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:: Friday, May 16, 2003 ::

NTL have finaly backed down. I'm glad all those letters to ASA, faxes to MPs etc. have paid off. (also quite glad I never got round to canceling)

:: popcorn 16.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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Just got emailed this, it's scary:

You know you're living in 2003 when...
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
4. You e-mail your mate who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they do not have e-mail addresses.
6. When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a business manner.
7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally do "9" to get an outside line.
8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different companies.
10. Your CV is on a disk in your pocket.
11. Your biggest loss from a system crash was when you lost all of your best jokes.
12. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
13. Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get
long-service awards.
14. Board members salaries are higher than all the Third World countries' annual budgets combined.
15. Interviewees, despite not having the relevant knowledge or experience, terminate the interview when told of the starting salary.
16. Free food left over from meetings is your staple diet.
17. Your boss gets a brand-new state-of-the-art laptop with all the latest features, but you have time to go for lunch while yours boots up.
18. Being sick is defined as you can't walk or you're in hospital.
20. There's no money in the budget for the five permanent staff your department desperately needs, but they can afford four full-time management consultants advising your boss's boss on strategy.
21. Your relatives and family describe your job as "works with computers".
AND THE CLINCHERS ARE...
22. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling.
23. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends"
24. You got this email from a friend that never talks to you any more, except to send you jokes from the net.
25. You are too busy to notice there was no 9 & 19
26. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a No.9"

:: Dan 15.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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Apple iTunes, pay-per-download service, now up to two million downloads in first 16 days. So where could this lead?

:: Dan 15.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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The latest hi-tech medical fad to hit American shopping malls is the MRI scan!

:: Dan 15.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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Here’s pictures of Amanda and myself doing our best Morrissey impressions. Thought I’d share that as I’m scanning stuff.

:: Dan 14.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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I thought I received the worst packed CD in history in the post yesterday. I probably shouldn’t really publish this picture as it has the senders address on it, but good luck to anyone who wants to work out what it says! Then, this arrived in the post today. What's the world coming to?

:: Dan 14.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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John Woo + Sega designs = omygodohmygodohmygodohmygod

:: popcorn 14.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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it IS true.

In which case, anyone want to start a sweepstake on how long after Glasto opens these things get trashed?........no?

:: popcorn 14.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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It’s a very good PR stunt, that’s what it is.

:: Dan 14.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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it IS false.
it ISN'T false.


hulo Sean

:: popcorn 14.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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First post for a long time from me, I know, sorry for being slack guys...

For those of you that may be interested here is a link to a trailer for the Matrix Revolutions, yes you heard me right, NOT Reloaded, it is apparently a rip from the new game Enter The Matrix. (use right click, "Save As..")

Enjoy...

:: Spokesy 14.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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Is MC Honky the Messiah?

Oh yeah, and while your over at Rolling Stone, why not vote P J Harvey the worlds greatest live act. Or someone else if you prefer I suppose.

:: Dan 13.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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It stinks of a fake to me. Like I said, it must be getting easier to scam news agencies these days. Those contradictory statements from M$ are ridiculous, I don’t think they know what they're doing!

:: Dan 13.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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Sorry Dan, life is not imitating the onion

although on closer inspection of that artical, it might be true. That's sh!t, "this big story is a fake, it's been confirmed as a fake by M$, M$ have also confirmed this is not a fake." WTF?

:: popcorn 13.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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A Very English Genius
There is a profile of Michael Ventris, the man who deciphered Linear B, Europe's oldest writing system, on BBC2 tonight (Tue 13 May, 11:20 pm - 12:25 am). Recommended.

:: Dan 13.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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WTF do M$ think they’re doing now? They *seem* to think that putting high speed internet access into portaloos is a good idea. And not only that, there going to be making their UK debut AT GLASTONBURY!!! The thing doesn’t stand a chance. Remember the cyber bench? They put the thing in some park in Bury St. Edmonds, and the thing was vandalised (chewing gum in the RJ-45 ports) within 24 hours. And that’s in Suffolk... just imagine what will happen on a festival site.
Anyway, the whole thing sounds like a wind up to me, but the shear number of news stories about it seems to indicate otherwise (either that or it’s getting easier to scam news agencies these days).
Picture here, at festivals here, Glasto here. The thing even has “6-channel surround sound under the sink” apparently!

Its another life imitates The Onion story! E_toilet. Windows everywhere.

:: Dan 12.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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Google news has launched in the UK, first report is of Madonna & her new mates

:: popcorn 12.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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Romana looks good!

Check out Apishangel for some quality Bristolian graffiti, and some nice T-Shirts.
And I've just bought a couple of Hook-Ups Tees over the weekend, nice and sleazy.

:: Dan 12.5.03 [Arc]    ::
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