Subject: B-List: Steve Bell Cartoons
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:58:32 +0930
Steve Bell is cartoonist with The Guardian in the UK. Here a
are a couple of his recent cartoons:
* Blair and Bush's vision thing
< http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,7371,913211,00.html >
* The UN's relationship with the US
< http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,7371,918058,00.html >
If you like his stuff, you can view more online at:
< http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/archive/stevebell/0,7371,337764,00.html >
"Violence is the last resort of the incompetent"
- Isaac Asimov, 'Foundation'
Subject: B-List: April Fool's Day Hoaxes
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 08:05:32 +0930
Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time
< http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/top100.html >
April Fools' Special: History's Hoaxes
< http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/03/0331_030401_aprilfool.html >
Subject: B-List: Word Power
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:02:29 +0930
1. "Top Ten Word Lists of 2002 Announced by yourDictionary.com"
< http://www.yourdictionary.com/about/topten2002.html >
2. "Trendy terms sneak into language"
< http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s686181.htm >
3. "'Bling bling' makes English dictionary"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_765279.html >
4. "'Bushisms' make university's banned list"
< http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/01/01/banned.bushisms.reut/index.html >
5. "Wordsmiths take aim on Bush's assault on English language"
< http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s763814.htm >
Word of the Week: Floccinaucinihilipilification
< http://www.quinion.com/words/weirdwords/ww-flo2.htm >
"The action or habit of judging something to be worthless."
Subject: B-List: Name Changes and Other Names in the News
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 07:58:33 +0930
1. "National guardman changed his name to a toy"
< http://wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=3828 >
2. "Man changes surname to protest war"
< http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/03/28/53290-ap.html >
3. "Norway's Saddam changes name"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2908255.stm >
4. "New name for man sick of sausage jibes"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_764034.html >
5. "Tiddleywink gets new name signs"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_752182.html >
6. "Bridge name dispute turns ugly"
< http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s767590.htm >
7. "Mr Jack Ass sues US show"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_734962.html >
8. "Man with 'offensive' name refused passport"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_762764.html >
Subject: B-List: celebdaq, Hollywood SX and Virtual SX
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:03:00 +0930
1. celebdaq - celebrity stock exchange
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/celebdaq/ >
"CELEBDAQ is a celebrity share-trading game - buy and sell 'shares'
in listed celebrities. Every week, the shares you own will pay out
a dividend, depending on how much press coverage those celebrities
received."
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/celebdaq/trade.cgi?about=1 >
Market lists
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/celebdaq/trade.cgi?showIssues=1 >
Current market leaders ...
+ Pops: Ms Dynamite (who?) £16.55
+ Movies: Catherine Zeta Jones £5.93
+ Sports: David Beckham £7.74
+ Others: Prince Charles £13.36
2. Hollywood Stock Exchange
< http://www.hsx.com/ >
"Buy shares of your favorite actors and their new movies and watch
their values rise or fall based on their success. Stocks soar with
a blockbuster opening at the box office and plummet with a bomb no
one went to see."
< http://www.hsx.com/about/whatishsx.htm >
Current Top Moviestock:
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King H$236.64
Current Top Starbond:
M. Night Shyamalan (Director: The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable) H$118.10
3. VirtualStockExchange
< http://www.virtualstockexchange.com/ >
A more traditional stock market simulator.
"Build and manage a virtual portfolio - conduct market, stop and limit
orders on the actual NYSE and NASDAQ securities."
----
Related articles
1. "The fame game"
< http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/02/nceleb02.xml >
2 "Stockmarket getting you down? Then let's pretend!"
< http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/02/08/cmceleb08.xml >
Subject: B-List: Electioneering
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:56:31 +0930
1. "Pop Idol set for politics?"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2944173.stm >
2. "Harry Ivanovich Potter to run for Russian governor"
< http://in.news.yahoo.com/030302/137/21p65.html >
3. "Saddam and Donald Duck get Finnish votes"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_761837.html >
4. "Rabindra Reang wins election... against Rabindra Reang"
< http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s796145.htm >
5. "Woman, 103, bidding to enter politics in Norway"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_766061.html >
6. "Belgian mayor sets up Department of Tenderness"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_764985.html >
7. "Politicians debate whether to employ cat to catch mice"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_761872.html >
8. "Portillo takes on check-out role"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2939843.stm >
9. "Dumont overshadowed by marriage proposal"
< http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/04/09/61359-cp.html >
10. "Wild elephants threaten election in Indian state"
< http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s782051.htm >
11. "Cynics to get the vote?"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2190112.stm >
Subject: B-List: Happy Easter
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 08:19:28 +0930
Wishing you all have a happy and safe Easter break.
