Breakfast Links: UK, Strange Collections & Microsoft XP
I don’t know why, but every time I post about the UK’s love of spying on its townfolk, I think that’s going to be the last one. So when the next one comes around, I’m shocked again. And again. And again. Well, now, enter Budgens, a London supermarket chain who is - in secret - recording some biometric photos of their patrons who buy cigarettes and booze. So when you buy they can check you against a database of known underage buyers and spank you if you match. Man, that sucks. Although, I’d guess it’s probably pretty similar to what happens at casinos all over the place. But I’m just saying.
On 25 happier notes, Neatorama brings you a guide to the 25 strangest collections on the web. Any guide. No, wait, not strong enough. Any thing that starts off with a photo of 3 jars full of navel fluff organized by year, has got to kick ass. And while they put their best foot forward early on in the list, it’s still worth checking out. I mean, the collection of moist towelettes (featuring the “Butt Kisser Wipe”) clocking in at #11 - that has to mean something to you. Right? What does that mean to you?
Lastly (and you know, I was going to segue into this with a good ol’ “speaking of butt wipes”, but decided this blog was too much of a class act to go there), we have Steve Ballmer. Now he is insisting that despite all desire to the contrary, Microsoft is maintaining June 30th as the deadline for XP. After that it’s all Vista all the time. All this despite the fact they’ve reanimated out Gates to start talking up Windows 7, for crying out loud. I assumed this meant, they were more or less giving up on Vista and wanting to stem the tide of OSX switchers. Ah well, the ways of the borg are mysterious.
