"As the French say, au contraire (literally: "slimeball!"). I have here in my hands a copy of an Associated Press article sent in by alert reader Nige, whose name can be rearranged to spell "NEIG", although that is not my main point. "Nige", by the way, only has the letters "Nie" in in common with "Monica Lewinsky", so there is no other reason to mention Monica Lewinsky in this column.'
Perfect. Now can any geeks out there come up with AutoBry to generate posts and relieve me of the burden of informing, irritating and entertaining on this blog?
who needs an AutoBry when you got a Nige.
ReplyDeleteWell done Ian - you're the first person to twig that I am in fact a computer programme. No idea who the clown in that picture is...
ReplyDeleteHere's another one.
ReplyDeleteI'm no techie, but I'd have thought this ought to cover it for the AutoNigelyard Machine:
ReplyDelete10 PRINT "I SPOTTED ONE OF THESE WHILE STROLLING ON THE COMMON"
20 PRINT "I WAS THE FIRST JOURNALIST TO INTERVIEW IT BACK IN 1983"
30 PRINT "IT WAS CONSOLING"
40 GOTO 10
RUN
ha ha, yes, I've seen that before, Nige. It's true then - nothing ever dies on the internet.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure the idea is neo-Dadaist enough. At present, when you press the button on AutoDave you get back an article - very predictable.
ReplyDeleteAt the very least, you should receive something else: a picture of a zebra, perhaps, a Sufi drum riff or perhaps a call telling you that your pizza is ready for collection.
Eventually, one would abandon the whole, erm, IT paradigm situation thingy and expect to see "An Article by Brian Appleyard" as an installation at Tate Modern.
You say you were mentally drained, Bryan. What about me?
ReplyDeleteI can offer only this
ReplyDeleteI didn't get where I am today without it ...