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The Unofficial Dunkin Donuts FAQ. The Unofficial eBay FAQ. [via Memepool]
CamRant: The Tragedy of Wired [I'm accepting/posting feedback on this piece.] Before there was America Online, there was GNN. Here's a version of their homepage circa 1993. You can find some of the strangest texts online, these days. Hmmm.....Netizens Against Blink. [I wonder if these people realize that the blink tag was a huge joke.] One of my favorite forms of fiction is "sudden" fiction or "flash" fiction, usually stories less than 500-750 words. Furious Fiction is an e-zine that celebrates it. I have an amazing book I picked up at Borders last year called "The World's Shortest Stories." Every story in this book is exactly 55 words long.
Rebecca Eisenberg: What Intel Problem? Top 10 Censored Press Releases of 1998 (scroll down). [Thanks, Maura] Marketing Computers: Apple is a 1998 Marketer of the Year; and Jeff O'Brien exposes VC's for what they truly are. Does anyone have experience with StorySpace? How is it any different from basic outliner tools like MORE. It's basketball, lacrosse, hockey, and jai-alai on bumper-cars. No, it's WhirlyBall! [Ask me next week who won.] Apparently, Sony is going to sue Connectix after all.
Kitty push-ups. Dead cat lift? Hmmm.... Anyone know what song this is? I like it. Also check out the rest of the Digital Film Festival. [Jesse tells me the song is "Is She Weird?" by the Pixies.] Future Predictions, Forecasts, and Speculations for the Coming Third Millennium. Gee, thanks PigDog. Yahoo to Buy Geocities. [Interesting!] Lots of little changes and additions to Camworld recently. As always, if it looks funky in your browser, don't hesitate to send me a screenshot.
My referrer logs turn up some interesting links sometimes. An interesting concept. Rafe Colburn is keeping a journal as he writes his upcoming computer book [about SQL]. Sometimes I get email that makes me scratch my head. International Technical Communications Bibliography. Search by Email. Yes, you heard me right. My good friend Michael Kimsal has figured it out. The Kirch Report is a very thorough comparison of the Unix vs. NT argument. [Leave you bias at home, please.] Tuesday, January 26, 1999CamRant: Anatomy of a WebLog. I made some modifications to the layout of this page. If it looks funky in your browser, send me a screenshot and the OS/browser you're using. If you're a weblog or news site editor, send me your recommendations for the new resource boxes to the right. Craig Mitchell has posted the latest chapter of "She Hates My Futon." Nice and easy...yeah, that's the ticket. Slow and steady wins the race. PeterMe: Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks. News Release January 4, 1999 Why email training should be mandatory for all newbies. Rumor: Time/Warner in talks to buy CDNow/N2K. Monday, January 25, 1999Consortium Against Unnecessary Graphics and Hypertext Tags (CAUGHT). Where do you buy your books? [poll] Friday, January 22, 1999No caption necessary. [via the CamList.] Thursday, January 21, 199976% of all DNS is poorly configured. [via WebDesign-L.] Scott Burns does some Amazon math. [Hint: The numbers don't add up.] Keep an eye on AMZN today. [Do I hear a stock bubble popping?] Also way down: YHOO and EBAY. Microsoft Windows Refund Center. Wednesday, January 20, 1999Fast Food Worker Simulator. [What if I like my burgers plain?] Selena Sol's Introduction to Databases. Koyaanisqatsi to be net-broadcast. Awesome! Thanks, Tara for forwarding me this. OK, is the online bookselling industry clearer to you now? Netiquette Training: Whose Responsibility? [One of the sources is "Universal Access to E-mail: Feasibility and Societal Implications" which I've linked to before.] Tuesday, January 19, 1999Browser go "boom." If Amazon.com is going to be the Wal-Mart of the web, then AOL is going to be Amway. Bill Humphries' "Age of the Manifesto." The Tragedy of Netscape. [Well-written, sums up much of my thoughts about the Netscape/AOL deal.] Ummm.... Boardwatch explains the 56K modem wars. Richard Thieme writes about "cybersleuthing." Monday, January 18, 1999That's Reverend Cameron to you, pal. Dating the Flight Attendent by Chad Childers. Sulabh International Museum of Toilets. [Thanks, Colin] Oops. [via Perter Merholz and Leslie Harpold.] Sunday, January 17, 1999If you've ever worked a help desk, these quotes might sound familiar. An interesting look at the question "Is there a Santa Claus?" Why Amazon can't win the online book wars: http://isbn.nu/ Since we're on the subject of puzzles recently, here's one from a couple years ago. Internet Stocks: "There's a casino mentality out there." I've been on a Stephen King kick lately. Here's the FAQ for the alt.books.stephen-king newspgroup. Read no. 18. Area 51 news... [Um, no comment] Saturday, January 16, 1999This site is just about impossible to use, but