Monthly Archive for April, 2002

a couple of ad companies are suing sony for super-imposing other ads onto their new york times square billboards, in the upcoming move spiderman. they argue that the movie does not depict the area accurately. i wonder how “accurate” or real can it be with spiderman swinging around in times square. rexxx built an mp3 jukebox out of his arcade machine to entertain his friends in his arcade room.

try the evil plan generator if you’re planning something evil.

find out if any of your friends or family are addicted to online games. they might be hooked on “heroinware”, addiction to the lure of online gaming. if you’re busy sending instant message online, be aware that you maybe eavesdropped by your employer.

if your own website is ever threatened by cease and desist letters from lawyers, chilling effects clearinghouse is a good guide on responding to these threats. wired news has an article on the rising costs of free web email. if you have accounts with mail.com or yahoo mail, you would have realised by now that they are charging for their forwarding or download services that were free previously. i guess all good things on the web do come to an end eventually. spam emails are appearing with even more new tricks and disguises.

strangely, this month’s issue of wired magazine is available online. in the past, they will only make issues available online after 2 months.

a sunken city is found off the indian coast. atlantis might be true after all.

what really happened takes a look at some “classified” news about israelis. quite interesting to see the author linking them to the september 11 terrorist incident and the anthrax letters that followed.

i’m flying to london next week and i’m really flying to a rip-off country. lot’s of evidence on how the country is ripping off consumers.