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Sunday, August 31, 2003

Acda en de Munnik cover
Acda en de Munnik's Als Het Vuur Gedoofd Is
Lyrics Translated from Dutch to English by Jaggle.
Als Het Vuur Gedoofd Is
When the fire is down

Vrijdagmiddag in het Vondelpark
Friday afternoon in Vondelpark (=famous park in Amsterdam)
November en nat
November and wet
Vlakbij de vijver zit een man
Near the lake(=small lake) sits a man
Herman (Herman,its his name)
En Herman is het zat
And Herman is fed up
Heeft een kutjaar gehad
He has had a bad year

Een man met alles wat je hebben kan
A man who has got everything
Vrouw, kind, huis, auto, baan
Womand, child, house, car, job
Zo'n baan, zo'n baan
such a job, such a job (=meaning great/big job)
Maar Herman wilde het ooit anders
But Herman wanted (long time ago) something else
En denkt daar nu al maanden aan
And he is thinking of that (=memory) now for months
Acda en de Munnik's first CD is one of my favorite CD's of all time.

I picked it up when I was in Amsterdam.

Since then, I've played it a number of times on radio programs, in the Boston area. I've corresponded with the band and they tell me that I'm their #1 US fan.

I wonder if there are any other US fans?
C-Nile Virus Warning.
I don't normally pass on virus warnings but I just got this from a reliable source.

It seems that there is a virus out there called the C-nile Virus that even the most advanced programs from Norton cannot take care of, so be warned, it appears to affect those of us who were born before 1948.

Symptoms of C-nile Virus:

1. Causes you to send same e-mail twice.
2. Causes you to send blank e-mail.
3. Causes you to send to wrong person.
4. Causes you to send back to person who sent it to you.
5. Causes you to forget to attach the attachment.
6. Causes you to hit "SEND" before you've finished the
For my mom.

Photo: John Shearer
MTV 2003 VMA Photos.

MTV 2003 VMA: Britney Spears, Madonna and Christina Aguilera Kiss Video.

Hi everybody who came here from Google looking for the Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera kiss.

Please look around and come back every day for fresh links!
Segway Sting
Man steals a Segway scooter. Man can't run Segway because he failed to steal the digital key. Police create an online personality that claims to know how to jumpstart a Segway. Man contacts online personality, arranges to meet him. Man is arrested upon arriving for meeting with Segway scooter.
Ha Ha!

via [ The Hamster ]
MEDLINEplus: Drug Information
Information on thousands of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Apple Computer History Weblog : Hello.
Welcome to the Computer History Museum's Apple History Weblog. This site was created to capture your Apple experiences, anecdotes and stories about key events in Apple's history.
This site is brand new and looking for stories from former Apple Employees.

Saturday, August 30, 2003

Discount Codes and special sales at wirelessgalaxy.com.
I ordered a replacement battery, for a cell phone, from them for $24.99.

Verizon wanted $59.99 for the same battery!

They shipped right away and I got what I wanted.

Recycle your rechargeable batteries.

Tom Cruise: The Last Samurai.
The trailer [ QuickTime ] looks good.

Very good.

Hans Zimmer is doing the soundtrack.

Hai!
Kerry Conran's World of Tomorrow.
World of Tomorrow, set in late-1930s New York City stars Gwyneth Paltrow as Polly Perkins, a crack reporter working on a story about numerous world-famous scientists that have gone missing.  Around this time, strange flying machines threaten Manhattan, and gigantic walking robots trample city blocks.  To get to the bottom of it all, Polly joins forces with her old flame and sometime adversary Capt. Joseph Sullivan (Jude Law), known as Sky Captain. He commands the Flying Legion, battling bad guys in his Warhawk P-40.  He and Polly fly to a remote part of Nepal (think Shangri-La) to track down the crazed mastermind Dr. Totenkopf, who seems to want to destroy the world.
The whole movie is being filmed in front a a blue screen.

Cool names.
Red Sox: Gabe Kapler.
Welcome Back Gabe.

Ha Ha.

