» Britain's Millennium Map - is it a historic achievement or an infringement of our privacy? » 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. » 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 upgraded to version Y2K.1? Nick seems concerned that the Millenium bug will cause cars and planes to crash into mobs of similarly destructive Millennial cults and has suggested getting some people together somewhere in the west of England. I think it's an ark thing. Toby is determined to take polaroid pictures of people in the dome in Greenwich. What can be said. » 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 him a mixer minidisc so that he has something to listen to. I've been checking out the selection of ideas at red balloon and have come to the conclusion that they urgently need your help. » 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 the seventh floor up the service ladders and onto the roof. You can see all of London from up there - the Houses of Parliament, Canary Wharf, the Post Office Tower... I'm pretty sure I am not supposed to have done it. If I'd taken some photos, perhaps I could have sent them to Infiltration.

5.11.99

» 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 this - there seems to be this strange, hallucinatory cult of webloggers in the world. It's ... nice somehow. » 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 story is considered to be a threat to his school mates, and he is taken to court and put in a juvenile detention facility for five days as punishment. Perhaps we haven't won yet after all... » 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.

» 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 until this afternoon, when I talked to someone about the job. They have scared me rather badly and I find myself concerned that I have signed myself up for several months of drudgery without the chance to do anything constructive. It's probably nothing to worry about.

4.11.99

» "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 had already won... » 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... » 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.

3.11.99

» 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 (only mildly sarcastic) good thing to say for the almost offensively conservative programme. And I'm sorry but, if your delusions make you physically attack young children, you're not 'kooky' - you're suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. » 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 you think? » Tomorrow I start a couple of days work updating the film section of the Time Out London Guide. Check it out. » 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. » The secret behind many a wonderful weblog is the incalculable power of blogger. It has a hell of a lot to recommend it.

2.11.99

» 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 anything, they should let me know as soon as possible. Tom

» 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".

» 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. Start saving your pennies...

» No morning is complete without a visit to the Hollywood Stock Exchange.

» I think it is important that I make my opinions clear about Forrest Gump.

1.11.99

» 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 my epinion on Natural Born Killers.

» 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.

» 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».