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:: Friday, March 05, 2004 ::

Books:
I going to buy this: Instruments and the Imagination
This is just odd: Theory of Submarine Design

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League of Gentleman creators join a group of writers working on the new series of Doctor Who (ooh, look, it's Lalla!)
Full Cast and Crew for Doctor Who

David Hockney has said that "digital manipulation will kill off photography as an art form."
I don't agree. It's just a different art form to pure analogue photography. He argues that painting is now more true to life, but to me digital manipulation just makes photography more like painting. There is nothing to stop both art forms existing in their older forms as we see a new hybrid art form being created around the two. Enviably the older forms will be out of vogue for a while whilst people experiment with new techniques, but the original art of photography is not going to be lost.

Via Link Machine Go:
Mary White House Experience

Via Chicha:
Interview with Don LaFontaine, "father of the modern trailer."
(I like it in here!)

I've been resisting posting a rant about GM crops as I'm trying to keep an open mind about it and not get all reactionist. (Bear with me as I'm working from memory here.) A government report published last month found that during trials one particular GM crop, Maize had actually been beneficial to local wildlife rather than detrimental as neigh-sayers had suggested. However, it has emerged today that these findings were fatally flawed due to the use of a strong and soon to be banned pesticide on the non-GM Maize. To paraphrase a government announcement last month 'there is no-longer any public opposition to GM crops.' There is of course no way they can possibly know this as they still refuse to have an open public debate on the issue. It is now long overdue.

Bjorn Lomborg says "there is not enough money to solve all of the world's problems."

Animated map of how the UK's coal mines disappeared

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Official. IMDb. Directors file.
Edit: (Via Proxxxy) "Lacuna is the company in the film that erases Jim Carrey's Memory. Their promotional website is the spot for the film."

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Come on Bristol! The Air Guitar Championships are on tonight, with the finals on the 16th... Bristol is sooo cool.

PS Anyone going to Ozomatli on Saturday?

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The only western country backwards enough to think that execution is acceptable seem to revel in the voyeurism of it, like a form of entertainment:
Two thirds of Americans would watch a televised execution
One fifth would pay to watch the execution of Osama Bin Laden

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From Spokes via email (looks quite old judging by some of the phrases, not to mention the fact OnDigital is in there):

Imagine if all major retailers started making their own condoms and kept the same tagline...
Sainsbury Condoms - making life taste better
Tesco Condoms - every little helps
Nike Condoms - Just do it.
Peugeot Condoms - The ride of your life.
Galaxy Condoms - Why have rubber when you can have silk.
KFC Condoms - Finger licking good.
M&Ms Condoms - melt in your mouth, not in your hands.
Safeway condoms - Lightening the load.
Abbey National condoms - because life is complicated enough.
Coca Cola condoms - The real thing.
Duracell condoms - keep going and going.
Macintosh condoms - It does more, it costs less, it's that simple
Pringles condoms - once you pop, you can't stop
Burger king condoms - Home of the whopper
Goodyear condoms - "for a longer ride go wide"
FCUK condoms - no comment required.
Muller light condoms - so much pleasure, but where's the pain.
Flash condoms - Just sit back, relax and let Flash do all the hard work.
Halford condoms - we go the extra mile.
OnDigital condoms - plug and play!!!!
Royal Mail condoms - I saw this and thought of you.
Andrex condoms - Soft, strong and very very long
Renault condoms - size really does matter!
Ronseal condoms - does exactly what is says on the tin
Domestos condoms - gets right under the rim!!!
Heineken condoms - reaches parts that other condoms just cannot reach
Carlsberg condoms - probably the best condom in the world
AA Condoms - for the 4th emergency service
Pepperami Condoms - it's a bit of an animal
Polo condoms - the condom with the hole!!! (VERY poor seller!!!)

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News stories that caught me eye today:

Robo-talk helps pocket translator
No voice pre-registering apparently. That makes things difficult. I wonder how good it actually is.

Volvo's new concept car, launched at the Geneva motor show, is a car designed by women for women

Raid following pirate DVDs of Live Aid concert found on eBay by Geldof
But there's a market for this. Why don’t they release it and make some more money for the charity and put an end to the pirate market? I'd buy it.

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Via OnlineBlog:
Microsoft on every DVD?
The creators of Bagle, Mydoom and Netsky exchange pleasantries

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Via Grom:
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic music
IDM – Intelligent Dance Music
"This is the oddest named genre in the entire world, since it's not easily danceable, it's not certifiably intelligent, and it's arguable as to whether it constitutes as actual music."
Poor grammar aside that's could be the best description of IDM I've ever seen. Other than that the site isn't that great.

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Virtual Sex... with plugs!
This is totally work safe, I promise. I just received these little anis in an email so I don't know where they're originally from. I'll try and find the source and credit it sometime. In the mean time enjoy my hastily encoded page.

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Despite having previously declared that Mr Wolf's Noodle Bar doesn't have a web site I have now found it. It even has the full menu. Remember, Gusset will be playing there next Thursday with Frog Pocket and Chevron.

Apologies to readers for the current gig promotion obsession. I don’t have much else on my mind at the moment. So, umm, other stuff.... I watched Starship Troopers last night for the first time since its original theatrical release. It’s still shit.

Free Instructions for the Chess Variant Forchess. "A great way to combine self-development and entertainment."

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Flyer for our Donna Summer/OVe-NaXx gig uploaded. Poster to follow.

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Buy silence from iTunes
I can't believe they haven't got the Cage piece.
Any silence collection would simply be missing something without it.

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Gallery slot for 'bloodied' Diana portrait

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The gigs page has been updated with the Frog Pocket/Chevron gig and the flyer for Toxic Dancehall 4 in April (hey, we seem to have been promoted to room one!). Oh, and for those who have absolutely know idea where Mr Wolf's Noodle Bar is there is a map here. I wonder if we get a noodle rider?

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The Boy with the Ring 3 sweeps the Oscars, with a record equalling 11 Oscars. Have a look at Oscars.org if your interested.

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