We like. We can't do, but we like.

Craig Newmark, of Craigslist.org fame, talks to Wired: "I admit that when I think of the money one could make from all this, I get a little twinge. But I'm pretty happy with nerd values: Get yourself a comfortable living, then do a little something to change the world."
It almost, almost makes us remember we were a flower child once.

(: 29/08 :)

"Those?" We have them every day.
On the other hand, we do have the rare day when we wonder whether we shoulda quit the cubicle scene.
For the Alien in Noo Yawk, for when the TV ceases to enthrall.

(: 28/08 :)

As long as Roaming works.
They told us that about blogging...
...but we'd need a new phone.
Will blogs count?

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Spamusement: "Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!" Makes you look at your junk mail folder in a whole new light.

Going once...

Drop by Disturbing Auctions, which is "dedicated to the research and study of the most bizarre items found for sale on internet auction sites. Not the obviously fake auctions, like the infamous human kidney, but truly tacky stuff that people really, honestly, believed that someone would (and in some cases did) buy."

if you win a prizespare a thought for poor ole zig:lend us the books please

want to win a prize?
encapsulate news events
in three simple lines

paint a word picture
in seventeen syllables
five-seven-five form

a haiku headline
snapshot of the world today
elucidation

Check out the Guardian's weekly topical haiku contest. Prizes are £20 worth of Penguin Classics.

We're all highbrow suddenly. Sort of.

Have you seen Tim Bradford's Writer's Workhop cartoons at the Guardian? So far, he's done Beatrix Potter, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, Samuel Johnson, Jack Kerouac, and the Bronte sisters.

Poems in search of moods

"At Books Unlimited we're so smart we can tell what mood you're in and what would make you feel better. Simply do our test and we'll find you some poetry to soothe your mood." Check out the moodmatcher

(: 27/08 :)

we have a great relationship with ours. And with our other gadgets too...
...but maybe we shoulda taken out a classified.
Hm. How would this work in India? Branded laathis?

Al Dvorin has left the building

The concert announcer who popularized the phrase "Elvis has left the building," died on Aug. 22.