Saturday, September 13, 2003

posted by Irdial , 7:53 PM Þ 
Friday, September 12, 2003
posted by Alun , 8:08 PM Þ 
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 5:14 PM Þ 

Octoroon to a racehorse at an wellness unnerved, it doesn't matter in
what order the letters in a word are, the Olin impotent thing is that
first and last letter is at the right pickle. The rest can be a total Moses
and you can still read it outwit problem. This is buses we do not read
ERP Iteter by it self but the word as a aloha. Cheery
posted by meau meau , 1:44 PM Þ 
posted by Claus Eggers , 1:42 PM Þ 

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is that
frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses
and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed
ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro
posted by Claus Eggers , 1:29 PM Þ 

Started comp sci at university of copenhagen. so busy and so little time and oh god jesus lord.

First kiss was with a girl I didn't feel attracted to and it was a stupid idea. I made sure to forget about it, but I still talk to her occasionally. I dunno if I hurt her feelings, I was too drunk and I'm an idiot. Then I went to America and had sex and that was pretty cool, even though I - again - was drunk as all hell and didn't really do a good job. It was okay though. I suppose that's what first times are like.

All this happened after I gave up and decided to be celibate and whack off a lot seing as how no girls were interested in me. Yep, true story.

I'll try to be here more...
posted by Mikkel , 1:17 PM Þ 
posted by meau meau , 12:28 PM Þ 

Check out the most talked about, coolest and sexiest photos in the news this week from Spanish catwalks to simulated terrorist attacks in our special gallery

From the Tiscali UK front page
posted by meau meau , 12:15 PM Þ 

What do four-year-olds have in common with Frege?
A theoretical and practical investigation of the false-belief task

False-belief attribution is perhaps so interesting
to us because it indicates something which we consider to be a significant
and peculiarly human trait

The basic idea is this: in order to correctly answer the key question in a false-belief task, the subject must set aside what he/she knows to currently be the case, and consider a situation that does not currently obtain - namely that which forms the content of the other’s false belief. Older children do this: by successfully reporting someone else’s (or their own previous) mistaken belief, they refer to a non-actual or outdated state of affairs, they “invoke some counterfactual situation” (Harris and Leevers, 2000)
pdf
googled
posted by meau meau , 10:42 AM Þ 



this reminds me of when I worked at a studio. We had a guy who had purchased an SM58 micrphone from the shop. He returned a couple of days later and complained it didn't work. He explained that he had cut the XLR connector off the lead and attached a mains plug.........
posted by chriszanf , 5:22 AM Þ 

"The original St.John's church, a rendered stone building completed in
1841, is one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in Australia. The
cemetery contains the graves of many pioneers, including the farmer who
carved his own tombstone - the date was added later. It reads:

GLORIA IN AXCELSIS
SACRED TO THE MEMEREY of JAMES RUSE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPT 5TH IN THE YEAR OF HOURE LORD 1837
NATEF OF CORNWALL
AND ARIVED IN THIS COLENEY BY THE FORST FLEET AGED 11
My mother read me tenderley
With me she took much paines
And when I arived in this coelney
I sowd the forst grain
AND NOW WITH MY HEVNLY FATHER I HOPE FOR EVER TO REMAIN
posted by Irdial , 1:06 AM Þ 
Thursday, September 11, 2003
posted by chriszanf , 3:37 PM Þ 

Manchester Police are to work with scientists to try to find new ways of tagging household items so they alert their owners when they are stolen.

"This can then be used to gather information about that object - what it is, where it is, and what time of the day it is, and report that information [mm]."

BBC News

Obviously there are reasonable and unreasonable applications and implications of this - I'd like to be able to trace my missing stuff, but otherwise ...


Your soul is worth £25929. For your peace of mind, 36% of people have a purer soul than you.
posted by meau meau , 10:53 AM Þ 
posted by captain davros , 10:44 AM Þ 

An Interesting Day: President Bush's Movements and Actions on 9/11

A good, almost suffocatingly informative, article. Nicely referenced.

black hole bass: remember the ancient Greeks' music schooling, how the the Pythagorean theory talked of the entire universe being music... there we go.
posted by Barrie , 7:04 AM Þ 
posted by chriszanf , 5:24 AM Þ 
Wednesday, September 10, 2003

some unreal graffiti
posted by Josh Carr , 8:43 PM Þ 
posted by chriszanf , 3:41 PM Þ 

Some strange video and Flash animations here. By chance I listened to this real audio clip of Keith Rowe and John Tilbury (of AMM fame) while watching the "Add Boiling Water" animation. What a great combination.

