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March 28, 2002

SaveInternetRadio New legislation now mandates

SaveInternetRadio

New legislation now mandates that streaming internet broadcasters must pay a small percentage royalty per song they stream. While the idea of paying royaties isn't too bad, it's the rate structure that sucks: it's not just per song, it's also per listener, and it's retroactive since 1998. Do the math and you'll see that many of your favorite streaming radio stations will be going offline and never comming back, and a lot of independent music will be losing it's voice. Help to do something about it.

Also check this out for more info on the how and why of the new laws.

As the week goes on,

As the week goes on, my descriptions get shittier and shittier, so here, just go have some fun with this.

March 27, 2002

More Ali G than you

More Ali G than you can handle. thx Thomas!

Craneaccidents.com, the premier site for

Craneaccidents.com, the premier site for crane accident photos.

March 26, 2002

Think you've got obsessions? Check

Think you've got obsessions? Check out Andrew Nestler's Guide to Math in "The Simpsons". He's catalouged every mention of math or math related items in seasons 1 through 13 of the Simpsons. N'glaven.
Thx Chris

Extreme Advertisting, not even in

Extreme Advertisting, not even in death can you escape.
Thx, Al

My god. Is US news

My god. Is US news and world report intentionally trying to make Bush look like Hitler, or is this your typical photo? (Image from the front page today)

March 25, 2002

DigitalConsumer.org While not really all

DigitalConsumer.org

While not really all that funny, Digital Consumer is fighting the good fight for your digital rights. I urge you to join them against the CBDTPA (clearly the most shortsighted and tech-unsaavy bill I've ever seen), also known as the SSSCA. This thread at Metafilter contains an excellent letter that you can modify for yourself and send to your state's congress men and women. If you do one good deed today, let this be it.

I cannot believe some of

I cannot believe some of the things ultra-religious people can take seriously. thx Julie

March 22, 2002

Spamradio.com "Using a complex arrangement

Spamradio.com

"Using a complex arrangement of pipes and funnels we turn the junk mail that we receive into a streaming audio broadcast that can be enjoyed from anywhere on the Internet."

'nuff said.

Flo Control. Problem: Cat brings

Flo Control.
Problem: Cat brings dead/semi-dead animals into house.
Solution: Simply rig up a system that monitors the cat door and applies an image recognition algorithm to a secutiry camera image and decides wether or not to unlatch the door, naturally. I mean, what else would you do?

March 20, 2002

Cameltoe.org All the cameltoe you

Cameltoe.org

All the cameltoe you can eat.

I-Mockery.com Reviews Hacked Roms. First,

I-Mockery.com Reviews Hacked Roms.

First, I didn't even know you could hack NES roms, and second, gawd damn some of these are funny. Definetly don't miss the Donkey Kong/Pink Floyd review.

Techie Humor: If you


Techie Humor: If you search for the word "Dave" on google, the number one result you get is this guy. I cannot figure out why. I am now going to embark on a project to become the number one Nick.

Porn or Pony? thx Sherry!

Porn or Pony? thx Sherry!

March 19, 2002

A touching tribute to swimsuit

A touching tribute to swimsuit fashion. Dont forget headphones. (thx Buck)

March 18, 2002

It's 80 degrees and sunny.

It's 80 degrees and sunny. The palm trees are swaying in the tradewinds. Why the hell am I still in a cube???

Freestyle Walking... (thx Brian)

Freestyle Walking... (thx Brian)

March 17, 2002

The Old Mac That Went

The Old Mac That Went to Pot.

This article looks like it belongs in the Onion, not Wired.

March 16, 2002

Do you pick your nose?

Do you pick your nose?

Watch a tugboat do the

Watch a tugboat do the limbo. via Kottke

March 15, 2002

Ultimate Flash Face! This is

Ultimate Flash Face! This is incredibly cool... see if you can replicate your friends!

March 13, 2002

The world Rock Paper Scissors

The world Rock Paper Scissors Society. The Gambits section is particularily amusing.

March 12, 2002

Britney Spears got coverd with

Britney Spears got coverd with pee!

AAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
AAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAQHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA!

Holy cow! I'm going to

Holy cow! I'm going to start flying US-Airways more often.

March 11, 2002

Hacking made easy...with Pringles! That's

Hacking made easy...with Pringles!

That's right! Now you too can sniff out wireless networks with the aid of a simple pringles tube! Too bad the article doesn't have a "howto" section...

Stinkfactor.com What is stinkfactor.com? It's

Stinkfactor.com

What is stinkfactor.com? It's all about people who are unafraid to eat things that might make them puke, and are also unafraid to have it documented on the internet for your enjoyment. Fabulous.

Wow... in New York, personal

Wow... in New York, personal ads have really gotten serious... (thx JR!)

March 09, 2002

Arnocorps update! New ep is

Arnocorps update! New ep is out and avaliable for download now! Plus, on March 15th (this friday), they are playing at The Stork Club (2330 Telegraph Ave) in Oakland. Doors open at 9pm, $5 a head.

March 08, 2002

So, one of the developers

So, one of the developers we contract with at work has set up a live webcam watching over their site in the South of Market Area in SF. It's pretty amazing, if you choose "video" from the top menubar, you can get streaming video and it lets you zoom in on a suprisingly deatiled view of a pretty wide panorama. If you spend enough time looking around, you can catch things like people smoking cigarettes on the corner or using the porta-potties on the site. I thought you might appreciate it.

Wow. John Ashcroft has written

Wow. John Ashcroft has written a song.

March 07, 2002

Every time you masturbate, God

Every time you masturbate, God kills a Kitten!

Fascinating antics. A guy broke

Fascinating antics. A guy broke into this office and did a bit of rearranging in the server room. He was apparently cought smoking crack at some point by the SFPD. Anyways, it looks like he was in there for a while, judging by the number of bizarre things he created.

March 04, 2002

How did I miss this

How did I miss this at Burning Man?

March 03, 2002

Bush arrested in Enron scandal!

Bush arrested in Enron scandal!
Link harvested from Skallas.

I bet you'd never guess

I bet you'd never guess that you could play music on a kittenburger, now would you?

March 01, 2002

TOTL.net has lots of fun

TOTL.net has lots of fun things for you, like the instant online monkey delivery service, and the human virus scanner. Go. Play.

Fatmouse doesn't make things, he

Fatmouse doesn't make things, he makes things better.