August 09, 2003
Fragulate This!
Well, I was expecting to be bringing you episode 15 of The Blogfather, but something went wrong somewhere and so you're all going to have to Fragulate This! instead.
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We're Back!
Nobody saw that, right?
Right.Posted by: Pixy Misa at 02:58 AM | Comments (66) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
August 08, 2003
The Making of The Blogfather
Tuning Spork has salvaged some discarded footage from the production of The Blogfather and used it to produce a unique look behind the scenes.
My life is now complete.Posted by: Pixy Misa at 07:06 PM | Comments (64) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Doctor Blog
In Episode 14 of The Blogfather: Doctor Blog, Glenn Reynolds discovers that it isn't easy being a heron. Also, the real reason behind the recent lack of Bleatage.
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The Other Shoe
According to news.com.com.com, the other shoe has finally dropped, and it's a size 13 steel-capped boot. IBM has countersued SCO for patent infringement and business interference. A major difference between the two suits is that IBM specifically name the patents involved, where SCO can't even decide if their suit regards copyright, patent or trade secret infringement. If you were wondering why IBM hadn't responded earlier, it would seem that they were combing through their vast patent library to see just what they could nail SCO with.
IBM have also pointed out that since SCO themselves distributed the Linux kernel, SCO is specifically prohibited from claiming any rights to the Linux kernel code under the terms of the GPL (GNU Public License). Apparently Novell, the company that sold Unix to SCO (after buying the rights from AT&T themselves) are also considering suing SCO. Dogpile! (via Slashdot)Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:01 AM | Comments (60) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Blogtrends
We all know that D.Filmania is sweeping the blogosphere. Recent victims include:
Susie, suffering a relapse with Paul made me cryYou'd think that someone like Glenn Reynolds would be all over such an important story, but no, he's out driving his RX-8 or quoting James Lileks on the Californian recall story. (If you haven't been following this one, it seems that the entire state of California has been recalled due to defective wiring.) When will the InstaBot get with the real story? Oh, that's right, Susie flamed him into robot crispies. Which means... Who's running InstaPundit?!
Tiger who has became a repeat offender with Behind the Behind
Silverblue, who notes that UR Heart's Not In It
And Ith with her three-parter, When Asshats Attack
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For Your Blog Only
Everything becomes clear - or at least, slightly less murky - in Episode 13 of The Blogfather: For Your Blog Only.
Not actually appearing in this film are Mickey Kaus, Andrew Sullivan, Eugene Volokh, Michele of A Small Victory, and Dave Barry. Newcomers can find the rest of the series here. Meanwhile, Susie (or possibly her robot twin, it's hard to tell) reports on the latest bloggers to fall victim to D.Film.Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:49 AM | Comments (58) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
August 07, 2003
Hail Empress Condi
Her Imperial Highness, Condi, has declared war on Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis (is that in Scotland?), Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon (sounds French. Good call, Condi), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (sounds like a really lousy band. Paging Dave Barry...), Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe (are they anything like The Captain and Tenille? If so, they deserve it.), Saudi Arabia (our friends!), Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro (seems rather pointless), Seychelles (she shells Seychelles from off the sea shore), Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia (are you trying to tell me that Slovakia and Slovenia are two different countries?), Solomon Islands, Somalia (another pointless exercise), South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at least the troops won't go hungry), Spain (hang on, Spain?), Spratly Islands (whatly islands?), Sri Lanka (where the tea comes from), Sudan (and Coupe as well), Suriname, Svalbard (and his half-brother Aethelbard), Swaziland (perhaps because it sounds like you-know-who-land), Sweden (commies had it coming!), Switzerland (see Sweden), and last but probably least, Syria.
Yes, it's another In My World by Frnak, but I'm not linking to him right now.Posted by: Pixy Misa at 02:04 AM | Comments (69) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
You Only Blog Twice
Today's episode of The Blogfather, number, um, twelve, is called You Only Blog Twice.