Oh, be sure to use the real audio alternative player that Chris J recommended.
posted by Josh Carr , 3:39 PM Þ 
posted by chriszanf , 3:37 PM Þ 

I hadn't done any live collage work for some time, but I'd been fooling with an idea that I came up with in the final days of my last job -- I figured out that the second Conet Project disc goes very well with the Ensemble ST-X performance of Iannis Xenakis' musical depiction of political demonstration Kraanerg, both time-wise and sound-wise. I've put them together at home several times since, in whole or in part. The juxtaposition between the two discs became the backbone of this collage.
prismsonline.org
posted by meau meau , 2:35 PM Þ 

The bit about Madonna is very funny.
posted by captain davros , 11:53 AM Þ 

I am a 41-year old mother of three teenagers and former Radio Advertising Account Executive. I believe that the RIAA's new attempt to attack the consumer is despicable. Furthermore, my children are no longer allowed to purchase any CD from any artist or label which is a member of the RIAA as of this day. In fact, I am seriously considering beginning a local chapter here of boycott-RIAA.com to organize rallies and pickets of the major music retailers including Hastings & Wal-Mart, and any radio stations that play music of artists whose labels are members of the RIAA.

gnutella news
posted by meau meau , 10:56 AM Þ 

Ben - got the CD today. Thanks! I suppose I should make you a mix CD as return favour. What should it be... hmm.

Was looking through the magazines at the university today (spent over 3 hours in the magazine room) and I came accross "Baseline: International Typographics Magazine." In No. 40, there is an article by Caroline Archer titled "Tart Cards" which reminded me a lot of "The X Directory," with annotation. Cheeky.
posted by Barrie , 6:46 AM Þ 
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
posted by Alun , 9:51 PM Þ 

First kiss was in the back of a theatre with an older girl who had the most gorgeous, long, curly hair. I was 14. And I still just LOVE to kiss.

How should we work these mixed tapes/CDs? I think you should make a CD for someone different than you are recieving one from.
posted by Josh Carr , 6:08 PM Þ 

posted by Mess Noone , 4:46 PM Þ 

I remember my teens being a heady pursuit of smoldering kisses, overwhelmed with excitement when found. Absof**king-lutely Chris J, you have hit the nail on the head there. The heady pursuit...I can't think how to describe it better than that.
posted by captain davros , 2:58 PM Þ 
posted by Claus Eggers , 2:52 PM Þ 

First kiss was with a girl called Keeley and I was about 7, in the school playground. I remember my teens being a heady pursuit of smoldering kisses, overwhelmed with excitement when found. My lips are tingling now.
posted by chriszanf , 2:49 PM Þ 

"Terrorists in Iraq have attacked representatives of the civilised world, and opposing them must be the cause of the civilised world," [Bush] said.

From the horse's mouth, as it were.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1038337,00.html
posted by meau meau , 2:03 PM Þ 

My first kiss was a during a game of spin the bottle at the church run youth club. i remember shaking, being really scared. the girl was older than me, and i fancied her. still can't get enough of kissing these days.
posted by alex_tea , 1:59 PM Þ 

bacterial fuel cells

Unfortunately "Although the new process is highly efficient, it is slow. And as the process is right now, we're not talking about a lot of power. It's barely enough to run a calculator."

Rhodoferax ferrireducens"
posted by meau meau , 12:41 PM Þ 

First kiss was aged 10, in the playground, with my then "girlfriend". I didn't like it, or subsequent attempts. But I didn't go off it.

Finally got it right aged 15 at the end of a party, when a lovely older girl took me by surprise. I'm amazed I can still remember it, amazingly.
posted by captain davros , 11:51 AM Þ 

My inner child is sixteen years old today

My inner child is sixteen years old!


Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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Finally! I am a teen-ager, never really was one back in the days, cause of my muslim background.... Thats just great beeing 16 again ... But I was 16 the first time I got kissed (I had been waiting for years to get kissed).... Does any of you remember your first kiss? mine was fantastic, with a swedish goodlooking beautiful boy, he played the guitar and was a punk, drank a lot of beer, told me to read Dylan Tomas, dark blue eyes and curly brown hair....
posted by Alison , 11:13 AM Þ 


A Danish pensionfund is seeking trainees. First sentence reads 'DJ or Dealer?' Apparently they don't know.
posted by Claus Eggers , 10:45 AM Þ 

meau meau, that song is hilarious.

