In the news this week, a device that allows women to have an orgasm at the touch of a button, perhaps even by remote control… but the inventor is having difficulty finding volunteers for a trial.
I’m not sure which part of that sentence is wierdest.
Kind: Notes
Windows Longhorn
Have… acquired a pre-pre-pre-release copy of Windows Longhorn, the new version of Windows that’ll be coming out in 2004…2005…2006. Will post reports of my experience with it. But first I’ll need to buy a spare hard drive…
Thing Of The Day You Don’t Expect To Find In Dictionary.com
Go look up Bondage-and-Discipline Language in dictionary.com. I was surprised to find it in there, too.
Your Duty To Call In Sick
Apparently it’s our duty to the British economy to call in sick whenever we feel like some time off. This web site, Anxiety Culture, is the inevitable result of a confused fusion of the directive, business-driven mind of a free market capitalist, and a plethora of "very 90’s" confused and complicated morals. It’s rather odd. Very pretty site, though. Take a look.
Penbryn Residence
My new web site, Penbryn Residence (the sequel to the immensely popular Penbryn Hall web site I set up several years back) is now under development. And I’ve made a link to it here so that Google starts picking it up. <wink>
Growing Up
The older I get, the more I become like those people my parents used to warn me about when I was younger.
At Long Last
Yet again I was correct. The BBC just released this article on Verisign.
Dsixeyla For Bneingers
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Stealing From A Police Officer… In A Police Station
What kind of idiot steals a police officer’s sandwich, in a police station, while taking part in an identity parade? BBC News reports.
Egobot
Try this fantastic PHP tool for extracting information from the Google search engine. Quite simplistic, but infinitely cool.
Ding! Fries Are Done!
Here’s to Paul, who’s now working at Burger King Aberystwyth.
Especially for him, please click here and listen to “Ding! The Remix!”. [download removed]
I’m not getting enough work done today.
Cyberethics Of Artificial Intelligence Slavery
Claire drove me to work this morning. We had a fascinating discussion on the way, on Cyberethics Of Artificial Intelligence Slavery. Cool.
This morning I gave a tour of the office to our new interviewee, Phil, who for some reason I keep trying to call Chris. If he gets the job, he’ll be working full-time as an industry year student when I become a part-timer again later this month.
Now I have to go get some work done…
Caution: Bridge Out Ahead
Timewasting
Look what I found while I was wasting time on the ‘net this morning.
Pathetic Motorways
I kid you not – there’s a web site dedicated to the pathetic motorways of the United Kingdom, with reasons why they’ve been nominated as pathetic, photographs, maps, and the history of each road. Perhaps the oddest site you’ll see all day.