http://www.metafilter.com/tags/daveallen Posts tagged with 'daveallen' at MetaFilter. Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:53:44 -0800 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:53:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/40372/Goodnight%2Dthank%2Dyou%2Dand%2Dmay%2Dyour%2DGod%2Dgo%2Dwith%2Dyou <a href="http://trishbennett.0catch.com/daveallen.html">Dave Allen</a> drank whiskey and smoked cigarettes <a href="http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/tv/comedy/daveallen.htm">while telling jokes about sex and the church</a> from his swivel chair on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/d/daveallenatlarge_7770235.shtml">BBC2 in the early 70's</a>. Some called him the "Irish Lenny Bruce" and he was a major influence on England's alternative stand comedy scene. He <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/12/db1201.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/03/12/ixportal.html">passed away this week </a>and is <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4340115.stm">fondly remembered </a>by <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1521678,00.html">Eddie Izzard and other current British comedians</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40372 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:53:44 -0800 BBC comedian DaveAllen standup Slack-a-gogo http://www.metafilter.com/16867/ Dean Allen of <a href="http://www.textism.com/" target="NewWindow">textism</a>, <a href="http://www.textism.com/article/505" target="NewWindow">calls</a> for a Google bomb to be dropped on <a href="http://www.textism.com/article/494/" target="NewWindow">Verisign</a>. He's out to <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/16299" target="NewWindow">save Hoopla</a>... and in the process, perhaps all the sites which have been stolen as Verisign slept. Think it will work? Will you join in the fight? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.16867 Fri, 03 May 2002 08:31:30 -0800 daveallen googlebomb hoopla textism verisign silusGROK