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The false sense of security given by a corrupt security guard...

Temptation...There really is a limit to the number of chain-saws a juggler can keep in the air at the same... ouch! Oh, dear, there goes another Microsoft component.[more...]

Editing this page on an iPod

OK, I'm doing it. It's not how you'd prefer to do it if you had a choice... One finger typing is a chore. And I can't work out how to do pictures or bold or HTML. But it does work.


It's a Sign: "Avoid ICQ"...

ICQ Number Zero !There's an IM system I was told to try out. It will link you simultaneously to Yahoo! and AIM and ICQ and even (it says here) ICQ. So I decided to follow up the tip.[more...]

Dogbert waves his paw.

Dogbert says "bah...!"Little things please the childish mind: and today, Dogbert showed up. Am I pleased? Sure, I'm pleased.  I have a tiny mind...[more...]


Royalty: a constant temptation to idiocy

It is, of course, inevitable that if two young adults find each other physically attractive, they will dally, cavort, couple, or perform the rituals of mating. It has always been true; so why should we be so amused when someone suggests that two young Royal adults do the same?[more...]

Sometimes, a Web pic is better than a paper one...

Dick Cheney's fishing rodLike many Guardian readers this morning, I was amazed to see Dick Cheney sharing his fishing boat with a naked lady. And as you can see from the enlarged detail of the picture [right] she's not all that gorgeous when you get to see her properly.[more...]