Ab-Abber

After my first real day out in the sun yesterday (thanks to Jules' garden and some freakish English weather) my back went a rather fetching shade of pink but I realise now that I should have only bothered tanning my front so as to accentuate my abs. If only lightly toasted Strong Bad's advice had come one day earlier.

Entry 391, Monday, June 16th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Air

The latest album from Norweigan pop godesses Ephemera ( see lazylaces passim) is finally out to buy at cdbaby a little mailing-list bird tells me. I've got no money until pay day (actually less than no money thanks to the power of my overdraft) so an actual purchase will have to wait but fortunately the lovely cdbaby - who have the friendliest customer service ever - have some tracks on-line. Eeek.

Entry 390, Monday, June 16th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Viral Bud

Hmmm...a viral short film from Budweiser called "The Best Man"? The script almost writes itself in your head but it's fun none the less - especially for cheering up a Monday - despite feeling like a cheap Four Weddings copy in places.

Entry 389, Monday, June 16th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Nokia 6600

The techie nerdo gadget freak-head inside me (it's hidden deep down) has found THE replacement for my current mobile phone. The Nokia 6600 is a happy combination of the words Polyphonic, GPRS, Bluetooth, integrated digital camera, 65,000 color display, 6MB of internal memory, MMC memory card slot, RealOne Player built-in and all with 10 days of standby and 4 hours of talk time. Gadget heaven. Looks good too. I just need to find some money from somewhere now [found via gizmodo].

Entry 388, Monday, June 16th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Major Condom

Imagine if all major brands started making their own condoms and kept the same tagline...[thanks to burnt toast ].

Entry 386, Thursday, June 12th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Post-It Trogdor

Strong Bad sneaks into MIT and leaves a tribute to Trogdor the Burninator. Another fine use of post-it notes - my personal memory-aid of choice.

Entry 385, Thursday, June 12th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Pooh Bricks

Entry 384, Wednesday, June 11th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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1983

Maybe I'm just grumpy because it's Monday but not much has caught my eye today. I did however have a little chuckle at gizmodo's retro look at what was new in 1983.

Entry 383, Monday, June 9th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Technorati

The technorati are watching you - find out who's saying what about your blog/web site/article/rant with this excellent tool which examines the "cosmos" of links around any given url. I used it to discover that manly enjoyed my spooks rant (how did I miss this before?).

Entry 382, Sunday, June 8th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Kozo

Large purple hippo dances to the thong song wearing a thong - obviously. The fact that I find this entertaining probably says something very bad about my psychology. Originally courtesy of Duck Studios [found at Coolio's].

Update: I think Duck Studios have been having bandwidth issues due to the popularity of this flash animation. If you can't download it at the original URL try this link hosted at 3D Festival.

Another Update: Another alternative Kozo post is at sibal design.

Yet Another Update: It looks like Kozo has been pulled from just about everywhere due to copyright reasons. If you manage to find a copy on-line let me know the address and I'll post it (e-mail below).

And Yet Another Update: Thanks to Lisa for spotting Kozo is still available at thebeatmiami .

Entry 379, Sunday, June 8th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Whistle While You Work

I like the idea of a company based in Birmingham that just sells whistles. I like that it's done this for over 130 years. I like that I can hear the whistles on line. But I especially like is that they encourage you to play the dog whistle wav to your dog. This is the kind of web site interaction we need more of (I can't wait to hear how Daisy and Karan get on with this one).

Entry 377, Saturday, June 7th 2003, Filed In Stuff
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Viral

A good article from the Independent on the business of viral marketing which I normally just appreciate from the receiving end. It's good to get another point of view - on the whole I quite happily play my Nokia games and watch the BMW films (which are fantastic) without really thinking about the bigger picture.