30/12/04
Dave:
I don't really eat seafood that much, but this recipe for Roasted Sweetcorn with Tiger Prawns and Coriander Butter is gorgeous.
29/12/04
26/12/04
Marcus:
A list of HTML entities, because they can be bloody useful - eg when trying to write an o with an umlaut like this: ö.
Marcus:
The previous two links come courtesy of Arts & Letters Daily - a terrific directory of "ideas, criticism and debate".
Marcus:
The Cloak - a web-based proxy interface. Yet another method of bypassing work firewalls and the like.
Dave: Ho ho ho,
I'm pretty sure I've post this before mate. Hope you are all having a good Christmas.
25/12/04
Marcus:
How To Speed Up Firefox. (Via).
Marcus: For broadband users, anyway. This is a config file alteration to increase the number of webpages you can load simultaneously, and it seems to work really well.
Marcus:
The Raleigh Vektar, Bicycle of the Future.
Marcus: When I was a kid I thought that having this bike was more or less the equivalent to owning a fully-functional lightsaber.
Marcus: Another Vektar photo.
Marcus:
The Chronological History of the Christmas Tree.
Marcus: "Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit."
Marcus:
How to prolong lithium-based batteries. (Via).
Marcus: Some really interesting information here - including an explanation as to why the battery charge display on, for example, an iPod is likely to become increasingly inaccurate with every charge cycle.
Marcus: "Aging of lithium-ion is an issue that is often ignored. lithium-based batteries have a lifetime of 2-3 years. The clock starts ticking as soon as the battery comes off the manufacturing line."
Marcus: The stuff on NiCad and NiMH is interesting too.
Marcus: This is very festive because, uh, lots of Christmas presents need batteries.
Marcus:
Although I firmly believe in the seperation of church and state, I'm not sure there's anything that wrong with staging a Nativity display on public property.
Marcus:
Merry Christmas one and all!
23/12/04
Dave:
Check out the Beta version of google suggest. Pretty cool it's a kind of dynamic autocomplete thingy.
Dave: This is dead smart.
Marcus: The score to beat is 1,570,000,000 results searching for "home".
Marcus: Everything is a game at Christmas.
22/12/04
Marcus:
I went to see Bad Santa at the cinema this evening and can report back that it is a terrific piece of festive fun with humour dark as pitch.
justin: All I can say that I went to a gay bar and shots were £1 and a beer was £2. And who can think the young lesbo Jenny is anything less thn lush.
Dave: Are you drunk? Bad Santa - 7/10
dave: Best line - "you won't sh*t right fo' a week"
Marcus:
A painting of George W. Bush comprised of monkeys has been banned from an art gallery. Decent-sized image of the painting.
Marcus:
Tor sounds like a pretty awesome anonymous internet communication software suite. And it's supported by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which can only be a good thing. (Via).
Dave:
More info on this massive bank robbery in Northern Ireland. Something stinks here, the Northern Bank was sold to a Danish banking firm a week ago. Coinicedence? Probably
Marcus: Pretty audacious bank robbery. I dare say it's a paramilitary thing.
21/12/04
Marcus:
The Unofficial SuprNova.org Closure FAQ. (Via).
Marcus: Just in case you were wondering what was going on.
Marcus:
"How can I trust Firefox?" A Microsoftie attempts to convince the world that Firefox is really dangerous and unsafe. (Via).
Marcus: And conversely, Internet Explorer is very good at scaring you into not running "unsigned" programs.
Marcus: Trying to understand this sort of mindset can be a fascinating exercise.
dave: I can see the thinking behind that actually.
justin: I never had all of the crap he describes. Anyway - he is describing using something via a normal run of the mill procedure with maximum security. The problem with IE is the flaws it has beyond simply refusing to accept questionable downloads.
Marcus:
SwitchProxy - a cool Firefox extension for surfing via multiple proxy servers (to bypass work firewalls etc). (Via).
Marcus: Use it with a big list of public proxy servers.
Justin:
Maze game - your mouse is reversed and you must move around a maze - well good. I am on level 18 already!
justin: This is a proper decent game y'all.
Dave: It's tough. I've got to level 20 and it's too hard.
Justin:
Half Life 2 sound files including sounds from the Combine.
justin: They may actually be fakes. I wan't the little radio chirps as well dammit.
