Visual Art September 28, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Fun , 1 comment so farI’ve had a sudden influx of… uhh… cute… websites (thanks coz!), so I thought I’d share them with you:
- copper: A wonderful and beautifully drawn webcomic… really inspires the imagination. It gets my vote for the best drawn comic on the Internet.
- Commander Kitty: a great webcomic that never fails to make me laugh out loud… start at the beginning, or it won’t make any sense.
- Orisnal: some very… let’s see… cute flash games. The amount of work that goes into creating each of these games must be phenomenal.
Well that’s it. Back to your regularly scheduled browsing (or RSSing as the case may be).
Beware the Policons! September 28, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Website , add a commentI was browsing my websites and I saw that some of the political icons were extremely controversial–lots of comments and downloads. That gave me a great idea… why not make a website dedicated to political icons? It would do great in this contentious election. I even thought of a cool domain name: policons.com. Alas, the Google Gods won’t index a new site quickly enough for it to attract any significant attention. (Plus, the domain was already taken… but isn’t being used.) Maybe in 4 years.
Eek! September 25, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Weird , add a commentMy Mac just completely crashed (a first). Unlike the dreaded blue screen on Windows, a nice translucent box popped up explaining the problem and how to restart your computer in 4 different languages (including Japanese). When the Mac crashes, it does it with style.
The Apocalypse September 12, 2004
Posted by Owen in : Work , add a commentAt 2:32 PM last Thursday the Internet dies at work. You could literally hear people hitting the refresh button over and over and their productivity ground to a halt. Personally, everything I do requires the Internet, so I took the opportunity to walk around the building. The normally quiet atmosphere was completely changed as people sat there and talked to each other. It was like being in a completely different place. Some people couldn’t cope and just sat there and stared at their monitors, while other people ran up and down the hallways frantically looking for someone to fix the Internet.
Deadly words like “SBC” and “Verizon” were overheard and I knew all was lost. So I did the next best thing to work–played solitaire. Well I would, except the damn company didn’t install it. I was reduced to talking to my coworkers about our favorite alcoholic beverages. Then the Internet came back (2 hours later) on and it was to the grind (for 20 mins until it went out again… then it was time to give up and go home).