SATURDAY, 4/14/2001, 10:00am HST by Raul and Penfold

Apologies for the non-post yesterday -- we were just too tired to get anything up.

Oh my god, is that what I think it is? From the land of the banana, I present to you the depths of rice. Guys, it just doesn't get any worse than this.

This is an interesting Slashdot-type thingy: this is a contest to design the coolest Web site UNDER 5k in size. Our picks: Pixxxelchix and and 5k Chess.

This one is for Gary, who never reads this Web page anyway.

Pr0n pulled

Two years ago, Yahoo! began flogging hardcore pornographic videos on its US Web sites, No-one, except for a few customers we assume, noticed, until last Monday, when the LA Times noted the relaunch of the portal's adult section.

The news spread like wildfire, and in results week too; by Thursday, Yahoo! had been swamped by so many complaints that it announced its decision to stop selling porn products on Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Auctions and Yahoo! Classifieds.

THURSDAY, 4/12/2001, 10:54pm HST by Raul

Dammit, Penfold gets here in 3 1/2 hours and I still haven't gotten to sleep.

Okay, so it sucks. But there's gotta be SOME kind of graphic post ... This was taken somewhere over the Rocky Mountains.

Pr0n IS illegal in some corners of the globe ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- A Singaporean accused of running an all-woman pornographic movie rental operation just steps from the Supreme Court faces two years in jail for flouting the city state's strict obscenity laws.

Well Firingsquid finally go their hands on Tribes 2 for a review. To sum things up, it got a 90% but no Editor's Choice award. It's out here on the mainland but not in Hawaii yet AFAIK.

WEDNESDAY, 4/11/2001, 9:58pm HST by Penfold

Sorry for the sparse content, got lots of things on my mind right now.

What? Pot causes you munchies? Who'd thunk it. Check it out for yourself here.

Looks liek Yahoo is quietly getting into the pr0n business. Why? Because it's a proven internet profit maker. Check it out here.

WEDNESDAY, 4/11/2001, 4:30pm PST by Raul

Dammit, it's 4:30am and I still have some serious gamblin' to do.

Here's one for you ethnic studies/asian studies majors out there. I saw this video slot called Mr. Lucky's Fortune Cookie featuring what looks to be the worst photo I have ever seen on a gaming machine. In fact, almost no other machine even has a photo, let alone one that looks like a polaroid taken in the kitchen of Wo Fat.

Well raves and ravers suck IMHO, and if you don't know why, just take a look at yourself, will ya? Thanks Tef for that one.

Borque iniurius est

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ray Bourque did not skate during Tuesday's practice because of a lower back strain and remained questionable for the first game of the playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks.

TUESDAY, 4/10/2001, 8:58pm HST by Penfold
The "Mounds of Content" Edition

Got lots of content, but no pics. Oh well.

Stolen from our friends at LittleWhiteDog.

I thought my job was a good deal. Use your x-ray vision to check out this job listing here.

The RIAA is back in court trying to get Napster shut down again. Their claim is that Napster isn't doing enough to block their songs. Read about it here.

Wondering how good Napster's filters are, see a review of it here.

The following content is from Weid. Same stories, different news source because Yahoo news expires its news too fast.

Will Jordan come back to the NBA? Mario seems to think so. Check out the rumor mill here.

If you live in London, don't piss off your neighbor and park your car near by. Explore the remains of it here.

And lastly, your daily does of MS and Windows abuse.

MS has announced that WinXP will not support USB 2.0 but instead will support FireWire. Not a really wise choice IMHO. Basically that means computer makers are going to have to include both USB and FireWire ports. Check it out here.

UNC had a server accidentally sealed behind some drywall. For 4 years, it didn't miss a beat. That's because it was running Novell NetWare and not Win95. Read the story here.

Seems that WinXP and Photoshop don't play nicely together. MS blames the Photoshop for being too hardcore for their weak ass OS. Read about it here.

TUESDAY, 4/10/2001, originally composed at 3:45am PST by Raul

Welcome from the sin capitol of the world, Las Vegas! It where people who live in paradise go to "get away."

I left Hawaii without arranging for on-the-road Internet access, so I am having a bitch of a time getting connected here. But if you see this, apparently I got through. Update: I broke down and paid for A Cheap ISP service.