Friday, August 29, 2003


Survivor Pearl Island: Ryan Shoulders.
Born and raised in Clarksville, Tennessee, Ryan Shoulders is currently single and was most recently employed as a produce clerk in a grocery store. He spent two years studying communications and computer science at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. His favorite hobbies include writing/recording his own electronic and punk rock music, watching and creating movies and attending live concerts.
His bands:
Burger Run
The Mervs

They're already calling him the longshot.

He's my early favorite
!

Update:
Ryan Shoulders News!
Modern Dog Design Company.
I liked their intro page and took a look around at logos they designed.

Go see.
via [ contact sheet ]

Yahoo! Most Popular: Britney Spears and Madonna Kiss.
Britney Spears, left, and Madonna kiss during the opening performance of the MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003.
Pictures of girls kissing girls seem to be popular.

Yahoo! News calls Off On A Tangent: Informal, bold and saucy!
The so-called Off On A Tangent is novel, different, and presents a fresh slant on posting interesting links on the web. We've been following the weblog explosion for months now and have never seen a weblog as bright and clear as Off On A Tangent.
Yahoo!

Thanks Jaggle for pointing this out!

'Blog Tones by Victor Lams.

[ Music Start ]
Boom Chicka Wow Wow

[ Sound Effect ]
Beer Can Opening

[ Sound Effect ]
Zippy Electronic Ricochet

[ Voice Over ]
You're reading Off On a Tangent.

via [ bettnet.com ]

Sennheiser 416: The World's Most Tasteless Microphone.
Much to my horror, despite the abundance of character enhancing, wonderful sounding microphones available these days, the Sennheiser 416 'shotgun' is currently dominating the sound of commercial voice overs in Los Angeles, making me feel like 'a voice in the wilderness' on this subject.

Thursday, August 28, 2003

Jaggle in English!
Jaggle has a lot of great links, all of them have been in Dutch up until now.

Now you can read Jaggle in English. Yay!

Next we need Acda en de Munnik to sing some songs in English.

I'm their #1 US fan and I don't even understand the lyrics.

Death Burger.
Some guy made his own burger at In-N-Out Burger. Nothing strange about that, except that this burger contained 20 patties and 20 slices of cheese
Whoa!
via [ A Welsh View ]

Mom's Having A Baby!
Here's a great collection of classic car images!

There's more there too, look around.
via [ SVN ] by way of [ coudal ]

Forget Cable TV, Channel 101 Rules!
Did you go see Computerman yesterday like I told you to?

Good.

Well, today there's a new episode up on Channel 101.

Before you watch Computerman, take a look at all the Timebelt episodes. My friend Todd Bishop did camera and editing on them.

Go.

Go now!

Before it's too late. You don't have much time!

I love you.
Santa Comes Early For Kim Davis.
Kim went on an audition for a commercial. He tried out for the part of Santa.
I was paired up with a tall, stunning, voluptuous blonde Mommie. While the director was setting up, Mommie says to me: 'I hope it's okay with you if I keep the kiss.' I said: 'Excuse me?' She said: 'I think it's important we do the kiss on camera.' I said: 'That makes sense.'
Read on for the full Christmas Story.

Zurich's True Beauty.
I see that Zurich's true beauty is found in the clubs at night.

This weblog seems to get a lot of pictures from usgang.ch, tilllate.ch, and partyguide.ch.

That's not a bad thing.
via [ Jaggle ]
Fast Company Magazine is Not So Fast.
The current issue of Fast Company has a feature on the Verbatim Vinyl CD-R.

It says:
Its new Digital Vinyl CD-R disks are rewriteable CDs that have the look and feel of old 45s.
Doesn't Fast Company have technical editors. These CD-R's are recordable not rewriteable!

And they've been out for a while, it's not even news.

Wednesday, August 27, 2003

InstantCoffee Flash Website Builder - Make Websites Online With Flash.
This is pretty cool.

You can make a Flash website in minutes without having to know any Flash at all.

Jack Black is: COMPUTERMAN. [ QuickTime Movie ]
Just go watch this.

I'm not kidding.

