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Thursday, February 25, 1999
The Amazing World of Cult Movies. Wednesday, February 24, 1999Bummer! Nashville Pussy didn't win the Grammy. For a constantly updated lint of Grammy winners, check out the Borders.com Spotlight. Dvorak has made my day with this excellent article. [He's spot on!] University of Michigan: Human Factors Division - Driver Interface Group. Exposing Intel's advertising campaign and breach of privacy standards. "Hello, my name is Bubbles. I'm a big orange cat with a Pentium computer." Got any old phones laying around? Flashback! [Wow, this is a classic. Ahhh....memories of a time long past.] Tuesday, February 23, 1999OK, you can stop sending me the Hampsterdance.com link. Sheesh. Here's a variation, though. This trend has got to stop. Ebay: For Sale - 24 Small Children. [Hee!] Grandma is still for sale. [Mirror] The Freedir Community Project. The Free Internet Directory Project. UFO filmed over N. Ireland. Monday, February 22, 1999Everybody's linking to textfiles.com. I'm suspicious, though, that much of the content was lifted from here. [Updated 8/6/00: The author emailed me a correction to this statement assuring me that his content didn't come from etext.org.] Microsoft's Secret OS Plan. [via Robot Wisdom] "What is It?" is a feature on the even more interesting website called Unclaimed Baggage, a site that sells unclaimed baggage from airports around the world. Roger Ebert's tribute to Gene Siskel. If you like puns, you'll like this patent: Microsoft owns your ass. CamList member Jessamyn West has won the Best Personal Site award from the Seattle Times Best of the West competition. Congratulations Jessamyn. From Laurel's Windowseat WebLog comes rumors about Ghostbusters III. [Trivia: I have a sister named Dana Barrett.] More Trivia: If only I could figure out a way to leverage a free PC out of this guy, who unfortunately is not my brother, Craig Barrett. Saturday, February 20, 1999Now, this is interesting. www.extracrispy.com [Nice design!] Salon: When politicians spam. [Great article.] Bruno Vanasse of HumanSource.com has issued a formal apology to Jakob Nielsen of UseIt.com for "borrowing" his site design and layout. I've been jealous of Wes for some time now because he lives in an apartment complex with high-speed bandwidth [wet dream]. However, now he reports that all is not well and points to an article about a similar complex in Silicon Valley. Friday, February 19, 1999Jorn Barger and others have a great Usenet thread going on the decline of web design quality. Which led me to: Information Presentation for Rapid Knowledge Transfer. And from that comes Jorn's Best and Worst of Web-Media Design. [Great stuff, Jorn.] Area 51 and Other Strange Places. I'm not the only one out there wondering about "web drill-down" navigation. The ACM ListServ archives has one of the best mailing list search results layouts I've ever seen. [Example: CHI-WEB mailing list] An interesting mailing list rant about RSI, CTS and some fascinating computer history. Thursday, February 18, 1999Part of me wonders if you can base a successful business plan around a third-party trademark via word association. Most shocking Grammy nominee. [No offense towards you metal fans.] The FCC has approved the AT&T/TCI merger. [So much for regulated telephony, and low-cost phone calls...] Hundreds and hundreds of text-based zines, like this edition of WebWord from 9/94. [Lots of history here, folks.] Yep. Lots of great book industry statistics. Wednesday, February 17, 1999The NY Times explains the legal fight over the future of broadband Internet access. Benisdead: Future Retro. Three days late, Screw Valentine's Day. CamWorld Typos: catworld.com, capworld.com, cadworld.com, carworld.com. I met Keith Instone last week at a CHI meeting. Keith is the creator of UsableWeb.com, a great resource for usability and computer-human interaction information. Hmmm... New O'Reilly books: 1, 2. [Humor] Tuesday, February 16, 1999Special Alert: While HumanSource.com sounds like it may be a great site, it sure looks an awful lot like Jakob Nielsen's UseIt.com. [More info coming...] Jakob Nielsen responds to my email alerting him to the copyright infringement referenced above. HumanSource.com is now returning a "Directory Listing Denied" error. However, I took a screenshot. And here's the source code from the front page. www.knorrmarketing.com sure looks an awful lot like www.studioarchetype.com. [I can almost smell the lawyers...they're, so close.] www.bad-managers.com [I guess I'm lucky, I have a GREAT manager...named Jeff.] The Y2K-Compliant Slicing/Cutting Bread Board. [Hmmm....] Chainsmoke is a well-done site for mountain bikers. [Great name!] Weblog Ethics: Sabren wonders about the Douglas Adams texts that may be online illegally, among other things. He makes some very good points. Monday, February 15, 1999This isn't the car company. Absurd.org is full of experimental [unreadable] design. Regardless, it's interesting. Portal-Select: Why pick one portal when you can have them all? This is why I