Archives for September 2000
The horror of the HMV sale... (September 30, 2000) Dark times are coming. The end is nigh. If only they'd heeded the warnings of their peers. Fellow sufferers of the HMV sale, I salute thee: monger.co.uk, not so soft, lukelog....
On designing a site for Dan Hon... (September 29, 2000) Dan Hon, ex of Daily-Doozer has relaunched as Extenuating Circumstances. I said a while back that I'd design a site for him, but now I'm a bit torn - I mean, it's not like his new design isn't pretty bloody...
Rate me, baby... (September 29, 2000) Go on, you sexy sexy people. Go and rate plasticbag.org over at blogstart. You know you want to....
Freedom of Unspeech... (September 29, 2000) It's a new politics for a new era. Visit Not a Protest today: "The First Amendment guarantees Freedom of Speech, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY"...
Oh my dismal fall from (September 29, 2000) Oh my dismal fall from grace. Over the last couple of weeks, I have been trying to reintroduce the counter-cultural spin to plasticbag.org - a trend I hope to continue. But I have hit a "speed bump". Yesterday I got...
Perhaps the answer for poor (September 29, 2000) Perhaps the answer for poor beleaguered Apple is to sign the petition to start making OS X on Intel. If it wasn't for my suspicion that Microsoft might start withdrawing the use of packages like Office and Explorer, I'd support...
Bad news for Apple is bad news for Apple users... (September 29, 2000) Bad news for Apple sends the stock price falling. And unlike every other computer company in the world, what's bad news for Apple is bad news for Apple users, as quite a lot of the company's ability to stay afloat...
The Complete Human Genome on CD... (September 28, 2000) I went to a meeting today with some people who work at Prospect magazine, which markets itself as "the magazine for the intellectually curious general reader". I wasn't familiar with the publication before the meeting. I pick up a copy...
The future is intelligent slime... (September 28, 2000) The wave of the future is ... wait for it ... intelligent slime. That would explain the state of the New Media industry at the moment......
Should I go down the pub or not? (September 27, 2000) It's got to a fairly sorry state of affairs when I seriously consider putting up a poll on my site to see if I should go down the pub or not....
Important questions in need of (September 27, 2000) Important questions in need of answers: Nasal Hair Dye Ok - this could have been a put on, but I met someone at a party last night who swore you could buy nasal hair dye that made extraneous strands less...
In the spirit of culture (September 27, 2000) In the spirit of culture jamming, I saw a t-shirt today when walking through London that was plain white on black and read: "fuck fcuk". Bravo....
8pm and I'm still at (September 26, 2000) 8pm and I'm still at work - pondering life and trying to think through stuff that needs to be thought through. I should probably go and see a film or something - try and clear my head of all the...
So I went into Sainsbury's (September 25, 2000) So I went into Sainsbury's on Tottenham Court Road to get myself a doughnut. Except they didn't have any - they only had donuts. British and American variants on the confection are both spelt different and taste different, with American...
On a need for resolution in "Planetary"... (September 24, 2000) Anyone who reads Warren Ellis' Planetary series is, at the moment, overwhelmed by the need to see the current storyline come to some kind of resolution. I've found a couple of odds and ends of new that might help stir...
Yes, I suppose you are (September 24, 2000) Yes, I suppose you are quite right. I am indeed looking for a blog personal ad: "Interminably single London poof (28, 5'10") looking for interesting weblogs to read: preferably UK, intelligent, comment and links with some personal content prefered. No...
A vaguely amusing joke sent (September 22, 2000) A vaguely amusing joke sent to me via e-mail London (Reuters) 09:00 22 September A group of militant alcoholics have blockaded a brewery in Sheffield, England in protest at the exorbitant tax imposed on booze in the United Kingdom, Government...
What future for Darren Big Brother? (September 22, 2000) An interesting article on the BBC discusses the future of the Big Brother contestants [Big Brother stars face the future]. There are a couple of particularly choice suggestions: "Speculation that [Darren] will soon be back on TV screens as frontman...
What Blogstart really needs to (September 22, 2000) What Blogstart really needs to do in order to be a useful directory, is to ask a series of questions categorising the site over several trajectories. If the submission page was organised so that you were asked to specify an...
Thank god, today I feel (September 22, 2000) Thank god, today I feel almost human, and have returned to work. The rest of yesterday passed in a bit of a blur. I vaguely remember my flatmates wandering into my bedroom and checking their e-mail on my computer. And...