My inner child is ten years old today

My inner child is ten years old!


The adult world is pretty irrelevant to me. Whether
I'm off on my bicycle (or pony) exploring, lost
in a good book, or giggling with my best
friend, I live in a world apart, one full of
adventure and wonder and other stuff adults
don't understand.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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I would like to make a CD too!

posted by mary13 , 6:05 AM Þ 

Mr. Alun Kirby, you sure know how to make a girl feel special ... you put the biggest smile on my face! It was a tip top weekend, and that was the icing. Congratulations on your first finished room!
posted by mary13 , 5:16 AM Þ 

Seems about right.......

My inner child is sixteen years old today

My inner child is sixteen years old!


Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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posted by chriszanf , 3:46 AM Þ 

Dear FFII/Eurolinux supporter[1],

Our work has borne fruits, but the European Parliament's decision
is approaching, and chances are still high it will be a bad one.

We are continuing to assist our representatives in analysing and
drafting amendment proposals, voting lists etc, and experienced
people are working with them in Brussels.

This is not enough. We also need another online strike on the 17th, as
well as a concerted series of mini-demos in several cities across Europe
between the 17th and the 24th (day of EP decision).

Information is being made accessible via

http://swpat.ffii.org/events/2003/europarl/09/

and through the attached wiki (click 'edit' button at the top).

We may inform you in greater detail within a few days.

Please tick

[ ] I would like to take part in a mini-demo in the city of
XXXXXXXXX during the week of 17-24
[ ] I would like to come to Strasburg on tue the 23rd
[ ] I will take part in the online strike on the 17th
[ ] I will take part in the online strike from 17th to 24th
[ ] I might help in other ways

Thank you very much for your support!
posted by alex_tea , 3:03 AM Þ 

"A fool chooses to starve himself and we all watch", the banner read. "One billion people have no choice and we ignore them".

idiot. and i could care less. but i like the sentiment of that banner.

Also stuff about the DSEI arms fair in the docklands this week. I remember two years ago, on September 11 I was at my (now ex) girlfriend's flat in Royal Victoria/Custom House, we happened to turn on the TV just as the first images were flickering on the screen. It was so surreal, especially with the sound of helicopters buzzing around outside. We thought this was a defensive measure against possible simultaneous attacks on Canary Wharf or City Airport, especially as the World Trade Centre Europe was being built in Canary Wharf then.

When I got the DLR back to my house from Custom House (which is right outside the ExCel centre where the arms 'fair' is held) the station was swarming with police, it was then I realised the helicopters were there for the protests.

I still feel sick that they carried on with the fair that day, and that they are carrying on with it now. Sometimes, most of the time, I think things will never change, and if they do it will be for the worst.
posted by alex_tea , 2:32 AM Þ 
Monday, September 08, 2003

My inner child is sixteen years old today

My inner child is sixteen years old!


Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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posted by alex_tea , 9:06 PM Þ 

My inner child is forty-five years old today

My inner child is forty-five years old!


I've never really liked children, not even when I
was one. I want things neat, ordered, and
adult--fine wine instead of french fries, pina
coladas by the pool instead of beach sand
between my toes. Now if only my fellow adults
would stop acting like such, well, children!


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posted by Claus Eggers , 7:10 PM Þ 

Meh.

My inner child is ten years old today

My inner child is ten years old!


The adult world is pretty irrelevant to me. Whether
I'm off on my bicycle (or pony) exploring, lost
in a good book, or giggling with my best
friend, I live in a world apart, one full of
adventure and wonder and other stuff adults
don't understand.


How Old is Your Inner Child?
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posted by captain davros , 5:10 PM Þ 

I like that advert, as cheesy as it may be, it reminds me of D.A.R.R.Y.L, except who thought that Linux should look like a runt Eminem? Surely Linux would be a girl?
posted by alex_tea , 3:54 PM Þ 

A captivating Linux television advertisement in the US (only?) that one of my coworkers told me about (likely because of my constant ranting that our company should switch to Linux).
posted by Josh Carr , 3:15 PM Þ 
posted by chriszanf , 11:50 AM Þ 

Alun, You made me blush..... Thank you for the song...
posted by Alison , 11:47 AM Þ 

While we are at it:
Theatre - theatr-ical...
Centre - centr-al, centr-ifugal...


