I have lived here

Enjoyment: "This paradox of living in excrement and dirt while suffering from a germ phobia is well known to psychiatrists; it is even referred to in some research papers as the 'Howard Hughes dilemma'. It is explained by the irrational fear of dirt becoming so intense that no amount of cleaning is seen to be good enough, and therefore cleaning is eventually abandoned altogether."

Louise.
Rest in the peace you could not know in this world.
Paul xx

Who's life is worth saving?

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | UK prepares for flu pandemic: "The new scheme could include computer staff in a group of 'essential' workers who would have to be treated in order to ensure the economy did not collapse in the event of a pandemic."

The Quality of Life - what is it worth? What does this say about our society and what it values.

Shop Till You're Cool

MSNBC - Shop Till You're Cool: "companies like Samsung, Sony and Apple are building stores that aren't about shelves and checkout lines. Rather, they're designing them mainly to be cool places to hang out. The goal is to get shoppers to buy into the notion that using these products makes them part of a unique community; actually buying the products comes later"

Pentagon envisioning a costly Internet for war

Pentagon envisioning a costly Internet for war | CNET News.com: That is the vision of the new web: war machines with a common language for all military forces, instantly emitting encyclopedias of lethal information against all enemies.

Knock, knock Neo - the Matrix has you

Money: "Fox now regards the BlackBerry as her Swiss Army knife for the digital age, a mobile office. 'While travelling in the Lake District recently, I received a new business lead on email and despite the fact that I was standing in a field, I was able to respond to the prospect immediately with detailed information,' she says. 'As a result Fox Design secured a great new project, it wouldn't have happened without the technology at hand.'

Now an experienced and self-confessed 'CrackBerry addict', Fox claims that the device justifies her outlay. 'Now I'd probably pay double if I needed too. Once you've got over the embarrassment of using it in public you'll never look back.'"