Muppet makers choose Linux
News Miss Piggy and Kermit apparently like Linux. Red Hat, the leading seller of the operating system, said Tuesday that Jim Henson's Creature Shop is using its version of Linux to power its design studio and other digital projects.
[April 30, 2002, 15:44]
Web search error adds Muppet to Bin Laden cause
News The danger of relying on the Internet for sourcing images was illustrated graphically this week when protestors at an anti-American Islamic rally in Bangladesh were pictured carrying posters of Osama Bin Laden flanked by Sesame Street character Bert.
[October 11, 2001, 12:36]
News Schmooze: Bert really is evil
News Next the Schmoozer expects to see a 50-meter-high Animal wreaking havoc through London's streets, like that scene in The Muppet Movie. Clarke was proposing a completely secure, governmental version of the Internet, with virtual armed guards, no...
[October 12, 2001, 15:26]
Spam maker swallows junk email double meaning
News At one point, the company challenged Jim Henson Productions for the creation of a muppet named Spa'am, the high priest of a tribe of wild boars that worships Miss Piggy, the porcine muppet diva. Hormel Foods, the maker of the legendary spiced lunch...
[May 31, 2001, 14:22]
Hmmmm
Talkback The guy's a muppet. Aliens. Ufos. Tsk. Bet he has every episode of Star Trek memorised and all the memorabilia to go with it.
[December 11, 2006, 21:11]
Firefox? Bah Humbug, I say
Talkback You are a muppet. John Carroll. I honestly cannot believe you are suggesting the Firefox team put Microsoft's 'intellectual property' into their web browser. Also, as a web developer, IE has given me more than it's fair share of problems.
[November 6, 2004, 14:04]
Vodafone denies responsibility for stolen SIM bill
Talkback What a muppet. Probably most of the calls were to Miss Piggy. I do have some compassion for Mr Tracey as I have suffered at the hands of a (telecoms) giant in my life too. But that's another story best told around a large, open fire with a cup of...
[May 25, 2006, 11:46]
Opera 'borks' MSN in standards spat
News Opera Software has released a new version of its Opera 7 Web browser with just one tweak -- it turns Microsoft's MSN Web site into gibberish inspired by the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show. The "Bork Edition" of Opera 7 isn't designed so much to...
[February 14, 2003, 11:49]
'Suicidal Osama Bin Laden' recruits a zombie army
Talkback Don't be a muppet! Hey German IT consultant. Try running it under Wine :D You other people who downloaded it. Gimme a break! Are you really that dumb ? Usenet suffers from another poster who keeps posting supposed "Sister caught.and "sister and...
[July 25, 2004, 21:06]
The Week in Review: The kids are all wired
News Well, Swedish software firm Opera turned to a famous son on the Muppet show for inspiration. It's 'hold the front page' time: Intel is going to concentrate on making chips in 2003. Chief exec Craig Barrett told the Intel Developer Forum that some...
[February 21, 2003, 16:48]
Opera changes tune on Microsoft smartphones
News In February 2003, the Norwegian company released a new version of its desktop Web browser that turned Microsoft's MSN Web site into gibberish -- a move inspired by the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show.
[August 31, 2004, 12:35]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog And while we're on good news: stuff I have heard online and subsequently bought in the past couple of weeks: Múm, an Icelandic lounge/electronic band who are -- of course -- as weird as a juggling pig and great friends of psychedelic muppet Bjork...
[May 27, 2002, 17:26]
Opera refuses to perform on Microsoft smartphone
News Earlier this month Opera released a new version of its desktop Web browser that turned Microsoft's MSN Web site into gibberish inspired by the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show. There has never been much of a relationship between the small...
[February 24, 2003, 7:51]
Know the BIZ
Downloads You will also find hundreds of famous movies like Blazing Saddles, Muppet Movie, Patton, Willy Wonka and Cheech and Chong Up In Smoke. This game pack includes 13 games for you to put your knowledge of Hollywood to the test.
[December 12, 2004, 7:00]
Opera caterwauls about new MSN glitch
News In retaliation for the style sheet contretemps, Opera produced a version of its browser that rendered MSN in gibberish, translating its text into the "Bork, bork, bork" language of the Muppet Show's Swedish Chef.
[May 22, 2003, 7:30]
Friday
Blog Today, Opera hit back by releasing a special version of its software that turns MSN -- and just MSN -- into Muppet-style gibberish. Friday 14/02/03 The future, alas, has arrived. Ouch. But it's Valentine's Day.
[February 14, 2003, 17:03]
