XPSP2 not secure after all, shock horror..

Scroll this web-page in Internet Explorer and then look in your startup folder. Oh dear. Fixed by the latest IE security rollup.

Crufty crufty

This article discusses how UI decisions can persist when their original rationale is gone.. I found it while wondering whether to buy UI Bloopers (I decided not to partially on the strength of the Amazon review - "For the most part, the book's value can be captured by reading the seven page table of contents carefully". Hmm, £21 for that?). I also noticed that the User Interface Hall(s) of Fame/Shame have gone, they used to be at iarchitect.com. Boo.

Skin pantones

According to this article from the Sydney Morning Herald The Simpsons' skin tone is RGB 255, 217, 15 while Marge's hair is RGB 23, 145, 255. Isn't that useful!

Oh dear, they will be cross

You're not supposed to link to the Athens 2004 web site without written permission, according to their Hyperlink Policy... oops..

Don't read this while lying on the sofa..

Woman Dies After Six Years On Couch - "After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa". Yuk.

Groomy

Here's a picture of Gaut on his wedding day - sorry there aren't more pics but I took my old camera and it turns out it's rubbish after all (I had to get a new one to realise that!)

Sidewalk Flats

Thanks to Shirley for these pictures - view the whole collection here

Kirked

Updated: this really is William Shatner covering Common People - hear more Shatner & Co here where I also found out this is a teaser for a forthcoming album.. oh brave new world that has such things in it.. Clive Banks's site is a great resource for TV SciFi fans.

Update: Shatner features in the Re-Code video.

Updated again: Klingon Google