Learn to read.
Nearly 100 Ways to Approach Infinity.
Two Stories my Parents Begged me to Tell Our Guests Towards the Beginning of my 25th Birthday Party But Insisted I Had Completely Invented.
These are both stories from McSweeneys whom I will continue pimping until they are popular, at which point I will no longer think they are cool. Also read the following which appears in Salon but is written by writers who have been featured on McSweeneys.
While listening to RadioEscapade on the CBC I heard mention of a few new CBC websites. I was surprised and pleased to find that the CBC has produced three very cool and surprisingly relevant music and arts based websites. Unfortunately they have mistaken cutting-edge technology (Flash in this case) for just-plain-cutting edge as the sites are heavy and require a fast connection. That said, I have a fast connection and some patience when it comes to finding good Canadian music.
Some unsolicited advice for the CBC:
another peek into the bowels of the world wide web: people have been finding our website by entering the following words into search engines:
Enjoy some previous keywords.
Apparently encouraged by the dismissal of the MasterCard case over his spoof ad, Ralph Nader and his marketing types have outdone themselves spoofing an ad that was great in the first place.
Enjoy the product of their genius »
Speaking of campaign ads, watch and be disgusted. Is this guy for real?
be the freaky radiohead bear-type creature while you play Quake 3. absolutely frightening.
Thanks to Dennis for the link.
My brother Tim is working for CUSU in Paupa New Guinea (can’t believe there is a .com). His emails tell of active volcanos and fresh fruit growing in his back yard.
He’s a lot more personable from the other side of the world.
re: milleniyumyum
matt has clearly missed the point of my “milleniyumyum” post.
allow me to explain: I was cleverly disguising my inability to spell the word millennium correctly (thanks Word) by poking fun at the many unfortunate misspellings we have endured during this millennial transition (thanks again Word). Also, it was inevitably influenced by an advertisement I had seen somewhere this year that used the term ‘millenni-yum-yum’.
however, as a someone who respects the principles of our pseudo-democracy (is there a word people like that?), I will submit to the winning punishment as voted by you, the people.
As you may have noticed, the normally responsible Steven has committed a severe affront to the English language and to thinking people everywhere. In his ‘commercial WIRED musings’ post, Steven made reference to the ‘milleniyumyum’. Is he responsible for this act, or was his brain inadvertently and momentarily transformed into mashed turnip? We cannot say, but nonetheless we must act.
Please send all votes for method of punishment to thegeniuses@actsofvolition.com. The polls will remain open until Nov. 7th. Vote early, and vote often.
it’s a sad day for blogdom.
goodbye superfunk.com. we will miss boxlor and your picnic table art and your funny shorts (which I’m sure I made in Home Ec.)
we wish you a high winning bid on ebay.
Some interesting (or at least I thought so) stats from the latest issue of WIRED Magazine. Of the total 366 pages, a little over half, 200 are advertisments. Of the remaining 166 pages of ‘editorial’ content, 16 are basically unpaid ads for the products the cover.
I haven’t compared these numbers to other magazines, and I’m not really complaining (no one forced me to buy it), but it seems that WIRED is the Christmas Wish Book of the new milllenniyumyum.
About 50 of those editorial pages are dedicated to a fine history of the U.S. vs. Microsoft case which I would recommend reading (I’d like to it if it existed online – sigh).
