MetaFilter posts by holloway

Irritability, blurred vision, slurred speech, memory lapses, overall confusion, hallucinations, nausea, psychosis, and eventually death.

holloway — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:44:47 -0800

From 24 hours of movies to 3 hour naps between 36 hour shifts on an ocean trawler, sleep deprivation can be just another narcotic.

I always thought I was weird, that what I liked was somehow bad and something must be wrong with me. Thank god for the internet!

holloway — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:26:31 -0800

NSFW "Here at Fantasy Feeder we either want to be fat or we want to fatten. We're feeders and feedees obsessed with over endulging our huge bellies and fat bottoms, and we're here to share stories, play online games and encourage each other to gain weight."

The Knighthood of Buh

holloway — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:41:40 -0800

Prankishly pranky! With topics like "God hates mimes", "Porno for Bibles" and an "Insult Booth" these chaps have an idea and take it to its natural conclusion... storming the castle to kill the monster.

Give a goat. Send a sheep. Lend a Llama.

holloway — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:37:17 -0800

Dude, sending money to other starving dudes is so...abstract. Give the needy what they need. Like ducks or something!

Music for the impatient.

holloway — Wed, 07 Jul 2004 14:28:00 -0800

Could you fit 100 songs onto a single CD?

It's not only the size of the boat, but also the motion of the ocean.

holloway — Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:41:47 -0800

Remember small scissors? Big scissors! Remember small chocolate? Big chocolate! Small clipboards? Pfaff... Big clipboards! ... such is life at Great Big Stuff (thanks John)

P-P-P-Powerbook

holloway — Thu, 13 May 2004 19:41:41 -0800

An American Ebay seller realises a European bidder is trying to scam him out of a Powerbook (fake escrow site, hijacked ebay account), so he sends him something far better, a P-P-P-Powerbook! Now, for you non-techies here, a factory model p-p-p-powerbook weights half what it's competitors weigh, comes with an A4 screen, the latest in internet adventure software, zero boot time, a fullsize keyboard (often with Key Redundancy^TM) and a state-of-the-art laser bluetooth mouse. This is technology. The seller posts to a forum and amongst the chatter people follow the package via the the Fedex tracking page and some even visit the delivery address (a barbershop/internet cafe) and take photos, video, and a seat for their hair cut. The duty tax on this particular p-p-p-powerbook is around £350 (paid for by the scammer) before he sees the package, and a few days later it's released by Customs as they watch in anticipation. A forum member arrives at the internet cafe, takes a seat and soon the package arrives. The scammer opens the box and there are angry raised voices heard. The barber doesn't understand what's wrong and asks... "Is it broken?"

A screen scraped version of Slashdot

holloway — Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:22:47 -0800

Alterslash is a screen-scraped version of Slashdot that improves on the original.

What's YOUR favourite ascii fart? \m\ (-_-) /m/

holloway — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:52:28 -0800

Ascii Farts.

Four Lights

holloway — Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:35:07 -0800

...implants a device in his body that delivers agonizing pain at the push of a button, and over the course of many days attempts to wear him down through a disturbingly simple process of psychological warfare. He is seated in a chair with four bright lights shining in his face, and the captor attempts through painful coercion to make him say that there are, in fact, five lights. Every time he refuses to say there are five lights, he is drilled with pain. In essence, he is expected to deny the reality described by his own eyes, and surrender the will of his mind to the definition of reality offered by his captor. Four Lights, a thesis [2]