This was doing the rounds a week or two ago.. absolute genius !
Do (do do) take a look at this is you have ever received one of those Nigerian emails...
The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference

West ham's Fixtures for the new season (Going Up, Going Up, going Up !)

Michael Haas pointed out this story Oracle Makes Bid to Buy State of Delaware, which is funny in itself & reminded me of the classic Microsoft to Buy Catholic Church (was that really in 1994 !!!), and also that it's been a whie since I looked at the good old onion, still a source of some of the best news-parodies.
Michael also suggested this site Askmen, a 24/7 men's portal.... hmmmmm.... looks like an online "mens glossy mag" (I enjoyed the "7 Ways To Get Instant Respect" article by By Mr. Mafioso.... forgeddaboutit !).

anyone noticed stuff about: Smart Mobs (or Flash Mobs) ?
"New Yorkers are using e-mail to coordinate "inexplicable mobs" — huge crowds that materialize in public places and suddenly dissipate 10 minutes later."
Some links:
cheesebikini (see also his link to Matrix Mobs re-enacting matrix movie scenes in Japan - v.funny)
smartmobs
[Note: straying into the realm of linking to likely A-List Bloggers... tread carefully !]

Silly -
The Post-IT Gallery

In amongst the hyped up Beckham goes to madrid coverage, this article "Transfer tied up 'weeks ago'" suggests what I've thought all along... that "The ending of the Beckham drama has been known for ages".
Interesting, that Beckham who is often portrayed as not the brightest guy, has handled this whole process very wisely. Seems he at least has enough brains to get good advisors !
I think it is a good move for him, he's always overcome every obstacle presented to him, and in his own (daft haircut and silly pop star wifey) way is a great character. (Should have gone to West ham !)

Tuned in to Radio4's In Business program tonight (often worth catching - great "washing up listening"). Interviewing the husband-wife team Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin co-authorsof "The Support Economy: Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism" - all about a "the failure of capitalism" & "the new paradigm of the support economy" and "Deep Support". Their website here - lots of links to reviews and coverage.

World Wide Words - one for Louise :-)
Amazing resource on... words.

Mark Degroot sent me this link to GameBoyEmu - there seems to be a whole community out there dedicated to writing emulators to turn the monster-PC on your desk/lap top into a slower, more interesting machine...

For those who were there in the day of the NOTwork computer...
Rob (i've still got the shares) Evans mentioned this slashdot story about NIC (the "New" Internet Computer) Corp finally going titsup (as they say).
[Eds Note: NIC was a re-incarnation, sort of, of NCI, who were reborn as Liberate, after merging with Navio, who had been part of Netscape, which of course was subsumed by AOL, prior to it's merger with Time Warner, although it looks like AOL may be sold off again. Interestingly, AOL/TW have just ".... er, actually - it's not really that interesting, is it !]

the must have simulator of 2003 - make sure you click the "PLAY NOW" button.
Funny & worth a quick look... thanks to Ali and an ex work colleague of hers...

makeashorterlink.com does exactly what it says on the tin... take a look, it lets you input a complex/horrible/long URL and gives you a shorter one to either bookmark or perhaps pass on to others... go on, try it out !
Here's one: http://makeashorterlink.com/?C669265D4 for a streetmap reference to my house.

If Palms ran Pocket PC....
Saw this image whilst following some rumours about a new Palm Tungston device... (mmmm palm......). Pay special attention to the function buttons.

Came across this site snackspot recently.... funny & informative !
I love that it proclaims itself: "The UK's premier snack information portal" - beautiful !

This story at the register talks about Turbo10.com as a "contender to Google's crown".
Interesting approach, I'm not convinced though... as the reg article says, I like the "liberating white space in Google".

londongeek.org aims to "collect as much information as possible about the dotcom boom in London in the late 1990s".
Might be of interest to those who were there or there-abouts... makes a change from the usual focus on Sillicon Valley.

Starting the distractedbyathing blog - with two Matrix items...
a link to this hillarious Matrix parody movie (Quicktime) "Matrix XP"
and this link to "Matrix Fun & Games" over at the everything2 site - as sugested by Lou.