An interesting article at the BBC about how technology goes from hype to mainstream. The hype cycle.

Using national security as an excuse to censor a quotation about using national security as an excuse to stifle dissent — the US “Justice Department” uses redactions (blacking things out in documents) to remove a quote from the US Supreme Court!

For anyone raised on Thunderbirds — this looks hysterical!

If you’re an American — PLEASE READ THIS

Church of Scotland’s opposition to sex education while a UK Evangelical (cultist) leader’s wife might be trafficing children.

Am I the only one to find this deeply freaky?

In the meantime I am glad I don’t write about personal stuff on here. I’m doubly glad I would try to never do it while angry or upset. I’m especially glad that even if I did that my parents have no idea what a “blog” is. Enough said.

If you email me and ask what it’s about I’m afraid I’d have to say “I’m sorry I can’t tell you”…

I’m going to go and delete a number of my previous entries now. These are now going to be reclassified as “private thoughts”. If anyone is interested that can ask me about it.

Have to say that is often motivating to give up on LJ completely.

Not wishing to exagerate but it looks like (amongst a whole stack of other people such as all kinds of artists) the Bush Administration has made it illegal to pay overtime to anyone who works IT.

1,500 reasons note to vote for GWB.

Fascinating Wiki on The Uncanny Valley which is the principle that as AI get more and more like humans they actually get more and more uncanny…

Season 1–7 DVDs in one set — http://www2.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=285;5;-1;-1&sku=227066 — Duuuude! :-)

State law says it’s okay to deny prescriptions.

What next? Contraception?

Post this up to your friends…

Seems Bush’s completely insane so-called Missile Shield is actually starting starting to be set up. For those not in the know it’s a multi-trillion dollar system for shooting down non-existant ICBMs…

Firstly I happend across a nice site that provides communal passwords for stupid register-only sites like The New York Times — Bug Me Not.

Seconly as it’s now, appearently, the 30th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons there are not one, not two but three movies coming out based…

There are things to actually post about. I mean I wouldn’t have bothered to post this estimation quiz after I got such a poltry 37% right if if hadn’t been for nadriel posting an interesting one in his (except sans the URL)…