Archives for November 1999
Linkage... (November 30, 1999) Not as many breaks as I hoped to have today, unfortunately. Still never mind. Bored with the hegemony of authors having their say? Shred it. Occasionally I think you should look around at the people you work with and thank...
Links from work... (November 30, 1999) Bit of a change of pace today, as barbelith is updated directly from my place of work whenever I take a break. I have stumbled upon a benefit that is happening in Los Angeles later this month. Gillian Anderson (Scully...
Microlith proceeds apace... (November 30, 1999) Microlith proceeds apace. Heh heh heh....
On being upbeat... (November 28, 1999) A more upbeat weblog than normal... I have a scheme... So I am currently working on a cunning new project that will unite all the various strands of the barbelith collective into one handy sized micro capsule of joy. The...
A panoply of epinions... (November 27, 1999) OK. So let's get something out of the way first. I know that not everyone agrees with my epinions (and I am sorry to go on about it so much, but I can't help thinking it's a great idea), but...
Intratextual thinking... (November 26, 1999) Here's an exchange for you from the Nexus. Possibly my favourite in some time. Discussing the latest issue of Grant Morrison's Invisibles... IANJONES: And what struck me about this issue is how full of references to incidents in my own...
Don't let the bastards grind you down... (November 25, 1999) So I found this wonderful link back to The Bomb today. I have no idea what it says, but it sounds great. To quote: "N“o È o site oficial do escritor Grant Morrison mas È como se fosse. Mantido por...
The beginning of the end... (November 24, 1999) I don't know - you finally figure out that you do want to go out with a person that you've been vacillating about for ages, only to find that you've missed the boat by a week. And it's his birthday....
Fans of Attack Force D? (November 22, 1999) Fans of Attack Force D (which include me) don't think he's ripped off barbelith at all. What do you think?...
Jeffrey Archer - Rot in Hell... (November 22, 1999) All together now - "Jeffrey Archer, rot in hell, rot in hell, rot in hell..." Watch with glee as a modern (downmarket) Sir Miles Delacourt rip-off gets his comeuppance. It's like getting Capone on tax evasion. Wonderful. Every good student...
On the Stately Homo... (November 21, 1999) On the decline of the stately homo: It's the end of the world. Quentin Crisp has died. He had a lot of very strange opinions - and a blue rinse - but he will be much missed. On swear words:...
On trash... (November 19, 1999) I have lost count of the days recently in which there has been something that I really wanted to talk about and yet have not been able to. Instead - see if you can trigger some form of latent epilepsy...
Football, weblog moods and stuff... (November 18, 1999) A couple of things to talk about today. Where shall we begin? Um. Guess what! About bloody time... The new issue of The Invisibles is out. Tremendous news all round. Annotations, discussion, barbelith gets very exciting at these times of...
So I missed another day... (November 17, 1999) So I missed another day. Perhaps I'm not really committed.... Since I started working at Time Out full-time, I no longer seem to read a newspaper or keep up with the daily news. I no longer have any idea what...
Ruminations on Weblogs... (November 15, 1999) You can't talk about your life because people you know read them. I have on occasion (yesterday for one) suggested to a few friends that they should look at the site because there was this really satisfying link on it...
Nexus Online Poetry Slam... (November 14, 1999) Announcing the first ever Nexus Online Poetry Slam! All the details are in the Core. I went to see Fight Club yesterday evening. Then I came home and wrote a long, complicated and detailed epinion about it. And then my...
No censorship in MIT webspace... (November 13, 1999) I remember a time when being at University meant savage and unwelcome censorship of web-space. Apparently this is no longer the case. Look at the wonderfully offensive things that MIT allows nowadays... Missed yesterday's entry, which felt a little odd....
Assemblers, Irritability and Kinky Friedman... (November 11, 1999) Before I get going, get this - someone is trying to build an Assembler! I blew off two separate groups of friends last night so I could hide at home after work and watch bad TV. I walk in my...
I'm Assistant Editor of timeout.com... (November 10, 1999) I'm Assistant Editor of timeout.com, which is nice. I also get paid at the end of the month. All questions answered to my satisfaction. The Wax has a wonderful regular poll - "Am I Normal?". Do you have complete conversations...
I survived my first day... (November 9, 1999) I survived my first day in the new job. I can't say that it was exactly what I had in mind, but it could have considerable potential. I'll let you know in a few days. The quest to find out...
TimeOut.com here I come... (November 8, 1999) Today I start work at timeout.com. More information on what I am up to when I have it. In the meantime, any suggestions on how to improve the site? *spark online is an interesting site which explores the frontiers of...
Exploit the ethics of revolutionaries... (November 7, 1999) British television at the moment is dripping with advertisements that parody or exploit the ethics of revolutionaries or non-capitalist states. There is something extremely unsettling about a Chinese gentlemen with a dodgy accent in Communist uniform stating that a brand...
Reviews of The Bomb, Reviews of Chasing Amy... (November 7, 1999) The Bomb has been given a wonderfully flattering review by Comics International. Read my epinion on Chasing Amy....
