iamcal.com Since May 2000

Thinkblank presents:

The mirror have an article about weblogging, featuring three female uk webloggers. Read it here.

Prada are building a fantasic new store with clever slow-motion mirrors. [via heather]

This week's upsideclown is great. Go read it now.

Read an interview with my new favourite band, the strokes.

I finally got my drew goodies last night: a t-shirt and book. The book is illustrated by s.britt who is very cool. You need to read drew:

"if you are wondering what the paint thinner is for here is a hint: HOW DO YOU SAY "NEW PAINT JOB FOR A 1994 NISSAN MAXIMA" IN BULGARIAN!!! (here is a hint for the hint, the answer does not contain any vowels)"

From a silly circular email, a great answer phone message:

"You have reached the CPX-2000 Voice Blackmail System. Your voice patterns are now being digitally encoded and stored for later use. Once this is done, our computers will be able to use the sound of your voice for literally thousands of illegal and immoral purposes. There is no charge for this initial consultation. However our staff of professional extortionists will contact you in the near future to further explain the benefits of our service, and to arrange for your schedule of payment. Remember to speak clearly at the sound of the tone. Thank you."

If you can do better, post a comment.

In case you've not been following the [naked thread](http://www.iamcal.com/topic.php?id=104), taxxon has made us some fantastic iamcal.com wallpaper. Grab it here: [http://www.filter-line.net/other/cal_wall.jpg](http://www.filter-line.net/other/cal_wall.jpg)

I got a fairly stalker-ish email this week: hello u do not know who i am but i know u! i am the man with the overgrown hedge and garden fence. If you know who sent it, own up!

If you've been reading the excellent diesel sweeties then you'll know that there's been an indie rock pete spinoff. It's very good.

I got a fantastic email this week: Before I had ever heard of Splott, I was in Swansea, in a cafe, being served by a madwoman named Mrs Miggins. She dished the peas onto my plate one at a time... It was a dreadful lunch! Cold peas and stiff fish, from all that dithering about with the spoon... I was informed later in the evening that the exemplary Mrs M had been thus afflicted 'since her honeymoon in Splott', back in 1970. Of course, I asked, 'Where is this Splott? Why would a woman be mad thirty years after honeymooning there? Was it the place, or the events that took place? Or a combination thereof?' Who can say...

I've seen Splott only from the train, roaring in at a hedgehog's pace from England, and had a look at the map, as well. The place appears to be quite...er... grid-like! : ) iamcal.com salutes the mighty Sandra

And now more members sites for the people i forgot earlier this week: taxxon: [http://www.filter-line.net/](http://www.filter-line.net/) jay: [http://www.thismanslife.co.uk/](http://www.thismanslife.co.uk/) harold: [http://www.fudged.org/](http://www.fudged.org/)

ukblogger cutie jen-x is going round the world. You'll be able to follow her worldly travels at her new site, global jen.

Today's song lyrics challenge: I'm walking out that door, Well I've been in town for about fiteen whole minutes now And baby I feel so down, And I don't know why i've been walking for miles

A german girl has the world's longest tongue [via tom]

Today's movie quote challenge: Leg! Here? Leg! Here? Leg! Oh, leg...

Snow.

It's the greatest thing to fall out of the sky. And fall it did, last night.

We had a proper snow storm. With wind and bad driving and everything. It's the coolest thing ever.

Seen the daddy or chips advert? Now you can vote: daddy or chips?

Check out neilsen's user friendly crackers.

A number of the iamcal.com regulars have their own sites, so i'd better link to them all: [Chris](http://www.iamchris.co.uk) [Gary](http://www.garyjb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/) [Sul](http://www.sulsplace.com) [Suzie](http://www.kulsu.com) [Sal](http://www.justafish.com/) (Luke has a site too, but i can't remember the url...)

Today's song lyrics challenge: We were looking for ourselves and found each other

Happening fish is a nice little weblog.

An alternative to Slashcode and PHPNuke: Drop

80%: You're the best kind of weblogger. Way to go! Take the [blogaholic quiz](http://wannabegirl.org/quiz/blogaholic/)

Today's movie quote quiz: oooh. it went right through his eye

An interesting punishment? But what if they were into that sort of thing?

You can use this handy game to answer your questions. It tells me sal will be posting naked photos in the naked thread.

If you having been keeping up, we have a naked discussion in which people are invited to post semi naked photos of themselves. come and join us.

Drew is selling paintings. Some are utterly fantastic. I'm in the middle of an email conversation with him:

cal: your painting style is quite like sam's/ are you the same person? ps. i'd buy them all, especially 'trapped', but i'm poor after ordering an exploding dog book and shirt :(

drew: nope, here is a list of people who i am NOT: * sambrown * rstevens * narbotic * kompressor * el sucka * tristan farnon i get mail asking me those things pretty frequently, so no worries.

cal: i think maybe though your stories aren't entirely true. i'm guessing you're pretty intelligent, because your writing style is very clever. a new media professional perhaps?

drew: i'm guessing it's NUNYO BIDNESS

cal: hahaha. i guess so, but you've got to try and guess things about your heros, no?

drew: sure, if you like, it does not offend me. i just try to remind people that if i wanted to lose my job and have inter-net people coming to my house and calling me on the telephone that i would put my full name and social security number and the address and telephone number of the place i work on the inter-net :)

drew is fantastic, whoever he is :)

A fresh looking (new?) uk blog. Nice reading: simply stated

Went to a panel discussion at the University or North London. Tom tells more here.

Today's movie quote quiz: "and what's your boyfriend's name? chuck. i mean, sorry. i didn't understand the question"

Ex spaient and bbc news creative director matt jones, launches his new state of the art personal site.

The iamcal.com site is undergoing some structural changes. If things don't seem to work, then be patient :)

I love this quote:

"Some people make me sad, see? Not you, or anything in particular just the human race in general and our delusions, what we think, what we try and understand, what we'll never know. But people together make me happy because they are happy, and they smile, and everything is so much more complete. Alone, we don't mean as much as we'd like to think." Eleanor Collins, February 1997

There are more on my quotes page (which was originally the front page of iamcal.com).

Sam brown has made a book. Go buy it now!

"always tell a girl she looks like she's 18. If she's younger she'll think it's cool, if she's older, she'll be flattered." Stirling advice from [laura](http://themodernage.org/)

Today's movie quiz quote, with advantage to the early birds: "I love my dead gay son"

You MUST go now and play with my latest creation: [How Old Do I Look?](http://www.iamcal.com/old/)

If you haven't been numbed to death by these tests, then take the geek test. I only got 52%!

In the style of Am I Hot Or Not: rate her tits.com (not office suitable).

Today's song lyric quiz: I'm so tired I can't sleep. I'm a liar and a thief

Top iamcal.com member Sal has her own site. Go have a look at justafish.

If you've ever played Web Trumps then you'll know it has really cool illustrations. You can see them all here.

Today's movie quote quiz: I can say that i've fucked a U.S. marshal. Do you think I will?

SMS of the day: "If you could be any sandwich filling what would you be?" Chris

leisuretown.com is just SOOOOOOO fantastic. go there right now.

Today's song lyric contest: "I'd buy you an exotic pet (Like a llama or an emu)"

Today's movie quote quiz: "That's nitroglycerin. Don't move, don't breath, don't do anything. Except maybe pray."