"Quebec and the Ideal of Federalism 
     A working paper by McGill Professor Louis Balthazar. 
     http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/misc/baltha.htm 
     Show me more like this "

"Joan Scott chairwoman of People First, said: "I would love to meet Dean and Nigel face-to-face and I challenge them to come forward and stop hiding behind their website. Even though I'm stuck in a wheelchair I could give them a piece of my mind. I'm not going to let this drop.""

"The Alien Parson Project"

I watched the Turner Prize show and it seems the artist's style is to blatantly rip people off so I don't see quite what the fuss is about.

You can see them side-by-side at the Guardian. [via linkmachinego]

29/11/00 - Disconnected automatic forwarding.  I wanted to go here, which, according to Google said:

"NotesPad ... with an for MS-Windows -- 3.1/3.11, NT, 95, 98, It's freeware!
... and it's not "just another" text editor! It's An Editor on teroids! ..."

"A Date In Infamy:   12/07/1941  ~ The Attack on Pearl Harbor"

29/11/00 - A use for WAP phones that actually appeals:

"Wapsh allows users to login to a Unix workstation using a WAP-capable mobile phone. Features include shortcuts (to save phone typing), input of control and other special characters, command history, and searching and scrolling through long shell output."

29/11/00 - 25 Worst Dressed G.I. Joe Figures: [shamelessly stolen from somewhere]

Action Man was *all* man.

27/11/00 - HaveIGotNewsForYou.com sends you to eHaveIGotNewsForYou.com.  Some Yorkshire influence that I don't know about?

I wonder if the U.S. version fronted by Norm MacDonald has got off the ground? [scroll to July 30]

27/11/00 - A webring for the other side of weblogs, e/n.

27/11/00 - Could this be the end for Mistress Hurley?

"A small war has been declared in one rather influential corner of Manhattan. According to anonymous 'sources', there have been, in recent months, some rather emotional spats in the Estée Lauder boardroom...  The bone of contention is, it seems, our own Liz Hurley, chosen five years ago by Leonard himself as the 'face' of Estée Lauder. It is said that Aerin is convinced that Hurley makes the brand look tacky and wants to replace her with Gwyneth Paltrow."

27/11/00 - Long article on Negativland, Napster and recontextualization.

27/11/00 - A strange relic of the Nazi era: [warning: German]

27/11/00 - Handy guide to being a whistleblower: (via Baylink)

"If you are contacting us for the first time with the intention of handing over some damaging and/or confidential information, for God's sake don't do it at work."

Via Lake Effect which states:

"Trivia I bet you didn't know: WD stands for "water displacer", and 40 is just the number of formulations it took before it worked. The inventor's wife was the one who suggested a spray dispenser after using it to polish a coffee table (!), off which an ashtray promptly slipped."

"In Doe v. Duncanville Independent School District, the Fifth Circuit ruled in 1993 that a basketball coach had crossed the line when he led his girls? basketball team in the Lord?s Prayer in the locker room and again at center court before games. The suit was brought on behalf of a player who objected to participating in such prayers. Her refusal had personal repercussions -- she was harassed by fellow students who questioned her nonbelief, she was heckled by spectators at the games, and she was confronted in her history class by a teacher who called her a ?little atheist.?"

24/11/00 - More food stuff, sort of.  If you're sad or SAD then it's because you need more turkey (or cottage cheese).

24/11/00 - Mmm, deep fried mars bars:

"DEEP FRIED MARS BARS
Recipe from Scottish Fish and Chip Stands

1 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup cold water
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
4 Mars or other caramel covered candy bars
Shortening or oil for frying

Mix flour, salt, and water until smooth, cover, and let stand at room temperature 20 to 30 minutes. Stir baking powder into batter. Place shortening or oil in a deep fat fryer, insert thermometer, and begin heating over high heat. Dip candy bars into batter, allowing excess to drain off. Fry in 375 degree fat until golden and crisp. Drain on paper toweling."