The Spy in the Bin
Basically the’ve “bugged” some 500,00 household wheelie bins so that there usage can be monitored. Apparently all bins will be bugged in the future.
WHY?
I suppose this is nothing compared to some of the issues with RFID.
August 28, 2006
August 21, 2006
Trust
US sells illegal GM rice to Japan - The predictability of this news item is all rather depressing really.
Japan has suspended US long-grain rice imports after supplies were found to contain a genetically engineered variety that is unapproved for sale
“Trace amounts” of the experimental rice variety were detected in US commercial supplies by the German company Bayer CropScience.
August 18, 2006
Smug Mode
I’m in smug mode today .. just learnt that I scored 98% in a 1 hour technical .NET C# test that I had to sit as part of the interview process for a prospective client 
August 10, 2006
Second Life on Channel 4
It was on channel 4’s programme 3 Minute Wonder.
Amazingly enough it was quite interesting
A chap has setup a buddist island within it called Supporting Hand that lets people come together.
I still feel people are missing out on the 100%, hi fi, super resolution game called life when they retreat to these kind of virtual worlds but I have a feeling thats more down to my lack of knowledge than anything else..