In a discussion on slasdot about "How Effective are Ergonomic Keyboards?", one reader echos my sentiments about why keyboard-based editor are better for your hands.

World Bank Mail Tests Positive for Anthrax - this is not the building in which I work.

Update on the retracted bone chip auction, from espn.com

Score another one for American ingenuity in toilet design, the bumper dumper.

PC Magazine Utility AutoWhat? 2 lets you examine and edit the auto-complete data used by IE and other programs.

ewwww... here's a candidate for whowouldbuythat.com: on ebay you can buy the bone chips from Seattle Mariners pitcher Jeff Nelson's recent surgery. Drat! Ebay took it away. A friend tells me that bidding was up above $12,000 when he last looked.

Congratulations, you've won a brand new Toyota Toy Yoda.

Be glad that your mother doesn't leave messages like the messages on Amy's Answering Machine. (This has some good text, but much better Real Audio content.)

A new distributed computing project is starting to model climate. In the FAQ, we find that some astute readers have asked "Won't all these computers being left on for 24 hours a day have a detrimental impact on the Climate System?" Here's a summary of the answer:

1. 100,000 computers running this software use 432,000,000kJ of energy per day. (Is 432gJ legal in physics jargon?)
2. This same amount of energy can boil water for 5,400,000 cups of tea.
3. 37 million UK residents consume 126 million cups of tea collectively each day.
4. Therefore, UK tea drinkers will use 23 times more energy each day than this project (at the (optimistic?) level of 100,000 full-time computers).

Every now and then I'm bombarded by competing reactions and I don't know how to react. Should I be amazed by the skill and hard work? Should I be bewildered by the amount of time spend on a seemingly trival pursuit? Should I just bow down in awe of the geek-factor? The trigger (this time) is the Periodic Table Table by Theodore Gray

Oh, the irony...Consumer Reports Recalls Gift for Safety Hazards

How To Be A Geek (Lesson #3412): Wear a PalmOS- or PocketPC-friendly watch.