Left Field :: zodomatica

Little Known Fact

I used to be a big AC/DC fan. I just recognized the intro to "For those about to rock" on the radio. Call me nostalgic. I'm enjoying it.... more

TV-B-Gone

TV-B-Gone looks like just the ticket for saving my sanity sometimes. Maybe because I don't watch TV at home I'm really annoyed by it when in pubs etc. Conversations tend to breakdown from lack of attention or at least become... more

Is this a good thing?

I was just called "a weapon to pixels". Is that a good thing or a bad thing? You decide.... more

GW's Resume

OK, so I'm a latte-sipping suburbanite*. Get over it. No, I'm not American, but I am (surprise, surprise) anti-GW. Read his resume for a laugh and a cry: pdf or html *I cringe at helping to boost this rant any... more

United States Patent 4,666,425

"A device for maintaining metabolic activity in a mammalian head which has been severed from its body at its neck..." Weird thing on the internet #9,487,768... via crackbaby, in a roundabout sorta way. Well, I guess if you had invented... more

Hmm, there's two

I'm mildly amused to find your typical realtor's web site (typos and all) bearing my mate's name. If only he was more my type I could be greatly amused...... more

My your ancestor was tasty

"Mr Baker, from Playden, East Sussex, is the only European to have been cooked and eaten in Fiji... The people of Navatusila want to atone for the sins of their ancestors because they believe they have been cursed by Mr... more

David Suzuki has it all wrong

Forget fossil fuels. Forget nuclear power, hydro electric power, wind mills and even solar power. The answer to our thirst for energy is all around us: Kitty Power!... more

On seeing

Mike May was totally blind from age 3 through 46. His journal (or here) recounts some things you'd expect to see ("trees are so green", etc.) but some really interesting things as well. "I can't fathom how sighted people go... more