Archives for October 2000
All I can say is (October 31, 2000) All I can say is thank god for payday. Mwah. I love you money. Filthy (small) piles of lucre. Mmmmmmm....
In direct refutation of my (October 31, 2000) In direct refutation of my standard taste in trashy guitar crap, I have decided that I am interested in getting the Dido album (this is the woman who is responsible for the opening credits music to Roswell and for the...
The future used to be (October 31, 2000) The future used to be all about flying cars, food pills, humanoid robots and faster-than-light travel. Now, it seems, the future is fart-free sheep....
This is a call to (October 30, 2000) This is a call to arms. Let's show the world that webloggers are the sexiest bunch of bitches on the planet. Get yourself a picture on amiHOTorNOT.com and then stick the link semi-permanently on your site. Mine's over on the...
I have kept meaning to (October 30, 2000) I have kept meaning to link to the Mayfly Project over at notosoft.com, but keep getting distracted. The idea is a bloody good one - describe the last year of your life in twenty words. Unfortunately, everyone seems really grumpy...
I'm in a bit of (October 29, 2000) I'm in a bit of a mood at the moment, as one of the sexiest, dirtiest and most savage films that I have ever seen (Head on) has had its release on video delayed even further. This is particularly gutting...
Does anyone remember this message from Text Message Theatre? (October 29, 2000) Does anyone remember this message from Text Message Theatre? "Jen has such a hard life. I really feel for her. I so relate to her bruised sluttiness - jack is a fucking girl loser poof as well. Spit. Vomit. Barf....
I'm bloody exhausted. (October 28, 2000) I'm bloody exhausted....
Weblogs are navel-gazing bollocks produced (October 27, 2000) Weblogs are navel-gazing bollocks produced by self-important/obsessed neurotics with too much time on their hands. Discuss...
A near miss at the Time Out New York party... (October 27, 2000) There could have been another weblogger at the Time Out party in New York on the weekend......
Headfuck song of the day... (October 26, 2000) Be Aggressive by Faith No More....
I am, it seems, a (October 26, 2000) I am, it seems, a 4.3....
While I was sleeping... (October 26, 2000) Apparently, while I was asleep last night, someone crept into my bedroom, tattooed KICK ME or LOSER on my head, gave me a quick post-hypnotic suggestion so I wouldn't be able to see it, and sent me out in the...
I've just submitted my photo (October 25, 2000) I've just submitted my photo to amihotornot.com - which has to be the most evil thing I've ever seen in my life. What a wonderful idea though... I'd put up the direct URL of my image, but I fear that...
Interesting quote (I forget where (October 25, 2000) Interesting quote (I forget where from), only loosly amended: "Love is a strange thing; it depends what one gives -- and sometimes to give means give someone away. Jane Siberry said that, and I endorse it. If they are the...
// SECTION ERASED BECAUSE I (October 25, 2000) // SECTION ERASED BECAUSE I COMPLETELY MISSED THE POINT // Apologies to TECHNORGANIC ª, which is a very elegant and well designed site......
Just a bit of clarification (October 25, 2000) Just a bit of clarification for those of you who have been confused. The thing I wrote yesterday about New York really is from my teenage diary of 1991, which I am planning to start running in concert with my...
Other people who care about (October 25, 2000) Other people who care about Grant Morrison are: Not Enough of Me, Blue Dog, Corn and Death, St Seb, sourground.co.uk, linkmachinego.com, Complete Toss, Pig Inc, Disconnected Zeitgeist, Ghost in the Machine, Cuckoo Kid, Blue Lines, Lacking in Emotional Content, Underbaal....
Grant launches own website... (October 24, 2000) The coolest guy in the world, without any exceptions, is Grant Morrison. He's just launched his own site, which is extremely informative. Best part of it - the series of photos of Grant with hair: Early Crazy Hair and Later...
Downside's Deathwatch... (October 24, 2000) Downside's Deathwatch is a cash-flow analysis. The death date is simply the day the company will run out of cash, based on their reported liquid assets and loss rate. When the cash runs out, something bad for stockholders has to...
Today's most ridiculously obscure waste (October 24, 2000) Today's most ridiculously obscure waste of column inches comes from Wired News, who have written a three page article on how they've decided to change their style sheet so that what was "email" is now "e-mail". Honestly - I'm a...
