This is ammusing. The new energy saving bulbs could end up being more expensive than most people think. At least somebody found out the hard way anyway. Apparently the CFL bulbs that are being pushed (more like shoved) down our throats by companies like Walmart, and such, contain mercury. You know, [...]

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Why do Bill and Theresa rock? Because they found me these, and sent them down from Connecticut. They’re very similar to Jaffa Cakes, and quite tasty. They’ll be receiving the real things in September when I get back…

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I wish this weather would shake up a bit. It’s usually starting to get pretty warm by now, and sunny by now. For the last few days it’s been in the low 70s, and very wet. This is all while the UK is showing an early summer… Something is terribly wrong there.

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Have you ever been in the mood where you want company, but want to be alone… at the same time?

A good friend is somebody that you can sit on a park bench for hours on end, not say a single word, and when it comes time to leave, know you have just had the best [...]

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The Washington Post has an interesting story about an experiment they conducted at L’Enfant Plaza in January. The basic experiment was to find out how many people reacted to a world famous classical violinist playing at rush hour in the hub of Washington’s federal district. They have a handful of videos showing the [...]

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This nifty little device was mentioned over on Gizmodo today, as well as Scoble’s blog. Just watching the demo alone is pretty cool.

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Something I’ve noticed around here, as I listen to somebody talking to a new hire, is the way we seem to be doing training, and discussions of our application. When I get asked what I do, or what my company does, I talk about all the good stuff, and how we impact the companies [...]

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Apparently Kenneth Williams topped a survey of films’ funniest one-liners with his line form Carry on Cleo

Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!

More at The Register.

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I couldn’t but help laugh at this when I saw it yesterday. Especially after one of the QA team was trying to clean out a wireless keyboard he found on a different desk.

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