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Saturday, November 9, 2002 |
Something's seriously wrong here. It takes ages to load my pages, must have something to do with the 'comment' server at Radio UserLand. Please fix!
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This is amazing: Akiyoshi's illusion pages: "Caution: This page contains some works of "anomalous motion illusion", which might make sensitive observers dizzy or sick. Should you feel dizzy, you had better leave this page immediately." Link found at Der Schockwellenreiter.
5:34:16 PM |
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I already mentioned this a week ago...
iBlog is a standalone blogging tool for Mac OS X. It's not a Blogger API or MetaWeblog API app. It does its own content management. It also appears to have a news aggregator built in. It's a free beta right now. It would be interesting to see a weblog created with this software. [Scripting News]
4:47:37 PM |
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Strange. The 'comments' links seem to be broken?
4:36:14 PM |
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 Patrick McGoohan is Number Six, The Prisoner.
And because it fits, here's the Portmeirion Homepage. I once spent a week in this tiny little welsh village and it's lovely.
Because The Prisoner drives a Lotus 7, here is the link to Caterham Cars. They once had a 'Prisoner Limited Edition' Caterham 7: Green body, yellow nose and red leather interior. The car with the number 6 went to Patrick McGoohan. "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! My life is my own.
4:33:56 PM |
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London maps! Quite useful actually.
Maps - Interactive Map & Journey Planning: "TfL's Interactive Map integrates bus, tram, river and DLR information with the familiar London Underground Network."
10:52:21 AM |
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Friday, November 8, 2002 |
 Web Weirdness. I did a Google search for 'phoebe zeit-geist', only to be confronted with the following:SELLTEC Server Meldung: "Neue Session ID
Klicken oder bookmarken Sie bitte folgenden Link, um die Website zu betreten:
http://goto.your-store.com/sserv/comicshop
Ihre aktuelle Session-ID ist leider ungültig bzw. abgelaufen, weil ...
* Sie diese Website über eine Suchmaschine gefunden haben, die eine alte Session ID verwendet,
* oder Sie vermutlich ca. 45 Minuten nichts angeklickt haben,
* oder Sie diese Seite als Bookmark mit einer alten Session-ID aufgerufen haben.
Viel Spaß beim Surfen und/oder Shoppen,
Ihr Webserver
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Zur Information:
Die Session-ID dient dazu, daß der Shop Sie beim Einkaufen eindeutig erkennen kann und beispielsweise Ihren Warenkorb nicht mit dem eines anderen Besuchers vermischt. Sie wird Ihrem Browser beim ersten Betreten des Shops automatisch jeweils neu zugeteilt und im Adressfenster nach der eigentlichen Adresse des Shops angezeigt.
Beispiel:
Wenn Sie im Adressfenster Ihres Browsers folgende Adresse bzw. URL sehen:
http://www.beispielshop.com/shops/shopname($0tMeo8_c3xLLpOT0hKiYhB$)/...
dann ist
http://www.beispielshop.com/shops/shopname
die eigentliche URL und
($0tMeo8_c3xLLpOT0hKiYhB$)
die Session-ID, die bei jedem neuen Besuch wechselt.
Wenn Sie einen Shop mit dem Browser bookmarken, dann wird auch die Session-ID erfaßt, die beim nächsten Aufruf des Bookmarks veraltet ist. Sie können dies umgehen, wenn Sie die Session-ID aus Ihrem Bookmark entfernen.
Bei weiteren Problemen senden Sie uns bitte eine Email-Nachricht
mit einer möglichst genauen Beschreibung des aufgetretenen Fehlers. "
Ok. I click onto http://goto.your-store.com/sserv/comicshop, only to find this: SELLTEC Server Meldung: "Der Shop "comicshop" ist vom Administrator deaktiviert worden.
Bei weiteren Problemen senden Sie uns bitte eine Email-Nachricht
mit einer möglichst genauen Beschreibung des aufgetretenen Fehlers."