Justin:
You all like that Citroen advert with the dancing transformer right? Well, on my mission to find more about a 3d modelling app called Modo, I found this interview (with link to advert) if anyone is interested. It's mostly about Modo but does shed some light onto the advert's creation.
: Embassy VFX made the advert.
Dave:
A gamer has bought a virtual island for 13 grand.
Dave: My favourite thing about this story is that the guy is called Deathifier.
Dave:
Mobile phones alter human DNA!!
Dave: Too complicated for me to read right now, but great shock value.
Marcus: Bah. I was going to post that.
Dave:
It was my work Christmas party last night. So here are some Office paper planes.
justin: Dave - any idea where I can get some of the sound sound effects from Half Life 2? - I want copies of the radio 'squawks' from the Combine for my mobile phone. PS - I am up to the bit where I am leading the revolt.
justin: I'm writing here as I don't have your email and Marcus has failed to send it to me.
Dave: My email is my first name_my surname_@hotmail.com
justin: That would be cool if I knew your surname. Try me at potentialbuddha at hotmail.com - if anyone spams me I withdraw my sexual services to your mother and she will get angry.
Marcus: I'm sure that no spam-harvesting bot in the world is sophisticated enough to replace the word "at" with an "@" symbol.
Marcus: The torrent of spam you will shortly receive will merely be because I added your details to a few gay porn sites to see what would happen.
justin: the only bots who read this website are the ones I set to post links. And even then there aren't enough!
20/12/04
Marcus:
Pokia: connect an old-fashioned analogue handset to a mobile phone.
justin: And who's phone is featured in the picture, getting the stylish spotlight it so deserves?
Justin:
This may be a legal download site from the Ukraine that charges $1.50 US per 100mb of music - which kinda seems to good to be true.
Dave:
Sad day folks... Suprnova.org is no more. :(
Dave: Some suprnova.org alternatives, haven't tried any of these yet.
19/12/04
Dave:
Apple are suing "someone" to stop them from leaking news about possible new Apple products on to the Interweb. Is this you Marcus?
18/12/04
17/12/04
Marcus:
Robin Cook: "If you go on holiday for Christmas then you're a terrorist. And you've already won."
Dave:
There's a new Speedy Santa course out I'm doing it in about 11 seconds at the moment.
justin: The last thing I saw as i left work was Matt Biggs programming something in c++ that played the game perfectly.
Justin:
My eugenics comment below inspired me to look up eugenics in wikipedia. Quite scary - especially what Plato said. But take a look at the cumpulsory euthenasia programme of the Nazis.
justin: Jesus, they used the euphemisim "free beds" for the people they killed at hospitals. f*cking hell.
Justin:
Our playlist today is a 4cd set of Motown classics. But all Motown songs are classic, except for "I Love Your Smile" by Shanice.
Justin:
Eurofighter news. That reminds me - has anyone seen those adverts for 'Euronics', some electric retailer? they feature that fat gay bloke from Airport screaming at you. Anyway, it does my head in, it may as well be called 'Uronics' as in 'Urology'. That is all.
justin: Or even eugenics.
Marcus:
iPod-formatted CSS guide. (Via).
Marcus: Here's the sad thing: I actually downloaded this. Haven't tried it out yet.
Marcus:
iBod - Playboy's porn for the iPod Photo. (Via).
Marcus: Incidentally, I consider the iPod Photo to be a fine example of Apple's masterful ability to excite worshippers with Emperor's New Clothes-style technology non-wonders.
Marcus: It's got a colour screen. Oooh. So like every other mid-to-top range MP3 player has had for at least a year beforehand, then?
Marcus: It can do slideshows. Wow. So does that mean if I digitally capture every frame from a movie and flick through them in rapid succession, I can recreate the video-playing experience of every other mid-to-top-range MP3/media player retailing for the same or less as the iPod Photo?
Marcus: What I like best about Apple's approach is that they can not introduce industry-standard features but not worry about people complaining because they will do their best to explain away to themselves why they couldn't possibly want an iPod that has a colour screen - "it's pointless, you don't look at it that much and it eats battery" was one comment I remember on a Slashdot post.
Marcus: But then, when Apple does actually introduce a feature that has been sorely lacking - like a colour screen - suddenly that's the best thing since sliced bread!
