September 1999
Thursday, 30 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 30, 1999
Need to jump off a cliff and arrive alive? Zorb (Posted to Gadgets)
Tuesday, 28 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 28, 1999
Wonder how anyone ever manages to sell anyting on the web when their goofy multimedia crap keeps crashing your browser? So does web usability expert Jakob Nielsen. useit.com is his newsletter and guide to good web usability practice. (Posted to Commentary)
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 28, 1999
Hankering for lightweight yet strong materials? Lighter than aluminium? Stronger than steel? Head over to SP Systems where they’ve got the latest in composite materials. (Posted to Gadgets)
Sunday, 26 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 26, 1999
In the “things I didn’t really need” category, Desktop.com lets you do your work in a graphical desktop environment… hosted in a web browser… that’s already running on your Windows based PC. What’s the advantage of this again? Your new computer is too fast and you prefer the feeling of running Office 2000 on an unstable 386? (Posted to Computing)
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 26, 1999
EDGARspace lets you work with the SEC’s EDGAR database in a spatial graphical workspace. Hard to describe, but fairly easy to use. (Posted to Finance)
Thursday, 23 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 23, 1999
To hear the first non-URL meme to spread at Internet speed, call 800-578-7453. Yes, I’ve gotten this one in my mailbox and voicemailbox 85,654,602,406.45 times today, please don’t tell me again. Thank you. (Posted to Commerce)
Monday, 13 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 13, 1999
Livin’ la Video Loca con Puerto Para Graficos Acelerados Gigante! (Posted to Gadgets)
Sunday, 12 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 12, 1999
Want to help kids learn to fear those awful Jews? It’s time for White Pride for Kids (from the people that brought you The History of the White Race). (Warning: contains particularly insipid racist drivel.) (Posted to Wackos)
Thursday, 9 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 9, 1999
Learn about health by chatting with famous celebrities and watching videos of their invasive surgery: A Doctor in Your House (Posted to Health)
Tuesday, 7 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 7, 1999
Not content to steal credit for Linux, our friends at the Free Software Foundation are now working on stealing the Linux mascot as well. The downside of Linux’s open source market environment is that there’s no one to provide the comedic relief of suing Richard Stallman into the ground for trademark infringement. (Posted to Wackos)
Monday, 6 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 6, 1999
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day has some really cool pictures, including a picture of the Earth during the last solar eclipse. (Posted to Science)
Friday, 3 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 3, 1999
The BBC wants it banned. The guy down the hall wants to know where he can get some. It’s not Teletubbies, it’s Telebubby, and it’s just a little offensive. (Posted to Art)
Thursday, 2 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 2, 1999
Museum of Questionable Medical Devices. Need we say more? Oh, yes: Don’t touch it! (Posted to Gadgets)
Wednesday, 1 September 1999
Archived Memepool Post: Sep 1, 1999
Looking to score? Looking to terminate an airborne target somewhere off the coast of Southern California? SCORE! (Posted to Warfare)