Linkage Constructed by David Gentle on 12/25/04 06:29:16

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2004/singles/index.shtml
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2004/index.shtml

Just for the sake of completeness here are the second and third listings from Pitchformedia. The first list is comprised of single tracks that can be downloaded from the internet. And it includes Britney's "Toxic" at (I think) No. 3. Brave.
The third list is the ever faithful top 50 albums of the year. I can't remember what No. 1 was. Let me just check...it's "The Arcade Fire" and their/hi/her album "funeral"! Phew!

Linkage Constructed by David Gentle on 12/23/04 10:52:15

http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/n.html

It's a highly (really highly) addictive 2d game in which you play as a ninja doing abstract (and non-violent) things in order to escape each level.
What makes it interesting is the relatively realistic physic. When your poor little ninja dude runs into a landmine his poor limbs are blown all over the map in a fashion that is highly satisfying.
And it reminds me of a spectrum game called "Rexx" that no-one but me seems ot have heard of.

Linkage Constructed by David Gentle on 12/23/04 10:47:19

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2004/reissues/index.shtml

As is not uncommon for the hip but snarky music enthusiasts at Pitchforkmedia a holiday season is accompanied by the obsessive listing of albums. This list features the greatest reissues of works of classic stature and obscure genius.

Linkage Constructed by David Gentle on 12/21/04 02:38:25

http://www.honeywell.com

It didn't initially occur to me when mother wanted to find documentation for our heating system but scans of it are available on Honeywell's website. I have no idea how many companies have a policy of making their old techinical docs available over the net but it's clearly a useful thing.

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