Actually, what gets me is the use of 'coruscating'

1. To give forth flashes of light; sparkle and glitter: diamonds coruscating in the candlelight.
2. To exhibit sparkling virtuosity: a flutist whose music coruscated throughout the concert hall.

by the media (BBC radio) to mean 'damning' or somesuch.
posted by meau meau , 11:39 AM Þ 

So learnt should be learned?

If you are American, or speaking American English then yes. Although when I read the word learned it has two syllables and means one who has knowledge or learning. I find it quite incredulous really, especially when someone speaking/spelling proper English is then chastised, as in your case Alun. More of that boisterous American ignorance I guess (troll warning!) thinking they know better than the rest of the world, when if they actually engaged their brains before their brawn/bank balance/Massed Armies of Destruction they might get a different picture.
posted by alex_tea , 11:29 AM Þ 

I also learnt that spelled is not a misspelling and is, in fact, spelt correctly
So learnt should be learned?

I despise the Americanisation of the English language and it's insidious nature. And the worst is submitting manuscripts to journals, most of which are published in the US, and getting editorial "corrections" of haem- into hem-, foetus into fetus, colour into color.... AAAAAARRRRRRGH!!
posted by Alun , 11:24 AM Þ 

My crappy little elf name is Tealeaf Merryweather.
What's yours?
Powered by Rum and Monkey.



Amazing. I actually put in my real name, and it came up with that!
posted by alex_tea , 11:24 AM Þ 

Good, Bad or Ugly?

Good I suppose. I used to be a huge BBF fan and even made my own, overpriced shitty fanzine about them when I was 15. I haven't listened to them for about 5 years, maybe less but not for a long time. I think they went downhill after the first album, turning into a parody of themselves.
posted by alex_tea , 11:19 AM Þ 

Bush says: "Our strategy in Iraq has three objectives: destroying the terrorists ... enlisting the support of other nations for a free Iraq ... and helping Iraqis assume responsibility for their own defence and their own future."

But George, there were no terrorists in Iraq before March this year. Truth and consequences time.
However, the Great American Public continue to live the maxim 'never underestimate the gullibility of the masses'.... Seven in 10 Americans continue to believe that Iraq's Saddam Hussein had a role in the 11 September 2001 attacks, even though the Bush administration and congressional investigators say they have no evidence of this.

Fourteen more long months until the GAP can change the world.....


Ben Folds Five!?!?! OMG!
? Is that good, bad or ugly?

We are also unpacking... moving back into our 'music room'... the first finished and decorated room in our house, and less than two years after moving in! Wow, the joy! Hence refilling the record shelves, hence Ben Folds Five spins back into view.
I would also try my hand at a compilation CD for those interested.... 'things'.... yes....
posted by Alun , 11:16 AM Þ 

Wikipedia is amazing. But it should be called Wikipaedia.

This is a really interesting entry on the differences between English and American English. Apparently I should say British English, but I mean English English and thus just plain old proper English. Scottish English is not the same as Welsh or Northern Ireland English although that is probably just dialect. Anyway, I hate it when American's call English accents British accents. God I am so boring.

Apparently American English is so wrong because Noah Webster decided that speaking and spelling properly was too hard for Americans. Evidently even this revised, simplified (and therefore homogenised) form of English is too hard for the head of state to deal with. Perhaps someone can have another go?

I also learnt that spelled is not a misspelling and is, in fact, spelt correctly, if not a little stupidly.

Anyway, I think Americanisms are one of my biggest bugbears, but people who get really upset about things as trivial as this can be quite boring so I try not to vent my hatred too often. I find American English to be a lazy form of spelling and often American accents and dialects lack intonation and sometimes it seems like it such an effort for Americans to pronounce anything properly it just comes out as a monotonous slur. Obviously this is not true for all Americans, probably not even 99% of Americans., just the ones you see on TV. George Bush and 50 cent (I mean fiddy cent) for example.

I hate Estuary English too, especially when I find myself dropping Ts and Hs to fit in. Oh yeah, H is pronounced "aitch" not "haitch".