Eighteen Hours of Horror... (September 21, 2000) 2 am Wake up feeling sweaty and shivering at the same time. There are various gurglings within my body. I have a pounding headache. I get up and drink a pint of water. Return to bed. 2.45 am Suddenly...
The Shopping Guide hits the Guardian... (September 20, 2000) Time Out's new Shopping Site is written up in the Media Guardian. A few interesting / weird quotes, particularly this one with it's rather suspicious nature: "The site claims to receive more than 3m page impressions per month with 180,000...
Now that plasticbag.org has been (September 19, 2000) Now that plasticbag.org has been up for a while, I'd like to get some honest opinions about the design of the site. Please humour me on this one by taking part in this poll: "Do you like the design of...
You'd be surprised how many (September 19, 2000) You'd be surprised how many of my female friends get into a strop when I try to argue (completely without foundation until today) this point: "Women are promiscuous, naturally"....
Praise the Lord. One of (September 19, 2000) Praise the Lord. One of the few irritating aspects of owning a Mac is finally resolved. All praise the almighty upcoming presence of Mac OS X: [MacWEEK: Application unexpectedly quit]...
So I bought the new (September 19, 2000) So I bought the new Madonna album today, which as usual threw me into the existential horror of trying to work out exactly how gay that makes me. I went through a really unexamined period about a thousand years ago...
Bizarre competition: Unscramble these numbers (September 19, 2000) Bizarre competition: Unscramble these numbers to discover the fax number of a famous American actress (seriously): 0 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 7 8...
Notable plasticbag.org clichés... (September 18, 2000) Actors get stale after a while because they start to parody themselves. This is a truism of Hollywood. Notable examples of tics / clichés that actors have been forced to overcome by directors include Bruce Willis being told not to...
Dreading a return to work... (September 18, 2000) It's nearly midnight, and I have only one remaining day of holiday. It's like some kind of torture, if you ask me. I've just got used to being relaxed and being able to fill up my day with whatever the...
Katy is still in America. (September 17, 2000) Katy is still in America. Intelligent girl that she is, she has already been and seen five movies. Lucky kitsch... [Q: What did Katy see in America? A: High Fidelity, Keeping the Faith, Bring It On, Saving Grace and Whipped]...
On [NEW SEX TOY] Acknowledged (September 17, 2000) On [NEW SEX TOY] Acknowledged fact: Lance Arthur [glassdog.com] is a god. Acknowledged fact: Lancelog is great. Acknowledged fact: Lance has launched some new mini project. It is called: "[NEW SEX TOY]" Acknowledged fact: It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever....
Momblog goes to Confession. My (September 17, 2000) Momblog goes to Confession. My confession? I found her story hysterical. Here's a couple of quotes: "Now, as every good catholic knows, confession is something to be avoided at all costs. Never do you willingly go to confession, even if...
Big Brother UK: Two slightly (September 17, 2000) Big Brother UK: Two slightly alarming new stories from the BBC: Big Brother climax watched by 10 million and Big Brother set to return....
Waking up at midday... (September 17, 2000) Christ. I've started waking up at around midday. I don't own an alarm clock because I just don't normally need one, but the prospect of automatically waking up at 9am at the moment to get to work (on Wednesday) is...
Thank God: Taking advantage of (September 17, 2000) Thank God: Taking advantage of my absence, timeout.com launches the London Shopping Guide. Also launched is the redesigned homepage and Travel, London, London Tickets, Shop sections. I've had a lot of involvement in this stuff - and I've really enjoyed...
Sorry, old chap, but aibophphobia (September 17, 2000) Sorry, old chap, but aibophphobia isn't a palindrome......
Thoughts on the finalé of (September 17, 2000) Thoughts on the finalé of Big Brother UK: The Adverts All this week they have been playing adverts on the TV which have been trying to make it very (absurdly) clear that when you voted this time you were voting...
Where to start? I have (September 17, 2000) Where to start? I have so much I want to talk about again - it's like this holiday has recharged my weblogging glands. Or maybe it's just that I'm doing something other than work. And I don't like writing about...
A nod to Blue Lines... (September 17, 2000) A quick nod of "yay" to the other Tom at Blue Lines, who has managed that incredibly difficult transition: making a fresh and classy new design while maintaining continuity of look and feel....
