An article on how the keyboards at 2 University of Washington computer labs are super disgusting mentions that “At the [Seattle Public] library’s Central Branch, all 378 public keyboards are wiped daily, cleaned thoroughly once a week and put through the dishwasher once a month on a rotating schedule.”
At my library, no keyboard cleaning is done whatsoever. Now wash your hands.
CORRECTION! Apparently there is keyboard cleaning. Now lick your hands.
Driving to work this morning, passed 2 cops at the end of my street, one wearing blue nitrile gloves, maybe for evidence collecting? Also a big City of Redmond Police SUV. What terrible crime has occurred???
From a review of a currently EU/Japan only DS product (not really a game) Cooking Guide:
We’d recommend putting your swanky new red DS in a Ziploc or something if you’re going to fry pork next to it.
From a Kirkus review of Baker’s The Numerati:
The propellerheads with whom Baker converses seem a pretty benign bunch, far from the Panopticon-loving Dr. Evils the conspiracy-evoking title suggests.
It occurred to me after Craig’s post about tipping milk that he should be worried about Nominative Determinism, since my name is Sarah TheMostDangerousGame.
In other news, happy birthday, Mom TheMostDangerousGame!
It doesn’t have the same tactile pleasure, but it also doesn’t have the Legos embedded into your heel in the middle of the night. Infinite bricks! Free digital Lego buildie thing download.
One learns several things from this article on aid to Burma:
1. There is a charity called Telecoms Sans Frontieres. Neat! A sidebar lists their usual technical kit.
2. Burma continues to behave in a way that reasonable governments don’t, especially being afraid of free communication.
Sub-headline: “Rare events likely to become commonplace, climate report says”
I was thinking about taking LAT Homicide off my favorites list (I haven’t visited in a while) but I stopped by today and saw this gem:
Another South LA resident, who goes by the name of Cheese, said simply, “This is LA…”