Posts matching tags 'slime'
2000/10/23
2000/10/23
The Null Device, being a stream of links and commentary on culture, technology, current events and whatever the author finds interesting.
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This site makes no pretense of being objective and no guarantees of accuracy.
As this blog is produced in a facility that processes sarcasm, individual posts may contain traces of sarcasm.
is wondering what username he should use on the RRR website; since it has to be 4+ letters or digits only, 'acb' is out (22/11)
now has Google Voice/Video Chat enabled, but only on his Mac. (22/11)
is off Samuel Smithsward (22/11)
is liking the new RRR website: http://rrr.org.au/ (22/11)
Also recently got: illustrator Boris Artzybasheff's "As I See", which is fantastic in an Escher-meets-Bosch-meets-Dali sort of way (22/11)
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2007/11/21
I have so far mostly refrained from commenting on the Australian election campaign. In short, it has looked like the Opposition would win by a landslide—much as it has in the previous two elections, in which2006/11/21
Cory Doctorow argues that high-definition television might kill special-effects-heavy blockbusters , by amplifying the way that Moore's Law keeps increasing audience expectations and making last year's special-effects extravaganza look like so much cheese: It's a good2003/11/21
Charlie Stross has a characteristically right-on piece about the war on terrorism : However, there are some issues I agree with him about. Item number one on the list is that Al Qaida blowing people up