What can I say? Idiots. Why can't they just say: 'This site doesn't exist anymore?' Even an 'Error 404' would be sufficient. Idiots. Idiots. Idiots.
11:50:17 PM |
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OS X: So we're prepared for an update then? Pleeeze...Jaguar is really sluggish compared to 10.1.5. At least on my machine. And check out his Comic Books Database programme!
RAILhead Design: Giving the planet a makeover Mac OS X 10.2.2 6F21
Another seed of OS X 10.2.2 was made available to select developers. I don't have word on whether or not this is the final, but things are wrapping-up in the development department. I'll post more as I get more...
10:38:33 PM |
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And one for the spambots:
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See ya tomorrow!
10:10:51 PM |
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Armin has summarized some of the terror warnings. An interesting read.
www.grewe.co.uk, Armin Grewe's personal homepage: "[Terror warnings - what's the point?]
Lots of discussion in the news about the withdrawn terror warnings by the Home Office."
9:59:42 PM |
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Well, I'm quite happy with that. Drooling over bags of money...Christmas? Bah, humbug!
House prices up more than 30% in a year. Money: House prices rose by a monthly record of 4.7% in October, bringing annual house price inflation to a new high of over 30%, said the Halifax today. [Guardian Unlimited]
9:49:22 PM |
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Thursday, November 7, 2002 |
More Mattel and weird Karl May. Now what is this all about? Seems I've missed something.
Western Action Figures Archive - Karl May: "General Information - This line was an extension of the Big Jim line from Mattel, produced in Germany during the mid 70's. Karl May is a famous western writer in Europe, and the line was based on exploits from various novels."
9:15:42 PM |
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Finnegans Wake returns tomorrow, and maybe some other cartoons. Not enough beer, it seems. I saw a fabulous coat at dunhill, but the price tag was fabulous as well: £425! Damn.
7:55:12 PM |
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Just round the corner! Got to have a look 'round there...
Alfred Hitchcock mosaics, Leytonstone: "Alfred Hitchcock was born at 517 High Road, Leytonstone, in the east of London on 13th August 1899. To mark 100 years since this event, and to commemorate the director's link with the area, 14 mosaics have been installed in the entrance corridors of Leytonstone tube station."
7:46:05 PM |
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London. I'm off into town, looking for some books at Murder One, some toys at Forbidden Planet, and have a pint of IPA (Indian Pale Ale) at the Blue Posts pub off Carnaby Street. Next update not before tonight, or probably tomorrow - that depends on the amount of beer.
9:26:20 AM |
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Here's the Comiclopedia:
Lambiek Comiclopedia of Comic Artists: "Welcome to the Lambiek Comiclopedia, a searchable gallery of over 3,200 international comic artists with biographies and artwork samples. If you know a published comic book artist that should be added to the list, please send us more info or website links. Thanks. We hope you enjoy it."
9:17:57 AM |
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002 |
Tired...but there's always enough time for the spambots:
dpvvv@yfjufumc.es, zpes@krgl.es, eie@gmbg.dk, wsyz@fvovucbt.mil, iidlrcp@arcwdgfciaop.com, aczftgefk@zlsehhamdhjkcccrcmzu.de, iqguelusku@vehbnxfl.br, izilneg@xvgnwxwi.st, tbspyi@pfltoqu.jp, onqzgwzyp@vcomzynhyrzdjjtbxfrk.tv, vaydr@kcjwwzgurvxdisvwnxfd.jp, xusmnqjk@svhowdkxyoslslqtrkt.edu, oqsjsglei@nwjuvefewf.es, fotgqfs@neciqrtqi.st, xijaewmy@mmggiw.br, unz@sqaeanrpbrnfkwu.com, qsognq@qrrohlbmprigeyt.eu, ytgbve@zyxknpdksjghkt.biz, rlusnqyocl@cxhv.ar, snamrekt@cppkonybgrkaeax.net
9:56:17 PM |
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I'm not sure what exactly it's about, but it sounds very promising and interesting. In fact, it's simply unbelievable. Whoever has to work with languages, click there:
WORDTHEQUE - Word by word multilingual library: "Welcome to the Logos context search facility Wordtheque. The Wordtheque is a powerful interface with a massive database (currently 696.837.363 words) containing multilingual novels, technical literature and translated texts. Hits are highlighted in context windows that can be expanded up or down. To go to the source web pages (novels, etc.) click on the title - to run a dictionary search click on the highlighted word or phrase. "[Well, actually I don't understand this site at all. It seems to be promising, but navigation is a mess. I just don't get it.]
