The Null Device
2000/7/12
In 1975, Gary Dahl, then an advertising copywriter, invented the "pet rock" fad. 25 years later, he has won the Bulwer-Lytton award for bad writing:
``The heather-encrusted Headlands, veiled in fog as thick as smoke in a crowded pub, hunched precariously over the moors, their rocky elbows slipping off land's end, their bulbous, craggy noses thrust into the thick foam of the North Sea like bearded old men falling asleep in their pints.''
Two more British ISPs plan to move offshore, to France and Ireland respectively, as the Internet monitoring bill moves closer to becoming law.
MP3 quickies: A company in the US wants to insert advertisements into MP3 files. Meanwhile, mp3.com rival Riffage (which seemed to only work with Internet Exploiter last time I checked) has bought alternative record label 1500 Records.