cortina household pets

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"Semiliberación" de código: ¿cortina de
humo?

"Semiliberación" de código: ¿cortina de
humo? 02/14/2004 05:22 PM

US household penetration of PCs has
reached nearly 80%

US household penetration of PCs has
reached nearly 80% 06/11/2004 08:01 AM
Linux Electrons Jun 11 2004 12:37PM GMT

Bioengineered household appliances

Bioengineered household appliances 07/24/2004 12:59 AM
Faux company "Geniecorp" makes creepy, icky, biogenetically-engineered household appliances for happy mutant homes of the future. "Lick-n-Span," "Alarm Cock," and "Lhasa Mopso" are but a few. Link to the online shopping mall, full of funny, handsomely-designed Flash animations -- it's all a clever promotional tease for this self-published book. (Thanks, Howard)

Household Emergent Behavior?

Household Emergent Behavior? 02/05/2005 09:08 PM

Sex toy tech-art from discarded
household gadgets

Sex toy tech-art from discarded
household gadgets 06/23/2004 02:11 PM
Ian Haig is an Australian geek pervert artist who makes wacky, futuristic sex toys from used tech stuff: discarded vacuum cleaners, food processors, and the like. Many of the passers-by who wandered into his booth at the recent Erotica LA expo assumed the devices were intended to be used. A scary prospect, given their appearance, but some people will get off to just about anything. Thankfully, Haig makes the devices for observation only. Think of it as socio-sexual nerdist commentary, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. And just be grateful nobody's trying to stick one of these up your nether-regions.

I shot a couple of photographs of Mr. Haig and his "Futurotica" tools at Erotica LA: one, two.

Link to Haig's Futurotica website with image gallery and background. Link to Fleshbot's coverage.

Bank warns about household debt

Bank warns about household debt 06/28/2004 02:59 PM
Household debt levels may pose "considerable challenges" to the UK's financial stability, warns Bank of England.

How Household Junk Can Grow Into
Mountains

How Household Junk Can Grow Into
Mountains 05/31/2004 05:31 PM
People who compulsively hoard objects have singular patterns of brain activity that distinguish them from others who have obsessive compulsive disorder.

VoIP: The Next Household Word?
(washingtonpost.com)

VoIP: The Next Household Word?
(washingtonpost.com) 07/19/2004 09:30 AM
washingtonpost.com - More companies and consumers, especially in urban areas, are tapping into VoIP. That's shorthand for "voice over Internet Protocol," which is nothing more than industry lingo for a simple but extraordinary concept: using the Internet to make telephone calls.

Household Products Mogul Dies

Household Products Mogul Dies 05/23/2004 04:32 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 23 2004 7:56PM GMT

refused to allow sales of the first
bio-engineered household pet

refused to allow sales of the first
bio-engineered household pet 12/06/2003 05:06 AM
genetically modified fluorescent zebra fish .. California blocks sales of 'Glofish' pets! .. tropical fish that glow in the dark .. blocking the sale

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Household debt jumps to 458 trln. won in
2nd quarter

Household debt jumps to 458 trln. won in
2nd quarter 09/08/2004 01:14 AM
Maekyung Internet Sep 8 2004 5:55AM GMT

Digital TV: UK household penetration
reaches just under 60% says Ofcom

Digital TV: UK household penetration
reaches just under 60% says Ofcom 04/07/2005 01:18 PM
PublicTechnology.net Apr 7 2005 4:35PM GMT

A Soweto Household Is Transformed (Los
Angeles Times)

A Soweto Household Is Transformed (Los
Angeles Times) 04/25/2004 05:51 AM
Los Angeles Times - SOWETO, South Africa — When the first breezes of black freedom rustled across this country, Danny and Gwendoline Maimane had big dreams: More money. A better school for their children. A lift out of this dusty township into one of the lush Johannesburg suburbs reserved for whites. And, maybe, a little more respect.

Loyalty study lists IT's top household
names

Loyalty study lists IT's top household
names 09/19/2004 02:32 AM
A report indicates that many giants of the industry have been able to capture lasting feelings of customer loyalty.

On pets...

