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    A Smarter Water Closet

    Apologies for the lack of updates recently; I have been muy ocupado this week. During a brief news catchup this afternoon, I happened upon a rather insightful article into the state of high-tech toiletry. Yes, you heard me – toiletry. Apparently there is quite a large market for programmable toilets – as they are called… Read more →

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    Quae Vide No 2

    This entry is a day overdue, but here it is nonetheless. This week’s theme is books and literature. Without further ado: What I’m Reading: Asimov, Isaac: Foundation Flanagan, Richard: Gould’s Book of Fish Davies, Margaret: Asking the Law Question Sugarman, David: Legal Science, Liberalism, and Imperialism Classics: Borges, Jorge Luis: Fictions Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary… Read more →

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    Boredom Strikes

    Waste countless hours in what is possibly the most addictive game since Junkbot and Insaniquarium (which, incidentally, I suggest you check out if you haven’t already). I give you: Castle. It starts off slow, but becomes fun – in a mindless, monotonous kind of way. I enjoyed trying to make the game play itself by… Read more →

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    Itsbay Andway Iecespay

    I came across the following links in my weekend travels: Copying is Theft: interesting article on the moral dubiosity of digital copyright An Austrian daredevil has flown across the English channel on a carbon fibre wing A horrendous bug in Nero 6 has been discovered that can cause erasure of a hard disk’s data Interesting… Read more →

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    Quae Vide

    Each Friday, I’ll try to collate a summary of interesting links, reviews, and articles upon which I have stumbled throughout the week. The links will be presented with minimum commentary, but are hand-picked for quality and categorised for convenience. Here are the first Quae Vide picks. This week’s theme is science and technology. Science/Technology: Voodoo… Read more →

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    Adjectival Conjoinment

    Here’s something that’s been keeping me amused for the past couple of days. The voice acting is above par, the flash animation is of a high calibre, and the antics of this Mexican boxing mask may (or may not) have you in stitches: http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html Read post. Click on link. Hilarity ensues! Read more →