Recycling seems to be very fashionable these days, which is better than just throwing things into the bin and let them end up in a landfill. But for some reason, people are also turning to it as the holy grail of environmental problems - as long as it's recyclable or recycled, it's OK, we can consume more of it.

One of my cats, Miu, has learned how to open closed doors. She jumps onto the door handle and waits for it to click. She then gets down and uses her claws to pull the door open. We didn't teach her this but it's quite a useful skill, because we don't need to open the door for her when she's in a room and wants to get out :)

OK, now I understand why they fall so many times, apparently for no reason! Poor guys, I always thought that it was lack of integrity and that they were trying to make up some faults against their opponents. How unfair of me!... :)

Original from http://9gag.com/gag/52715.

The European Parliament will soon vote on ACTA. The sad thing is that most people don't know what ACTA is - but the really bad thing is: neither do the legislators and politicians voting on it.

ACTA is the "Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement". With such a name, one would think it's a good thing, right? Well, it turns out that just as with several other misnamed laws of recent times, its name has little to do with what it really does.

Google Maps has a new toy: 3D maps using WebGL. They have both 3D rendered buildings (on some cities) and "3D" satellite imagery (which is basically aerial photos taken from four different angles and you can rotate through them). They actually make further use of WebGL, since they provide hardware accelerated image transitions and some other stuff.

Since Chrome 15 just came out as stable, I thought that maybe

Just updated my Arris password of the day generator to include both a bookmarklet and an online generator.

1. Turn on the Speakers and allow the page to load fully;
2. Stare at the Picture without laughing for 60 seconds;
3. If you start laughing, consider yourself legally insane.

This one is quite old but I find it such a precious gem, that I'm replicating it here, just in case it gets lost on the web. :)

A lot of people have been asking, so I'll just make a public announcement: yes, I'm moving to Scotland with my girlfriend. For those few who already knew, yes, there has been a slight change of plans. Long story... :P

"Apple Wins Patents for Integrated Touch Screen, Voicemail & More"