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Inspired humour

November 29, 2000 by Michael Boyle

on a tired subject: Eeyore Urged to Concede “For Good Of Wood” [via Metafilter]

to a friend on ICQ, and it’s true. Not metaphorically true, but literally true. “I thought it was Thursday for much of the day today.” To the extent that I had to call a hotel I booked for my mother back and check that I had reserved for Friday and not “tomorrow”.

I too have been enjoying

October 2, 2000 by Michael Boyle

the Metafilter thread about Jakob Nielsen’s latest Alertbox article, but like Meg Hourihan I think I’ve mis-read Nielsen a bit, or misinterpreted him. And in my particular case I think I may have looked like an ass, although I stand by what I wrote there.

Fred of metascene is

September 29, 2000 by Michael Boyle

Fred of metascene is an insensitive ass.
The Bionic Weblog article proves that he has it in for me my weblog.

I can’t figure

September 12, 2000 by Michael Boyle

out why everyone’s getting so worked up about the sale of Fuckedcompany on ebay. Not the Metafilter crew, really (they’re more than worldly enough to take this in stride), but the attention this has generated in the press seems just a little breathless to me. It’s like they’re trying to be all cool and cynical about it but are really quite appalled. Really though – pud is just taking the hack one step further towards its logical conclusion: he increases the site’s notoriety, sets up the site as its very own fucked company for whoever buys it (how pomo), and all the while keeps and enhances his own notoriety – after all, he can sell if for whatever he wants, but at the end of the day he’s still the guy who founded Fucked Company.