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Sunday, May 8, 2005 - "Taps that leak Bile and Blood"

> Quotes

  • There isn't a shinma responsible for your hat.
  • "If they do switch to 616 being the number of the beast then we'll start using that."
  • Bab. Some kind of cow-god, we think.
  • Raping kittens with Cacti. For science!
  • "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where train stops. On my desk, I have a work station..."
  • Although I have been informed that coffee in 2005 is bland, tasteless and, indeed, in some cases poisonous, I cautiously try it. I lie awake for several hours, contemplating the flavour of the coffee, and twitching.
  • "The only thing worse than genocide is being bad at it."
  • "The experiment called America was doomed to fail because it was built on a false premise - that all men are created equal."
  • I saw bubbles flowing out of the wall above a shop. I walked a little closer, and saw it was a small bubble machine. Right next to it was a sign that said "this is not a bubble machine, it is a figment of your imagination."
  • Genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in. Next to soccer.
  • Hey! if we can't strike him down, can we blow him up?

> Serious / Politics

  • Tempted to put this in humour, but social profiling is scary. [Details]
  • Children can be terrifying. [Details]
  • Worth a shot? No. [Details]
  • Wheee! Broadcast flag may be dead! [Details]
  • And this isn't stupid at all. [Details]
  • Buhhhh... Not a hoax. [Details]
  • China - storing up problems for the future, or just not finished yet? [Details]
  • Gah! Stupid stupid stupid STUPID. [Details]

> Games

  • Starcraft demo. How's THAT for timely :) [Download]
  • Starport. Elite-mmo thingy. [Download]
  • I'm not even gonna TRY and pronounce this. Alien warfare thingy. [Destroy]
  • Board game. Road building. With elves. DIE! [Details]
  • Interesting Tynes game. (pdf) [Download]
  • Crimson fields. Which is a battle isle clone. Which is a hex based TBS. And good, apparantly. [Download]
  • Phantasy star... online again. Grrr. [Details]
  • Aww... can you rescue the cute little inverted pepperpot? [Destroy]

> Techie

  • Firefox. Buggy pos? (My pet hate - open a new tab and quickly start typing the url - it goes into the search bar instead. Argh. You have to PAUSE. This thing is SLOW.) [Details]
  • So - hows about making it less crappy? [Details]
  • Pdf speedup - attempts to make acrobat a bit less crap. [Download]
  • Website that lets you upload images and use them later. For forums and stuff. [Details]
  • About ****dy time. [Details]
  • This could be... fun. [Details]
  • It cheats - but allegedly it also WORKS. [Details]

> Stuff

  • An anti-spam thing - it send an auth request to anyone trying to contatc you via it. Don't use it for automatic lists etc. though - they'll fail. [Details]
  • And since apparantly some people still don't know of it - spamgourmet. It blocks every mail after the (you choose how many) from a given sender. Great for signing up for things where you NEED their confirmation email but don't want anything else from them. [Details]
  • Have another book. about the wild days of wolf hunting (and many other animal stories) [Details]
  • And the art of war. [Details]
  • Sound and music editor. [Download]
  • Metroid in metal [Destroy]
  • A cat that is a drummer? A cat in a drum? Who knows. [Display] [Display]
  • Danger! Danger! Unknown movie file! [Destroy]
  • And you thought the insainquarium only had fish in it, didn't you? [Details]
  • Free macro editor for windows. At ***ing last. [Download]
  • KittenPile. Another concept to hurt your tiny little mind. [Display]
  • Whilst we're at it - Kitten WAR. Fight kitties, FIGHT! Two kitties enter, one kittie leaves! There are two rules of kittie-club: 1) If you're a kitty, you have to fight. 2) Awww.. CUTE! [Display]
  • Another advert that is funny enough to link to. Evil. With John Cleese. [Destroy]
  • A cool pile of STUFF! Stolen over the years, and now available on the web. Browse the stolen stuff! [Details]

> Humour

  • Political campaigns without limits. Yeep. (If they've not fixed it, take the extra space off the end of the labour one) [Destroy]
  • Forget it. I am going to return to the bridge to shatter asteroids with my mind. I find it soothing, and the officers really get a kick out it. [Details]
  • I spy - heresy! [Details]
  • Ack - took me a while to figure out the "java container squared movie format" one. Pain. [Display]
  • Giant octopus attack! (Can't believe I missed this.) [Destroy]
  • Just a normal election result - until you notice the Veritas vote. Yay! [Details]
  • Serengeti hairstyle. [Display]
  • Someone is gonna be overloaded with cranks - but it's almost a good idea. [Details]
  • ... No. [Details]
  • Cars probably shouldn't do that. [Details]
  • Sad sad sad people. Heard this before though, so may be urban legend territory. [Details]
  • Seems the "campaign for the chaste" got up someones nose. [Details] [Details]
  • Ok - ewwww. [Details]
  • Apparantly golf is contentious in some way? [Destroy]
  • Important. Interestingly both more and less effective here - more since you only need 10 signatories, but less because you need to pony up 500UKP. Still, would make an interesting protest. [Details]

> Comics

  • Supermegatopia says that webcomics are a good thing. (Also find the hellkitty ones.) [Details]
  • Inverloch seems cute. [Display]
  • Mixed Myth has been brought to its conclusion. And it's great. As the king suggested, start at the beginning and continue until you reach the end. Then stop. [Display]
  • Van von hunter I linked once, ages ago, and is still funny. [Display]
  • /GU Check out Charlie Brown! [Display]
  • Something positive - which I mainly like for Choo-Choo bear. [Display]
  • A question for the ages, from Neko the Kitty. [Display]
  • Blue crash kit. Silly funny superhero stuff. With BIG kittens. [Display]
  • I think I linked this before. The first half of "Dirk Gently's Holisitic Detective Agency" in comic form. [Display]
  • Dominic deegan. Because it's STILL funny. Even if it has developed a long running plot. [Display]
  • Abby's Agency. Not half as funny when you're chasing something you KNOW you have a site licence for, but then you have to go via central IT and... [Details]

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