Robots eat flies....

Science News Daily article.

The man who invented optical storage

An article about Jim Russell, who invented optical storage. No, it wasn't Philips who did it.

Tests reveal e-passport security flaw

Tests reveal e-passport security flaw. From EEDesign.com. Did you know that the US govt., together with the International Civil Aviation Organization, are planning to make you carry a chip in your passport that can be openly read by anybody? For instance, a terrorist can skim your passport without you knowing from a distance of up to 30 feet, so they can either steal your ID or target you more effectively when you're abroad. And they expect us to pay for this??? Morons.

American Civil Liberties Union: How The U.S. Ignored International Concerns and Pushed for Radio Chips In Passports Without Security

Yet another article on how RFID and ID cards are becoming inextricably linked, with the stupidest system possible. Great.

BBC NEWS | Health | Big day 'can't slow cancer death'

BBC NEWS | Health | Big day 'can't slow cancer death'

'Cosmic' baker attacks phone mast | The Register

'Cosmic' baker attacks phone mast - marvellous.

BBC - Vocab / Geirfa

BBC - Vocab / Geirfa - what an interesting site. Helps you with your Welsh....

More on ID cards

The Tories come out in favour of ID cards. So much for democracy...

Ballooning into the Sky

Ballooning into the Sky - not one balloon, but lots....