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Snapshot of The Pisstakers homepage March 20 2007

21/Mar/07
Unless it says otherwise, all the following articles are links to Pisstaker productions

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Today's quick-fire, shoot-from-the-hip satirical responses focus on UK news from around the internet. We are The Pisstakers for a reason!


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Cost of software: this is not about broken relationships from over-work, or ulcers from worry - this is real transparency from real software companies


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We went mad and did a review of Boing Boing. If you ever see it for sale, don't buy it. It would be without our permission and we don't want to get in trouble!


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Mona Lisa's love child by Cliff Michaels. He's back!




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The creative juices went mad and we came up with a masterplan for virtual conferences. Don't tell anyone at SXSW.


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The video review over at Top Funnies features comedian extraordinaire, Jim Carrey. 11 years ago as a stand-up he was pretty good.


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On Sundays, this homepage will be dedicated to the MyBlogLog members whose avatars are in the side bar when I start blogging Sunday mornings. All Pisstakers homepages are archived, for eternity.

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I have lots of ideas. Trouble is, most of them suck. (George Carlin) (Daily quote.)


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I had a brain fart this morning. After listening to a podcast from Boagworld, I got carried away with an idea. It started off as a parody of trade conferences, but could end up being taken seriously by any budding entrepreneurs with an eye for an angle.

They say the best things happen by mistake. Penicillin and Kevin Feder whats his name are two examples that spring to mind. Another cliché is that it all comes to he who waits. John Travolta had to wait a long time to become fat then famous again, and his patience and penchant for doughnuts is being rewarded now.

Combine the two ideas and you get a guy called Josiah Wedgewood, he of blue pottery fame. Can you imagine being so driven by an idea that to achieve his dream, it came down to putting his last pieces of furniture on the fire in order to get the kiln up to the required temperature to make the glaze the right color. Being a bloke I expect this was a color he had in his mind's eye and didn't match the curtains.

He was a potter alright, a mad one. I bet Wedgewood's wife and kids were delighted to have such a nutter at the head of the household. But of course, they were wrong, he was proven right to sacrifice so much, and he came good. As a result, he provided wealth for himself and his town way beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Good work, Josh.

The Pisstakers is a bit of a gut feeling wildest dreams project, but as the weeks go by, it is making more sense every day. I think. Just give an idea a go, at least beyond dismissing it without further thought. You never know, you might end up earning a living from a silly idea, like drugs, films, pottery or a blog you made popular by mistake!

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