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Tuesday, August 29, 2000

Space alien illustration by Boris

Space alien illustration by Boris Artzybasheff, from a 1947 magazine article on flying saucers.

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Cory Doctorow, an amazingly great

Cory Doctorow, an amazingly great science fiction writer and co-founder of peer-to-peer search system openCOLA, suggested this site: Family Indigestion. Lots of pictures of questionable food.

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Monday, August 28, 2000

Carl Barks, one of the

Carl Barks, one of the greatest comic book artists of all time, died on Friday. He was 99.

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Friday, August 25, 2000

Funny TV Guide parody.

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Here's an excellent prank. This

Here's an excellent prank. This guy hooked up the Eliza program (an early, crude, coversational bot) to AOL instant messenger. He posts the conversations between the Eliza program and people who think that they are chatting with a person.

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Thursday, August 24, 2000

NYT article about people who

NYT article about people who still love the Mac Color Classic.

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Cartoonist Mack White's essay on

Cartoonist Mack White's essay on Web comics.

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Monday, August 21, 2000

R.U. Sirius's essay "What Happened

R.U. Sirius's essay "What Happened to Mondo 2000's Cyber Revolution?"

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Friday, August 18, 2000

I was a Funny Face

I was a Funny Face drinker. Kool-Ade was strictly for the proletariat. Old Funny Face packages.

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Shag is a retro-style illustrator

Shag is a retro-style illustrator with a thing for tikis, bongos, and beatnik chicks. Now you can buy Shag checks.

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Neat gallery of illustrated snail

Neat gallery of illustrated snail mail.

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Tuesday, August 15, 2000

Bat Guano is a DJ

Bat Guano is a DJ at WIDR. Here's the site for his show, SwaG.

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Stream from WIDR student radio

Stream from WIDR student radio in Kalamazoo. Great stuff. Paste this into your streaming MP3 browser: http://wakko.cs.wmich.edu:8000

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Good comic strip called "Teddy"

Good comic strip called "Teddy" by Ethan Persoff.

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Monday, August 14, 2000

David Sheldon is an illustrator

David Sheldon is an illustrator and animator who created some great fake commercials for the Ren & Stimpy Show. Here's his portfolio.

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New blog I like Paracelsus.

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Wednesday, August 9, 2000

Biography of velvet painter Eric

Biography of velvet painter Eric Askew.

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Thursday, August 3, 2000

Two good articles by freelancer

Two good articles by freelancer Andrew Weiner: One on a school for aspiring pro wrestlers, and another on the future of demolition derby.

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Wednesday, August 2, 2000

Nice eight page cartoon by

Nice eight page cartoon by Anthony Macknay.

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The Lore of the Paperback

The Lore of the Paperback Lesbian.

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The eBay Conceptual Art Gallery

The eBay Conceptual Art Gallery is a collection of unintentionally bizarre photographs of items being held for auction. What a great idea!

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Here's my latest cartoon for

Here's my latest cartoon for Digital Living Today.

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Here's my latest cartoon for

Here's my latest cartoon for Guru.com.

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Here's a story I wrote

Here's a story I wrote for The Industry Standard about ebook formatting specifications. Thrilling, ain't it?

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