It's playing on Channel 101.

Everyone in the world is invited to submit a Channel 101 pilot.

I'd better get to work right away!

via [ Fugitive Alien ]

Ben Stiller and Jack Black: Envy [ Quicktime Movie Trailer ]
Christopher Walken too!

I like the part with Jack Black on a horse.

Ha Ha.

via [ Fugitive Alien ]
Read Free Books Online!
Where movie producers get their ideas.
via [ J-Walk ]
Wanted: New Voice of the Boston Celtics!
The Celtics are currently in search of a new public address announcer who will bring their enthusiasm and energy to the Celtics home court!
Pauuuuuuuul Piieeeeeeeerrrrrrce!

Ant-oine Walk-eeeeeeeeeer!
If Clark runs, all bets are off.
WESLEY CLARK has told associates that he will decide in the next few weeks whether to declare for president. If he does, it would transform the race. Call me star-struck, but he'd instantly be among the top tier.
I hope he gets in.

I saw Howard Dean speak at the JFK Library, and he's no JFK.
Everybody Is Selling Out Today!
The mary-kateandashley(TM) Brand Introduces Toothpaste Co-Branded with Aquafresh(R).
Now you can brush your teeth with Mary-Kate and Ashley!

New SATURDAYNIGHTLIVE(TM) Slot Machines Go Live as National Rollout Begins.
Experience the excitement of losing your money in slot machines based on The Coneheads, the Blues Brothers, Hans and Franz and the Church Lady!

IGT has been granted licensing rights to develop a gaming machine based on the popular Dilbert(TM) comic strip.
Maybe you'd prefer to loose your money to the hijinks of Dilbert, Dogbert, the Pointy-Haired Boss, Wally, Alice, Asok the Intern, Tina the Tech Writer, Catbert, the human resources director, and a host of others.

via [ prbop and licensingmedia.com ]

Tuesday, August 26, 2003

Verizon Product Guides: Online Help For Your Home.
Here's the correct link for Speed Dialing 30.

The link on their page is broken.

Catch 33.
This is fun.

Here are two tips:
1. Don't try to just catch the 33, you've got to go from 1 to 33.
2. You don't have to click the number to catch it, just point to it with your mouse.

Thanks Jaggle!

Restored Coca-Cola Machines.
I wonder if these old Coke machines could dispense beer bottles?

Answer:
Yes they can! 12oz long necks work great but others also fit.

Birthday Alarm.
Never forget a birthday!

Now there's a service I might have used before I got iCal.

Kristi and Christy: Two Sexy Bartenders.
Two of the bartenders in Stuff Magazine's Bar Shot Gallery.

There are more.

Monday, August 25, 2003


Birch Street Bistro.
We went to California for dinner tonight.

Well it seemed like California.

Birch Street Bistro in Roslindale is an exciting restaurant we tried for the first time tonight.

The dining room and bar area look great, but we chose to eat outside since it was such a beautiful evening.

It turns out that the patio has been open since July. There was a nice cool breeze, interesting landscaping and nice music.

We started off with drinks. My wife ordered a Chardonnay/Muscat which was described as having a bubble gum finish. :-)

Of course I had to try the Hoegaarden on tap. There was a varied selection of beers both on tap and in bottles. I'll have to go back to try some more.

For dinner I had the Cod, and my wife had a salad with the Chicken Lolipops. Nice name. Both dishes were very tasty.

On our way out we told the owner that we felt like we were away on vacation.

What a great experience.
Volkswagen New Beetle Check Engine Light: The Saga Continues.
I just picked up my Beetle from the dealer.

This time the error code was 17536 P1128 035.

Hmm. Looks familiar. Hey, It's the same error code as last week!

This time they replaced the Mass Air Flow Sensor.

That's what my local mechanic said is usually the problem.

My mileage IN was 24733 and mileage OUT was 24733.

Not the 6 mile road test that I had asked for.

Grrr.
U.S. Comic Demetri Martin Wins Top British Comedy Award.
So does that mean that a British comic and win the Top US Comedy Award?

