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Tuesday, October 31, 2000

Gallery of Kaz's Underworld strips.

Gallery of Kaz's Underworld strips. Link

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A tribute to Herbie Popnecker,

A tribute to Herbie Popnecker, the strangest superhero of all time. Link

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Also, don't miss this reprint

Also, don't miss this reprint of a Stupid Manny comic book story. Link

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Must-read Frankenstein comic book story

Must-read Frankenstein comic book story from 1946. Link

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Monday, October 30, 2000

Sales of Scientology's E-Meters blocked

Sales of Scientology's E-Meters blocked on eBay. Link

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Review of Bruce Sterling's new

Review of Bruce Sterling's new novel, Zeitgeist. Link

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Yenz is a neat and

Yenz is a neat and eerie shockwave game site. Link

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Friday, October 27, 2000

Odd Music MP3s. Link

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Interactive shockwave geometry art. Link

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Wednesday, October 25, 2000

Lots of great new links

Lots of great new links up at Astropimp. Link

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Tuesday, October 24, 2000

I drew a new cartoon

I drew a new cartoon for Digital Living Today. Link

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The Guy I Almost Was.

The Guy I Almost Was. A good, long, comic strip about a guy's disillusionment with the early '90s cyberdelic scene. Link (Thanks, Sebbo)

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Unknown News, a good news

Unknown News, a good news blog. Link

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Monday, October 23, 2000

These Quicktime samples of a

These Quicktime samples of a new facial animation system are disturbing, Link

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Here's an article I wrote

Here's an article I wrote for The Industry Standard about Cory Doctorow and his amazing company, openCOLA."Nouveau Niche - Meet Cory Doctorow: Disney freak, science-fiction novelist and self-described "happiest geek on Earth." His peer-to-peer dream is to help obscure artists find their audience. "Link

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Man with first hand transplant

Man with first hand transplant wants limb amputated. Link

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Sunday, October 22, 2000

This upcoming art auction has

This upcoming art auction has some nice stuff. Link

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Friday, October 20, 2000

Star Wars recreated as ASCII

Star Wars recreated as ASCII animation. Link

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Excellent critique of The Los

Excellent critique of The Los Angeles Times' stupid article alleging that Internet companies are hotbeds of drug use. Link

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Here's a simple way to

Here's a simple way to fax your congressional representative about a proposed bill that would wipe out the 4th Amendment. Link

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Hate's Peter Bagge does a

Hate's Peter Bagge does a comic for Adobe, using a weird "page-turning" interface, which I don't like. Link

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Funny Metallica parody cartoon. Link

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Thursday, October 19, 2000

Classic videogame exhibition from the

Classic videogame exhibition from the Museum of the Moving Image. Link

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Wednesday, October 18, 2000

Cory Doctorow's account of the

Cory Doctorow's account of the first peer-to-peer working group meeting. Link

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Reply to a chain letter.

Reply to a chain letter. Link

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Review of a 1929 copy

Review of a 1929 copy of The Johnson Smith Catalog. Link

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Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Nostalgic look at the old

Nostalgic look at the old Johnson Smith Catalog, a million times better than Archie McPhee. Link

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Winners of the 2000 Ig

Winners of the 2000 Ig Nobel Prizes. Link. (Thanks Cory!)

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"Scientists Learn How To Program

"Scientists Learn How To Program Human Dreams." Link

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"A Japanese marathon star who

"A Japanese marathon star who won Olympic gold in Sydney got a crucial extra buzz by drinking the stomach juice of giant, killer hornets." Link

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Mirrorshades is science fiction author

Mirrorshades is science fiction author Bruce Sterling's "pastebomb feast." Link

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Watching the Presidential debates in

Watching the Presidential debates in fast-forward mode reveals the deeper truth. Link

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Historic events rendered as video

Historic events rendered as video game screenshots. Link

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"Internet Sex Photos" with the

"Internet Sex Photos" with the people photoshopped out. Link

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Monday, October 16, 2000

Directory of retro print ads.

Directory of retro print ads. Link

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Wednesday, October 11, 2000

Lots of variants of the

Lots of variants of the "Jesus" Fish.

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The Flash introduction on theDefense

The Flash introduction on theDefense Intelligence Agency Homepage is hideous. What would happen if an enemy nation saw it? They might attack!

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Tuesday, October 10, 2000

Palm Pilot Robot Kit. Looks

Palm Pilot Robot Kit. Looks pretty neat!

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Journalist complains about the way

Journalist complains about the way his story turned out in Business 2.0. (Business 2.0's counter-claim: the writer was AWOL during the edit phase of the piece).

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Brilliantly executed site byDoug Allen,

Brilliantly executed site byDoug Allen, Creator of Steven

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Back Forward is artist Will

Back Forward is artist Will Ferret's comic archive.

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Another review of Pad: The

Another review of Pad: The Guide to Ultra-Living by bOING bOING contributing editor, Matt Maranian

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Monday, October 9, 2000

Cory Doctorow's Epinion reviews

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Friday, October 6, 2000

Excellent comic strip archive from

Excellent comic strip archive from Highwater books.

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Quicktime peek into the exciting

Quicktime peek into the exciting world of advertising.

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Wednesday, October 4, 2000

Carnivore FOIA documents scanned by

Carnivore FOIA documents scanned by EPIC.

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Michael Goldberg was a reporter

Michael Goldberg was a reporter at Rolling Stone, and then he started Addicted to Noise, one of the first commercial websites from way back. In his pathetic self-congratulatory essay about the movie Almost Famous, Goldberg makes the claim that Cameron Crowe's "story is my story, at least in some aspects." Dream on, Goldberg.

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When did The Flintstones start

When did The Flintstones start to suck?

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The Coming Internet Depression, by

The Coming Internet Depression, by Michael Mandel, economics editor at BusinessWeek.

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Monday, October 2, 2000

The only thing I really

The only thing I really liked about Tim Burton's Shockwave.com debut,Stainboy, was the Danny Elfman score.

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Sunday, October 1, 2000

The Sea Monkeys and the

The Sea Monkeys and the White Supremacist: The Los Angeles Times Magazine investigates the Sea Monkey / Aryan Nations connection.

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