Oh Internet

I like the Photoshop Disasters blog almost as much as I dislike Vista:

See also: You Suck at Photoshop

I was already annoyed about missing the Hide and Seek festival (because I was too busy, uh, making a game…) and reading this write up by Jane McGonigal isn’t really helping. It sounds like it was great fun!

Nick Hornby on why eBook readers don’t (and won’t) sell.
Be careful not to read too far into the comments page, though. It’s full of that special breed of Internet solipsist who hasn’t figured out that their borderline obsessiveness isn’t exactly representative.
But – and this is the most depressing reason – the truth is that people [...]

BBC News - 04/07/2008

Control Room: “South Wales Police, what’s your emergency?”
Caller: “It’s not really. I just need to inform you that across the mountain there’s a bright stationary object.”
Control room: “Right.”
Caller: “If you’ve got a couple of minutes perhaps you could find out what it is? It’s been there at least half an hour and [...]