Possibly because I work on (September 16, 2000) Possibly because I work on the Internet arm of an publishing company, I found this article at Wired ["Publishing Without A Net"] to be inordinately interesting. A couple of choice quotes: "We feel the Internet is still relatively new, and...
I've rebuilt the "Recently" section (September 16, 2000) I've rebuilt the "Recently" section on the left so that now it reads "Consumption" (which I find more amusing). I've also built it as a mini weblog, so that I can type in what I've recently been reading / listening...
Playing push the envelope... (September 16, 2000) Don't get tense, kids. If you are seeing some strangeness on the page, then it's just because Meg and I are busy playing "push the envelope" with Blogger....
Dodgy weather made me quit... (September 15, 2000) I give up. The weather is appalling (thunder and lightning - must turn off computer), it's too late to actually get anything useful done. I'm not going to go to the cinema. So I'm off to see Meg and Luke...
Beebo goes down... (September 15, 2000) Strange messages on beebo.org's ratings: "In one or two days, this will all be fixed, and better. --M." Consider breath baited. Sad, but true....
My Day of Film... (September 15, 2000) Today was supposed to be my day of film with me watching The Cell, Shaft and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? in one long sitting. Ideally with people, but not necessarily. It's 5pm and I haven't got my shoes on...
On The Top 100 British TV Programmes... (September 15, 2000) There's a list of the top one hundred British TV programmes ever made over at the BFI's site [bfi TV Top 100]. I just thought I'd comment on a few anomalies as I read through it. 2) Cathy Come Home...
Ha ha. There's this really (September 15, 2000) Ha ha. There's this really funny site all about writing unmaintainable code that I found via In the groove. It's so funny. I love it. Particularly the bit about using 'i' for non-int variables. And that wonderful bit about global...
On posts that should have been e-mails... (September 15, 2000) The post that should have been an e-mail: I finally found >access afr through weblogs.com. Grant Cook, stand up and be counted! Please no more 1Mb Flash files. Please god. No. They're lovely, but my connection is a bit ......
Speaking of Blogger, does anyone (September 15, 2000) Speaking of Blogger, does anyone want to try and explain to me how and why I went to this URL [http://www.froschi.blogger.com/] and what the hell it is for?...
Blogger links to the Evening (September 15, 2000) Blogger links to the Evening Standard article....
Refutations: Cocky Bastard and Mom (September 15, 2000) Refutations: Cocky Bastard and Mom Blog are not based in the UK. Many of the sites in the Evening Standard article have been around for ages, and are popular and well known. If you want to find out more about...
Finding access afr... (September 15, 2000) Does anyone know the URL of the weblog called >>access afr? I've tried looking for it on blogger, but the URL provided there doesn't seem to go anywhere. Any ideas, anyone?...
On the UK Petrol Crisis... (September 15, 2000) Brief thoughts on the UK petrol crisis (now thankfully ended): British Petrol ("gas") costs a hell of a lot (comparatively). Some people whose work depends on using a lot of petrol rightly view this as compromising their profits or indeed...
On Barmen... (September 15, 2000) Barmen are alluring for three reasons. Firstly, they have to be nice to you. Secondly, they are often employed because they are physically attractive (although this could be a condition only in gay culture). Thirdly, they bring you alcohol if...
Quotes from "No Logo"... (September 15, 2000) Quotes from "No Logo" by Naomi Klein (1): "Nineties marketers, being on a more advanced rung of the sponsorship spiral, have dutifully come up with clever and intrusive new selling techniques ... Recent highlights include these innovations: Gordon's gin experimented...
Improvements at the BBFC... (September 14, 2000) For the libertarian in all of us, the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) has set out it's new guidelines - and they are much less invasive than they have been before. In films specfically targetted at children, the guidelines...
On 'Balanced' and 'Impartial' Journalism... (September 14, 2000) I've just read this astonishing article on a conference held by journalists about the reporting of gay issues: ["'Gay' journalists turn activists"] At this conference the question of "balance" came up - the question was Do we have to present...
OSX is now available for testing... (September 14, 2000) News from Apple: The MacOS X Public Beta is now finally available for testing. Confession - I'm a bit scared of OS X - I'm a relatively recent convert to Macs (and I haven't regretted it in the slightest), but...
Vote Anna for Big Brother! (September 13, 2000) If you are sane and therefore want Anna to win Big Brother UK then ring 09011 980 101 immediately. If you need further reason than that, I could mention that there is a rumour going around London media circles at...