I learned some new things today! "Dataport" is synonymous with "telephone jack" in most instances. No hope of an Ethernet connection. And, there IS such a thing as a good movie on a plane! I had just assumed there was no hope after "Celtic Pride" and "Dante's Peak". Although the Star Trek they showed the other time was passable. But this time United got on the ball and showed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Now that was a welcome surprise. My short review: between Gladiator and this flick, it should have taken Best Picture hands down. I think the American audience couldn't get with the funky flying scenes and the dub job. Anyway ...

It was sunny in Los Angeles, but LAX is a hole. To make matters worse I had to walk the entire length of the damn terminal to get to my transfer gate. Anyway, I'm at Harrahs on the strip, a hotel with the most confusing casino I have ever had the privilege of getting poorer in. Our room is down one hell of a long hall, but ain't that always the case? Oh well, I guess it will help work off the stuff like that filet mignon-and-eggs breakfasty thing I had tonight.

When you're stuck on a plane for 5 hours in first class and can't take advantage of the free booze, your mind starts thinking of some weird things to occupy itself. As side notes: I counted four laptops in the first two rows of first class (including mine, I didn't bother to look behind me). And the Empower seat power connector works like a champ.

I realize the index is getting huge and I will try to get an archive session in soon.

MONDAY, 4/9/2001, 10:13pm HST by Jui
The "One Track Mind" Edition

Poor me. Raul runs off to Vegas. Jellybean runs home. So I get stuck with the endless yadda-yadda-ing of Penfold.

So... my crazy aunty returned today from her monthly trek to Vegas, my friends are there til Friday, and the Sluggie is there til Wednesday. The parents leave next week. Me? I'm there vicariously. Join me!

Ahhh, the life of comps, a life I can only dream of.

Now this (free stuff) is more my speed.

There's no way you can leave Vegas with out SHOPPING! My favorite mall and plan your attack here.

50 degrees but feels like 38?!?! Me hopes the temperature keeps rising, 60s are tolerable huh? Check out the weather there and laugh at me here.

Here kitty kitty kitty.

MONDAY, 4/9/2001, 7:58pm HST by Penfold
The "All Alone" Edition

Poor me, stuck here doing content alone, with no one giving me content. See, not as easy as it looks, is it?

At least it's not called the short time motel.

With all the public schools and universities closed, here's another reason to shut down the school.

Math Counts

For example, two jurors left voicemail messages for a court clerk on Friday night saying that a $3,125 figure should have been $31,250.

Damm Your Kilograms

LONDON (AP) -- The fruit-and-vegetable vendor dubbed the "Metric Martyr" was found guilty of selling his wares in pounds and ounces, in the first such prosecution in Britain.

Thoburn faces a maximum fine of $1,500 on each count, and could be liable for court costs as well. He was accused of selling bananas by the pound.

Watakushi no kioku ga tashika naraba... Take the Iron Chef Purity Test.

SUNDAY, 4/8/2001, 12:00pm HST by Raul and Penfold

Gonna lay it on pretty thick today; tomorrow may be a sparse content day as Raul will be in transit to Lost Wages ...

Now this site is way, way cool. It's a Shockwave app that lets you race slot cars on your own custom track. For deprived kids like me who never had one of these as a kid, it's like Christmas all over again. Thanks to [H]ardOCP for this one. See how high you can turn up the bird's skill level. At 4 you can't make any mistakes and at 5 he's deadly ...

Bonus points if you can understand what the guy says in the background.

Today's pics courtesy of Stileproject. It's veyr rare to find images as tame as these over there.

'Nuff said. Get ready, poolers.

Houston, we have couch. Now lunch visitors have a place to sit.

Making an old idea look new

Last year, Charlene Boudreaux paid a sales call to a billion-dollar food conglomerate to pitch a novel marketing opportunity: product placement within Midnight Club: Street Racing, a car-racing game for Sony's PlayStation 2 (news - web sites). The response was immediate and firm: Not interested. ''They just didn't get it,'' she says.

Hit up the full story here.

Shit head

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -— MTV has apologized to two 14-year-old girls who sued the cable channel after a musical act allegedly defecated on them from the stage during taping of a television show.

Also from Fox: See, Twinkies really do last forever!

Following up on the Farrakhan sings thing, have a gander at the music of Senator Orrin Hatch. Ah, can't hack on him too hard since he seems to be one of the staunch supports of digital music distribution.

Burning in Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -- Fire forced the evacuation of Amsterdam's Schipol airport on Sunday, initially delaying a number of arriving and some departing flights, officials said.

"The fire is under control," said a policeman with the Haarlemmermeer regional force that includes Schipol, Europe's fourth busiest airport.

Last but not least, what can we say? Tiger kicks (white upper-class) ass.