8:58:07 PM |
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Now this is an experiment. Wonder what hits the Search engines might generate. Results to be published next week.
teen, pig, over, nude, sixteen, queen, pants, blonde, nowhere, prisoner, velvet, someone, horse, car, cheer, squirt, brown, bugger, selfmade, back, break, favour, red, wet, lip, god, famous, thick, long, will, beach, water, naked, pussy, panther, cat, shaved.
7:17:50 PM |
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Wow! Now who can that be? The Illuminati? The Rockefellers? The Bilderbergs? The Grey Aliens?
Times Online: "PAUL BURRELL claimed last night that the Queen warned him that there were dark forces at work in Britain that could threaten him."
12:46:13 PM |
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Found at arbeitslosenamt: "CONGRATULATIONS! You held the button for an AMAZING 0.35 seconds! You held the button longer than 0.0% of HoldTheButton.com users!
voll der unsinn hier:"
http://www.HoldTheButton.com/
9:22:24 AM |
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Tuesday, November 5, 2002 |
I wish someone was possessed by my cartoons! Sigh...
Ananova - Peruvian teenagers 'possessed' by Japanese TV cartoon: "Christian Vilchez, who's 16, and 19-year-olds Jorge Vela and Edy Frank Castillo are fans of Dragon Ball Z and never miss an episode.
But, according to their parents, since watching it last week they have gone mute, had convulsions and lost their memories."
4:59:56 PM |
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Now that sounds interesting. Alas, you need a .mac account with that. Mhm...I got one. But also Radio UserLand. Difficult, very difficult. Decisions, decisions...anyway, it's free.
::Lifli Software::: "Blog is an elegant desktop blogging application that makes authoring and publishing your personal blogs a breeze. Unlike other blogging sytems, You don't have to be an expert database administrator or a perl programmer to setup and use iBlog. You can preview and publish your blogs to your iDisk with a single click of a button."
4:04:34 PM |
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WOT?! Ken, are you completely out of your mind? And that guy was once called 'Red Ken'! Arrghhgrrrblfbx...my brain hurts.
Londoners face £150 council tax rise. Society: Households in the capital face an increase of 89% in their payments to mayor Ken Livingstone to pay for the police, the fire brigade, transport and other services under his control. [Guardian Unlimited]
3:21:11 PM |
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Chaos in Hamburg! Wolfgang, were you involved again?
IndyMedia UK webcast news: "This morning the Hamburg 'Wagenplatz' Bambule had to retreat due to a massive police force being deployed to evict the site. Also see the article 'Celebrating creativity in the face of repression'"
11:31:19 AM |
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Very long german words, part 237. Now that was new even to me! I've never heard this one before:
arbeitslos: "kontoauszugsdruckerautomat"
[bank statement printer]
10:52:26 AM |
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Aha. Now does that mean my links are working properly again?
system.verbs.builtins.radio.webServer.pageFilter changed on Tue, 05 Nov 2002 09:24:10 GMT: Reversed the last change. [Radio.root Updates]
10:36:39 AM |
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Monday, November 4, 2002 |
Google prototypes. New search engines they are developing, quite interesting.
labs.google.com - Google Demos: "Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time. Your feedback can help us improve them. Please play with these prototypes and send your comments directly to the Googlers who developed them. "
8:08:13 PM |
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No illustrations or cartoons today. I was helping out at a Soho ad agency and need some rest.
