Category: Random

Blogger seems to have been buggered for at least the last 24-hours. I’ve lost many a fine post. Normal service will resume shortly.

Do you know where all the celebrities hang out in London? If so, do me a last minute favour and go and answer this nice person’s questions over at TCN…

There’s an interesting article at the moment over at The New York Times about a legal restriction on hyperlinking, which is pertinent to the KPMG debacle. One instance in which it is now illegal to link to something (in the US at least) runs as follows: “There had to be clear and convincing evidence that the person responsible for the link (a) knew at the time that the offending technology is on the linked-to site, (b) knew that the offending technology is illegal under the D.M.C.A., and (c) created or maintained the link for the “purpose” of disseminating the tainted code.” This refers to the distribution of DeCSS information that breaks the copy-protection on DVDs.

I’m frustrated by dorkslayers.

Particularly observant regulars may notice that I’ve removed the link to TCN from the right-hand column of plasticbag.org. This is because my short stint of regular employment is coming to an end. I have a week more before the sporadics of freelance life take over again. Thankfully I’ve got a large bottle of tequila left from Gideon’s last visit, so I doubt I’ll stay depressed for long…

Simon is responsible for a lot of the evil in the world. Well – maybe not a lot, but he is responsible for a photo-diary including pictures of the latest blogmeet. And frankly that’s evil enough for me. Pictures include: Stilllife of unwashed Tom’s jowls next to hot bloke sans hair product, Portrait of the Brainsluice as a Young Drinker, Flathead and Coy Girl, The Insane Visionary, Scruff and Scrawn (featuring Tom) and Pannett’s Social Pose.

Will someone answer honestly – do I look like Jack Nicholson?

I received my gift from Secret Santa today. It was all wrapped up and I didn’t want to spoil it for myself, so I’m going to save it until Christmas Day. Apart from the frustration of keeping the system running (which is more of a frustration for Cal I have to confess, because he handles the technical stuff on this project), this has been a tremendously rewarding experience. I know that other people’s gifts have started to arrive as well – and I hope everyone’s feeling the mood take them over.

I really missed Napster. But then I found Limewire. My file-sharing needs are fulfilled once more. Remember children – as it said on the front of my iPod when I pulled it from the box… “Don’t steal music…”

KPMG update: Just gave a few quotes to a friend at the Big Issue about KPMG – it should be out on Monday if you’re interested. In the meantime, Chris was interviewed in the Observer last weekend – here’s a salient quote: “In other words, anyone seeking to place a link to it on their site requires prior approval from KPMG. It would be inappropriate for a family newspaper to summarise Raettig’s response to this preposterous assertion. The salient point is the staggering contempt for the web implicit in KPMG’s stance. It makes one wonder who would buy e-business consulting advice from a firm that takes such a line? “