On Britain's Millennium Map... (November 6, 1999) Britain's Millennium Map - is it a historic achievement or an infringement of our privacy?...
Dogma previews... (November 6, 1999) It has appalled the religious right in America, enthralled and amused reviewers and is generally considered to be Kevin Smith's most accomplished movie. And Dogma isn't even out yet....
What to do for New Year's Eve? (November 6, 1999) The question in the air at the moment amongst my friends seems to be what to do for New Year's Eve. I've looked at various helpful sites but it hasn't really helped. Where shall we be when our lives are...
Inspirational minidiscing... (November 6, 1999) My friend Michael is trying to finish his doctorate in Bristol at the moment. I fear it is a project doomed to failure but he has surprised me in the past (to put it mildly). He's asked me to send...
Up on the roof... (November 6, 1999) Occasionally, during the summer, when it got really hot and the air conditioning wasn't working at work, I used to sneak away from my desk on the second floor of the Time Out building and clamber from the balconies on...
Strange Cults of Webloggers... (November 5, 1999) There was an Invisibles site called Target One a while back, and now the guy who built it runs Attack Force D, which is another weblog. I'm not entirely sure I knew what I was getting into when I started...
The world is fucked up... (November 5, 1999) So a 13 year-old school-boy is told to write a scary story for Halloween. He writes one (a pretty bad one at that), it gets a really good grade and he reads it out in class for extra credit. The...
d|i|s|i|n|f|o|r|m|a|t|i|o|n (November 5, 1999) Everyone knows about d|i|s|i|n|f|o|r|m|a|t|i|o|n but it bears repeating. All the information you could ever need to know about all the things that you are not supposed to know about....
New job jitters... (November 5, 1999) It's 1am and I can't sleep. I am starting a new job on Monday working for Time Out in London. I will be Deputy ******** on their website. Something half editorial and technical. I was really looking forward to it...
You can ride them like ponies... (November 4, 1999) "In my world there are people in chains and you can ride them like ponies." Supreme Dominatrix? Nope - Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The world gets weirder by the minute. If I didn't know better, I'd say we...
Film Festivals... (November 4, 1999) Finding out information on film festivals in London is extraordinarily difficult. The only one that seems to have a damn site is the London Film Festival. It looks like it has the first British screening of American Beauty......
Oh hated redesign... (November 4, 1999) So - everyone on the Nexus hates the new look for this site. Which is a bit disappointing, I have to admit. It seems slightly pathetic to actually ask people for nice comments....
Ally McParanoid Schizophrenia (November 3, 1999) Does anyone other than me think that it is commendable that Ally McBeal's main love interest is on the brink of crippling hair loss? I have to say I am delighted, as I am approaching that brink myself. It's one...
Self-aggrandising paean to self-important individualism? (November 3, 1999) I think I've sold you all out. I have been talking with an ex, and he thinks that I have turned this front page from a non-functioning advert for the collective to a self-aggrandising paean to self-important individualism. What you...
Time Out London Guide... (November 3, 1999) Tomorrow I start a couple of days work updating the film section of the Time Out London Guide. Check it out....
Soul-destroying web-design... (November 3, 1999) Designing web pages is invigorating and stimulating when it works and frustrating and soul-destroying (seriously) when it doesn't. When I need a clue, or a bit of constructive advice, I go to A List Apart....
On Blogger... (November 3, 1999) The secret behind many a wonderful weblog is the incalculable power of blogger. It has a hell of a lot to recommend it....
Megnut is a well constructed (November 2, 1999) Megnut is a well constructed and clear weblog that I am contemplating completely ripping off. I feel completely trapped by the dictates of a unifying design scheme (die, barbelith, die). Oh the horror. God knows, if anyone can think of...
We're running out of information? (November 2, 1999) Is it true? Can we possibly be running out of information? Is being catalogued and annotated faster than we can find it out? Smug's Leslie Harpold thinks so. Read "net worth"....
Final Fantasy VIII... (November 2, 1999) To be honest, I can't even tell whether or not this is sad. Is anyone else my age excited about Final Fantasy VIII. I bought the last one on a whim, and it was gripping. Occasionally repetitive, but gripping nonetheless....
A morning visit to the HSX... (November 2, 1999) No morning is complete without a visit to the Hollywood Stock Exchange....
Forrest Gump - bastard evil vile film - and now epinioned... (November 2, 1999) I think it is important that I make my opinions clear about Forrest Gump....
An epinion on Natural Born Killers... (November 1, 1999) There is something really frustrating about writing something that you think is quite good and then having to think of what to write to follow it up. On the other hand I could be being precious. You decide - read...
Jason Kottke, commander of Osil8... (November 1, 1999) Jason Kottke, commander of the omnipotent 0sil8, also runs a particularly fine weblog, dripping with design savvy. So visit kottke.org - it truly is the home of fine hypertext products....
Introducing barbelith.com plasticbag.org! (November 1, 1999) I am unemployed, almost completely out of money, single and love-free, my flat is a disaster area and I can't seem to get a handle on the redesign of Barbelith. Still, mustn't KVETCH....
