Yeah, I’ve switched those off too. Proof of concept now achieved. The FeedWordPress function is now going to be fiddled with over the next couple of months, and eventually we’ll create a “shadow” page for the site (that won’t live in your RSS).

Monkey Fluids:

A little bit of scanning put up for free on the web every now and then, I’m okay with. It doesn’t hurt anybody. This, however, is not okay. And I’ve seen it a lot over the years, this is just today’s example emailed to me:

eBay: Warren Ellis’ Transmetropolitan Complete(!) Comic Set (item 6618096108 end time Apr-03-06 11:52:38 PDT) Current bid: GBP 3.70 (Approximately US $6.46)

Taking something that’s mine and getting people to give you money for it? I’m going to come looking for you. Other people might too. See, when you just decide that you have the right to sell my work for your own profit… when you decide, in fact, that you want me to receive fewer royalties for my work, therefore making it harder for me to do things like buy new shoes for my daughter… that’s something I’m going to take an interest in.

I’m kind of busy today, so I’m just going to tell you that you need this book. And you can buy it here at Amazon for 37% off the cover price, if the $50 tag scares you. Seriously, I’ve been buried in this book for three or four months now, and it never fails to fascinate and inspire me. You need a copy.

(18 hours later: Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,072 in Books (See Top Sellers in Books)/ Yesterday: #115,194 in Books. Not bad.)

Carter Comics has posted a comment:

Fantastic.

Katiewest.ca finally up and running.

Digitalyn has posted a comment:

Ok, now I do feel drunk.

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No way. NO WAY IN HELL. This has GOT to be a gag.

The image of the crucifixion, one of the most powerful emblems of Christianity, may be quite erroneous, according to a study which says there is no evidence to prove Jesus was crucified in this manner.

Christ could have been crucified in any one of many ways, all of which would have affected the causes of his death, a paper published by Britain’s prestigious Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) says.

“The evidence available demonstrates that people were crucified in different postures and affixed to crosses using a variety of means,” said one of the authors, Piers Mitchell of Imperial College London. “Victims were not necessarily positioned head up and nailed through the feet from front to back, as is the imagery in Christian churches.”

The authors do not express any doubt on the act of Jesus’ crucifixion itself. But they note that the few eyewitness descriptions available today of crucifixions in the 1st century AD show the Romans had a broad and cruel imagination.

Their crucifixion methods probably evolved over time and depended on the social status of the victim and on the crime he allegedly committed, says the paper in April’s issue of the RSM journal.

The cross could be erected “in any one of a range of orientations”, with the victim sometimes head-up, sometimes head-down or in different postures.

Sometimes he was nailed to the cross by his genitals, sometimes the hands and feet were attached to the side of the cross and not the front, or affixed with cords rather than nails…

Dead football star Emlyn Hughes is using a former policewoman to contact Liverpool FC manager Rafa Benitez.

Stephany Cohen says she has been contacted by the spirit of the former England and Liverpool captain. She says he is desperate to speak to the European Cup-winning manager and wants her to set up a meeting.

Three years ago the 45-year-old featured in News Shopper, sister newspaper of This Is Local London, when she revealed aliens called “Grays” were giving her orgasms.

“The way the spirit guides and I are working is we are building up to when the aliens are coming, that is a bigger thing. At the moment we are trying to build up my energy to speak to the aliens.”

If Miss Cohen and her spirit guides agree her body is ready then she believes aliens could start speaking to humans through her this year.

She said: “It seems to be the people from Andromeda are on a very important mission to tell us on Earth something.”

Miss Cohen, of Lancaster Close, Bromley, is also expecting Grays from the planet Sirrus D to use her body to tell humans things.

Miss Cohen believes the Grays have been her spiritual guides for many lifetimes, including when she was Joan of Arc in the 1400s.

Social Voicemail: tying friendslists to phones, from what I can see: “Call one number, leave one message, and all of your friends get it. Cheaper, faster, and easier than text messages, online bulletins, or calling everyone!”

[TAGS]sns, comms, locative[/TAGS]

Professional dominatrix Natasha Strange:

This morning when I found out that there is a web cartoon named “Princess Natasha” which has recently been acquired by Cartoon Network, I though, Yah! Imitation is of course the sincerest form of flattery, then in the shower, somewhere between shaving and conditioning my various royal parts, I realized, that this was probably, in fact, a very bad thing for me.

Indeed, a quick google of “Princess Natasha” shows that I am indeed the TOP royal, but directly underneath my link promising BDSM and cock control, there is a listing for a pre-teen cartoon called “Princess Natasha.” Oh my.

I am by no means a household name, but good god people, did they not google (google is a wonderful tool for this sort of thing) Princess Natasha and see what was out there that might be named similarly? I would think that would be a fairly OBVIOUS first step in the naming process. I can just see some parents precious 10 year old googling their idol and finding another, less age appropriate one. I can just see their upcoming project aimed at young boys named Rocco Siffredi…

coming to a TV near you:Princess Natasha And The Electrocuted Cock

All details here

Lower Class Student has posted a comment:

but what goes where?!

_delirium_ has posted a comment:

it makes me glad and flattered ;))

thanks a lot warren ellis!

Ambient Damage has posted a comment:

Is it just you that gets a fetish slave or can we all get one?

-Dave

Stu Nathan has posted a comment:

I don’t think so — Jane Goldman’s a different shape.

AtomicDeathCircle has posted a comment:

YOU FLICKER PEOPLE CAN’T SEE IT BUT
your comments are flooding the rss feed of this on our LJ friends page. Inlcuding this comment.

Ha-sun has posted a comment:

And if you stare hard enough you’ll see various lines stretching into no particular direction.