Tom's Teenage Diary, Monday (October 24, 2000) Tom's Teenage Diary, Monday May 6th 1991 On plane to NYC now, and it's about 3.15 GMT. The music on these aero-headphones is bearable (even a bit of TT), but has already repeated itself three times. Plane left Amsterdam...
Excerpts from a Subterranean Diary: (October 24, 2000) Excerpts from a Subterranean Diary: You know those horror /slasher movies which are really exciting but relentless and exhausting? The ones where the monster just keeps coming back again and again? The ones where there are many fake resolutions before...
On diseases... (October 24, 2000) Feel like crap and seem to be still coughing up nice chunky green blobs of goo. Had this bloody cold all weekend, but kept it at bay by taking vast amounts of day nurse. Since I got back, I thought...
Immediate response to a bizarre weekend in New York... (October 22, 2000) Fuck me. Back in London. What a bizarre weekend. It's really late, and I'm completely exhausted, so I'm not going to go into too many details, except to say that I've had very little sleep (for various reasons), spent a...
On minging Mark... (October 22, 2000) Mark is a minging wanker. "i was thinking how fun it'd be to tell you about my night in british slang, but then i remembered... if i wanted to do that, i'd just have Tom type something up for me."...
Why Bother? (October 19, 2000) Infinite Monkeys. Really. Why bother?...
Just one last thing... (October 19, 2000) One last thing before I duck off to pastures new for the weekend - not so soft has redesigned. And since we like her, and we like it, I thought I should tell you to go there now....
I'm off to New York! (October 19, 2000) I'm off to New York this afternoon. How cool is that? I'll be in the Big Apple by 9.30 this evening....
Magnified Despotism... (October 18, 2000) I couldn't agree more:[ from "Lacking in emotional content"] "It makes sense that in a world that doesn't support creative and caring environments, there are often more glamorous, albeit unhealthy behaviors. Rather than refocusing the extreme behavior into healthier modes...
Excerpts from a Subterranean Journal... (October 18, 2000) Excerpts from a Subterranean Journal: It's midnight and I'm preparing for bed. Priorities for next 24 hours: meet Frank (place / time / appropriate dress as yet unknown), recover from cold (and thus preserve world tissue paper supply), buy shoelaces,...
The Internet Movie Database is (October 18, 2000) The Internet Movie Database is Ten today! I think I first saw it in about 1994, because I remember all these designs: 1998 (1), 1998 (2) and 1996....
Yeah, yeah, Meg, I see (October 17, 2000) Yeah, yeah, Meg, I see you too. She's such a smart-arse sometimes......
I my life I have (October 17, 2000) I my life I have met approximately five German people, or people of German descent. They have been Andreas, Evil Michael, Astrid, Other Astrid and Max. Out of these five, approximately four of them have turned out to be gay....
Text Message Theatre (Inbox) II: (October 17, 2000) Text Message Theatre (Inbox) II: We'll have to make it tomorrow, since am now living in a hole in the ground without internet access. And infested with untermenschen whom I must exterminate... TOM AM PROB FREE NEXT WK MUST LVE...
There's a great scene in (October 16, 2000) There's a great scene in Grosse Pointe Blank involving a confrontation between ex-lovers who have recently been reacquainted. The scene takes the form of a radio phone-in show, where members of the public have their say on what they perceive...
Text Message Theatre (Inbox): Want (October 16, 2000) Text Message Theatre (Inbox): Want sleep. so i am fed up with being a hermit what are you up tonight? Bored now. Nothing to report. Oi -- keep your hands off my doggie! Shattered. May not be going ce soir....
Teen Angst Moment: I think (October 16, 2000) Teen Angst Moment: I think the hot bloke in advertising thinks I'm stalking him....
Whatever will Tom say next? (October 16, 2000) Whatever will Tom say next? 53 ) "A gottle of geer " said Tom badly 32 ) "My hair's all gone " said Tom baldly 196 ) "I've chucked most of the water overboard " said Tom balefully 236 )...
Seti@Home was a wonderful idea (October 16, 2000) Seti@Home was a wonderful idea - a chance for thousands - maybe millions - of people to participate in the search for alien intelligence. What a cause to fire the imagination! THe principle was simple too. Thousands of thousands of...
