A man is suing Rockstar Games and Take Two, claiming that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is based on his life. "It's a good thing [he] never learned the infinite ammo cheat."

Fey Rights Group Demands Distinction From Homosexuals

Dirk Gently the TV show coming to BBC4.

$1.1 billion worth of newly-printed US$100 bills have to be junked because of ( Read more... )

slashdot: "The European Commission is confident that all major cellphone companies have reached an agreement on a standard cellphone charger for consumers within the EU. 'People will not have to throw away their charger whenever they buy a new phone,' said EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Apple, LG, NEC, ( Read more... )

I'm probably not telling anyone who cares and didn't already know (I'm catching up on almost a week's worth of LJ), but Douglas Adams' wife has asked Eoin Colfer, "the Irish author of a number of books (including the popular children's book series 'Artemis Fowl')" to write a sixth Hitchhiker's book.

This happened a few days ago, but I forgot to excrete it into my blog until now:

captainparanoid and I were drinking beer in a brewpub and waiting for our food to arrive. A woman walked up to our table, said "How are you, gentlemen?"[1], picked up the rolled-up napkins containing our silverware, and left. Literally seconds later, the waitress delivered our ( Read more... )