Clever government

Not ours obviously, the British one. They’re giving away energy monitors to anyone that requests one. I’d bet this is the first step on the road to mandatory energy monitoring and limits, via the fashion victims that’ll jump on the bandwagon when the greenies start putting these in their homes. Or am I giving Gov.uk too much credit? That’s the way I’d do it anyway.

Sorry for the lack of posts btw, I’ve been moving house. Yes, again.

What’s in a name?

No doubt some of these will turn up False on Snopes, but most are probably true.

Did you know why Amazon.com is called Amazon.com. I have to confess, I didnt.

Here’s the full source list, from Wikipedia.

This week’s ENN faux pas

ENN: “In a lesson no doubt relevant to Irish banks, Britain’s banking sector has been told to jizz up its customer databases to effectively target the female market.”

It’s “jazz” Maxim. Jizz is something completely different.

Matrix Ping Pong

I know, I know, but at least one person I know hasn’t actually see this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dcmDscwEcI

KITT for sale

O. M. G.

KITT

(When I was a kid I didn’t watch Knight Rider at the start because I thought it was about… knights. Of the round table variety. So blond.)