20 Dec 2007
US switches off the incandescent lightbulb

I wonder if anybody pointed out that the most popular alternative bulbs contain mercury? Or that some of us depend on the heat generated by incandescents (say, for example, in my chicken coops)? Oh, well - we'll find out.

US prez George W. Bush yesterday signed a "landmark" energy bill which will see the nation's incandescent lightbulbs phased out in favour of low-consumption alternatives.

(link) [The Register]

07:44 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

The art of software murder

How to kill a program. All too true.

The original 'Jump the Shark’ TV show site provides a number of categories for identifying the point of no return: things like 'Same Character, Different Actor’, 'Special Guest Star’, 'K9’, and so on. A similar list can be constructed for software...

(link) [The Register]

07:40 /Technology | 0 comments | permanent link

Tattooed privates prove not so private

That must have been one hell of a tattoo ...

AP - A surgeon faces a disciplinary hearing for snapping a photo of a patient's tattooed genitals during an operation and showing it around to other doctors.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

07:38 /Humor | 0 comments | permanent link