Big green banking machine
From 1 September I will be working for a bank in their corporate division. Should be fun.
Reasons not to visit Belgrade #231
A team of surgeons in western Serbia earlier this week took out eight nails, a knife, a pen, a screw, a spoon, a clothes-peg and other, smaller objects, from a young man's stomach.
Happy birthday
Peter O'Toole is 74 today. Wes Craven is 67. Mary-Louise Parker is 42. Kevin Smith is 36. Edward Furlong is 29.
Cool!
Check out this site of odd statues around the world. See related link.
Mel Gibson is is not a racist
Well it's official. The staunch Roman Catholic, producer of "The Passion of the Christ" and star of "Lethal Weapon" is a racist. No wait, he's just an anti-Semite. No wait, he was just drunk and therefore couldn't be held accountable for his actions. Erm, ok, sure thing.
It’s about time!
The South African Blood Service has finally given in to pressure and facts, and reduced their requirement for blood donations from gay men, from five years of celibacy to just six months (see related link).
Conversation with God
I had a chat with God today. Well, iGod. Here's the transcript.
Microchipping for Identification
Tim Buckley, the creator of the online comic Ctrl+Alt+Del, has asked an interesting question on his website: should humans be embedded with microchips in the same way that pets are, for identification purposes?
Microsoft vs EU
"Regulators said [Microsoft] has not yet handed over 'complete and accurate technical specifications' to developers to help them make software for computers running Windows, printers and other devices on a network to talk to each other." (See related link.)
God bless free speech
If anyone thought Jacob Zuma, our ex-deputy president, was corrupt, take a look at the misuse of power his replacement, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, has displayed.