25 Jun 2005
It has just been brought to my attention that Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, died on Monday. His death, after a brief battle with cancer, was announced yesterday by Texas Instruments, the Dallas-based electronics company where he worked for a quarter-century. The integrated circuit that Mr. Kilby designed shortly after arriving at Texas

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23 Jun 2005
This is pretty mad. You’d never need to cut your lawn again.

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23 Jun 2005
Have you always wanted to go on a Bonny & Clyde-esque rampage across America, showing those goody-two-shoes know-it-alls the meaning of calamity? Have you always wondered what that little Curious George guy would have turned out like without the guidance of the Man in the Big Yellow Hat? Do you like simple games where your

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23 Jun 2005
“The scans show that during sexual activity, the parts of the female brain responsible for processing fear, anxiety and emotion start to relax and reduce in activity. This reaches a peak at orgasm, when the female brain’s emotion centres are effectively closed down to produce an almost trance-like state.” Related: Scan spots women faking orgasms

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23 Jun 2005
Here are a whole bunch of pagan rituals described in detail for your convenience. I find it’s more powerful to make up my own rituals. And it’s more fun! Ask Hal Falon. He once wrote to me, asking to be pen pals and reassured me he’s witchier than most women. I did not find this

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