The Jim Show!
This guy has a great headshot! He's got tons more on his site.

I found Jim while looking for headshot.jpg on Google. He's the #1 headshot!

The idea for doing a crazy search like that came from oddments, a side blog of Blogdex creator Cameron Marlow that features low-threshold links.

This whole wacky trip started at MSNBC's Weblog Central, which continues to sends tons of traffic my way. Thanks!

Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Another new digital camera from Canon. This one isn't exactly as consumer-level as the PowerShot A80, but their new 6.3 megapixel digital SLR camera, the EOS Digital Rebel (known as the EOS 300D everywhere else) is noteworthy for other reasons. It's basically a stripped down, inexpensive version of Canon's EOS 10D that's compatible with Canon's well-regarded line of autofocus EF lenses. At just $900 for the body (lenses are extra), this is just about the least costly digital SLR we've ever seen.
Making a purchase decision for a new camera is just as tough as making a decision on a new computer.

The technology changes so fast, as soon as you make a decision, something new comes out.

The Canon S400 looked good, until they came out with the SD100.
via [ onfocus ]

Miller Lite Catfight Girls Hit Hub!
"Miller Lite ``Catfight Girls'' Tanya Ballinger, left, and Kitana Baker hit a string of Boston hotspots over the weekend to promote the new bottles featuring their pics."
Hey!

Why wasn't I informed of this?
SillyGlobe.
A weblog which points out silly content in the Boston Globe.

This is what weblogs are for.

I snaked the drain!
Last night my wife yelled out from the bathroom, "The bathtub is talking!"

I yelled back, "What is it saying?"

She told me to come in to see.

When I got there, she ran the water in the bathroom sink, and the bathtub started gurgling.

I think it was trying to tell us that it was clogged.

After two treatments of Drano it was time for a break.

I decided to tackle this project in the morning.

This morning, I went down the celler and got a drain auger. This thing is probably 40 years old.

I snaked the drain from under the sink and the tub.

Note: When removing the pipe from under the sink, you loosen the connection closest to the wall in a clockwise direction, and when loosening the connection closest to you, you go counter-clockwise.

Weird huh?

To snake the tub, you have to put the snake in the tub, not in the drain, but behind stopper turner-on-and-offer.

See how much plumbing knowledge I have?

Next up I used a plunger to plunge the tub making sure I covered up the turner-on-and-offer hole with some paper towels.

After putting everthing back together the water runs free again!

Run free water, you're free!

My wife just came home and said there's water leaking out of some temporary pipes the city has layed down on our street.

I told here that I didn't cause that!

Time to cut the grass.

Paul McCartney likes Steadman.
They're at The Paradise Rock Club on Wednesday.
The Internet's next step may be electing a president.
By Cory Doctorow, Globe Correspondent, 8/24/2003

Hi Cory!

Kournikova Promotes Boob Bounce Reducing Bra with Bezos.
Anna says, "Only the Ball Should Bounce."

Ha Ha.

Saturday, August 23, 2003


Hired Gun.
Hired Gun shows you how to deal with stigmas often attached to selling: envy of your success, commonplace turnover, reduced commissions and reduced territories. If you're a top gun with others gunning for you, this is one book you can't afford to miss.
And it's got a cool shoot em up game too!
via [ Jaggle ]
Shaker Heights in Boston Next Week.
"Shaker Heights" makes its debut in art-house movie theaters in New York and Los Angeles this week, then expands to major U.S. cities ranging from Boston to San Francisco on August 29.
We've got to wait a week!

Arbor.
A new restaurant in JP.

We loved it.

Globe review.
Phoenix review.
'Monk' refreshes.
Not since Peter Falk ( news ) put on his Columbo trench coat has an actor created a more fully formed, richly human, insanely lovable detective. Obsessive, compulsive, multiphobic Monk is an intuitive genius who can think through everything except his own fear of life. Shalhoub captures all the humor and poignancy the contrast makes possible.

