Monthly Archives: January 2007

Taking the Piss

Okay, how the fuck did this story make it into prominent spots on the Reuters website and tonight’s Channel 4 news? Police Hunt Pub Urinal Thief LONDON (Reuters) – British police said Friday they were hunting a man who stole a urinal from a pub toilet. The suspect walked into the Royal Oak pub in

Warren Ellis’ New Second Life Column at Reuters

Warren Ellis today launched a new column, called Second Life Sketches, at the Reuters website. The first is extremely illuminating, concerning itself with a recent clash between the two dominant perceptions of Second Life; the first, that it is a phenomenally successful, intensely fast-growing leap into the future of the internet; “… a snowballing Internet application

The Ghost of Flight 721

Nobody fears the ghost of flight 721. It passes overhead, far above, where it cannot be seen, except for the ethereal shades of the contrails it leaves behind it.