Archive for October, 2001
Mosquitoes and Small Wonder
Did you know that female mosquitoes only drink blood to prepare for for egg-laying? Otherwise, mosquitoes (male or female) are just like other insects, living off sugar from plant nectar. In other news, it’s heartwarming to know that ******* Brissette, the little girl robot VICI of the old sitcom Small Wonder, has become a devoted [...]
Dark and Gritty Webcam World
Wow, who would have thought the wild world of webcamming was so full of thorny perils and vicious teeth and claws? After a short chat with Ritchie, and a look at SurvivorCam, Internet Gossip, The Anti-Webcam-Girl Coalition, Daign’s camgirl reviews, and “Candy From Strangers”, I feel like I’ve seen a dark and gritty underside to [...]
Doulos
I joined Tiff’s folks two Sundays ago to visit the Doulos, which (until yesterday) was docked at Manila North Harbor. Wow, I never thought the ship was so big. I had been expecting something about the size of Big Blue (the liveaboard we stayed on in Palau), but this was much bigger, more on the [...]
How Now, Macau?
The b.w.g. writes about his trip to Macau, in a tale with an ominously familiar title… (thanks for the link, Nic!)
CGIComments and DotComments
I’m ba-ack! Miss me? It’s been rather busy behind the scenes, as I snatch minutes away from work and play to tweak code and add stuff to the site. I’ve just finished a day-long struggle with two different comments scripts: CGIComments and DotComments. My original intention was to use CGIComments for my blog, but it [...]
Lorem Ipsum
Read about the strange, arcane origins of Lorem Ipsum, the standard pseudo-Latin dummy text we graphic designers use to greek our layouts. Then, get it from here.