Marcus: And I assure you now, of course Apple are going to release an iPod that plays video. It's pretty bloody obvious. All that dismissive waffle from Steve Jobs about how nobody wants a portable video player is just an attempt to deflect criticism of the iPod's awesomely slow feature-lag by getting the Apple-ite hoardes, who hang on Jobs' every word, to actually start to believe this crap themselves.
Marcus: End of rant.
justin: This is why it is still a mystery to be that you bought an iPod when you knew there were better and cheaper alternatives that were less likely to get you mugged.
16/12/04
Dave:
Celtic and Rangers both release CDs of their player's top tunes. Ridiculous.
justin: I wonder if the players did actually chose the tracks or whether some record co. executive did with the 'rights' to suggest the players did?
Dave:
This is the 1500th Post on this website. Wow. Good times. Highlights please...
justin: This is a comment about the 1500th post! And also, my highlight of best bit of linkbunnies so far. Where is that Random post link Marcus?
Marcus: *stops furtively chewing Random Post Link, puts it down and looks guilty*
Dave:
Rumour has it that Kevin Smith and Mark Hamil are doing a pilot for the new Star Wars TV show.
Dave: Let's hope it's not as bad as the Star Wars Holiday Special.
Justin:
How to be a pimp. A handy guide from this corrupt little tw*t.
Johnny Crack: When the trick pulls up rush to the car, other girls may shove you out the way if they know your weak.
justin: eh? surely he must realise that they are the ones that are supposed to be approaching the drivers and soliciting? what's he doing there?
15/12/04
Dave:
The little one out of the Krankies fell off a beanstalk and is very very poorly.
justin: So Blunkett is a 'Kranky' and the 'Beanstalk' represents the Labour Ministerial Cabinet?
Marcus: Dave's political satire is almost, but not quite, impenetrable.
Marcus: Unless he meant this story.
Dave: Just keeping you on your toes.
Dave:
So Blunkett's quit then.
justin: Speaking of Blunket I have made it to that bit where you get the dune buggy in HL2. Jeez. That Ravenloft thing freaked me out... and now, when I hear a helicopter overhead I am very acutely aware of it.
Gordon Freeman: I love cutting the zombies in half with the saw blades
justin: Yeah - but in many ways that Ravenloft 'episode' was very much 'Resident Evil meets Aliens meets Tremors'. And the dune buggy bit is not unlike 'Halo meets Starship Troopers'
Marcus:
The Copernic desktop search tool now supports Firefox (for searching its web cache etc). (Via).
Dave:
The best advent calendar ever.
Marcus: I actually found one even bester than that, assuming the viewer is a doity poivert. It features nudey ladies doing gynaecological displays.
Marcus: And I think as a responsible family newspaper - er website - I probably shouldn't link to it.
Marcus: Unless I can figure out a way of making some cash out of it, anyway.
Dave: Just post it. We're all over 18 and I'm listening to Guns and Roses. DO IT!
Marcus: Very well. If you are under eighteen, or voted for George Bush in the last election, please look away now: the TIMEKILLER advent calendar.
Marcus: The least safe for work link ever posted here. You have been warned.
Dave: Yoooouuu coooouuuld Miiiiyyyiiiinne
Dave: Have a slutty Christmas.
Laura: *sighs*
Marcus:
Babelplex: search using Google in two languages at once. (Via).
Marcus: It uses Babel Fish to translate your search query into the language you specify, then splits the screen into two frames, first language on the left, second on the right.
Marcus: This may or may not have a use.
Justin:
Slingshot Santa. We think the best possible score is 334.3
Marcus: Mine is just over 300. The reindeer was just in sight.
Dave:
I'm not a big cricket watcher, but I can only feel that ECB's decision to give all live test coverage to Sky for the next 5 years is a very bad one.
Marcus: Pah. Next you'll be saying that selling out the Premiership to Sky for a big fat pile of Murdoch Money was a bad idea too. Er...
Marcus:
"Police in Finland have raided the operations of a popular BitTorrent file download site, seizing equipment and arresting four people who ran the site. Around 30 volunteers who helped moderate the site were also arrested."
Marcus:
New Apple Signature iPods: "Thanks to the success of our Special Edition U2 iPod, a slew of other artists are now clamoring to have signature MP3 devices of their own." (Via).
Laura: Broken link methinks. Might want to mend it ;o)
Marcus: Whoops! Fixed.