And you thought James Lileks' server had crashed! Only Ambient Irony brings you the real story! Don't forget my Blurb Contest! You too can appear in a poorly-conceived cartoon dressed as a heron! C'mon, who else offers you that sort of opportunity?Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:49 AM | Comments (62) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
August 06, 2003
Blurb Me!
Glenn (Reynolds) continues to link to movie blurbs you're not likely to see, but fails to link to his own life story.
So, I'm having a blurb contest! The winner - to be decided by a poll, of course - gets a cameo in an upcoming episode of The Blogfather. Or, if the winner happens to be Susie, Jennifer, Tiger, Kevin, Frnak or Glenn (Reynolds) himself (all of whom feature already and are scheduled for further appearances), they will get... Um, I'll think of something. But it will be cool! Whatever it is. You can blurb any episode of The Blogfather, the four previous short films, or any of the prequels by Jennifer and Susie. The sort of thing I'm looking for is:Contains more robotic Glenn Reynolds than most recent Hollywood features.Or
Possibly the only film featuring a spaceship controlled by a vending machine labelled in Ancient Greek.Only funnier. Right? Blurb away! Leave them in the comments, or email me if you want to keep your genius hidden from your competitors. Update: In answer to Susie's question (see comments), I was thinking of review blurbs, particularly nasty review blurbs, the art of the subtle put-down, back-handed compliment, damning with faint praise and all that, but advertising blurbs are also welcome if they are funny.
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But blurb my films! I'll make you a heron!Texas Tiger
Tiger found this poem which describes how Texas came to be... Texas, but couldn't find the author of the poem. Using my Super Googling Power™ (and a certain amount of persistence), I tracked down this page which attributes the poem to E. U. Cook. Searching on this name unfortunately produces vast amounts of cruft from some Euroweenie named Cook, but more persistence found this page about The First Mortgage, also by one E. U. Cook, containing this poem:
Author's Preface Now reader, go along with me,The style of which seems to clinch the question. Google does indeed know everything - except what question you need to ask it...
Away back to Eternity;
Go back beyond the days of youth,
Where everything that was, was truth. Beyond the sorrow and the tears,
Beyond the suffering and fears,
Beyond the anguish and the gloom,
Beyond the shadow of the tomb. Beyond all trouble and all pain,
Beyond all losses and all gain,
Beyond all sobs and bitter sighs,
Beyond the limit of the skies. Before there was a ray of light,
Before there was a day or night,
Before a prayer was ever prayed,
Before the world was ever made. Before there was a moon, or sun,
Before old time itself begun;
Before there was a now, or then,
Before there was a where, or when. Before there was a 'here', or 'there',
Or anything, or anywhere;
Go back a hundred thousand years,
And farther still, though filled with fears. Go back until within the past,
You fail to find the place at last
Where the beginning you can see,
At one end of Eternity. Go back until there's not a trace
Of anything, but God and space;
God all around, below, above;
Unlimited in power and love. Away back here removed from sight,
Where everything that was, was right;
Away back here removed from sin,
Is where my story does begin.
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West Sidestory
While you're waiting for your next helping of The Blogfather, take a look at these works from two fine young independent filmmakers:
First, When Frnak Attacks by Jennifer.Then Cruisin' by Susie.
And then A New Hope by Jennifer again. Update: And then Frnak Lives! by Susie again. And then there's No Moonies for Oil, which is by Susie* but is found on Tiger's blog. (And is now to be found on Susie's blog too.) Update: And then again, there's Idle Chatter by Jennifer once more. Update: Somehow I missed Presidential Fun Facts! by Tuning Spork. This has now been corrected. Update: And now Tiger has got into the act with Frnak Must Die! I'm not sure exactly where these fit into the plot... Presumably before Susie and Jennifer were abducted by Movable Frnak. *Random linkage again.
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Blograker
The trouble spreads in episode 11 of The Blogfather: Blograker. Today's episode guest stars Jennifer, Tiger, Kevin, and, um, also Kevin.
