I rather liked this android shot from within Necronom VI. I really must get around to exploring someday, when I've plenty of time to spare.. And then there's the disco Cylon. =:D
Quite a cute idea: the iControlPad. Fits on top of an iPhone (iPod Touch version coming next), giving PSP style controls.
I do seem to wind up with some of the coolest coworkers. The other day, he gave me a mug painting kit - blank white mug, and four suitable paints. (He'd bought two a while back for his boys, and one wasn't that interested in it, so he thought it'd suit me =:) Naturally, it's destined to have some kind of lapine design, suitably stylised to keep it feasible for the medium, and hopefully recognisable. ^_^
If you'd like to download BBC iPlayer video, the cryptically titled iPlayer Downloader (OS X only) will apparently perform just that task, leaving you with an unencumbered QuickTime file to enjoy at your leisure, online or offline.
While at the supermarket last Saturday, I picked up a few more unusual chocolate bars, to the furtherance of my gastronomic journeying:
Rococo milk cinnamon | Prestat milk | Bovetti dark with cocoa nibs |
I'm hopeless at culinary or musical criticism, but essentially: the Rococo bar I'm quite keen on, with a moderate balance offered in an appropriately cocoa-rich (37%) milk chocolate. The Prestat is good, though I'd probably choose Ghirardelli above it. The Bovetti is a fine example of dark chocolate indeed, with something that sets it above Lindt's Excellence offerings, or even Green & Black's. Interestingly, a quick Googling suggests Rococo's premises are worth visiting, when in London, though the temptation factor could be dangerous. (As for the packaging, Rococo's displays some of the 19th Century molds offered by Letang Fils at the time, and indeed, now used by Rococo in forming their bars. Prestat's, meanwhile, goes with a delightful piece of 1960s styling, even down to the copywriting, with the back noting, "Intensely smooth milk chocolate made with our finest organic couverture, as enjoyed by royalty and nobility, stars of the screen and stage, and, even, by cardinals, bishops, abbots and nuns for over 100 years" =:) Oh, the aroma that Rococo bar affords when you open up its wrapper..
I spotted the word "rice" in my list of active BOINC projects the other night, and had to find out what it was doing there. Lo, it's one of the World Community Grid projects: Nutritious Rice for the World. (BOINC grew out of SETI@Home, providing a more general-purpose platform that other highly computationally intensive projects can use. If you're turning off your computer at night, consider letting it chew on one or more BOINC projects in that time instead)