Some animals are more equal than others
I am now a homeowner, or we are (my wife and I). Naturally, I also have a huge loan to pay off... but the whole thing feels great overall. The best thing is the fact that next summer the kids will be able to play in our own back yard. Good stuff.
Prude mobile phone offended by owner's activities, calls the police
Most mobile phones have a hidden feature designed for emergency situations: they will accept the emergency number even though the key lock is on. This is a good thing for people in panic, but a bad thing for phones at the bottom of bags. Finnish emergency services have seen a steady increase in bags-gone-talkative in recent years, but the police making a house call due to sex mistaken for torture was a first for me... Sheesh!
Tiny brothers are watching you
Speaking of invasions of privacy... Dan wrote about the possibilities of tiny video cameras in his piece It's SnitchCam time! Some interesting thoughts in there, worth a read. Also check out the associated and suitably paranoid Slashdot article, if you can stand all the presidential election -related comments...
What animals?
So, still can't figure out what to make of the topic of today's post? How is it possibly related to any of the content? I'll give you a hint: 1984... I'm sure you'll figure it out.