B-List Archive
September 2003
Postings to the B-List.
Subject: B-List: Adrian Lafond's Flash Stuff + August Follow-ups
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:05:53 +0930
1. Adrian Lafond's Flash Stuff
< http://www.adrianlafond.com/a/flash.html >
2. Follow-ups to August Postings
[Not the Nine O'Clock News]
* "Blair Says Britain Must Back Bush In Order To Become 51st State"
< http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/britannia.html >
* "Dell Patents 'Reboot and See If That Fixes It' Technical Support Process"
< http://bbspot.com/News/2003/08/dell_tech_support.html >
[Don't Have A Cow!]
* "Woman says runaway cows attacked her car"
< http://www.wmtw.com/Global/story.asp?S=1390869 >
* "More cow comforts"
< http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=603837 >
[Celebrating Failure]
* "Failure Is the New Success"
< http://slate.msn.com/id/2067220/ >
* "Bombs Away!: The top 10 biggest box office failures"
< http://entertainment.msn.com/news/article.aspx?news=131054#1 >
* "German town erects statue to historic gaffe"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_811202.html >
[Animals In The Workforce]
* "Goats do great job of guarding business against burglars"
< http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/local_news/article/
0,1426,MCA_437_2189544,00.html >
[Action Figures and other Dolls]
* "'Smart' doll can see and read"
< http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7010272%255E13762,00.html >
[Stories from the Dung-Heap]
* "Railway shelves lion dung experiment"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_811303.html >
Subject: B-List: Robotic Replacements
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 08:13:01 +0930
1. "How robots will steal your job"
< http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59882,00.html >
2. "Feminists want robots to replace men"
< http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/wwn/20030813/
106078680003.html >
3. "Robot footballers descend on Italy"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_796119.html >
4. "Japanese scientists invent dancing robot"
< http://www.klikka.net/klikkaweb.nsf/Living/
B82A4F766391AE96C1256D680061043E >
5. "Czech mate"
< http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/26/1061663791544.html >
6. "Sony's new humanoid robot SDR-4X II"
< http://www.i4u.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=255
&mode=&order=0&thold=0 >
7. "Robot guard-dragon unveiled in Japan"
< http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993061 >
"tmsuk and SANYO reveals new and improved 'Banryu' home-robot"
< http://www.sanyo.co.jp/koho/hypertext4-eng/0211news-e/1106-e.html >
8. "Robotic lawnmower paves way for hi-tech housekeeper"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_650556.html >
9. "Roomba the 'robot' ready to clean"
< http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~33~1603534,00.html >
10. "Robot pets take off in Asia"
< http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/
0,7204,7110361%5E15397%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html >
11. "Robots rumble at annual expo"
< http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59797,00.html >
12. "Robots without a cause"
< http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,978873,00.html >
Subject: B-List: Consider Yourself Warned
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 08:25:13 +0930
A. Microsoft - Just Say No
Bashing Micro$oft is just too easy these days. It seems every week at
least one new security hole is announced or a new virus is released.
Today it's five security warnings. Perhaps they subscribe to the view
that "any publicity is good publicity".
1. "Microsoft Issues Five New Security Warnings"
< http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=14200390 >
2. "Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design"
< http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer >
3. "Taking Microsoft to task on spam"
< http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5070492.html?tag=fd_lede2_hed >
B. Silly Warning Labels
1. "101 Dumb Warning Labels"
< http://msnbc.com/news/922010.asp?v61 >
Review of book: "Wearing Of This Garment Does Not Enable You To Fly:
101 Real Dumb Warning Labels."
2. "Warning: this salmon may contain fish"
< http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/05/11/nwarn11.xml >
"Top 10 ludicrous labels"
< http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2003/05/11/nwarn11.gif >
3. "Stupid Warning Labels"
< http://astro.bu.edu/~avondale/Humor/MiscellaneousHumor/Warnings.html >
Subject: B-List: Living Billboards
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 08:27:09 +0930
1. "Mum-to-be has bellyful of adverts"
< http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=74375
&command=displayContent&sourceNode=73927&contentPK=6941233 >
"mum-to-be Zoe Ellis ... pocketed £250 by walking around the capital
with an advert on her pregnant belly"
2. "Help wanted: Walking billboards needed"
< http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/070103_bb_humanads.html >
3. "In-Your-Face Marketing: Ad agency rents foreheads"
< http://www.commercialalert.org/foreheads.html >
4. "Man auctions off back of his head for £4,500"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_768863.html >
5. "Homeless serving as billboards"
< http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134998925_pizza15.html >
6. "Cow-verts launched at Glastonbury"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_794370.html >
Subject: B-List: Intergalactic Non-Blonde Right-Handers Day
Not really, but recently it was ...
