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Internet ‘safety’

Owen — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:42:00 +0000

“…you can drill into your kid that the internet is full of weird people and christians.”
- ‘David’, in a letter to my favorite newspaper, The Register.

A priest asked: What is Fate, Master?

Owen — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:05:00 +0000

“And the Master answered:
It is that which gives a beast of burden its reason for existence.
It is that which men in former times had to bear upon their backs.
It is that which has caused nations to build byways from City to City
upon which carts and coaches pass, and alongside which inns have come
to be built to stave off Hunger, Thirst and Weariness.
And that is Fate? said the priest.
Fate … I thought you said Freight, responded the Master.
That’s all right, said the priest.
I wanted to know what Freight was too.“
— Kehlog Albran, “The Profit”

Finland: an entire country with a sense of humour.

Owen — Tue, 16 May 2006 10:06:00 +0000

Yep, those crazy Finns have selected a Death Metal act for their Eurovision entry. This is fantastic, I really want to see Terry Wogan‘s face as he introduces a band that will sing:
“wings on my back, I got horns on my head, my fangs are sharp and my eyes are red, not quite an angel or the one that fell, now choose to join us or go straight to hell,”

Monkey!

Owen — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:52:00 +0000

Ah. So!

“Games Should Be Like Female Orgasms”

Owen — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:39:00 +0000

..according to some
But the /. discussion on this produced an excellent response:
“If ‘Games Should Be Like Female Orgasms,’ why are the most popular games first person shooters?“

Fantastic Colour Photography

Owen — Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:30:00 +0000

The work of a true pioneer, who was taking very good colour photographs of rural Russia a hundred years ago, wonderful.

Prehistoric Sculpture

Owen — Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:12:00 +0000

Prehistoric Sculpture of the finest quality.. There does seem to be something fundamental about man producing art. Witness these figurines from 30,000 years ago.

Is it a boat? or is it a Car?

Owen — Wed, 03 Sep 2003 13:29:00 +0000

Well, actually it’s both. And it even looks like it’s competent at both roles, which is something most amphibious cars don’t achieve.

Flying Pigs?

Owen — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:59:00 +0000

Flying Squad.. whatever, this is cool.

Fancy That!

Owen — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 22:32:00 +0000

The Night of Pan crew are still active.