Tonight, Monk is battling a serial killer and to the dismay of all involved his Asian dry cleaner, whose sewing skills are not to his liking. (It's a hilarious running joke, if not exactly an ethnically sensitive one.) As for Sharona (the invaluable Bitty Schram), she's busy courting the deputy mayor. As always on Monk , the case is hardly airtight, and that hardly matters. Watch the show for Shalhoub and Schram. If vaudeville still existed, they could be headliners.
Tony Shalhoub Rules!
Joe Lavin: My Night as a Talking Head.
Just about every American dreams about being on television. I do too, but the dreams tend to be nightmares. When I see someone with a television camera, I do my best to get away. I can't think of anything worse than having to talk on television. And so it was with trepidation that I accepted an invitation to be on Sports Pulse on CN8, an obscure Boston cable channel that I had never even heard of.
Hey! Now Joe Lavin has a new article every Tuesday!

And he's got an article under the sex category over at Salon!
I'm a hardcore baseball guy not usually into mushy stuff, but this Harlequin romance really put cork in my bat.
Yay Joe!
Jessepopp.com.
Jesse had to go to court because a guy hit his parked car and then said that it wasn't parked.

He tells it better.

Greg Palast - Blog.
Investigative journalist Greg Palast has uncovered scandal, fraud, corruption, and lies in the highest seats of power from the White House to corporate America.
I just heard him on Democracy Now.

Wow.

He was talking about the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, among other things.

Jack Black: School of Rock.
I laughed, I cried, I laughed, I cried, and I cried some more, then I did some LOL's!

And that was just from the trailer!

Thanks Rex for the link!

www.buy-me-a-beer.com. [ link opens in new window ]
Paul wants you to buy him a beer.

I guess you could do that, or buy me one at a Boston Beer Mob gathering.

Mmm... Beer.

Support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute by donating to the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk.
My mom is currently battling a very rare form of cancer called GIST. She was diagnosed while down in Florida and had the support of Dr. George Demetri from Dana-Farber, a leader in the battle against GIST. Dr. Demetri consulted with my mother's doctors in Florida and supported their decision to operate.

My mother is now back up in the Boston area and is lucky to be under the care of Dr. Demetri's staff at Dana-Farber including Dr. Morgan and Dr. Desai. These doctor's are amazing and truly care about their patients.

We, you and I, can do something to help my mom and the thousands of people being treated with cancer today.
Click here to help.

The 1984 Apple Commercial: The Making of a Legend.
Many of the professional fashion models and actresses had difficulty spinning in place and then accurately throwing the sledgehammer as called for in the script. In fact, one errant sledgehammer toss almost killed an old lady walking down a path in Hyde Park where the casting call was being held. As luck would have it, one model, Anya Major, was also an experienced discus thrower and was hired to play the female lead because she looked the part and didn't get dizzy when spinning around preparing to hurl the hammer.
via [ Old Computers ]
c monks: memo to my family
After I die I don't want you to decapitate me and preserve my head and body in two separate tanks of liquid nitrogen.
I think that's clear.

via [ Boston Common ]
bar room philosophy : fair & balanced
My name is Justin and I am BRP's president for life. I live in Brighton and like smoking, drinking and Futurama.
Hi Justin.

Two out of three aren't bad.

Please quit smoking.
Jumping spiders.
Have you even seen a small spider jump?

I have.

Thursday, August 21, 2003

Prime minister gets email - but don't expect a reply .
The news is seen as a personal triumph for Tim Ireland, an Internet enthusiast who has spent the last three years campaigning for the prime minister to become an email user.
Congratulations Tony and Tim!
Your Marketing Sucks | Weblog.
Mark Stevens wants companies to spend their marketing budget only in ways that will give them a measurable return on their marketing dollars.

Boylan's Bottling Company: Diet Creme Soda.
Calories 0
Total Fat 0g

Flavor 100%

Hey! This is good stuff
.

When I was a kid I would have hated a drink like this, but now I like it.

This company was founded in 1891.

The glass bottle is cool.

Combine a nice cold frozen pint glass full of Boylan's Creme Soda with a shot of Celtic Crossing and you have a refreshing summer drink!
2000 Volkswagen Beetle: My Check Engine Light is Back On.
So it's back to the dealer on Monday to have them take a look.

