Links from 2000 (16 links)

More on the Warp front: the new Tortoise album, Standards, will be out 'early 2001' - an essential purchase, I think. I can't find any more info, though. The Brainwashed site is strangely quiet at the moment. If you know more, please tell me!

Amusing snippet from the latest Warp mailout, regarding Chris Morris' forthcoming Blue Jam album:

Interestingly the MVC chain of music & video stores in the UK have "declined to stock the album" stating that it does not "fit their image as family stores". This surprised us somewhat as several of the sketches are all about families.

Arf!

How forgetful of me! My sister's boyfriend has some buttons that you must push!

Quote from a recent geek -> not-as-geek phone conversation: "but you've got all that back-end shit going on, haven't you..?"

More... bloody... hats! Eh? Ta!

Ooh, a new Plaid mix! Not as good as the Midsummer mix (the sound quality is pretty awful) but definitely worth a listen.

On reflection, I may not be the best qualified to comment on the quality of sound at the Spitz last night. As a friend just pointed out, I am to all intents and purposes half-deaf until at least next Tuesday. I blame years of extended headphone abuse...

Mo'Wax have a cool tactile toy on the front of their (otherwise nearly empty) site. I like to pretend that the guy is James Lavelle, and then I can bash his head against the frames... strangely satisfying...

I keep meaning to visit Bournemouth to visit Mark...

Bah. Too late for my birthday, as well... Sony's prototype of an incredibly tiny digicam. Maybe they'll have them in production ready for next year...? ;) Hopefully they'll ditch the awful colour, though. Perhaps they'll do one in that lovely Minidisc Blue...

An interesting article on gaming: "How to Hurt the Hackers: The Scoop on Internet Cheating and How You Can Combat It". Well, it's interesting if you're into that sort of thing, obviously ;)

molow! - updated with it's very own holding page with links to... yeah, you guessed it... other holding pages ;)

Transformers - The Movie - available on video! How cool is that? I saw it a few weeks ago, and it was a little alarming to read the credits (Leonard Nimoy, Judd Nelson, Robert Stack, Eric Idle and Orson Welles all feature). I'll spend the rest of the day working on my Transformers impression...

I don't need this so much any more having gone cold turkey for a bit, but if you're in the middle of Quake addiction, then find out how to kick the Quake habit. Thanks to Chris for this one, although I suspect he only sent it to me because I kept shooting him in the back with a grenade launcher. I daresay he could beat me in pretty much any other game out there, though ;)

Ah, serendipity! Just a few days after I was sent the kung fu quotes, I found the original source in the shops: Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head. A decent guide to Hong Kong cinema; comes with many more amusing subtitles.

IT3C - Goodwill. Globally. That's what they say, anyway. Send someone a (virtual and amusing) gift. Responsible for the immortal phrase, "The Love of the American People got lost in Tokyo".