I think I see it, that evil robotic duck... (September 12, 2000) There's some astonishingly good - and extraordinarily strange - high quality Flash work over at nosepilot.com [via metalog]. It reminds me a lot of those strange five minute cartoon pieces that you sometimes see on BBC2 in between some late...
Many more days of holiday (September 12, 2000) Many more days of holiday and I fear I might actually reach that fabled limit of Buffy saturation. Then again......
I read this interview with (September 12, 2000) I read this interview with Radiohead in Q the other day, and thought to myself - if only they weren't so torturous about what they do; perhaps then they'd have more fun with it. And then I thought about how...
Failing to do two simple jobs... (September 12, 2000) The two activities that I had down on my list as "to be done" today were: 1) Sign up with new GP, 2) Get cable television. Since I have not managed to leave the house all day, the first one...
While we are on the (September 12, 2000) While we are on the subject of Radiohead, am I right in thinking that both the cover and name of their soon to be released album (Kid A) are really quite bad?...
"My Fictional Love-Life" (Part Two) (September 12, 2000) You'll never guess - I bumped into weird guy with patch and nose again today. It was at my weekly visit for colonic irrigation. He goes to the same place. He is such a frustrating human being. Although, not really...
So I'm watching television... (September 11, 2000) So I'm watching television this evening and That '70s Show comes on Channel 5. For the Americans amongst us I should point out that Channel 5 is to quality television what fart jokes are to Contemporary Dance Theatre. The show...
"My Fictional Love-Life" (Part One) (September 11, 2000) So I'm walking down the street when I slip on a banana skin and land hard on my back. The weather isn't brilliant so I get this kind of sky-grey haze moving behind the glowing spots that dance around in...
On Matt Haughey's reading habits... (September 11, 2000) Waferbaby corners Matt Haughey. His list of regular reads is interesting (and not just because he seems to read plasticbag.org every so often. I'm more impressed because of his level of committment. I will be completely honest - while the...
Prelude to "My Fictional Love-Life"... (September 11, 2000) My fictional love-life (prelude): I've had a couple of e-mails lately asking about the state of my love life at the moment - people are, it seems, desperate to get some kind of vicarious thrill by watching me shag my...
On aspirational homosexuals and brightly clad female accomplices... (September 11, 2000) Delightful news: "Poof and Slag" has won Best Comedy at the Emmy Awards. Find out more about this thrilling series with this guide to the lives of aspirational homosexual Will and his brightly clad female accomplice, Grace: Will & Grace....
Why people with stressful jobs feel obselete when they retire... (September 11, 2000) I'm bored. It's official. I am apparently incapable of being on my own for more than four days without having some kind of organised activity. How pathetic is that? It hasn't been this way for long - less than a...
A translation from the German... (September 10, 2000) A translation of the German. [from publog translated by prolific] "Blog on for an ego trip. I always thought that weblogs are about links with commentary. (That's what it also looks like in this program on Austrian television) "In the...
The first signs of being behind the times... (September 10, 2000) According to blogger, I am the eighth person in the last 24 hours to mention kottke.org. Having checked more thoroughly, it transpires that I am the sixth person in the last 24 hours to mention the redesign....
I had this really good (September 9, 2000) I had this really good idea for something to do on the site, but unfortunately I can't implement it. I was going to dig up my teenage diaries and see if I wrote anything for these dates and run them...
You can perhaps imagine how (September 9, 2000) You can perhaps imagine how cheerful I was this morning to check my regular dosage of post-Katy kitschbitch, only to discover a horribly unpleasant photograph of myself scanned in by the evil Mr Cornwell, who managed to capture me looking...
Sourground has redesigned. It's so (September 9, 2000) Sourground has redesigned. It's so ... simple. There's a good portion of me that is quite jealous of him on this one - it looks so simple. It makes plasticbag.org look so overcomplicated - which really wasn't the intention at...
What does this mean? [publog] (September 9, 2000) What does this mean? [publog] "Blog on for an ego trip. Ich dachte immer, in Weblogs geht es um kommentierte Links. (So kommt es auch in dieser Sendung im ÷sterreichischen Rundfunk r¸ber.) "Inzwischen k–nnte man fast sagen: "Ein Weblog ist...
Found through referrer logs - (September 9, 2000) Found through referrer logs - Another intelligent & able Brit-Blog spreads its wings: will.tryonline.net....
I have been informed today (September 9, 2000) I have been informed today (by the same person) both that I am a self-important puffed-up egotist and that I look like Timothy Olyphant. Talk about mixed signals....
