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LinkMachineGo http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego UK based, Daily Link Blog. This is Lima Mike Golf. Shall we blog? Fri, 09 May 2008 19:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Milk and Cheese at a Furry Convention http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/09/milk-and-cheese-at-a-furry-convention/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/09/milk-and-cheese-at-a-furry-convention/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 07:46:45 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2650 Milk and Cheese in The Fur Suit of Crappiness …

milk and cheese visit a furry convention

]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/09/milk-and-cheese-at-a-furry-convention/feed/ How to Dissolve an Oyster Card in Acetone http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/08/how-to-dissolve-an-oyster-card-in-acetone/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/08/how-to-dissolve-an-oyster-card-in-acetone/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 17:45:26 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2651 Time-lapse Vid of Dissolving an Oyster Card in Acetone (aka Nail Varnish) … which seems to leave behind a usable RFID Tag and it’s antenna … ‘So tomorrow morning I’ll attempt to use this naked oyster card to journey to work. If I’m successful (and not arrested for terrorism) I’ll have to decide what my new oyster card will be. So far I’m thinking either stitching it into my watch, or wrapping it around a magic wand… ‘]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/08/how-to-dissolve-an-oyster-card-in-acetone/feed/ Top 100 Comic Book Runs http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/07/top-100-comic-book-runs/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/07/top-100-comic-book-runs/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 13:44:17 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2593 The Top 100 Comic Book Runs … interesting list of the best runs in on-going comics series. [via this discussion on Metafilter]]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/07/top-100-comic-book-runs/feed/ Dave Sim on the Making of Glamourpuss http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/06/dave-sim-on-the-making-of-glamourpuss/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/06/dave-sim-on-the-making-of-glamourpuss/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 08:04:01 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2592 The Making of Glamourpuss … YouTube video of Dave Sim explaining the way he creates his new comic …‘The eyes really are the toughest part.’]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/06/dave-sim-on-the-making-of-glamourpuss/feed/ Profile of Comic Artist John Cassaday http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/05/profile-of-comic-artist-john-cassaday/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/05/profile-of-comic-artist-john-cassaday/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 16:59:11 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2543 Comic Genius … interesting profile of comic artist John Cassady … ‘Given that an elite illustrator can command up to $1,000 a page for a 22-page comic book and that most popular titles are monthlies, a top talent like Cassaday can comfortably clear six figures annually.’ [thanks Kabir]]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/05/profile-of-comic-artist-john-cassaday/feed/ True Facts About Boris Johnson http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/04/true-facts-about-boris-johnson/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/04/true-facts-about-boris-johnson/#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 18:59:30 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2545 Boris Johnson Facts … ‘Boris Johnson owns a cellar excavation company in Austria.’]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/04/true-facts-about-boris-johnson/feed/ Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001 Diary http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/02/arthur-c-clarkes-2001-diary/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/02/arthur-c-clarkes-2001-diary/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 12:57:25 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2542 Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001 Diary … the diary entries concern the time he spent working with Stanley Kubrick on 2001 …‘July 9. Spent much of afternoon teaching Stanley how to use the slide rule — he’s fascinated.’]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/02/arthur-c-clarkes-2001-diary/feed/ Unused Original Art for the Cover to Daredevil #200 http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/01/unused-original-art-for-the-cover-to-daredevil-200/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/01/unused-original-art-for-the-cover-to-daredevil-200/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 06:03:00 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2541 Unused Original Art for the Cover to Daredevil #200 … compare and contrast with the John Byrne cover Marvel actually used. [from scans_Daily]]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/05/01/unused-original-art-for-the-cover-to-daredevil-200/feed/ The Return of Barry Allen? http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/30/the-return-of-barry-allen/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/30/the-return-of-barry-allen/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:40:16 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2540 The Flash outruns the reaper 23 years after saving universe and dying … The Return of Barry Allen? …

Many fans had come to like the character better dead than alive after he was disintegrated saving the universe.

“That’s the point of comics - they don’t have to die, because they’re fictional creations,” said Grant Morrison, one of the writers behind the comeback.

“We can do anything with them, and we can make them come back and make them defy death,” Morrison said. “And that’s why people read comics, to get away from the way life works, which is quite cruel and unheroic and ends in death.”

]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/30/the-return-of-barry-allen/feed/ Michael Arrington’s DNA http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/30/michael-arringtons-dna/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/30/michael-arringtons-dna/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:07:41 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2538 My 23andMe DNA Results … Michael Arrington has his DNA analysed and blogs the results … ‘Some of the information is just for fun - I have “wet earwax,” for example, and don’t have the “alcohol flush” gene that turns people’s faces red when they drink. I don’t detect odors as well as some people.’]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/30/michael-arringtons-dna/feed/ Lifehacker’s Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/29/lifehackers-superior-alternatives-to-crappy-windows-software/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/29/lifehackers-superior-alternatives-to-crappy-windows-software/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:29:30 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2539 Superior Alternatives to Crappy Windows Software … ‘We’re still so traumatized about RealPlayer’s repeated takeover of our PC back in 2004 we’re seeing a special doctor that’s killing that part of our memory.’]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/29/lifehackers-superior-alternatives-to-crappy-windows-software/feed/ Alan Moore’s Outbreak of Violets http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/28/alan-moores-an-outbreak-of-violets/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/28/alan-moores-an-outbreak-of-violets/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:38:27 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2537 Alan Moore’s Outbreak of Violets … ‘In 1995 Alan Moore wrote the text for a set of 24 cards, called Outbreak of Violets, which were given away at the MTV Europe Music Awards 1995, and have since become something of a Holy Grail for fanatical Alan Moore completists. Like me. The last time a set came up on eBay I bowed out of the bidding at £200, and the item eventually sold for £800, if I remember correctly…’ [via meowwcat]]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/28/alan-moores-an-outbreak-of-violets/feed/ Alan Moore on Women and Sexism in Comics from 1983 http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/27/alan-moore-on-women-and-sexism-in-comics-from-1983/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/27/alan-moore-on-women-and-sexism-in-comics-from-1983/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:15:51 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=1909 Invisible Girls and Phantom Ladies: How far have we come? … a scanned Alan Moore essay on women and sexism in comics from 1983 … Moore on being a teenager: ‘From what I can remember of my own time spent in that frenzied, pimply nightmare-world almost anything is likely to become grist to the mill of the adolescent’s deranged fantasies. Me, I was nuts about Hayley Mills…’]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/27/alan-moore-on-women-and-sexism-in-comics-from-1983/feed/ The John Harris Files http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/26/the-john-harris-files/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/26/the-john-harris-files/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:37:23 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2396 The John Harris Files … a Guardian journalist uses the Data Protection act to request information that companies hold on him and reports on the experience … ‘The AA, bless them, sent me the full transcript of a conversation I had in June 2007 with an operative called Julie (an illustrative excerpt: “We’re at home and our car won’t start. I assume it’s the battery”; “Right, smashing. We’ll get some help to you there.”) This is what happens when you make a list of the companies and organisations with whom you regularly deal and put in subject access requests - an opportunity afforded by the 1998 Data Protection Act…’ ]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/26/the-john-harris-files/feed/ Blog - Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/24/blog-things-i-have-learned-in-my-life-so-far/ http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/24/blog-things-i-have-learned-in-my-life-so-far/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:03:29 +0000 darren http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/?p=2535 Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far … blog postcard project similar to Post Secret … ‘Everyone is someone else’s Weirdo’ [link] ]]> http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/04/24/blog-things-i-have-learned-in-my-life-so-far/feed/