The weird emails just keep

The weird emails just keep getting weirder. Here's today's:

Dear Militarist,

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Circumlocution.

Cement,
Dissuade

Who is the DHTML Pro?

Who is the DHTML Pro? they ask at the DHTML Zone. Hey, that's me... and my first monthly column.

I really enjoy these sites

I really enjoy these sites that appear to be one thing, but are actually supporting sites for movies. This one, Mutant Watch, is for this summer's X-Men movie. And this one, for GalaxyQuest, was just terrific. It was a wonderful spoof of fan sites.

Only in New Orleans would

Only in New Orleans would they have a Festival of Fins.

Via A Picture of Weblogs,

Via A Picture of Weblogs, I found that Bradlands and Whim & Vinegar link to us. Thanks, folks!

If you like those weblog

If you like those weblog tidbits of "see this wacky thing selling on eBay right now!," you'll love the eBay Weirdness Collector Club. Here's one woman's site listing the strange stuff she buys on eBay; I suspect that these dolls are going to feature prominently in my nightmares tonight.

A Child's Garden of XML,

A Child's Garden of XML, by Simon St. Laurent, via A List Apart.

If you're in the midwest

If you're in the midwest or east coast, take a look up at the sky tonight--you might see the space shuttle.

Hmmm. My family is Italian

Hmmm. My family is Italian on my dad's side, and Portuguese on my mom's. We're about as swarthy as they come. So why did I get spam today inviting me to go to the "My Amish Heritage" Web site? I assure you, the ethnicity that popularized gold chains cannot be described as "plain."

Oh yeah... there may actually

Oh yeah... there may actually someday be an Indiana Jones, part 4. Bring back Karen Allen, please! Oh, and a Sean Connery cameo would be nice, too.

In honor of Windows 2000's

In honor of Windows 2000's release, a link to a comparison of Windows NT to CP/M. The last two paragraphs are the best.

William Safire of the NY

William Safire of the NY Times knows religio-political sleaze when he sees it.

I see stuff written in

I see stuff written in foreign languages on clothes, and occasionally wonder if the translation says something like "The person wearing this is a gullible idiot." In Japan, it's common to have English words on, well, everything. Here's some examples of what's being foisted on them behind their backs.

Robert X. Cringely explains the

Robert X. Cringely explains the DDoS attacks.

Forget about the Oscars; here's

Forget about the Oscars; here's the 2000 Razzie Nominees for Worst of 1999. Plus, this year, they're doing Worst Films and Actors of the Decade and Worst of the Century anti-awards. For worst film of the decade, my money's on Showgirls.

Intel: Faster chips needed to

Intel: Faster chips needed to run Windows 2000. Yeah, that's a real shocker.

Quote of the day: To

Quote of the day:

To help people recognize what is has been happening during the recent disruptions of several major internet sites, I am passing on Elizabeth Kubler Ross's five stages of internet hacking: denial-of-service, followed by anger-at-service, bargaining-for-service, depression-from-service, and ultimately acceptance-of-no-service.

I get the weirdest spam...

I get the weirdest spam...

A little background, first. I run a mailing list for women (and friendly male) web developers, called WiseWomen. I got the following message addressed to me today:

a relative of ours is seeking to locate a discreet, mature, attractive,heterosexual, sexually active, physically fit,caucasian or mixed race, female sex surrogate partner for sex / sex therapy for a partially disabled male relative of ours in or near memphis, tenn. at a low rate or at a low cost to the male. Not seeking a prostitute, not seeking a wife, not even seeking a girlfriend.Can any of you WiseWomen help the poor, lonely, not so intelligent soul? Bye Bye and GOD bless you all. (contact the child at <address deleted@webtv.net>)

Oddly enough, the only place I forwarded it to was here and to webtv's abuse address.

Last week, I taught at

Last week, I taught at NASA/Ames, and as I was setting up my stuff, my contact there looked at my boring old red laser pointer and told me that Randal Schwartz, when he'd spoken there, had a green laser pointer. I made a mental note that I had to find out more about this--I've wanted something besides red all along. Today, MemePool had a link to a source for green laser pointers, but unfortunately, their cheapest is $275. Ouch!

Whaddya know? Both President Clinton

Whaddya know? Both President Clinton & I agree that there should be more porn on the net. Oh, wait... that was a statement by the other President Clinton.

What can you say about

What can you say about Quantum Ravioli?

Celebrate The Day of the

Celebrate The Day of the Obscure.