use Timbuktu. [via Robot Widom weblog] Friday, February 12, 1999Gregory tells me that the bookstore on South Street that I remember is called The Book Trader and they have two cats now. Man, I thought I had some bad jobs. Mr. T vs. xxxxx [Yahoo has some bizarre categories] Yesterday was a bizarre day. 70 degrees in Michigan in February, and gas for 79 cents a gallon. Weird. Thursday, February 11, 1999Kaliber 1000. [Very nice design!] I was surfing around last weekend and took this funny screenshot. Here's two great links that came through my "Got a Link?" box today: Dirk, the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things. Crave. [Interesting use of floating text.] Wednesday, February 10, 1999Pooh Goes Apeshit. [Original source] Fans of the Japanese anime cartoon Ranma 1/2 will recognize the characters in this unfinished fan-fiction story. [Za Gaman is a game show in Japan that pits 500 contestants against each other in an endless parade of endurance tests, many of them potentially lethal. Warning: Japanese anime is not known to be mild in its sexuality.] The NY Times covers the real problem with the Y2K bug. [I'm afraid they're right.] Tuesday, February 9, 1999PigDog gets his panties into a bunch. [I love sarcasm] TEETH Magazine has launched. An interesting new concept towards linking on the web. Darn those February sweeps. Next Sunday, they're forcing me to choose between X-Files and Stephen King's Storm of the Century mini-series. How I'm using Mail to the Future to distribute CamWorld's daily links. See what happens when your executive staff goes on retreat. Bad data sucks. Hee hee. [Deja Thread] Anti-Hero Art Writings: [Over 18 only, please] CamWorld gets some kudos. [Thanks!] More information about Naqoyqatsi, the third film in the trilogy of operatic films, by Goddfrey Reggio. The FTC wants to hear your comments about changes to a law that will prevent "phone cramming." How to Choose Caviar Without Looking Like a Total Idiot. Mother Jones magazine has a superb article on America, the Brand. [I'd love to see this subject come up on the CamList. Anyone?] The Vault is a small directory of links to other places on the Net. Denial, the Precursor of Mental Decline: Political denial, the dilution and destruction of democracy. [Also check out the rest of this site's articles.] Forum For Responsible & Ethical Email (FREE) "NetSpy, the ONLY guide you will need to become an internet spy." [Heh heh. Or in other words, "I'm an idiot, take my money." ]* Strange USENET Posting. [Thread] Willa discovers that she's a portal [um, weblog]. Willa also talks about shopcats, cats with jobs. I remember visiting a really great used bookstore on South Street in Philadelphia a few years back. You pull out a book, and there's a cat staring back at you. Sunday, February 7, 1999Is a major re-org at Microsoft coming? Crazy forum posters. [Scroll down to the response #48] Ben Brown had a dream. Saturday, February 6, 1999I'm now using Userland's Mail to the Future to send my daily links to the CamList at the end of each day. www.freezerbox.com [Nice design] The Internet and the English Language. Linky & Dinky have links. Like handtransplant.com. Friday, February 5, 1999Wired examines the Microsoft CSS patent. WebReview also covers this issue. Tuna-Free Dolphin Meat: The Self-Baking Mexican Cuisine Dog. "I Dream of Jini" is a clever story about talking appliances. This ain't no "Brave Little Toaster." If you ever get the chance to visit Yellowstone in the winter, go for it. Here's some valuable info. Linux downloads from Download.com. Thursday, February 4, 1999How long before Microsoft decides they want to patent the wheel? [Report] Dan Lyke is starting a cool mailing list about Online Interaction and Community. Here's a great tip for you non-journalists out there. Lots and lots of FAQs, listed by newsgroup. [Awesome resource] Infoplease: Postal Regulations. Whose Line is it Anyway? The Instructor's Role in Course Listservs. Wednesday, February 3, 1999Whitley Strieber's confirmation.net asks "Hard evidence of aliens among us?" www.subatomichumor.com [Funny] mp3.lycos.com [Very nice!] CamList: Internet Research Challenge! Answer No. 1. Newsflash: Aliens have invaded Ben's cube at Borders.com. Apparently, they like the red stress balls. [sporadic connectivity] Sticker found on a mat purchased in Canada. Tuesday, February 2, 1999Grammy.com has finally launched. The Human Pixel Who Wouldn't. [via Memepool] How Telephones Work. [For that Telecom geek hidden inside of you.] All about Dumpster Diving. Kenny J's Conspiracy of the Week Site. Zoetrope now has an online "Extra" edition. Museum of Soviet Calculators on the Web. Monday, February 1, 1999Why Internet stocks will crash. [via Scripting News] Melty: Requiem for the ABL. Dan Lyke: Requiem for the Independent Bookstore. Current News Media Trends. [Some excellent observations] Macintouch has an excellent report on Bell Atlantic's "questionable" lack of support for ADSL for the Macintosh. [Update] Use the force, Bart. [via Windowseat] |
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