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19/10/00 - From a website of unusual buildings, Sheffield's own National Centre for Popular Music:

18/10/00 - The Guardian story on the British Library's new policy of junking books.  (Despite it being the library of record.)

Here is the view from the World Socialist Web Site:

"The implementation of such a policy change is an act of cultural and historical vandalism. Based purely on considerations of financial expediency, it is a telling example of the philistinism that now dominates within ruling circles."

"Responsibility to preserve material - at a point where it can be reasonably expected to be made available to the public - is an important role for the national library and one which supports the work of every individual library in the country.  This responsibility should not be lightly discarded because of administrative problems which, whilst serious when they occur, are not insurmountable.  When material is discarded, or not collected at all, there is likely to be a permanent loss which it is unlikely that it will be possible to make good at a later date."

"One person was killed, and two were wounded [in a shooting at] the West Tennessee Street Krispy Kreme parking lot."

18/10/00 - Ah, the many challenges of plastics: (via Anthropology in the News)

"Tupperware, Barbie Dolls, Naugahyde and  other plastic emblems of the 20th century are in jeopardy... [F]or museums, deterioration of plastics and other synthetic polymers is hampering efforts to preserve the essence of modern life."

17/10/00 - I don't know what to say:

"Actor Gary Oldman has claimed his latest movie, The Contender, has been re-edited as anti-Republican propaganda."

16/10/00 - Going for the record: how many times can the writer insult Northerners?

"It's getting to that time of year when your mates from 'oop North want to come and crash on your sofa for a weekend of chrissy shopping. Not this year, says Edward Sullivan. The tight gits can go stay in a pub. But where?.."

But if you can't wait that long, book your Whisky Weekend here.

16/10/00 - I just discovered that the best chocolates in Australia are made by Haigh's!

A much better namesake that John George Haigh, the acid bath murderer:

16/10/00 - Viewmaster custom sales.

16/10/00 - Articles I wish I had bid on at Ebay: the Evolution Control Committee 'Whipped Cream Mixes' 45 which went for $1(!) and the  'Rocked by Rape' 45 which went for $2.25.

16/10/00 - The best page in French on the web (and a gratuitous pig link to boot!)

16/10/00 - Article about The Simpsons going downhill. (via Robot Wisdom)

16/10/00 - I saw this photo originally on Robot Wisdom but then Bifurcated Rivets pointed to this article about the search for the photographer:

16/10/00 - Somebody out there just can't get enough of Keith Harris and Orville judging by the searches people do to get to this site.  So here's a picture:

They make number 15 on the Top 50 Celebrities of the 20th Centuries.

15/10/00 - Ever find yourself wondering what the atomic number of praseodymium is but there's never a periodic table to hand?  Then worry no longer; just surf your WAP phone over here.

Or just have a look at the Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements.  Looks like you'd be out of luck for praseodymium though.

15/10/00 - Mmmm it sound so good:

"The sandwich is served on flat bread with sauteed vegetables, including yellow zucchini, regular zucchini, green bell peppers, onions, minced garlic and parsley. It also has a dill sauce, slivered onions, lettuce, tomato and Pepper Jack cheese."

15/10/00 - I want, errmm, this T-shirt:

15/10/00 - The 'Are You A True Northerner?' quiz from The Guardian.  Can you beat my 26?

15/10/00 - Interesting article about the baffling success of Jeff Koons:

"In summary, for better or worse, Jeff Koons is here to stay. He's in the art history books. In that respect, he's a little like those nasty fire ants that invaded the deep South a century ago, and which continue to expand their range with virtually no chance of being stopped. Like it or not, people who live in those areas already colonized have to accept the ants and learn how to live with them."

15/10/00 - Insert your 'Bill Clinton -Monica Lewinsky - blue dress' joke here.

14/10/00 - Why have I not been updated on the SubHonker Filter?

14/10/00 - Bad news if you access 'private' email at work:

"Everyone knows the boss can read all of the email you send and receive through your corporate account. Unfortunately, security experts say many employees would be surprised to know that Web-based email services also offer little privacy. Messages sent via a Yahoo or Hotmail account, or through instant messaging products, such as ICQ or America Online's Instant Messenger (AIM), are just as accessible to nosy employers."

"An American city with a proud German heritage will have no alcohol at its annual beer festival because the county has been legally dry for decades."

14/10/00 - Haddock is unlucky - having access to the Oxford English Dictionary is great.  This is their Word of the Day:

"intrigue, n.

1. Intricacy, complexity; a complicated contrivance; a maze, a labyrinth. Obs.

  1656 BLOUNT Glossogr., Intrique, an intricacy, labyrinth, maze, incumbrance, difficulty. Cressy. 1660 Chas. II.'s escape fr. Worcester in Select. fr. Harl. Misc. (1793) 382 His majesty was had to his lodging, and the intrigues of it shewn him. 1673 RAY Trav. (1738) I. 419 A famous engine to raise up water..There is so little of it remaining that it is impossible thence to find out all the contrivance and intrigue of it. 1686 GOAD Celest. Bodies I. iv. 11 No finite Knowledge can be comprehensive of an Effect..in every minute Intrigue of Nature..."

"Email Address of the Year    Goofing.off@home.com (David Caine)
First Runner Up                     cyuincourt@aol.com (Helen Yu, Attorney)
Second Runner Up                 i_think_therefore@i.am (June S. Lee)"

The site also gave me a gratuitous pig link

14/10/00 - Someone always of interest in the UK, John DeLorean makes a comeback! (via Obscure Store)

And here's the website:

"Announcing the most exciting news to come down the road since the original DeLorean, DeLorean's Collectible DMC2 Timepiece. Designed like the original DeLorean, it's the most unique and exciting timepiece you could wear. This collectible timepiece was designed in John's signature metal, stainless steel. These timepieces will be specially made for a few of DeLorean's most loyal enthusiasts."

14/10/00 - For anyone watching the U.S Presidential election here's a handy site, the God-o-meter: (via Grauniad Unlimited weblog)

"The God-o-Meter (pronounced Gah-DOM-meter) scientifically measures factors such as rate of God-talk (mentions per 30 seconds), context (invoking God to, say,  justify tax cuts would send the God-o-Meter into a frenzy), and other top-secret criteria."