.Towel Day is when we all remember the life and works of that hoopy frood Douglas Adams, and for one day make sure that we, like all good intergalactic hitchhikers, Know Where Our Towels Are.

And lo, those of use who were mad enough in IT Services and the University of Surrey, did observe Towel Day most seriously. (Not)


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Last week, I had someone point-out that my facebook avatar (same one I'm using here) was 'scary'.

Now, that really surprised me, because I thought that one was quite warm and open (if art-illy dark) so, since it's monday, a quick LJ Poll:

Poll-u-like?

Oh noes - Terry Wogan is retiring?!

Oh my - I love these:

http://foolishgadgets.com/200908/sushi-slippers/

Silly? Yes
Impractical? Very.
Cool as all get-out? Hell, yeah!

Well that was a nice way to start the day.
I'm sure I remember some of these ads from PCW and C&VG:

vintage geek t-shirt ads from the early 80's  (Nostalgia from vintagecomputing.com)

Thinkgeek needs to make reproductions. :)

A-ha. Solved it. Maybe. Partly.

Facebook does indeed keep your email list once you've uploaded it - but just doesn't like to admit it.

Really! To find out that they do this, go to the "Suggestions" Page, click on the tiny link in the tiny text note: "Facebook will not keep your password Learn More" (Really, it's teeny)

If you click on that, the window ( Read more... )

Okay - this is freaky [Update, I think I've partly figured this out - but it's still scary and possibly worse - see below]

One of Facebook's more-fun features (I find) is the 'Suggestions Friends' page, wherein Facebook looks at your friends and who they friend and looks for patterns that suggest people that you might know and want to friend. ( Read more... )

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