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Monthly Archives: July 2002

July 29, 2002 | Politics

Porky Pies

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“American forces may have breached human rights and then removed evidence after the so-called wedding party airstrike that killed more…

July 26, 2002 | Language, Literature & Linguistics

Carmen the Cigar-Makeress

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In an English synopsis of the opera Carmen, spotted on a programme in Genoa, Italy: “Carmen is a cigar-makeress from…

July 19, 2002 | Fun & Humour

Hello Kitty Stress Test

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A Hello Kitty psychological test. Whatever will those crazy people in their funky white coats come up with next! www.sanriotown.com

July 18, 2002 | Music

Theo’s wunderbare Welt der Bandfotographie

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Welcome to the freak show that is German rock & roll. Allow Theo to take you through the bizarre and…

July 18, 2002 | General Geek Culture

MIT Gallery of Hacks

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One of those lovely things you occasionally seem to forget about and then rediscover is the MIT tradition of “hacking”....

July 15, 2002 | Politics

Kosovo Goes Up in Smoke

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Associated Press reports that police and NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo have destroyed marijuana plants covering “about one acre (0.4 hectares)”....

July 15, 2002 | General Geek Culture

Accidental Video Game Porn Archive

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All classic video games, all porn, all the time. You know you want it. www.classicgaming.com

July 10, 2002 | Cinema

Pre-viewers and Pre-Texts of the Lord of the Rings films

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Bertha Chin and Jonathan Gray have written an excellent text on the phenomenon of (mostly web-based) communities reviewing a film…

July 9, 2002 | Language, Literature & Linguistics

A Douglas Adams Gift From Beyond The Grave

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Long the subject of speculation among die-hard Douglas Adams fans, his posthumously published book The Salmon of Doubt has now…

July 5, 2002 | General Geek Culture

Nothing So Strange

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Who really killed Bill Gates back on December 2, 1999? What conspiracies lie hidden in this murky pool of hatred…

July 3, 2002 | IA & Usability

On websites that play music at you

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I’ve always been ambivalent about music on websites. Well, not exactly ambivalent, I’ve called it the digital equivalent of a…

July 3, 2002 | General Geek Culture

On artists trying to protect their work

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This is the digital age, and if you’re an artist, sooner or later someone is going to steal from you…