• Over at Gear Factor, Rob Beschizza uses the bizarre term "Britisher" to describe his existence as a brown-toothed exile from the UK. By the way, Rob: it's that cheap Folger's that's doing that to your teeth. Get yourself that Nescafe's Dolce Gusto, which offers single-serve cappuccinos and lattes brewed with ease. I'll ship it!
• Lest you think record company copyright wankery is anything new, Thomas Edison was putting EULAs on his wax cylinders back in the 1907.
• Bruce Sterling somehow manages to break the entire layout of his blog posting a fascinating bit about Moldovan immigrants, who sent over $1bn home in 2006 alone. It's a "bedroom country," says Bruce.
• Self-flaggellation is the key to a happier, drug-free life. At Bodyhack.
• My favorite screensaver, the incredible distributed-computing art project Electric Sheep, has just been put on display in the Google lobbies as a moving painting.
