Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Wallabies on a Unicycle
So today, at work, I was on the phone with one of those egregious voice-recognition automated menus, saying, "I want information. In-for-ma-tion. Information!!" And giggles arose from the cubes around me, along with Prisoner jokes.
I'm not up to actually writing anything tonight, so here's some stuff I found while surfing. (Yes, work has been slow lately.)
This bill, passed by Congress and on its way to the Senate, bans people who use the library for Internet access from accessing their blogs and other "social networking" sites. It's a poorly-conceived attempt to protect children from sexual predators on the 'net - well, no, it's yet another pathetic demonstration of lawmakers not understanding the technology.
This site is, quite simply, the realization of the Web's great potential. Yes, you too can put Stuff on your Cat.
And here, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, we have a scene between Titania and, ahem, Bottom. Whatever is the world coming to? (This week's sequence may not be work-friendly. Depending where, of course, you work.)
Here's a twist to your standard employee-fired-for-carping-about-the-boss-on-his/her-blog story - the blog was on the CIA's own network.
Emma Bull's newest novel is at the editor!
Neat facsimile editions of old books!
Speaking of The Prisoner, this story has since been debunked - well no, just the Christopher Eccelston part of it.
And Tom, if you're still wondering where your flying car is, it's in Australia.
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So today, at work, I was on the phone with one of those egregious voice-recognition automated menus, saying, "I want information. In-for-ma-tion. Information!!" And giggles arose from the cubes around me, along with Prisoner jokes.
I'm not up to actually writing anything tonight, so here's some stuff I found while surfing. (Yes, work has been slow lately.)
This bill, passed by Congress and on its way to the Senate, bans people who use the library for Internet access from accessing their blogs and other "social networking" sites. It's a poorly-conceived attempt to protect children from sexual predators on the 'net - well, no, it's yet another pathetic demonstration of lawmakers not understanding the technology.
This site is, quite simply, the realization of the Web's great potential. Yes, you too can put Stuff on your Cat.
And here, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, we have a scene between Titania and, ahem, Bottom. Whatever is the world coming to? (This week's sequence may not be work-friendly. Depending where, of course, you work.)
Here's a twist to your standard employee-fired-for-carping-about-the-boss-on-his/her-blog story - the blog was on the CIA's own network.
Emma Bull's newest novel is at the editor!
Neat facsimile editions of old books!
Speaking of The Prisoner, this story has since been debunked - well no, just the Christopher Eccelston part of it.
And Tom, if you're still wondering where your flying car is, it's in Australia.
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