On pets... 11/11/2003 08:02 PM

So Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was apparently - woo - a tremendous success in the States and everyone was so happy about it and stuff because - ha ha - funny gay men patronising the dumbass straight men - how funny is that!? But now - if the reports are to be believed - then there's going to be a "Straight Eye for the Queer Guy" show coming out, designed to turn the tables back again with - ha ha - hilarious consequences. But turning the tables is not considered by some gay people to be acceptable. Their argument is that gay people already know enough about straight life - given that they've had to spend many years trying to fit into straight culture while being taught that their lives will be immoral, diseased and short-lived before erupting free from this stigma in a blaze of brightly-coloured taffeta and nicely-tapered trouser-bottoms. Their point is - I suppose - that one's a tasteless misrepresentation, and the other isn't...

I'm just having trouble figuring out which is which! Because as far as I can see, both of them share one thing in common - a flagrant and blatantly patronising image of gay people as cheery little inoffensive sexless chappies. Well bollocks to that. Bollocks to happy gay people on TV, bollocks to the straight audiences, bollocks to the producers, bollocks to the bloody cameramen, bollocks to any passing trannies. Bollocks, if you will, to absolutely bloody everyone. I'm going to say this once and once only - and I hope it doesn't come as too much of a shock to anyone: It's not just Straight Eye for the Queer guy that will be patronising shit that sells an image of gayness that is damaging and frustratingly bland. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was patronising shit as well.

I can't really believe that was a shock to anyone, but just in case - I'm sorry for those of you who fell over and hit your head...

Back in the late eighties, when the prevailing mood was that gay people were diseased perverts that would lead short, ill, shameful and disgusting lives, the idea that we might get portrayed as happy little child-puppets was quite appealing. But that time has passed and I think we've all had enough now of that newest of grotesque gay stereotypes archetypes - that of the girl's-best-friend, sexless, happy, home-keeping, stylish queer. I might actually bloody vomit if I see it one more time on television and if I get my greasy hands on (Kevin Kline let me reassure you that I'll be giving him a piece of my oh-so-wise and oh-so-well-tailored happy gay mind.

It's not because it's an unpleasant image of homosexual individuals, and it's not because there aren't any gay men that are all smiley and pastel in the world (because there are, and they're lovely). No, it's just because I'm sick to death with being "understood" by people I meet on as a "good-natured, slightly-dim, fashion-obssessed hysterical best-friend-in-times-of-need" kind of guy on the basis of the representation of 'my kind' in a few shit films and TV shows. There are differences between gay people and straight people - don't get me wrong. But there aren't any scientists world-wide who truly understand what the hell they all are, so why the hell do a twenty minute comedy show going to have a better idea?

Now I've read my Foucault like the best of them, and I believe him to be right when he says that categorising something is a way of asserting power over it. Hence the creation of homosexuality a little over a hundred years ago. And I'm with him on the next step too - that the creation of the category also creates an identity around which the group can rebel, to try and recast itself. But it works the other way around too. We started off as godless, sex-obsessed, dirty monsters and we fought and we've rebelled. And now instead we're god-loving, relationship-focused, kitchen-cleaning princes among men who like little dog, Versace and television where 'we' get to patronise people. Our 'positive' image has already been reincorporated and recontextualised and reconsidered and represented. The tremendous variety of gay male experience - from the most delicate to the most brutal, from the most elegant to the most fierce, from the most diplomatic to the most battle-ready, even from the most tacky to the most trivially crass - all of it is reduced down to the image of gay men as a fussy little child - who plays at 'houses', plays at 'cooking', plays at 'being a man', plays at life.

Well I want out. And this is where I turn around to face my colleagues who loved "Queer Eye" but are cross about its sequel. It's not enough that a programme on television should just be ostensibly 'nice' about gay people. It's shouldn't float our boats that some show finds it entertaining to see the happy poofs take the piss out of groups that used to kick our heads in. If you want some honour in your programming, demand that it shows you a larger variety of truths. Like the truth that shows identity as something fought for, forged, lost and rebuilt. And not one where it's given like you'd give a pet a name...

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"Pets"

"Pets" 04/08/2005 10:10 AM

Samuel Johnson, Household Products
Mogul, Dies

Samuel Johnson, Household Products
Mogul, Dies 05/23/2004 04:32 PM
Reuters via Wired News May 23 2004 7:56PM GMT

Pets or Meat

Pets or Meat 04/12/2005 11:43 AM
The publisher of SaveToby.Com has raised $24,500 by threatening to kill and eat his beloved pet bunny. How much more could he have earned by promising to eat Karyn?

