I have a new comptuer mouse, which claims to do many things, which I've to see how they're different to the things my old (albeit broken) computer mouse used to do. Highly amused though at the intructions, which come in a neat CD-box sized envelope, that is until you open it. Then the thing unfolds like a Tube map that's almost twice the size of your desk space. There aren't many instructions either (putting in batteries, installing software, warning keep away from eyes) but they've thought it a good idea to translate it into 23 languages And why not I've just read these two April Fool articles. They were linked on Gaiman's journal but they made me laugh so I'll link em here anyway http://www.locusmag.com/2007/0401_NeilGaimanSainthood.html http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=19999 -- I spent most of the night last night reading both Jungle Books, because I couldn't sleep. You know how there's always that one guy in your apartment building who plays music at two in morning and keeps everyone up despite seemingly oblivious to what is happening. It's lovely that we don't have any in this block here, except for this one guy next to me... ... who laughs. Every night, from about 8 till I fall asleep, he's laughing. it's most perplexing. And last night that was what I was kept up by. So I decided to rewrite things, and then fell asleep at my computer, like on TV And my internet's been down all yesterday. It was awful. Although I ended up getting a lot of work done...