A. (Australian) National Blonde Day 2003 - September 10
1. "Blondes Are A Dying Breed"
< http://www.clickondetroit.com/sh/health/stories/
health-nbc-169118120020927-130904.html >
"International media caught by dumb blond joke"
< http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s690838.htm >
2. "PhD roots out blonde myths"
< http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6637214%5E13762,00.html >
The story has been "archived at Newstext" - ie available if you subscribe,
but it can still be read for free at:
< http://azure.bbboy.net/australianparents-viewthread?forum=9&thread=23 >
3. US National Blonde Day Site (June 30)
< http://www.nationalblondeday.com/ >
B. International Left-Handers Day - August 13
1. "Out in left field
< http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/08/13/159829.html >
2. "Left-handed facts and trivia
< http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/08/13/159828.html >
C. Find your own special day to celebrate
1. Yahoo! > Directory > Society and Culture > Holidays and Observances
< http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/Holidays_and_Observances/ >
2. Google > Directory > Society > Holidays
< http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Holidays/ >
3. ButlerWebs.com > Holidays & Observances
< http://www.butlerwebs.com/holidays/default.htm >
Examples:
* System Administrator Appreciation Day (July 30)
< http://www.sysadminday.com/ >
* Buy Nothing Day (November 28)
< http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/ >
Subject: B-List: Unusual Places for Wedding Ceremonies
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 08:22:47 +0930
1. "Couple who met by text marry in phone booth"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_817307.html >
2. "Wal-Mart employees wed in aisle"
< http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/04/07/59972-ap.html >
3. "Couple get married at town dump"
< http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0902Dump-Marriage-ON.html >
4. "Couple get married at motorway service station"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_687391.html >
5. "Drive-through mochas, matrimony"
< http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134684272_drivethru27.html >
6. "Couple weds with tigers in bridal party" (at the zoo)
< http://www.boston.com/news/daily/10/odds_tigers.htm >
7. "Horror museum hosts couple's Halloween 'wedding'"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_700649.html >
8. "Newlyweds blessed in cattle ring"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_715278.html >
9. "Stars in space couple's eyes"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3138941.stm >
10. "Couple marry while suspended in mid-air"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_744788.html >
11. "Indian couple in world record wet wedding" (under water)
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s886819.htm >
"Indian couple to take plunge after airy engagement"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s879703.htm >
12. "Alcatraz wedding on offer for British couples"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_792887.html >
< http://www.kuoni.co.uk/news/brochures/newbrox4WD.html >
Subject: B-List: Some of Life's Great Mysteries
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:10:14 +0930
1. "Contagious yawning is a real phenomenon"
< http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/2/2003/07/29/story001.html >
2. "Why we hiccup"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2730251.stm >
3. "Researchers unveil why we can't tickle ourselves"
< http://in.news.yahoo.com/030711/139/25xxv.html >
"Brains hardwired to underestimate own strength"
< http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993929 >
4. "Why do humans get 'goosebumps' when they are cold, or under other
circumstances?"
< http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?
articleID=000A0A06-DD99-1F4C-8D6E80A84189EEDF&catID=3 >
5. "Pain really is 'all in the mind'"
< http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993861 >
6. "If you drop it, should you eat it? Scientists weigh in on the
5-Second Rule"
< http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/news/list.cfm?NID=2467 >
7. "Why do people gesture when they speak?"
