plasticbag.org

Hello, my name is Tom. I’ll be your host tonight at plasticbag.org – so just relax and let me take care of everything. What’s that you say? What’s happening in the world today? I honestly don’t know madam. What’s that you say? That I should know? Because I’m running a weblog? What rubbish woman. Get your coat and get the hell out of here. I’m not here for your amusement. Jesus. And yes I was aware that Clare and Tom from Big Brother are expecting a baby. What do you think I am? Completely disconnected from the world?

Warning: Plans are afoot for a Big Gay Blogmeet. Extensive documentation and probing tests will be required if there is any doubt about your sexual preference. Many of these tests may be … degrading. Still interested?

So you’re trying to find out about something, and you look on the net and you can’t find it. The next thing you do is go straight onto Usenet, because there will be someone there with specific expertise in whatever it is that you’re interested in. But you will have to wait a while until someone responds. Perhaps you should try FAQs.org first?

Nine things that are true and one that is not: [after NotSoSoft]

1) I’ve been to tea with Esther Rantzen.
2) I’ve been to all but two of the mainland US states.
3) My dentist wants me to have £2000 worth of dental work.
4) I went to the world premiere of Snatch.
5) I don’t understand Football.
6) I have no sense of smell.
7) I have owned five different cars.
8) I fancy short men with big noses.
9) I think cheese makes me fart.
10) I’ve snogged a multi-millionaire.

More political commentary from timewasting.net. Does this represent the complete lack of faith that the majority of the country have of contemporary politics? I personally blame campaigns like that of the Conservative party for lowering our faith in our ‘elected representatives’.

“The woeful security of the Conservative Party website has been exposed by an anonymous computer cracker. The UK expert says that the conservatives.com website has been failing to take even the most basic security precautions. He warns that in the run-up to the election anyone who wanted to embarrass the Conservative Party could do so by defacing the site.” [BBC News]

I don’t understand. If it really is that easy, why on earth hasn’t anyone done it. A party that bases itself so patently around stuck-out chests, self-importance and a complete inability to laugh at itself should surely be a prime candidate. I’d do it if I could. Can you do it? Go on then!

There’s a slight work-related tension in the air today as I wait to hear whether or not I will be needed for a couple of weeks work at Capital Radio. Plus I’m supposed to finish a review for the BBC, drop some notes around web design agencies and follow up on a couple of other work-related leads. But again, for the second week in a row, the Guardian actually has a reasonably sized New Media section, which includes (shock of all shocks) some jobs I actually might want to apply for.

“Tom himself is a 400 lb, East Bolivian, overblown arsehole with delusions of grandeur, and a very strange fascination with hairless Mexican wrestlers.
Of course Tom doesn’t read the path of thornes, so we’re not worried.” [Oh yeah?]

Leia Scofield’s 30 DVDs in 30 Days project reaches day 28 with Antitrust and mentions the plasticbag.org Antitrust subVERT project.

So the question of the moment really is: “Am I GOING OUT WITH PAUL DIGITALTRICKERY or NOT?“. I think I might submit my picture. I’d quite like to know whether I am or not. You never know. I might be.