afternoon

I was wide awake at 3am this morning with nothing better to do that fuck around on the net

so I went surfing for an hour or so. Funny that more seems to be available at 3am HK time than at 8. Perhaps some parallel universe thing or what.

I have always been a great fan of Science Fiction, as most of you know and several of you make fun of. SF is often considered forward thinking and predictive, but I never would have though to hear this term be used about the movie Face Off. Seems I was wrong... This story in the guardian is an interactive flash thingy about how they plan to shave some dead bloke's face off (geddit?) and plant it on someone else's mush. Obviously this is all in the aid of some poor sod who has suffered horrid burns and deserves a new face, but what about when some crim like Nicholas Cage decides he wants one? No thank you very much, get yer own gob's what I say.

Other monsters and my pals (they're not really, but I like to think of them as such 'cause they're more popular than me) at Gadget Madness have an article about an upcoming Godzilla movie. This seems to be the final Japanese Godzilla and will involve all of the previoous Gozillii (?) going on a Karaoke tour of Tokyo and then flattening the place before turning their stomach's inside out (fuck you, starfish) all over Tokyo Disney. Top

Also this rather amusing ad sort of for Kill Bill but Actually... well just watch it.

Gizmodo had an article on a challenge put forward by some bloke in the UK to furniture designers to design a chair that could fit in a DHL box. Doesn't sound funny? well the video of the judges trying to put these works of art together certainly has its moments. a 50 meg download though, so not for the narrow of band.

this site from some bloke called Isamu Sawada has lots of groovy derivative designs of ipods, powerbooks, palm pilots and other mixed techno geekery. A sort of Parallel universe of gadgets. Most gratifying (in an only faintly masturbatory sort of way.)

Next up this interactive map of Springfield. Well, I like the Simpsons, but would I watch and rewatch sufficient times to map out Homer's whole world? Well, maybe if it was Mecha-Homer...


Finally, but definitely most impressively, this BBC story titled Wi-fi lifeline for Nepal's farmers. Essentially, this local bloke in Nepal decides he wants an internet connection. Says it's for education, but probably for looking at porn. Problem is there's no phone lines within a gazzillion kilometers of his village and sat links cost too many yaks.

7 years of mucking about and trying different things (including, it would seem; the help of several passing student lamo type computer geeks out "finding themselves" in Nepal. Wankers) and he's got a wireless network to challenge NORAD



"Yak farmers are using the network to buy and sell livestock, and exchange vetinerary tips," said Mr Pun.



"They can send message via e-mail and also they can do it through NetMeeting video conferencing software, so they can also talk."

Yeah, whatever; you got a better view but mine's still faster and you live halfway up a hill freezing your nuts off most of the year. Jealous, me? No WAY.

Sod off

Out