14/12/04
Justin:
I think more or less every part of Something Awful is funny. Definentely something to keep you occupied for ages and worth bookmarking. Among my favorite bits is the section where they create negative reviews of something and wait for the spastic internet fans to complain (LOTR), or Comedy Goldmine where they doctor images with Photoshop. I think this really deserves to be examined closely. It's fully of ridiculous childish humour and in-jokes but remains intelligently written.
Dave:
The MSN search toolbar beta is here. Have I used it? No.
justin: I can't think of any worse way to ruin my lovely Firefox utopia.
Dave:
Original Stormtrooper helmet up for auction. I want it.
justin: And how did you come across a site showing pictures of a soldier's helmet eh?
Dave:
Professional Racist Nick Griffin "arrested on suspicion of incitement to commit racial hatred". I hope he goes to prison and gets b*ggered to high heaven.
dave: Take that you wierd eyed racist c*nt.
justin: Did you watch that Ron Atkinson thing last night? I'm in two minds about the whole thing. I think we need to look closer at what actually what constitutes racism versus what constitutes hate. I guess linkbunnies isn't the place. Saying that, working for the BNP is pretty much a clear cut case of someone mobilising to victimise a minority.
Justin:
The full libraries of Michigan and Stanford universities, as well as archives at Harvard, Oxford and the New York Public Library are [going to be digitisied by Google].
Marcus:
The new Millau bridge in France is a pretty breathtaking sight. Designed by a British architect too (Sir Norman Foster).
Marcus: Foster also designed the famous/notorious Millenium Bridge in London.
Dave: That's pretty cool. Let's build a bridge over to the USA.
tim: yeah its alright,
Marcus:
"Dutch market researcher OneStat.com reported last month that IE's market share had slipped to 88.9 percent in the third week of November, down 5 percentage points from its share in May. Mozilla-based browsers, including Firefox, rose to 7.4 percent, up 5 percentage points from May." (Via).
Marcus:
The Foxblocker. Screw it into the back of your cable box and filter out Fox News. It's not a gag item. (Via).
justin: Or don't subscribe to it or simply don't turn to that channel. for that matter, surely your cable provider could block a TV station if you wanted them to?
13/12/04
Justin:
The Nubirian Council. Alien nuts who think that... well... just read it. Any portion of this is totally insane.
Laura: It can't be real, people can't be that crazy, can they?
Dave: If they are so futuristic and spacey, why is all their documentation only available on cassette and VHS?
Marcus: Government lasers can easily wipe DVDs.
Marcus:
The Alternative Gift Catalogue - buy charity presents for the world's poorest people. No option to send to people in the UK, unfortunately - so nobody I know will be getting three live chickens this year. (Via).
Dave:
The Channel 4 link that you will never see during the Countdown adverts. Warning. Contains the word c*nt (lots). (via Ned Glasier)
Marcus: Internet Explorer only, for some reason.
Marcus: Celebrities swearing is great though.
justin: Video plays on my Firefox OK.
Justin:
Outrage as play depicts Jesus as being homosexual.
Justin: A member of the prayer group lodged a complaint of blasphemy with Fife police after walking out of the play on its opening night on Thursday.
justin: I think Christians who do not show tolerance should be tried for Blasphemy.
justin: I think we should start a letter writing campaign to Stephen Green of Christian voice. I am getting pissed of with Christians who only ever show intolerance.
justin: I wrote a long letter complaining to him about his total lack of compassion and tolerance and why this basically contradicted what Jesus taught us. Then I set fire to his house.
Marcus:
The trailer for the new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film.
Laura: God Damn work firewalls and Yahoo not liking MPlayer2 grrrr arrrrrg!
Justin:
I remember seeing the documentary this article references a while back. The man who cannot recognise faces. Pretty scarey really. Also, The Mystery of Man-E-Faces from Masters of the Universe.
justin: Adam, Orko, and Cringer patronize Man-E by feigning interest in his latest parlor tricks, but I really feel bad for the guy. How'd he end up with this triple-head predicament? Surely he wasn't born that way. Its like everyone in Eternia is defined by their physical deformations.
justin: This may be the only animated show ever completely drawn in ab-lib.
Dave:
Last night's Real Madrid vs Real Socieded had to be abandoned due to a bomb threat, so they are going to play out the remaining 6 minutes in January.