Text message sent: "If you (October 15, 2000) Text message sent: "If you don't reply to my e-mail I will mulch your pets." Text message received: "Oi -- keep your hands off my doggie!" However, no e-mail as yet received. Perhaps he didn't think I was serious. (eyebrow...
Person I should talk about (October 15, 2000) Person I should talk about more often: Katy Darby....
Person that I wasn't expecting (October 15, 2000) Person that I wasn't expecting to think is attractive: Breckin Meyer. Films that Breckin Meyer has been in include: Roadtrip, Clueless and Go. I was in a bar called Escape last night (after Mel's birthday party) and a video for...
I should probably apologise to (October 15, 2000) I should probably apologise to my audience at large for being in a foul mood recently. There's been a hell of a lot of weird shit going on in my life that I can't really talk about in a public...
On Bloghop... (October 15, 2000) Just a reminder, in case anyone wasn't aware - that the bloghop ratings thing on the left works on the principle that green is good and red is bad. So let's just try that again, eh? Rate me: ....
My washing machine has broken. (October 15, 2000) My washing machine has broken. It has within it a large proportion of my wearable clothes. Except actually my washing machine broke on Wednesday, and our maintenance company hasn't managed to get around here yet, and we can't get the...
I went out last night (October 14, 2000) I went out last night and behaved like a complete arse. What can I say?...
Tickets for New York! (October 13, 2000) I picked up my tickets for New York this morning. Everyone from Time Out who started at the company before January has been invited to the fifth birthday party of Time Out New York, to be held next Friday. We...
I need to build something (October 12, 2000) I need to build something really badly. Or destroy something. I need to effect change. I want some help. And I want to help everyone else. I have a fire within me today - a tremendous intellectual, emotional, political, passionate...
On putting cockroaches in a vaccuum... (October 12, 2000) A quick question for you all. What kind of person does this for fun and profit? "Cockell and his colleagues put about a dozen different species of insects, including roaches and ants, in a large vacuum box and sucked the...
On blasphemy and atheism... (October 12, 2000) Blasphemy. It's a funny matter. I'm an atheist. Have been since I was about thirteen. It was brought into major definition for me when my brother was born. I adore my brother - I always have - so don't think...
In order to counter the (October 12, 2000) In order to counter the encroaching tedium, I have decided to pretend that Max has turned up in my life again by dropping me an e-mail after four months. I figure this interesting twist will re-intrigue many of my older...
An attempt to make myself feel better... (October 10, 2000) Could everyone who knows me who reads this damn pile of crap click here and send me a quick e-mail. Doesn't matter what relationship you might have with me, whether it be work, friendship, if I've met you once in...
Someone sent me this today (October 10, 2000) Someone sent me this today - [Animated Wish]. I suspect it might be some kind of sick joke. Something that isn't a sick joke (nice segueway there, Tom): Weblogs.com redesigns its arse off....
This is about 40% bollocks (October 10, 2000) This is about 40% bollocks [Personality Test]: "Like just 4% of the population you are an ARTIST (DIAF)--creative, adventurous, and deep. Although you are an introvert, your dominant ideas lead you to assert yourself often--especially through your work. You actively...
Joanna Lumley - goddess of (October 10, 2000) Joanna Lumley - goddess of the New Avengers, star of innumerable sub-par movies and chain-smoking high-class drunk skank of Absolutely Fabulous used to be heavily involved in a site called clickmango.com - a kind of semi-alternative health and beauty site....
I went to a party (October 8, 2000) I went to a party last night at the Beaux Arts building just off the Holloway Road. Nick, Fenner & Emma, Toby & Jelske were there, as were Larry and Peter - with whom I had a bit of a...
Web dull, but still essential... (October 8, 2000) Another really brief snippet from BBC News: "Web is 'not quite as dull' as the Dome": "The majority of those surveyed, 62%, thought that the phrase dot.com was wearing thin and even more, 66%, did not want to hear any...
Cloning Asian Guars... (October 8, 2000) The BBC reports today that there are reports from the United States that scientists have started to clone endangered species. Weirdly, the animal they decided to experiment with was an Asian guar, which they have named (rather entertainingly) as "Noah"....
Mark's redesigning... (October 8, 2000) Mark's done a redesign, which is nice (very nice in fact), although it includes a picture of him that makes him look about as camp as a pink feather boa. Which is amusing. Make your mind up for yourself, over...
