Back from Northern Ireland

20 years ago

It was a whirlwind trip -- I landed in Belfast International Airport at about 9:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday…

Travel Diary, Part 1

20 years ago

The Airport Rocket At the risk of flooding High Park with stewardess fetishists, I have observed a number of flight…

Comic: Why Some People Stop Blogging

20 years ago

(This has been posted automatically in my absence. Ain't technology grand?)

Calling All Native French Speakers

20 years ago

In the blog entry titled Oddball Cover of a French Book on China and Africa, I quote a description of…

Ireland Bound

20 years ago

On Monday, I'll fly to one of my ancestral homelands -- Ireland (I came by my accordion and partying powers…

Oddball Cover of a French Book on China and Africa

20 years ago

Cyrus Farivar pointed me to this recently-published French book titled Chine-Afrique: Le Dragon et l'Autruche, which translates as "China-Africa: The…

The Ronald McHummer Sign-O-Matic

20 years ago

[via Seth Godin's blog] The Ronald McHummer Sign-O-Matic site is more than just a sign generator in the same vein…

"Knuth is My Homeboy" T-Shirts

20 years ago

Here's a t-shirt design that your non-computer-science pals won't understand, but at the same time is weird enough and obscure…

You See a Funny News Item, I See a Domain Name Opportunity

20 years ago

Shortly after Mel Gibson's infamous arrest, I reported that the domain name sugartits.org was still available. It's since been snapped…

I Wonder If the Back of the Packaging Says "Pick Two"

20 years ago

Courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele, a photo of the "Sure / Safe / Easy" humane poultry killer. Its usage is…