WHO'S THE WEB
JUNKIE? Mark Stachiew is. He's a
Content Producer for the Montreal section of canada.com. He's
been on the Web since the days before there were banner ads.
This Web log is his ongoing collection of links to the weird
and wonderful. Get your fix every weekday.
FRIDAY, APRIL 25,
2003 Are
they as lonely as the Maytag repairman? Imagine Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead if
it were set on the Death Star during the climactic moments of
Star Wars and you have an idea of what the short film Death
Star Repairmen is about. You'll need Quicktime to watch
it. Submitted by
Liz
Carcam What
would you do if you had a remote controlled toy car, a video
camera and a dog? You'd probably do what this guy did. He
strapped the camera on the car, chased his dog around and
posted the movies on the Internet.
THURSDAY, APRIL 24,
2003 Important news from Iraq Fans of the Iraqi Information Minister have been
waiting for him to turn up. Finally, this videotape has
surfaced of him with his latest pronouncement. It would appear
that he is hiding on the moon.
Buddy,
can you spare a quarter for the pay phone? With the advent of the cell phone, phone booths
are going the way of the horse and buggy. This site aims to
chronicle their continuing struggle to survive. It also
features thousands of phone numbers in case you have a burning
desire to randomly phone a booth somewhere and see who
answers.
Meet the Boobahs If you're as bored with the Teletubbies as I am,
then you're ready for the Boobahs. They are the latest kiddie
export from Britain that will have your preschoolers begging
for licensed merchandise this Christmas. Humbah, Zumbah, Zing
Zing Zingbah, Jumbah and Jingbah are atoms who live inside a
magical glowing ball. This Flash game recreates the Boobah
experience.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23,
2003 Turn off your TV The folks at Adbusters are recommending you turn
off your TV for a week. It will be good for your mental
health. OK, you can turn it back on, but only to watch
Global.
Scary, boys and girls What do do if you are filming your own horror
movie, but don't have your own special effects department? You
turn to the Scare Factory, of course. I want one of those
coffin-lifting thingies.
Peeping
research No marshmellow peeps
were harmed during the creation of Web Junkie. The same cannot
be said over at Peep Research. Submitted by Venk Chandran
TUESDAY, APRIL 22,
2003 Waste more film Phoon fans must be thankful for digital cameras.
Now they don't have to spend money developing weird photos of
their friends and family striking silly poses.
If you don't like it, then
... Canada.com gets lots of
anti-Canadian hate mail from American patriots these days that
rarely gets read beyond the first paragraph. This site ought
to appeal to them. It's aim is to collect money to give
one-way tickets to people who should leave America if they
don't like it.
You've got
Easter eggs in your computer Have you eaten your Easter chocolates already?
Well, here are some Easter eggs of a different type. They are
the ones that computer programmers hide in their software
creations. Some are funny. Otherwise are downright
odd.
MONDAY, APRIL 21,
2003 Truth in
advertising There's no denying
that smoking tobacco over the long run is lethal and yet
cigarette companies are constantly trying to avoid the facts.
Now there's a new kid on the block that embraces their
product's lethality - Licensed to Kill Inc..
I'm a
poet, but didn't know it Poets
have a hard time finding markets for their works, so a lot of
them turn to vanity publishers. This fellow came up with an
interesting twist. He bought text ads on Google that would
display his writing when certain keywords were entered.
Google, apparently, have no appreciation for the arts.
I am Arthur, King of the
Britons Which Monty Python
character are you? This quiz will help you answer that
pressing question once and for all. I am King Arthur from
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I was hoping to be Mr.
Creosote, the fat guy who exploded in The Meaning of Life. Oh,
well.