With a nod to trinker…
ThinkGeek has a USB-controlled EasyBake oven that fits in a 5.25″ bay on your PC. The included USB control software to bake your cakes from the convenience of your computer.
This is a weird, weird world. Who, exactly is the target market for this gadget?
In a potentially precedent-setting case, a Vancouver judge ruled last month that SM videos seized by police two years ago are not obscene–and that SM itself is a “normal and acceptable” form of human sexuality.
SM players and queer anti-censorship activists are hailing the decision as a groundbreaking victory. […]
The case dates back to 2002, when the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) raided Sweet Entertainment, a local manufacturer of SM porn videos for the Internet. In March 2002, and again in November 2002, police raided the company’s Downtown Eastside studio and seized 11 videos and several computers. The Crown later charged the company’s president, Randy Price, with 20 counts of making, possessing and distributing 11 obscene videos.
Last month, provincial court Judge Raymond Low acquitted Price on all 20 charges.
The full story is here.
…the new Xero Web site is finally online.
Xero’s last issue was published in October of 2001. For a number of personal reasons, the cofounder of Xero has decided to pursue other obligations, so I’m planning a relaunch of Xero, with a tighter focus and edgier theme, at the end of this year.
I’m now seeking contributions of original fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography, with an edgy, BDSM/psycho-sexual/cyberpunk feel. If this means you (or someone you know), please feel free to take a look at the new site and pass the URL around.
The new Xero will have to be advertiser-supported, which was not the case with the old Xero, so anyone who might be interested in reaching Xero’s population should give the site a check as well.
With a tip of the hat to camwyn…this is BRILLIANT.
J. R. R. Tolkein’s The Silmarillion, retold in a thousand words.
Edit: Bad link fixed. Oops!
With a tip of the linkydoodle hat to ladytabitha…
Supermodel Personal Ads. Not very work-safe, but quite funny.