Dave: "Tourists and fans took advantage of the opportunity for a photograph between the famous stadium's goalposts." - This really upset me at first. How stupid are these people. There is a bomb in the stadium and you are taking pictures. Then I thought... "yeah, I'd probably do the same".
Justin:
Rich just got 6.853 on Speedy Santa making him 37th!
Marcus: I'd check that time - it matches mine and I'm 309th.
justin: Erm, I may have posted your time by mistake... his may have been 6.213 or something. Will check tomorrow!
Justin:
The software Marcus has always been waiting for.
Dave: Marcus has been waiting for? You didn't find that by accident Justin.
Marcus: Justin likes to "project" as a coping mechanism.
justin: I was looking for information on controlling Flash movies via ActiveX and stumbled on a site that had a utility that kind of replaced the Flash player with a more beefed up one... then I started browsing through the catalogue and then - wow - there it was. And it got very hot so I had to take of my clothes, then I fell backwards onto the Pritt Stick that someone had left on the floor.
Marcus:
Alek's Christmas Lights Webcam. Control this guy's Christmas lights display via a webcam image. Only at night, obviously, so it's not working right now. (Via).
Marcus:
You can now use PayPal to buy songs on the US iTunes store, although it doesn't seem to be implemented in the UK store yet. (Via).
Justin:
Newsweek article about steroid use among American teenagers.
Marcus: "Could it really be that decades of education aimed at boosting the self-esteem of normal teenage girls has just transferred the body-image problem to boys?"
Justin:
Come Clean - like Group Hug, but the confessions aren't as good, but you can have them streamed to your desktop via a screensaver.
Marcus: Rather flashy but I like it.
Justin:
Another reason to hate people.
Marcus: For pity's sake.
tim: quite right too...
justin: I've never really seen the problem with swearing unless it is targeted directly at someone. It's just words, and most swearwords have synonyms. A swearword is meaningless if no one knows what it means - so what exactly are people trying to protect their kids from? Why stop there? why not just go whole-hog and attempt to protect them from the emotional content and message of songs as well? why not just cart them off to mind control school for fascism practice? eh? eh?
Dave: Sometimes I cry myself to sleep.
12/12/04
Justin:
Friday's playlist album was The Zutons debut album.
Marcus: Good album.
Dave: I like it. I also like The Killer's album. Worth a listen.
Dave:
What the f*ck is going on in The Ukraine!?
justin: Read that article you posted - it explains everything :)
Dave: So it does. Pardon my ignorance.
11/12/04
Justin:
I swear, I can barely handle the psychological pressure of Half Life 2. I'm afraid to say that the future of computer games is not to be 'virtual reality' but virtual nightmares or something. If Half Life 2 had even twice as good graphics I would probably be sh*tting it.
dave: It's pretty damn good isn't it!
dave: Have you played Counter Strike yet? Email me or MSN if you want to play.
Marcus - Get a new PC ;)
Marcus: Bah, sir. Bah!
justin: Uhh, I am trying before I buy. I don't think I can use CS.
Dave: Boo Justin. BOOOOOOOOOO.
10/12/04
Justin:
The Godfather of Soul, James Brown, is now the Godfather of Prostrate Cancer.
tim: WAAAAHHH!
Dave: JAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMESSSSS BRRRROOOOOWWNNN
Justin:
Titles that use the Havok engine - the same physics engine from HL2. Incidentally, Havok is what drives 'Reactor' - 3d Studio Max's physics simulator.
Justin:
Speedy Santa - best santa based racing game ever - To play you need to hover the mouse over the start grid until the lights turn green, then just move the mouse and Santa follows. No clicking involved.
Marcus: 15.263 seconds is my best so far, after about three or four attempts. What an infuriating yet addictive game. Reminds me of the old "move a wire loop over some curly metal without triggering the buzzer" game.
Dave: I've been addicted to this for a day now. Marcus. Please set up a Bunnies league as you have everyone's email address and I don't. Do it now. NOW NOW!
Marcus: The linkbunnies.org league is now a reality. I could only put in five e-mail addresses so I entered Justin, Dave, Tim, Laura and myself.
justin: Richard is 7.805!
justin: I am beating Marcus!
Dave: My best is 7.079 secs in another league, but my mate is beating me by 0.048 of a second. BAH!
tim: damm am stuck at 17 secs and keep craching. no comments about my driving please...
