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New user? Thursday, July 6, 2000
FUCKING BULLSHIT
Todd McFarlane has lost a $24.5M lawsuit against St. Louis Blues hockey player Tony "dumbass" Twist over the "use of his name" -- there is a mobster villian named "Antonio Twistelli" in the Spawn comic book.
"McFarlane, an Edmonton native, said he had been concerned over a jury instruction that allowed the panel to give no consideration to whether the hockey player looks like the fictional Twist, a heavyset mobster."
Next thing you know, all the Peter Parkers in the world are going to sue Marvel comics, and all the Bruce Waynes are going to sue DC. Oh, and all the Drew Careys will sue ABC, and so on.
What suprises me most is Twist is Canadian -- Canadian's typically aren't known for being sue-happy.
24.5 MILLION dollars? That's more than he'll ever make playing hockey, which is proof to me his name's not worth that much.
The Hunger Site
Hey cool, I just went to The Hunger Site, and low and behold, look at the URL:
http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/HungerSite
The Hunger Site is now run on WebObjects too!
I've added the link banners for The Hunger Site and The Rainforest Site to the sidebar in the template for the weblog pages.
Wednesday, July 5, 2000
More about the Toysmart scandal, and 2click webugs
Another article about Toysmart.com selling their customer lists.
DoubleClick doesn't just track family sites anymore -- "...DoubleClick Inc., the most successful Internet advertising agency, was collecting information about our visit to a porn-related site."
Combine that information with your shopping habits at e-commerce sites, tech news sites, and boy have we got a rosy picture popping up!
The French are after Echelon
The French are going after Echelon -- "Echelon, set up during the Cold War, can intercept millions of telephone, fax and e-mail messages, and Washington has been accused of using it for economic espionage against its allies, a charge it denies."
WHAT THE?!
Are we living in an alternate universe? Stan Lee working at DC Comics, doing Superman and Batman???
Actually, that 12 part series sounds really interesting, I might actually get that series. I haven't collected comics in years.
77
I like the design of seventy-seven. I have a soft spot for designs that have visual depth -- appear to pop out of the screen or sink into it.
Tuesday, July 4, 2000
Pearl Jam responds to tragedy
Pearl Jam responds to tragedy -- "Pearl Jam has issued a statement following the death of eight fans during a stage-front crush at Denmark's Roskilde Festival."
Lottery numbers published before draw
Lottery numbers published before draw -- fixed, or not? Read the story to find out...
AMEX
"Dear JIM ROEPCKE,
To help you start taking advantage of your American Express AIR MILES Credit Card membership, I'd like to bring to your attention a unique savings opportunity available to you - Balance Transfer Cheques."
Wow, thanks American Express! I'd like to transfer ALL of my credit cards to AMEX, since I've never applied for and have never received an American Express card!
This is great, I have four Balance Tranfer Cheques, so I'll be able to pay off all my credit cards using free credit from AMEX! Since I've never applied for a card, I certainly have never agreed to pay off any balances that those cards given to me might incur...