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August 05, 2003
Any Colour, So Long As It's Red
Red Hat, makers of Pixy Misa's preferred Linux distribution, have countersued SCO. (I discussed SCO and their evil irrelevance here.) They are not only requesting a declaratory judgement of non-infringement of copyright and trade secrets, but have also alleged false advertising, deceptive trade practices, unfair competition, tortious interference and trade libel and disparagement. That, as Tiger* can tell you, is a lawyer's way of calling SCO a bunch of lying litigious shitweasels.
It will be very interesting to see how this works out. *Pinging a randomly selected link rather than the main page just to see what happens on the ecosystem.Posted by: Pixy Misa at 08:21 PM | Comments (66) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
The Real Internet
Well, I've put in my application to move my ADSL service from my current, profoundly sucky, provider to a new and hopefully less sucky one. At the new ISP, I'll have full unrestricted internet access - no offpeak speed limits, no "transparent" proxies that repeatedly drop my connections, a real static IP address, and no blocked ports so I can run my own web and mail servers at home. Upload speeds will go up from 256kb/s to 512kb/s.
Yay! Also, download costs drop from $150 to $6 per gigabyte, which will be nice. And with any luck I won't have to deal with constant routing screwups on the weekend. Six more days in purgatory...Posted by: Pixy Misa at 01:43 PM | Comments (71) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Gno Gnat?
The Bleat has gone blat. James Lileks's server has crashed and taken the whole site out.
Remember, boys and girls, always backup your work! Fortunately for us all, The Bleat is backed up and will return soon.Posted by: Pixy Misa at 03:00 AM | Comments (66) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Moving Pictures
Here in one convenient location you can find all of my movies... Such as they are. The management takes no responsibility for - well, for anything.
First, the short features:Susie Loves PixyThen, the epic masterpiece, The Blogfather:
Frnak Hates Pixy
Susie and the Ghost
Susie vs. The Aliens
Part 1All characters in these tales are fictitious, and any resemblence to people in the real world is purely the result of your own befuddlement. That's our story anyway, and we're sticking to it.
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6: Blogfather Returns (a.k.a. Susie Conquers the Martians)
Part 7: Blogfather and Robin
Part 8: Blogfather Forever
Part 9: Live and Let Blog
Part 10: Blogfinger
Part 11: Blograker
Part 12: You Only Blog Twice
Part 13: For Your Blog Only
Part 14: Doctor Blog
Part 16: The Blogging Daylights
Part 17: License to Blog
Part 380: Fragulate This!
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Blogfinger
Someone stop me! Help!
The Blogfather episode 10, Blogfinger, is now available. I think I'd better take my medicine now... [I wonder if we should tell Glenn Reynolds... He is, after all, the star of the show. Well, co-star, after Susie. And you, Pixy. And Frnak and the cast of herons. And the Moon Men. Well, he did appear in one scene. Before being upstaged by his robot double. So maybe we shouldn't tell him. — Ed.]Posted by: Pixy Misa at 01:33 AM | Comments (66) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
Live and Let Blog
Good evening, and welcome to Pixy Misa's Theatre of the Absurd. Tonight's feature, flown in by special arrangment from southern Lemuria, is the little known Frnak Capra masterpiece, Live and Let Blog. Please do not adjust your sets, it's meant to look that way.
(Warning: This is episode 9 in the continuing story of The Blogfather. If you are confused, you should first watch the earlier works, to be found here, here, here, and here. If you are still confused after that, we suggest that you give up blogging and start a new life as a potato farmer. We know it worked for us.) [No one saw that, did they? Good. — Ed.]Posted by: Pixy Misa at 12:55 AM | Comments (62) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
August 04, 2003
Blogfather Forever
Well, I missed the deadline for today's episode, so I'll just abuse the power of the Internet for a few minutes and pretend I'm in a different time zone... There, done.
Now sit back and thrill in The Blogfather episode 8: Blogfather Forever Oh, and in case you hadn't guessed, that last line is a Susie original. Limited edition replica fonts are available at Practical Penumbra.Posted by: Pixy Misa at 11:20 PM | Comments (65) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)
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