Laura: Wow, I'm in two leagues for this now! One for the bunnies and one at work. I suck, I can't even get a time, my mouse is so crap. Shall try at home later ;o)
Marcus: I just broke the 7 second barrier with my new time of 6.853. Which currently makes me the 219th best player in the world at this game. Go me!
Dave:
5 great background masking tricks for Photoshop.
justin: Jolly good stuff. We don't tend to need to do that much at work as we can render stuff out with alpha channels. The technique I personally favour (and you get more used to this when you have complicated backgrounds) is to duplicate the layer, and literally polish around the edges with a soft eraser tool. If you screw up or need to get anything back, copy it from the layer underneath.
justin: Which reminds me - I will give you all my favorite Photoshop tip. Both Photoshop 7 & 8 start you out with the keyboard command CTRL-Z to toggle undo and redo. But that is next to pointless - this is about the only key you can reconfigure in PS7 and can easily be done in CS. So make sure you set UNDO to be CTRL-Z and REDO to be SHIFT-CTRL-Z or CTRL-Y. Redo in CS would be under 'advanced forward' because really you are moving through the history stack. In this way you can have easily accessible multiple levels of undo, just like a grown up program should have.
Dave:
The IE7 project. A DHTML library that tries to correct all those nasty little CSS bugs in IE.
Marcus: The script to bring up a "ditch IE" centralised popup when you leave a site is interesting. Although I would be more likely to hunt down and kill the person responsible rather than switch browsers - browser evangelism can go too far.
Marcus: The IE7 scripts themselves are an excellent idea though. Run proper CSS on your website without IE-centric hacks!
Justin:
To settle an argument at work - a table of the Vitamin C content of fruit. I thought the Kiwi fruit had the most, Richard thought it was the blackcurrant - which is us was right?
justin: Yes, I admit this link is boring.
justin: I got Half Life 2 now - so I don't care.
Dave: How good is HL2!? I've beaten it now, but I still want to play it. Might go back and do it on super hard.
justin: It's mad. Funnily enough, I did go through a phase ago of having nightmares about a fascist future liek the one they describe, so this game is especially resonant for me. I have played as far as near the start when you cross the train tracks and shoot one of those guards and you see his blood spatter on the wall. I know this is going to me amazing! And the Havok physics as well!
09/12/04
Marcus:
"For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington. Theology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues hold stoutly to a world view despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality. When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind. And there is the danger: voters and politicians alike, oblivious to the facts." (Via).
Dave:
I've been absent for a few days so I feel the need to post a few things. Here are the top 20 IT mistakes...
Dave:
I saw the world's strongest man at the weekend (Magnus Karlsson). Here is the website of former world's strongest man and personal hero of mine, Geoff Capes. He now breeds budgies.
Marcus:
Hack the iPod firmware to make your own custom graphics. (Via).
Dave: Pretty neat, but... "beware: the iPod must be wiped, and it's a hack. Messing with it can mess up the iPod."
Marcus: I must admit I wouldn't touch firmware hacks like this with a barge pole.
08/12/04
Justin:
Warp Records. The home of great music.
Marcus: And let us not forget Bleep, Warp Records' online music store that offers high quality DRM-free MP3s.
Marcus:
That "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is scripted" thing that caused a 0.1 on the Media Uproar Scale is probably untrue anyway. Apparently the offending document was a shooting plan, which is just a back-up plan if no decent footage is obtained. Allegedly. (Via).
justin: Of course there is going to be some structure in the way they make the show.
Marcus:
Available from The Gadget Shop: a two sensors+two guns shooting game a lot like LaserQuest, only you get an electric shock when you get shot! Fun! (Via my sister, who got her boyfriend one but not me. Bah).
Marcus:
Werebunny - cool funky independent music.
Marcus: I'm a sucker for any website with the word "bunny" in the URL, especially when it hosts cool funky music and the owner e-mails me asking for a plug.
Marcus: There's also going to be an online music store for independent artists, utilising the Weed sharing system. But that's not there just yet.
Marcus:
Make your own snowflake. Using a Flash program to simulate cutting an actual folded piece of paper. Saves trees and wastes time - the perfect combo. (Via).
Marcus: There's something rather nice about randomly cutting into virtual paper and making a virtual paper snowflake.
Marcus:
Madame Tussauds' pisspoor waxwork nativity scene. With Posh 'n' Becks as Joseph and Mary. Nice.