There are two new articles over at the [iamcal publishing empire](/publish/):
[Human Readable Numbers](/publish/article.php?id=8)
[Google Highlighting](/publish/article.php?id=9)
When you need to buy something specific, the Internet always saves the day. What did people do before the Internet?
With christmas coming up, I know you'll want to buy me cool stuff. Because you love me, right?
This page is quite disturbing. Is it a hoax? I don't think so. [via pep]
On the first day of christmas, my true love gave to me, a list of the CPAN directory tree. The perl advent calendar is festive and contains useful info on some great perl modules.
iamcal.com has just moved to a new server
if you spot anything that doesn't work, please leave a comment after this post.
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Today i got my limited edition drew album, "the floor is made of lava". It's very cool.
I don't think you can buy it any more, but you can download some of the songs from this page. I suggest you start with "perfect day", which is my favourite.
The next generation of Yahoo IM pron spam is getting 'better' at tricking users. It first sends you a "hello" message, then waits for a reply before sending you pron urls. Very clever, if not completely immoral.
I bought the world's biggest bar of tobelerone. It's 4.5kg (10lbs). Now that's what i call a snack.
Learn to make cookies with my brother
Headline of the month: Why did you steal 40,000 hotel coat hangers, knowing that hotel coat hangers are designed to be useless outside hotel wardrobes?
I found a really handy guide to customising your bash prompt.
New sites for your consumption:
Secret Santa : Hurry up and join :)
City Creator : Now with much more stuff (tm)
This site sells some very nice (and very expensive) toys
I don't quite get photoblogs - not the site but the title. unless they are photos of websites, it should be photologs (no 'b')
Make a little lego you [vis james]
Buy japanese sweets. online and cheap [via Dr Love]
It's a world-o-pasta [via giles]
I thought I was good with numbers until i tried to solve this simple puzzle
Gaming grows up. Sort of [via the shady b4ta cabal]
Here are some photos of the b3ta halloween party. (none of me)
Pick of the week from ami.iamcal.com: christian protestors
Wireless networking can kill! There are videos to prove it :)
If you're forced to be a consumer, buy something worthwhile: threadless, unamerican and thinkgeek (redesigned)
Oh, isn't that like "pokémon?"
Yeah, except abaout elevnty hundred billion times better.
[wigu.com](http://www.wigu.com)
For guy: Geek quotes is still here
A very interesting map of dialects in the US.
Why is it that really powerful servers always look much sexier than less powerful ones. maybe it's a geek thing.
A special halloween how-to: building a pumpkin pc [via matt s]
I would have started with a much bigger pumpkin :)
The unfortunate tale takes a new twist, thanks to Thomas Klovert. Finally our heros have a name. But how will Miss Paige Rodgers and the mysterious Mr Elliot save humankind from the robots? What will happen next. Only you can decide...
When I was about seven, I was convinced that Jesus was an alien for a while, and that all those miracles were just him using his advanced alien technology. I got into a long argument with my dad over that, and eventually he conceded that, yes, Jesus could have been an alien.
[i used to believe](http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/)
Some interesting police stats [via phil/haddock]
Not yet, but soon: books.perl.org
He's back