I am such a snob. I'm really not this bad in real life and I quite like the way culture evolves and adapts things to it's idiosyncratic wants.

Also I have found that youth has gained so much false importance that it is now a pre-requisite and henceforth is a stigma rather than a catalyst. Pop has eaten itself. My point of contention is that I feel too old already, that I'm past my prime before I even started. These days it seems you have done your best before you hit 20.
posted by alex_tea , 11:09 AM Þ 

There's Something About Mary - and Barrie.

Kevyb another talented lyricist
posted by meau meau , 10:49 AM Þ 

Known by the crappy little elf name....Flecktop Faringdon.
What's yours?
Powered by Rum and Monkey.
posted by chriszanf , 10:30 AM Þ 

Shitting crickey, the truth is staring me in the face today...



Better shake off that radiation sickness and start preparing your IPO, because you're
A new media professional!

You missed the full-on war that caused the widespread death of so many people because you were making yourself another espresso at the company's snack kitchen. Your life isn't anything of value, but you're here anyway - might as well make the most of it and set up a .com to rent movies to half-melted soldier carcasses. A couple of banner ads and you'll be laughing, you sick new media parasite.


Which Survivor of the Impending Nuclear Apocalypse Are You?
A Rum and Monkey joint.

For those that do not know, I really AM a new media professional.
posted by captain davros , 10:27 AM Þ 

My crappy little elf name is Chipboard Hairtoe.
What's yours?
Powered by Rum and Monkey.



Wow. I do actually have hairy toes. Roar.

Mixtape/cd/md would be good
posted by meau meau , 10:20 AM Þ 
posted by Barrie , 4:58 AM Þ 

Ben Folds Five!?!?! OMG!

Been packing my stuff up into boxes as I am moving house next week. Finding lots of old CDs and sketchbooks and my diary from when I was 17.... Strange seeing the things I was up to then and remembering them all...
posted by alex_tea , 2:52 AM Þ 
Sunday, September 07, 2003

To Mary and Alison, this reminds me of you, even though we've never met...

She plays wipeout on the drums
the squirrels and the birds come
Gather around to sing the guitar
Oh I...have you got nothing to say
When all words fail she speaks
Her mix tape's a masterpiece
Walks through the garden
so the roses can see
Oh I...have you got nothing to say
And you can see the daisies
in her footsteps
Dandelions, butterflies
I wanna be Kate
Everyday she wars the same thing
I think she smokes pot
She's everything I want, She's everything I'm not
Oh. I...
Have you got nothing to say
She never gets wet
She smiles and it's a rainbow
And she speaks and she breathes
I wanna be Kate
Down by the Rosemary and Cameron
She hands out the Bhagaved Gita
I see her around every couple days
I wanna meet her so that
I can say...hey Kate

Thanks!
posted by Alun , 9:49 PM Þ 

I know what you mean with things, Captain D - I would love to make a mix cd and make a nice cover and exchange it with someone from blogdial - shall we?
posted by Alison , 9:25 PM Þ 


Which Survivor of the Impending Nuclear Apocalypse Are You?
A Rum and Monkey joint.

Had the wonderfull pleasure of dancing to Kevin Saunderson and Derreck May last night!
Do you guys know the feeling "I wish this would last forever"? I had that feeling yesterday, today all day I have had the most beautiful tones, melodies and bass in my body.... Music can be like medicine....
posted by Alison , 9:23 PM Þ 
posted by alex_tea , 8:02 PM Þ 

'We're scientists, not chemists.

Umm, surely a chemist is a scientist, just as a physicist is a scientist...

sci·en·tist n.
A person having expert knowledge of one or more sciences, especially a natural or physical science.

chem·ist n.
A scientist specializing in chemistry.

phys·i·cist n.
A scientist who specializes in physics.

OK, so he probably doesn't specialise in chemistry, and the article doesn't specify his specialist area, but I would expect it was either neurological or behavioral related... Anyway, as the experiment was dealing with chemicals as the main factor it would seem that making sure you have the right chemical compound is a fundamental part of the preparation.

Alun? You work in tropical medicines (or something) right? Do you have to check you have the right virus, further than reading the label before an experiment?
posted by alex_tea , 6:44 PM Þ 

What can happen, maybe, if you set out with a particular result in mind; and at least, the conclusions jumped to are humiliating, from some who should have known better.
posted by Alun , 5:53 PM Þ 
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