7:45:50 PM |
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Just a few random addresses...
pagtkhqe@pxogkr.it, xjaat@kdai.de, efgdhndkz@kjdia.de, dqlfuymtw@gsjljeklpohhfckj.fr, yjcatzvg@uyrcqbc.pl, xpyiawehh@bnwqebyjivyhuow.ca, xghajywrie@lheawfpvpvq.eu, tqvfqyw@jyhfec.de, tlv@prjqxex.de, sjvv@cvozuqmbw.pl, udunin@zyqf.ar, dtvlgyfld@ypuvajd.nl, ucmwt@tpbeddizwhavuvtwln.ca, vbnigp@bqgoozkxs.edu, oeazhpnb@pnxznbxnvjykv.st, avcgeh@xiwbvudgbs.tv, jdlf@syqduimppa.org, ijxfr@fvcia.es, vryi@fjaoi.com, fuynbmlmde@voidxuvqym.org
7:44:43 PM |
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My God... what has this country come to? Pubs open 24hrs a day?! Unbelievable. Guess I have to learn how to drink slower then.
Time to be called on pub laws. Changes to licensing laws to allow pubs to stay open up to 24 hours a day are expected to be announced next week by the government. [BBC News | Front Page]
7:43:10 PM |
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Sunday, November 3, 2002 |
Spambot food:
yelcdjkva@gtptexbs.ar, uga@feauzvvppauc.ch, ivsniirti@jjsbfixujemdecclkku.us, xmszqg@qoqpgh.pl, qvfixctfom@ydrbsabtzjcgimx.com, qdbskf@vhdmkswrdgzh.ch, dch@krhvbaejex.mil, uslqga@xfxmgnxoh.tv, lrqgc@tzvatwlvwfoazfrvv.org, wkbext@ijxmzpzjusfrd.edu, dwywfrkoo@oxtrlwfoothxogtpr.org, cbkfrsa@rwyzqaffddgkyebp.de, qnqrlbf@qaooja.dk, hriaro@gzgths.fr, ghjzg@csoglttwx.fr, sqdi@nmokzpeaqzjkmgf.dk, zijoatlur@xqoimtpzbdhey.it, pwrdjqeenh@fwsviadediou.ar, jobvm@qixr.br, oexyvby@myzxvngunicdp.dk
5:08:50 PM |
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More Fehlfarben:
Wir treffen die drei Original-Mitglieder Peter Hein (Gesang), Thomas Schwebel (Gitarre) und Michael Kemner (Bass) sowie die neue Drummerin Saskia von Klitzing in einem Kölner Hotel, um mit ihnen über das neue Album "Knietief Im Dispo" und Anekdoten aus Jürgen Teipels Buch "Verschwende Deine Jugend" zu plaudern.LAUT - Fehlfarben: "Mit Extrabreit und Nena haben wir nix am Hut" (Interview)
12:47:23 PM |
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Talking about The Prisoner and his Lotus 7 - here is a link to 
Anorak stuff. Interesting website about the London Routemaster buses:
Illustration #8 - The Mookse and The Gripes. Their arguing is getting more and more rude... 
Even more U.N.C.L.E. stuff is located here: 
Napoleon Solo, the Man from U.N.C.L.E., can be found here:
Still awaiting the files from New York. Another Planning Meeting, 1 week later, and no sign of those files.
Os X weirdness... Now what is that? There's something running on my machine called 'Zombie'??? What is it? Help!!! I don't want to have zombies on my Mac!
That's more like it. I had them when I was little...
Still thinking about a series with The Bird People... Again, done during a Planning Meeting in Brussels, while desperately waiting for files from New York.
Great Site about french/belgian comic books:
Fred and Bob, cowspotting, part 5.
Mattel's Man in Space!
Done last year during the weekly Planning Meeting at the ad agency in Brussels. Planning Meetings can get boring...
The Mookse and The Gripes, the seventh illustration. Not to worry - cartoons to follow shortly!
The sixth illustration!
The good old times in Düsseldorf...