When I designed plasticbag.org I (September 9, 2000) When I designed plasticbag.org I decided that I wasn't going to pay any attention to the restrictions of the web-safe pallette. I mean - it's a personal site, right - I'm not selling anything - to an extent it doesn't...
Plummetting on Beebo... (September 9, 2000) Right. I have decided I am actually quite irritated about having plummeted twenty-two places on beebo.org's ratings, even if it is completely irrelevant (<aside to camera>"My fat arse"</aside to camera>) so I'm going to stoop to actually demanding that you...
More on Poof & Slag... (September 8, 2000) Adapted plot synopses (thanks to: Rob's Will & Grace Page, using my names for the main characters (I find this inordinately amusing and could have put about a thousand of them up): Pilot: Poof's poker night with his buddies gets...
News from Big Brother... (September 8, 2000) So Mel gets evicted from the Big Brother UK house with a whopping 69% of the vote. My flatmate Mella rings me from the studio straight after the TV program and says that everyone in her family is really glad...
On "Will and Grace"... (September 8, 2000) Wow: Twenty e-mails in five hours - all telling me that the TV show in question is not in fact called "Slag and Poof", or indeed "Poof and Slag", but instead is called "Will and Grace" (not far off -...
Holiday Blues... (September 8, 2000) What are you supposed to do when you're on holiday? I'm already bored, and I've only been off a day and a half. Ho hum. Guess I'll tidy the flat and go pay some bills......
Can you name the sitcom "Slag & Poof"? (September 8, 2000) OK - so I have a question for you people in the US. While watching "Dharma and Greg" last night on Channel 4, Mella and I tried to remember the name of the other US sitcom which stars a man...
A vexatious little strumpet writes... (September 8, 2000) A quote from the letters column of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a comic book written by Alan Moore concerned with the adventures of the Invisible Man, Dr Jekyll, Allan Quatermain, Mina Murray and Captain Nemo (and a number of...
Images from Star Wars: Episode (September 8, 2000) Images from Star Wars: Episode II are released - and they have a sneaky / cunning way of letting people distribute them:...
Well I said it would (September 8, 2000) Well I said it would happen, and happen it has - plasticbag.org falls from six to thirty-one on beebo.org. I kind of knew it would happen eventually, but I have to say I am disappointed. I should probably have done...
I was going to go (September 7, 2000) I was going to go and visit a friend in Bristol for this weekend, but I heard yesterday that a close friend of hers died a couple of days ago. She's come down to London to be with them, and...
Mere days... (September 7, 2000) Mere days after I finally convinced my boss to sign a deal with Amazon rather than with the rather appalling IBS, I read this: Wired [Online Prices Not Created Equal]: "Amazon apparently offers good discounts to new users, then once...
Message from Riothero... (September 7, 2000) So I decided to send Mark a message through AIM even though it was clear that he wasn't there. I was just interested in the kind of message he might leave. He's such a charmer: "i'm at school. Stinkbadger, if...
Who's in charge of Kitsch Bitch? (September 7, 2000) Yesterday, Katy went on holiday, and left her site under the awesome government of Meg, Luke and Nick (of Corny fame). The new design is extremely entertaining - which reminds me - I told Dan of Daily Doozer infamy that...
Make me feel useful... (September 7, 2000) So I've been now on holiday for approximately forty-five minutes (if one considers that that's when I would have arrived at work this morning), and I have already been rung with questions. I can only assume that they are doing...
Strange people on Barbelith... (September 6, 2000) There are some increasingly strange people lurking on what used to be the Nexus over on barbelith.com - quite how I'm supposed to respond to this without looking like a complete egotist is beyond me. Thanks, guys!...
Work, Life, Holidays... (September 5, 2000) I have just had a long conversation with my boss of bosses about work and life and holiday time. He's been really reassuring and nice and helpful, which means that I just have more to think about now than I...
Scary Megcam Archive... (September 5, 2000) Every so often I forget that notsosoft has a Scary MegCam Archive. On those days, the world is grey and depressing. And then I remember that it's there and look long and hard. And then I can't stop laughing! For...
On Freudian Dreams... (September 5, 2000) Am I the only person to have read Freud around here? I mean - really?! Mark:"from a dream about honey bees on a school playground: kerry showing off his pirate sword took from a monkey bar. be careful, i told...