A site offering free cards and virtual Easter eggs:
< http://www.marlo.com/easter.htm >
Easter Egg Hunt:
< http://funnygreetings.com/egghunt.htm >
Subject: B-List: Driven To Distraction
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:06:05 +0930
Driving is a very relaxing activity for me. Not! I notice lots of
bad driving, and I definitely need to listen to soothing classical
music to keep my blood pressure from rising. Just yesterday this
guy in a Lancer was ducking and weaving in traffic without indicating.
Then, at the traffic lights, he had his left foot on the dash next
to the left-hand passenger window.
1. "Woman motorist runs into mooning rugby player"
< http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2384707a11,00.html >
2. "Fast music linked to car crashes"
< http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/cars/article.jsp?id=99992032&sub=Designing%20for%20safety >
3. "Back-seat drivers are biggest cause of in-car road rage"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_765844.html >
4. "Driver awarded for accident free motoring had no licence"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_771157.html >
5. "Austrian in hospital after running himself over"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_766331.html >
6. "Cops put brakes on high rollers: Arrests, tickets mark start
of notorious coast-to-coast race"
< http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/04/18/BA272954.DTL&type=printable >
7. "I-94 driver fowls out as turkey crashes into windshield"
< http://www.leadertelegram.com/story.asp?id=25056 >
8. "Flying moose lands on car's roof"
< http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=496559 >
9. "Shopper returns to find fighter jet on top of her car"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_757950.html >
10. "For Motorist, Haste Makes Chased"
< http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-lichas173240912apr17.story >
Subject: B-List: Some Modern-day Maladies
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:53:05 +0930
1. "Email 'becomes huge burden' to computer users"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_771499.html >
2. "Study: Spell-check can worsen writing"
< http://www.etni.org.il/news/spellcheck.htm >
3. PowerPoint is Evil
"Ban It Now! Friends Don't Let Friends Use PowerPoint"
< http://www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,1640,9265,00.html >
"PowerPointless"
< http://www.citypaper.com/2001-03-28/cyber.html >
"The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation"
< http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/index.htm >
4. "Office workers give away passwords for a cheap pen"
< http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/30324.html >
5. "Computer users at risk of 'e-thrombosis'"
< http://abc.net.au/news/scitech/2003/01/item20030129094715_1.htm >
6. "Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)"
< http://www.allaboutvision.com/cvs/ >
7. "Digital memory threatened as file formats evolve"
< http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/1739675 >
8. "A bad case of DVD rot eats into movie collections"
< http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804519345.html >
Subject: B-List: Great Escapes and Other Survival Stories
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:47:00 +0930
1. "The dog that would not die"
< http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/04/23/71625-ap.html >
2. "Dog missing for ten hours after it was carried off by a tornado"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_753026.html >
3. "Cat survives 20 miles under the bonnet"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_771211.html >
4. "Cat falls from tree"
< http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1222150&nav=5kZQF76o >
5. "Centuries-old turtle out of the pot, back in the ocean"
< http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s797239.htm >
6. "Woman rescued after three weeks in sewer"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_773425.html >
7. "Woman crashes into stinky sinkhole"
< http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030415-1818-sinkhole.html >
8. "Climber falls 1,700ft down mountain and climbs up again"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_754784.html >
9. "More than 400 Russian fishermen rescued from breakaway ice floe"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_526063.html >
10. "Escapologist sets world record"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2970019.stm >
11. "'Nature Quest' courses leave survivors"
< http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/news2003/04/27/sp042703s401777.htm >
12. "Celebrities fly out for TV jungle survival show"
< http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5014985.html >
Subject: B-List: New iPods + April Followups
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 07:52:20 +0930
1. New iPods
< http://www.apple.com/ipod/ >
Three new slimmer and lighter models: 10GB, 15GB and 30GB.
Touch-sensitive and backlit controls. 2 extra games and notes.
Plus: new version of iTunes, and Music Downloads (US-only for now).
2. Follow-ups to April Postings
[Electioneering]
* "Masked wrestler will continue with disguise after election win"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_770459.html >
* "Comedian to stand for reality TV party in elections"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_771174.html >
* "Social worker launches political party for lovers"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_771094.html >
[Easter]
* "Trail of Easter bunnies led police to thieves"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_773074.html >
* "Software secrets revealed"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2953619.stm >
Includes links to Software "Easter Egg" sites:
< http://www.eeggs.com/ >
< http://www.eggheaven2000.com/ >
< http://www.eggscentral.com/ >
< http://www.dvdeastereggs.com/ >
[Driven to Distraction]
* "20% fear spouse's driving" - link is now broken, but headline will do
< http://www.canada.com/national/story.asp?id={D75FBB85-86AC-43EB-8A0A-9FD9CF4D6A08} >
* "Man with 5 calves in Toyota Camry jailed"
< http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0424cowarrest24-ON.html >
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