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January 27, 2000

Many thanks to Strange Brew for reminding me of Small Wonder. And here I thought I remembered all the cheezy geek-like stuff I liked when I was young!Was anyone else really into the movie D.A.R.Y.L. at the age of 7?

New book from The Onion. LA Times article. (Thanks Pop Culture Junk Mail, Fresh Hell, Peterme.)

Not sure I understand the comment, but thanks MetaGrrrl for the mention. :)

Coca-Cola announces major layoffs. I told them to get more aggressive in TV advertising and restaraunt placement, but nooooo...

Derek's Big Website of Wal-Mart Purchase Receipts. Better than weblogs for indirect voyeurism! (Thanks Yuppie Slayer.)

Ah, remember what the web was like in 1994? Reminisce. (Thanks gmtPlus9.)

Found two clicks away from the above: Richard Stallman singing the free software song. I made it to 0:17. How far did you get? (The first of the two clicks went to t he NCSA Mosaic multimedia demo page.)

I'm also glad to see the Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torch Page is still around. Ah, memories...

Now supposedly Streambox allows you to save streamed RealAudio. While the downloadable demo version seems to want a RealAudio file, I'm not entirely su re how to do this with a URL (let alone a live stream). The ability to rip streams (or just RA stream-protected media) was supposedly why RA imposed an injunction in the first place. Does anyone know what the deal is with this thing? (I don't think man y RA servers will allow transfer of an RA file without using the rtst:// protocol URL found in the *.ram file, and Streambox doesn't like the *.ram file by itself...)

P.S. BlogIRC tonight was fun. Good to meet all of you.