Very cool, if true

I am looking forward to Borderlands 2 _a lot_, and this video just has me even more excited:

A hands-on with a chunk of the game reveals more info here.

Nick sent me this via email this morning:

Which is the second music video I've seen recently that I was impressed by (the first being the Amanda Palmer one in today's link post). Are there lots of awesome music videos out there I'm just not aware of?

And then this, which nicely illustrates that the only constant is change:


And lastly, I love this house:

You can see more by the same designer here.

(Tasks managed this morning: paid photographer, paid DJ, deleted 70-odd emails. Still to-do: delete 200 more emails, wash lots of clothes, eat lunch, buy food so that I can eat lunch.)

I was hoping, that despite my dislike for Microsoft's app policies*, that they would make their phone system a success, and we'd thus have more competition. Much though I like Android, I'd like there to be three main players so that there's constant pressure on all of them to improve.

But unless Windows Phone 8 is a startling success, this isn't looking very likely:


I shall have to hope that Firefox OS takes off instead, which would at least provide an open alternative.

*You can only install from the Microsoft app store, and they have policies in place against adult content of any kind.