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Saturday, December 24, 2005 - "Merry Christmas Everyone."

> Quotes

  • As if by magic - the Auditor appeared.
  • Ritual Scarification, dumbass - not a Richard Scarry fixation.
  • The Lord is pushing Leopard.
  • A denim jacket being worn over a leather coat.  Cool squared.

> Serious

  • Huggles smiley. [Display]
  • You leave more traces than you think. [Details]
  • ... so very very fucked up. Or, because of the camera, not. [Details]
  • Seriously. Carol singing police. [Details]
  • Awww. Kiss of death. How touching. And nutty. [Details]
  • Remember, the people in charge of making sure that you are safe are no more intelligent than the people that you work for. [Details]
  • You mean people don't automatically lie on these things? (Which will only work until they start cross-referencing them on the spot - at which point you'll just start using real-but-false details and their information quality will go down still further...) [Details]

> Politics

  • And everything hangs on their flawed definition of torture. Well, admitting it is the first step. Now let's get them to stop. [Details]
  • Thanksgiving. Go on. Learn something. [Details]
  • Grrrr. What is wrong with politics now? [Details]
  • Because actually checking by more than surname would be tough - and no suspects every use false names, oh no. [Details]
  • Egypt is all going pear-shaped, though. [Details]

> Stuff

  • Think there were a lot of hurricanes this year? Let's see that again... [Destroy]
  • Things tha are too cute to be allowed. [Display] [Display]
  • Good free firewall to stay free. [Details]
  • Some of these, you want to buy. Others belong in the same category as "Hello kitty massager with Cthulhu plush cover" Having said that - it's nice to see that we FINALLY have a DC power standard, even if it could do with carrying a little more juice. (Expect USB3 when others figure this out...) [Details]
  • Video player. Plays pretty much everything. [Download]
  • The forces of darkness. And your network. [Download]
  • A book. Nay, a rant. [Download]
  • The Words of Odin the High One. [Details]
  • Fair division. The two player algorithm is to have one cut the cake and the other choose the piece. The six billion player algorithm is still being investigated. [Details]
  • How does your webpage build? [Download]
  • Dogs playing poker has nothing on these guys. What would the great artists have done in an age of photoshop? Played bad flash games, probably. Slackers. [Display]
  • Jabber didn't catch on much. Now google are using it and adding video - and somehow, it seems evil. Just the taint of kazaa? [Download]
  • Free (both senses) music. Played via flash, but easy to get properly (sign up or check source) 'what to do about micheal' is great. As is space rocks. [Destroy] [Destroy]

> Techie

  • If you're going to authenticate an automatic process, do it properly. And know how to change it. [Details]
  • Write comments, you bozos. [Details]
  • Do you fancy building a device driver? No? Sensible you. [Download]
  • Ajax. It's based on javascript, and possibly even MORE evil when used badly. Learn how to use it well. [Details]

> Humour

  • Have an insane four sided rant [Destroy]
  • Bad puppy. No Christmas. [Destroy]
  • Suggestion from radio4 - "To avoid holiday stress, make sure each person gets at least one present wrapped in bubble wrap." [Display]
  • A use for virii. I think we can expect this sort of thing to grow. [Details]
  • It's an advert, sadly. But, well, yes. [Destroy]
  • Only in France. (Slightly unbelievable) [Details]
  • Then again, this is the source that brings you such reliable news reports as this... [Details]
  • StarWars-Wars. [Display]
  • Mafia nuts. [Details]
  • Very sensible. Scary 'I am insane' comments from the opponents, too. Which is always good. [Details]
  • Ahh! Scary 'lawnmower-man' flashbacks! Keep the bad film awaaaaaay! (Seriously, what the heck were they thinking?) [Details]
  • He meditates without food or sleep! Except at night. Still, pretty cool cult you've got going there. [Details]
  • Christmas elves. (Link bottom left somewhere) [Destroy]
  • Your head WILL explode, if you love eggs. [Destroy]

> Gaming

  • Christmas grow. [Destroy]
  • Plastic martians. Pong on a hyperbolic surface. [Destroy]
  • Transcendence. Kinda sorta spacehack. [Download]
  • Anacreon. Very harsh 4X space-empires from the same guy. [Download]
  • Have an RPG. An... odd and scary one. In a... bad way. [Download]
  • Beat 'em up. [Destroy]
  • Executive decision, and a bunch of other party and RPG games. [Download]
  • Jags. Just another (bad, heavy) gaming system. But it's got backgrounds to steal from. [Download]
  • Eldritch asskicking. I kinda blew my chance to run this by doing so prematurely and it suckethed. But it reads great. [Download] [Download]
  • Many many many many many many GAMES! [Download]

> Comics

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