feeling listless

Wierd When nuclear weapons were developed it became clear that such a destructive force should never be in the hands of people who might do evil. Since everyone has that capacity, even you, the realisation that either no one should have them or everyone should have them quickly followed as a sort of backwards protection evolved.

When the internet was developed it became equally clear that a cultural destructive force was actually now available to almost anyone and that whilst some might have an interest in furthering the understanding of mankind, that some would probably use it for the furthering of no one but themselves.

The site you’re reading now is no doubt in that category, but before this project caves in on itself perhaps we should spare thought for those who are using the internet for even more obscure purposes. Of course, there is some humour in someone archive their supermarket receipts or creating a shrine to navel fluff – but you do have to wonder what benefits they might have to offer a charity organisation or other people in need of computer ability.

But perhaps the fact that they are creating these sites which make you go ‘tut’ means that they are benefiting society. They are staying off the streets. No offence. In a nice way.

[Another dip into the madness of the random text in my old portals. The idea was to contradict the name of the site and offer lists on various subjects with a bit of text to introduce. Basically a static weblog -- then I realised how to do one of those and the idea seemed redundent somehow. Anyway, here is the list which appeared with them...]

10,000 year clock, Bunny Endurance Tests, Derek's Big Website of Wal-Mart Purchase Receipts, Gallery of Huge Beings, Human Male Pregnancy, Identity Relocation Foundation, Ramon: You Damn Bastard, Rectal Foreign Bodies, Sybershack, The Archive of Mis-heard Lyrics, The Big Foot Recordings, The Diva Experience, The Human Cloning Company, The Misanthropic Bitch and The World of Navel Fluff.