All the beans fell out... (September 5, 2000) It was my father's birthday on Friday, and I bought him this book on the history of the twentieth century, but I haven't had time to send it to him yet, which makes me feel completely appalling - and indeed...
God. Love. Bored. Home. (September 4, 2000) Disclaimer: Everything that follows is the result of me having had a bad day at work and should therefore be taken with a pinch of salt (the size of a small planet). God is love. Love is God. I am...
Self-destructive moods... (September 4, 2000) I have been working really hard today. I've got a lot of things done which needed to be done, and I feel quite proud of myself for having done them. However, it has to be said that I have a...
Three perspectives on work... (September 4, 2000) Three perspectives on work, with excerpts [via metafilter and randomwalks]: The Abolition of Work "Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil you'd care to name comes from working or from living in...
When what you do no longer gives you pleasure... (September 4, 2000) What are you supposed to do when what you do doesn't give you pleasure? And if it's not that you don't like it but that it no longer likes you - well, what are you supposed to do about it?...
Unable to get things done... (September 4, 2000) Being an unnecessarily defensive post about Tom's inability to get things done on plasticbag.org: Question: Am I still watching That Thing You Do, reading Harry Potter IV and listening to Moby? Answer: No. I have been watching Shanghai Noon, reading...
Do I look like Jack Nicholson? (September 4, 2000) Answer me honestly, oh faithful readers, do I (or do I not) look like Jack Nicholson?...
On the launch of blog*spot... (September 4, 2000) Blogger just can't sit still. Latest launch: blog*spot - a free blogger-blog hosting service. I have to confess though, that even after looking at their products page, I wonder how/if they make any money. And if there aren't ads on...
Announcing gb.weblogs.com... (September 4, 2000) <advertisement> Are you an Anglophile? Obsessed with UK-based webloggers such as me? [Or haddock.org, kitschbitch.com, notsosoft, Lukelog, linkmachinego] If so, then keep up to date with the latest in logging with gb.weblogs.com. </advertisement>...
On my e-mail backlog... (September 3, 2000) I've just discovered that I have built up a backlog of 50 unanswered e-mails over the last two weeks. So if I haven't replied to you yet, I'm very sorry, and I will get around to it....
Waving fists at Tower Records... (September 3, 2000) It was Saturday afternoon at 5pm, and I wander into Tower Records in Piccadilly Circus. The whole place has been redecorated and looks quite different from how I remember it. The most significant addition is a whole bank of iMacs...
Britney raped by robots? (September 3, 2000) A message from the uber-God, Grant Morrison, delivered to us through the BBC: EdFest Live Chat Transcript. Bow in wonder, unworthy scum. Selected awesomeness follows: EdİMathews: JLA was a fun romp. Any chance we'll see you playing with DC's heroes...
On Abandonment... (September 2, 2000) I've run out of friends, I think. Toby's away doing god-parent things, Nick's in Oxford or Cambridge (doing god knows what with god knows who - although I'll bet it involves women), Rhonda's in Sussex, Kate and Mella have gone...
Conversations in my head... (September 2, 2000) Conversations in my head: Loyal Reader: Tom? What did you and Katy do last night? Tom: We went to see The Sound of Music at the Prince Charles Cinema, Loyal Reader. LR: You did what? Why would you do that?...
Charles Atlas vs. Flex Mentallo... (September 2, 2000) OK. There's this writer called Grant Morrison, right? And he's, like, absurdly talented and witty, and has been written about in academic tomes on postmodernity. His work sells in the hundreds of thousands of copies a month, and he may...
Ceci n'est-ce pas une meme... (September 1, 2000) Ceci n'est-ce pas une meme. In fact, if you ask me, it's a bloody con. If you must, look deeper....
Design work for Budweiser... (September 1, 2000) Hmmm. I can't even remember if I mentioned this one, so I will now. Yet another little design project for timeout.com - the Budweiser: The Bigger Picture Offers page. If you're interested, you should sign up. I might be there......
Dialogue with a Diva... (September 1, 2000) One side of a conversation with Katy last night between the restaurant and the tube station: "I do not get boring when you're out of the city." "No, I have had no sex for the last three weeks." "If you...
On Blogmeets and Articles... (September 1, 2000) I've scanned the Evening Standard article and put it up on the site. You can link to it directly here: http://www.plasticbag.org/images/extra/standard_article.gif. And before you ask, the journalist who wrote the article, Debbie Barham (who came to the UK webloggers meeting...