the content is great. I am so happy! The Santa Fe Institute for Regional Ecucation is finally going to start selling VHS copies of the 1983 Goddfrey Reggio film "Koyaanisqatsi." See their place-holder site at Koyaanisqatsi.com. Solution to the bizarre.gif puzzle. [via Scripting News, original puzzle via Flutterby.] Friday, January 15, 1999This is driving me nuts. I've been looking at this all day. I just can't figure it out. [Thanks, Dan.] You know how www.retards.com goes to Microsoft's page.....well check out where retards.com goes. A collection of word oddities and trivia. Why web journals suck. Why the web sucks. Tons of online technical books. [via Massimo on the CamList] DHTML Pong. [Requires a real browser] You see, this is why I think the government should step in and do something before these idiots crash the stock market. FurbyWatch: Furby a Threat to National Security? Thursday, January 14, 1999Microsoft closes its doors, January 9, 2020. Wednesday, January 13, 1999She Hates My Futon. [A damn good read. Long, but downright hilarious.] Also check out the rest of Craig's "My Boot" site. What to do when your book publisher sucks at marketing. Was David Siegel drunk when he did this interview/chat? Jeez, how freaking annoying. Don't be fooled by the spin put on this story. Bell Atlantic has a hidden agenda, forced upon them by FCC regulations. Everyone in the Telecommunications industry knows that the real money to be made is with the long-distance services: "Bell Atlantic needs to be able to offer long-distance services to its customers, especially corporations. But before it can win state regulators' permission to do so, it must prove that it has opened its market to competitors." Keep a close eye on Metababy.com these next couple of days. Firday at 3 p.m. CST to be exact. Apparently you can now buy just about anything online. Related story. Tuesday, January 12, 1999An amazingly complete list of words and their meanings: U.K. vs. U.S. [via Robot Wisdom Weblog] Hey, this guy might be onto something here. www.spacegirl.org [nice design] Monday, January 11, 1999FurbyWatch: Another, ahem, use for Furbies. [Over 18 only, please.] FurbyWatch: It's a Flurbee (A cross between a Furby and Flowbee.) [As seen on TV! Thanks Jason. Sunday, January 10, 1999The Windows "April Fools 2001" bug. SeattleWeekly: Microfraud? Microsoft cooks its books, forces whistleblower to resign. X-rated Disney stuff. More. [via Robot Widom Log] Lots of good bookmarks.... MSIE 4.5 does not supprt XML. [Hey Microsoft, wrong answer!] I guess I'll wait for Netscape 5.0. Saturday, January 9, 1999What the...? Gotta think about this one a bit: http://www.retards.com [Rather funny, actually, if you think about it.] It's got to be some kind of joke. This information is obviously fake. For some reason, I just don't believe this item to be genuine. Could it be the description the seller is using? Friday, January 8, 1999When you get a chance go explore Don's site. The stories are great! Top Nines in Computer Technology, Accessories, and Games. Nonsuch records has finally issued a re-release of Philip Glass' Koyaanisqatsi soundtrack. You can be sure I'm ordering it. [I wrote about this movie 4 years ago.] Thursday, January 7, 1999Name the Celebrity [based on their actual High School yearbook photos]. http://quitsmoking.miningco.com/ http://alcoholism.miningco.com Interesting....not sure what to make of it, but it's interesting. MethodFive's THE HYPER: "What's on Your Bookshelf?" Wednesday, January 6, 1999Predictions of 1999, from 1954. Dan the Pessimist, looks into the future. [That's OK, I'm quite pessimistic, too.] An interesting rant on the comics industry. North Dakota's weekly newspapers face new, old challenges. Committee of Concerned Journalists: Excellence in Journalism and the New Media. If you're tired of all the old restaurants and want a fun, new dining experience, try out Mongolian Barbeque. Locations: U.S., U.K. Another reason why cigarettes should be banned. [Sorry smokers, but I'm quite anti-tobacco.] SF Gate: Books-a-Million chief dumps a ton of stock. [No surprise, here. BAMM isn't known to be quality bookseller.] "Internet Funds" is an oxymoron. Monday, January 4, 1999G.E.Boyd's How To Do Just About Anything by E-mail - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. [Surprisingly comprehensive.] W3 Talks: URL Syntax. MP3: Out of the Bottle. Sunday, January 3, 1999Lucky me, my car is now part of a snowdrift. Dean Koontz pseudonyms. "...American schools are desperately in need of a miracle." Cyberdawg's 1998 Top Ten List. Saturday, January 2, 1999Lisa Schmeiser talks about the subtle morphing of TV actors into glossy stars. Friday, January 1, 1999The New York Observer wonders if Barnes & Noble is already using it's "intended" purchase of Ingram Book Group against their competition. Hmmm.... |
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