< http://www.nature.com/nsu/981126/981126-2.html >
8. "What a half-smile really means"
< http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,60232,00.html >
9. "Sleep position gives personality clue"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3112170.stm >
10. "Why some of us are early risers"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2996364.stm >
"'Sleepyhead gene' discovered"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1112458.stm >
Subject: B-List: CrazyFads.com
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:04:17 +0930
1. CrazyFads.com
< http://www.crazyfads.com/ >
"From 1920 to 1990 we list all of the craziest fads that have come
and gone. Go back a few decades and read about the silly to serious
fads that helped change our society and create a pop-culture."
Examples:
Silly Putty, Board Games, Pet Rocks, Hair Ironing, Boom Boxes
and Sea monkeys
2. B-List Flashback [April 2001]: The Bad Fads Museum
< http://www.badfads.com/home.html >
"Browse through the fun and fascinating fashion, collectible, activity
and event fads of the last 100 years."
Subject: B-List: Freaks of Nature
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:48:34 +0930
1. "Two-headed snake amazes experts"
< http://www.itv.com/news/1938859.html >
2. "Girl finds two-headed turtle"
< http://www.local6.com/news/2219188/detail.html >
3. "Healthy lamb born with six legs"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_750775.html >
4. "Rare calf with three horns born on Alberta farm"
< http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2003/04/11/62715-cp.html >
5. "Girl catches fish with horn on head, legs"
< http://www.local6.com/news/2403030/detail.html >
6. "Four-legged chicken born in Del."
< http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/07/
16fourleggedchick.html >
7. "Hen lays boomerang-shaped egg"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_788926.html >
8. "Girls find frog with no eyes"
< http://www.local6.com/news/2349034/detail.html >
9. "533-pound fish caught; May be largest pacific halibut ever"
< http://www.local6.com/news/2481257/detail.html >
10. "Super beetle sets up home"
< http://w3.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/story.asp?StoryID=32306 >
Subject: B-List: Alternative Olympic Events II
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:09:10 +0930
Another installment in the Alternative Olympics series ...
1. "Athletes limber up for Mobile Phone Olympics"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_803111.html >
2. "Former baseball player wins mobile phone throwing comp"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s931815.htm >
3. "Swedes triumph at video game World Cup"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s901242.htm >
4. "Thousands Attend Redneck Games in Georgia"
< http://www.abcnews4.com/news/stories/0703/93800.html >
5. "Silly world championships take over Finnish summer scene"
< http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/bu/
Qlifestyle-finland.R2Ig_Dl9.html >
6. "Estonians dominate sport of wife-carrying"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s895841.htm >
7. "First ever Santa Olympics to be held this Christmas"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_802156.html >
8. "Swifter, higher, stronger"
< http://espn.go.com/page2/s/immerman/030703.html >
Subject: B-List: What Fred Ate
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 08:08:23 +0930
What Fred Ate
< http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/4885/ >
Find out what Fred the Cockroach ate. A contender for the ugliest and
most annoying site ever. If you're at work, turn the volume down first.
Probably not advisable for epileptics.
Subject: B-List: World Beard and Moustache Championships + September Follow-ups
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:37:40 +0930
1. World Beard and Moustache Championships
< http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/index.html >
2. Follow-ups to September Postings
[Talk Like A Pirate Day - Sep 19]
< http://www.talklikeapirateday.com/ >
< http://talklikeapirate.com/ >
[Unusual Wedding Ceremonies]
* "French town offers live Internet weddings"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s949101.htm >
* "Bride, groom tie double proxy knot"
< http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory_AD.tpl?
command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=72-734975-14 >
[Fads]
* "Latest party fad: Hiring pretty guests"
< http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/
Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1058393419461 >
"Hired partygoers help beat boredom"
< http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/weird_news/6048426.htm >
[Some of Life's Great Mysteries]
* "Big heads 'boost IQ'"
< http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7337755%255E13762,00.html >
* "Book Examines Nose Picking and Buttered Toast"
< http://news.lycos.com/news/story.asp?section=OddNews&storyId=783025 >
[Alternative Olympic Events II]
* "Black pudding games held"
< http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7404683%5E13762,00.html >
* "Conkerers suffer after long, hot summer"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_823263.html >
* "Scots lose elephant polo final to Germans"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_821529.html >
* "Computer crashing, Ukraine-style"
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3144704.stm >
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