Lindemann occupies Guardian mindspace... (October 5, 2000) Good god, that hag has gone and done it again! This time she's mentioned in an article on the Guardian's website: ["It's as easy as falling off a weblog"] and in a one-and-a-half page spread in the Online supplement -...
Lunchtime quiz at work: "Are (October 5, 2000) Lunchtime quiz at work: "Are you a Fab Four fanatic?" produced these results: David: 2 (out of 15) Kit: 4 Rebecca: 4 Matt: 4 Dean: 5 Sue: 6 Tom: 7 Fran: 8 Ros: 9 Only one result left to come......
The redesign at Netscape.com - (October 5, 2000) The redesign at Netscape.com - designed to make the site look much like the soon-to-be-finally-released new browser - is, I fear, quite bad. You can see that they sat down initially and thought, "Let's make this simple, elegant and powerful",...
I am 69% geek. Most (October 4, 2000) I am 69% geek. Most people who took the test were 66% geek. Interesting geek statistics from the 281 tests taken so far: 47% of Britney Spears fans are virgins 100% of Phillipa Forester fans wear glasses 80% of people...
Ladies and Gentlethings: Tea Hat Cosmos... (October 4, 2000) Anagram of Thomas Coates: Tea Hat Cosmos. Thanks to Meg for that one......
Every day I curse this hellhole... (October 4, 2000) An extraordinarily savage and funny article in The Onion reads: "Thus far, Benson has picked up several new skills outside of the bounds of his job description, teaching himself how to change toner cartridges, un-jam paper trays and replace the...
In complete defiance to the (October 4, 2000) In complete defiance to the wise words of Mr P yesterday - I have added a little Bloghop ratings widget on the left. It's more of an experiment than anything else. [idea from notsosoft]...
OK: So I've bought the (October 3, 2000) OK: So I've bought the new Radiohead album finally, and I will have things to say about it over the next few days. In the meantime, the most interesting thing about it, as far as I'm concerned, is a little...
Intelligent comments from Derek Powazek, (October 3, 2000) Intelligent comments from Derek Powazek, that I try to follow, but suffer frequent lapses: "My advice to anyone running a personal website:Put your head down and don't listen to anything anyone says about it. Ignore any dire pronouncements that include...
I take it all back. (October 3, 2000) I take it all back. Someone has indeed given the new Radiohead album a good review. In fact it's a ridiculously good review. Pointlessly so, perhaps. Somehow I don't think I'll be taking its opinion too seriously. [Thanks to Blue...
On marketing and focus groups in schools... (October 3, 2000) I've just been reading an article on a new fair trade chocolate bar that has been launched in the UK [Time Out : Shopping Guide]. All was well and good until I came up against this line: "Hundreds of schools...
Last night, Kate and Mella (October 3, 2000) Last night, Kate and Mella and I sat up for hours working out the plot for a low-budget horror movie. Kate says if she makes it, we can have credits. Possible credits: Best Boy, Catering......
I saw a t-shirt today (October 2, 2000) I saw a t-shirt today which read the.internet.is.shit.cc, and for a moment, I was strangely elated....
A radical change to the template goes unnoticed... (October 2, 2000) Did anyone notice the radical change in the template for this page that occurred a couple of days ago? The whole thing is done completely differently now. I bet no one noticed. That's bloody typical, that is....
I won a tenner on (October 2, 2000) I won a tenner on the lottery today. I'm thinking I should buy the new Radiohead album with it. Unfortunately, I keep reading these weird reviews which say it's like progressive jazz, which doesn't really appeal. No one has given...
Monday evening: 6.13pm - Week (October 2, 2000) Monday evening: 6.13pm - Week proceeding according to plan. No major fuck-ups yet. No storming arguments with people. No gut-wrenching horrors creeping up from behind. Remain calm, gentlemen, we're going in......
Rating weblogs with Bloghop... (October 2, 2000) An interesting new way of rating weblogs manifests itself over at Bloghop's Ratings. Great - just what I need. Beebo finally collapses and immediately there is something else to get obsessed about......
Today's pet obsession is the (October 2, 2000) Today's pet obsession is the Beatles' song "A Day In the Life", which has become some kind of vast uber-meme in my head, munching its way - in a cheerful fashion - through every other thought I might attempt to...