Lapdance Island.
Twenty thousand men show up to apply for spot on Lapdance Island.
For real.

Commonwealth Wildlife Control Set A Trap For The Squirrel.
Brian came by to get rid of the squirrel that is eating my house.

He set a trap up on the roof where the squirrel likes to sit and taunt me.

Little does the squirrel know that Brain has a secret weapon: Stop and Shop brand Peanut Butter.

I guess that brand tastes like what the squirrel likes to eat, wood.

Your days are numbered squirrel!
.mac iDisk: Error -47.
Error -47 usually means that your iDisk is already mounted in the Finder in Mac OS X. When this occurs, the Finder has gotten into a state where it does not recognize that the iDisk is mounted, but then finds that it cannot mount the iDisk because it is already mounted.

You can check this by choosing "Computer" from the Go menu. If your iDisk does not appear there, do the following:

Restart the system

Launch Terminal from /Applications/Utilities/

In Terminal, type the following commands:

cd /Volumes

ls



If you see an item in the window that matches your .Mac/iDisk username, type the following command:

sudo rm -r USERNAME


where USERNAME is the item that appears in the Terminal window. If you are prompted to enter a password, you will need to enter a Mac OS X Admin User password. You can verify that the item has been deleted by again typing:

ls


Once this has been done, quit Terminal, then restart the system again. You should then be able to mount your iDisk properly.
This solution isn't very mac-like in the old point and click way of doing things.

I also ran Dragster too since I couldn't drag and drop my icons any more.
LA Weekly: Columns: The Island Chronicles: Friends.
It probably wouldn't get picked up as a reality show, but it's real.

Tara Reid.
She likes to party.

Who knew?

Nerve Amateur Photo Contest.
The sexiest photo of someone reading The Wall Street Journal.

Hmm... sounds like a paid product placement.
Am I Governor or Not.
Wil Wheaton is going to win as a write in candidate.
Comcast Doen's Seem To Care If I Can't Read My Bill.
Every month Comcast sends me an email with a link that says:
To view your bill, go to http://www.comcast.com/payonline.
Every month, I click on the link and get this message:
The system cannot find the file specified.
Then I go up to the URL and delete the trailing '.'. They don't seem to want to hear from me since the email also says:
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL. THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS IS USED BY COMCAST AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND IS NOT MONITORED.
I've gone to their web site and written them numerous emails, but they don't seem to care.

Why am I not surprised?

Hot News!
Jennifer Eccleston is the second hottest reporter, based on reporting at Reporter Vote.

I've gotta start watching more FOX News.
via [ J-Walk ]

Beer Quotes.
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." Dave Barry
Mmm... Beer.

Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Jayesh Desai Is A Great Doctor.

He's treating my mother at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Today I told him that I wished my car dealer was as good as he was at listening and explaining things.

If you've read my earlier posts you'll know that my check engine light is still on and the car dealer instills no confidence in me.

I told him that car dealers should look up to him as an example as to how to treat their customers.
Need SomeMusic for film, video, advertising or multimedia?

Jeff can do it for you.
The Neal Pollack Invasion.
His new book is titled, "Never Mind The Pollacks."

Ha Ha!

Great title and his blog entries rule!
via [ Jenville ]
Stripping Britons released from Faliraki jail.
Ms Gunning faced an eight-month jail sentence for removing her bikini top in a resort bar after winning a 'Eurovision Thong Competition'.

The 18-year-old has now been released from her police cell after paying a fine of around £1,675.

Ms Gunning was led out of court yesterday by armed police officers after a judge said she had 'insulted our Greek values'.
Ha Ha Ha.

Great story!

Deva Renz Blog: I am running for Governor!
I am a candidate for Governor of California. I own a bar in Tustin California. I am a former party girl turned Republican. Running a bar keeps me close to the people. My days are crazy and so are my friends. A day in my life is never boring.
Well, if it was a beauty contest...

She owns a bar too.
via [ Faces of the California Candidates ]