The Ephemera Society
Dedicated to the preservation and study of those "minor transient documents of everyday life": posters, tickets, packaging, handbills, things not made to be put under glass for posterity, things that make me very excited. Ephemera tells stories of social and cultural change. Ephemera is beautiful and fascinating.
01:29 a.m.
Sunday, October 31, 2004

Click Opera
I recently came upon this little gem. Momus (yes, of music fame) writes eloquently and intelligently about art, culture, cities and other things of import. I am so jealous. I really do urge you to read it - always interesting, well-written and educational.
01:20 a.m.
Sunday, October 31, 2004

DarrellGoodBlogYesNo
This am teh funny. FUNNY! Darrell is a very talented and funny person. Let's hope he keeps writing.
01:18 a.m.
Sunday, October 31, 2004

Smythson of Bond Street
Now, this very clearly is the ill shit. Delicious, tactile leather; gorgeous high-quality paper; extravangance galore! I am a new slave to Smythson even though the prices make me fall over.
02:15 p.m.
Sunday, October 24, 2004

A Dolly's World: Doll Wigs
The wigs here are at great prices so, if like me, you enjoy putting realistic wigs onto the plastic heads of little humanoid playthings, then take a look. The real stars of the show are the webmaster's dolls though. I'm still having nightmares. It's probably all an elaborate cover for a thrill-kill Satanist cult.
01:38 p.m.
Thursday, April 8, 2004

Stamp-It-Out
Make any image into a US, UK, Dutch or Japanese postage stamp. Not a real postage stamp, of course, just a little digital picture of one. I think it's fun....
01:34 p.m.
Thursday, April 8, 2004

The Zanerian
A fascinating page about ornamental penmanship. There are many wonderful scans of old manuals, artefacts and exquisite penmanship to look at. Also: The Ransom & Gordon Controlograph.....
10:24 p.m.
Thursday, March 4, 2004

VLC media player
A nifty application that plays all (well, almost all) video and audio file formats known to man. If VLC can't play it, you must be gay. Available for most operating systems, free and you can do full screen. Pah to you Quicktime!
01:03 p.m.
Saturday, October 25, 2003

Bit Torrent
Instead of everyone swamping one source for a download, Bit Torrent allows downloaders to share the burden of uploading. As I am downloading a file other people are getting the same file from me; we are all sharing the parts that we have downloaded so far with those who haven't got there yet. The more popular a file is, the quicker your download will be. Team Popcore says, "Yay!"
12:41 p.m.
Saturday, October 25, 2003

Gnoosic
"Gnod is my experiment in the field of artificial intelligence. It's a self-adapting system, living on this server and 'talking' to everyone who comes along. Gnod's intention is to learn about the outer world and to learn 'understanding' its visitors. This enables gnod to share all its wisdom with you in an intuitive and efficient way. You might call it a search-engine to find things you don't know about."

Try out Gnoosic - help gnod learn. It's strangely addictive.
03:52 p.m.
Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Music CD prices to go down.
The music industry is finally listening to the consumers and Universal Music have decided to cut the price of their CDs, including all items in their back catalogue. Jesus, it's about time that they realised that this is the way to combat piracy and file-sharing! People would actually buy more records if the prices were at all reasonable, man. Hopefully, this move will push up more competition and yield lower music prices across the board, not only for Universal group artists.
01:21 p.m.
Monday, September 8, 2003

Giant Battle Monster! Fight!

Vice Magazine
Vice is one of the best magazines I've ever had the fortune to read. Leaning to the left-field and underground, they always feature interesting artists, musicians and nutters. The Dos and Don'ts section has everyone howling in hysterics. Vice knows its shit. And it's free. That's FREE.
04:09 p.m.
Wednesday, August 27, 2003

This Is Blythe
Gina Garan's website all about that fashionable doll with the huge head. A great place for photos, news and a lively forum where I post my Blythe photos. I also visit the official Japanese Blythe site too.
02:29 p.m.
Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Posh or Common?
Where do you stand on the scale of posh or common? Are you a pikey or, as my brother might say, a poshard? Are you hopelessly common like me and think that having Tip Top with tinned fruit for pudding is a normal part of every British childhood? (Come one, really. What insane person hasn't had Tip Top before?)
02:13 p.m.
Thursday, July 4, 2002

Out Of Order
This is the one that started me off on the whole diaryland.com, pitas.com thing. Still eloquent, charming and interesting after all these years. Big salute to Annie.
02:10 p.m.
Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Quote Database: Top 50
Dragged from the bowels of IRC chatrooms.
02:06 p.m.
Friday, July 5, 2003

Roget's Thesaurus Word Amusement
Do you, like me, think that you have a strong grip on all that is English language? Do you, like me, enjoy quizzes? Will you, like me, score a truly pitiful 3 out of 10? Find out now! Just wait until I've let off a string of expletives.
02:04 p.m.
Wednesday, July 10, 2002

The Man Who Fell Asleep
Random writings, polar bears. Hilarity ensues.
02:01 p.m.
Thursday, August 22, 2002

pitchforkmedia.com
Breaking news, breaking news: Jim O'Rourke does a wee. This is the most fantastic music website, its concerns exactly mirroring Team Popcore's record collection. Pitchforkmedia is the only place to get decent news and reviews that are well-written, amusing, useful and relevant.
10:22 a.m.
Friday, December 13, 2002

DEVILROBOTS
The Japanese art/design collective that brought To-Fu Oyako to the world. Cower, collect.
10:18 a.m.
Friday, December 13, 2002