Interesting Links for 02-12-2011

[andrewducker]

• Apple: Siri isn't anti-abortion. Glad to hear it!
  (tags: apple iphone siri abortion )
• Ministers announce U-turn on mobility benefit cut - Yaaaay!
  (tags: benefits disabilities uk )
• A Londoner’s Guide to Living in New York: Part 1.1: Language (I laughed at the translations)
  (tags: language newyork london usa )
• Having problems motivating yourself to write? You need "Written? Kitten!", the world's best motivator!
  (tags: writing tools kitten cats motivation funny )
• HP Printers Can Be Hacked to Catch on Fire
  (tags: technology EpicFail )
• New Icelandic volcano eruption could have global impact (Just what we need!)
  (tags: iceland volcano aieeee! )
• What it's like to sleep with cats
  (tags: cats webcomic funny sleep )

Comments

Writing Motivation

[zornhau.livejournal.com]

Hanko Dobringer wrote (in 1389): People who are afraid of swords should stay away from swordfighting.

In the same way, people who need a digital kitten to motivate them to write, should probably stick to WoW. If it's not more fun than other activities, then it is honestly not worth it.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure the Suri thing is just a result of the anti-abortion people coming up with better ways to skew iPhone search results than abortion providers have. Quite honestly, the anti-abortion people are much more well funded than a typical local abortion provider so it would only make sense that they would be able to hire better people for Siri SEO. Hell, it's quite possible that in many cities abortion providers haven't even considered hiring someone to optimize their search results for Siri.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

Given how multicultural the UK is I'm surprised that "hero" does not mean "sandwich" there as well.

It's essentially a European word. It comes from the common greek term "Gyro" (which I see on signs at greek sandwich shops all the time.

"Gyro" when pronounced in a New York accent sounds like "Hero."

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

People have been worrying about Katla for over a year now.

Less so than they did about Eyjafjallajökull. It's a lot easier to pronounce. Sounds almost like a big, playful kitten. Awww.

[tysolna]

*writewritewriteKITTEN!*
I write for the love of writing, but I don't mind a kitten now and again. :)

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

It's great that they're keeping the mobility part of DLA for people in care homes. What's not so great is that the money needed for that will come out of the rest of the DLA coffers so everyone else, those of us on DLA who campaigned for this, will be losing out. You've no idea how pissed off this makes me. Not enough to change my mind and say take the mobility component away from people in care homes but still pissed off.

I can't remember where I read that. It's not in the Beeb article.