Burning Questions Du Jour

1. has nobody ever developed a mobile phone that incorporates a personal alarm?
1a. Why?

2. Does anyone have a copy of Stellar Alchemy, by Michel Casse? I was proofing the e-book today and it's gloriously poetic (at least, the first 250 words of each chapter are gloriously poetic) perhaps because translated from the French. Atoms in stars speak to atoms in eyes using the language of light. (Beats Jean-Paul Sartre hands down.)

3. Is there actually any culture on Fuerteventura? My guidebook is curiously evasive on the subject. (Not that I care, as 29^o, sunny, beaches, books ...)

4. Why does ozymandias_cat keep shutting himself in the bathroom? Is it an emo thing?

5. Just how many different types of mini-USB are there? (I count at least 3: MP3 player, camera, phone).
5a. Why?

Miscellaneous Photos

Graffiti
Originally uploaded by tamaranth

I've just downloaded all the photos from my phone and put the best of 'em on Flickr.
Includes Paw of Doom, Technology Then and Now, Future Archaeology, a Beach Mosaic ...