On Pets TV and working wallpaper...

On Pets TV and working wallpaper... 04/29/2004 09:07 AM

From behind the mediaguardian registration wall comes this wonderful little weird nugget of BBC-ness:

Pet TV is a service digital viewers can access by pressing the interactive red button on their remotes, for a week-long run from Saturday May 1. It is being billed by the BBC as an attempt to find out what sort of TV programmes, sounds and images animals respond to. The interactive TV service will consist of a looped series of images and sounds, including clips of snooker balls rolling across the green baize, frisbees flying through the air, cat toys and cartoon characters such as Top Cat. The service will also offer clips from more traditional TV fare, such as EastEnders, Neighbours, The Muppet Show and Animal Hospital. Pet TV can be tried out on dogs, cats, birds and even fish, according to the BBC.

Not quite sure what I think of in terms of how entertaining pets might find it, but it could be ideal ambient TV wallpaper. I'm thinking of having it on all the time...

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Tracking system on the way for pets

Tracking system on the way for pets 08/30/2004 06:34 AM
SiliconValley.com Aug 30 2004 10:52AM GMT

Will Pets Juice Rayovac?

Will Pets Juice Rayovac? 03/17/2005 04:18 AM
Do batteries and pets mix? We're not talking Furby.

Woman who kept 271 pets released

Woman who kept 271 pets released 06/17/2005 03:21 PM
A woman jailed for animal cruelty after cramming 271 pets into her filthy cottage is freed on appeal.

Postmodern furniture for pets

Postmodern furniture for pets 05/26/2004 07:46 PM
Nifty scratching posts and other stuff for your pet available here. Link

dogster, pictures of pets

dogster, pictures of pets 01/22/2004 02:08 PM
please god make it stopster

Fine dining for pets

Fine dining for pets 08/20/2004 01:02 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Aug 19, 12:55 pm GMT

Cat's Clicks: Virtual Pets

Cat's Clicks: Virtual Pets 08/21/2004 10:08 PM
G4 Tech TV Aug 22 2004 2:14AM GMT

Newspaper Offers Obituaries for Pets
(AP)

Newspaper Offers Obituaries for Pets
(AP) 08/20/2004 06:04 PM
AP - Yogi got to know a lot of people in his short life. He made friends at the University of Vermont, and the Woodbridge Nursing Home, and the state women's prison, where he made the rounds, and in Plainfield, where he lived.

US firm ready to clone pets

US firm ready to clone pets 08/09/2004 12:43 AM
Content.sina.com - Sun Aug 8, 09:00 am GMT

Company Said to Be Ready to Clone Pets
(AP)

Company Said to Be Ready to Clone Pets
(AP) 08/07/2004 08:21 AM
AP - A company that unveiled the world's first cloned cat nearly three years ago now says it is ready to start filling orders for cloned pets, a newspaper reported Thursday.

BBC TV channel offers programming for
pets

BBC TV channel offers programming for
pets 04/29/2004 05:40 PM
From the Guardian: Pet TV "is being billed by the BBC as an attempt to find out what sort of TV programmes, sounds and images animals respond to. The interactive TV service will consist of a looped series of images and sounds, including clips of snooker balls rolling across the green baize, frisbees flying through the air, cat toys and cartoon characters such as Top Cat." Link (Registration required, unless you use the wonderful bugmenot.com) (Thanks, Carlo!)

EU Delays Launch of Passports for Pets
(Reuters)

EU Delays Launch of Passports for Pets
(Reuters) 06/09/2004 09:10 AM
Reuters - Owners will be able to take their cats, dogs and ferrets on holiday abroad this summer even if they do not have a pet passport as required under EU law, the European Commission said Wednesday.

Man Pets Jaguar, Pays with His Finger
(Reuters)

Man Pets Jaguar, Pays with His Finger
(Reuters) 05/19/2004 10:40 AM
Reuters - A New Mexico man made a hasty exit from a zoo after climbing close to a cage to illegally pet a jaguar, but police were able to track him down by the severed finger he left behind.

MRI machines adapt to newest patients:
pets

MRI machines adapt to newest patients:
pets 09/07/2004 03:37 AM
Boston Globe Sep 7 2004 7:33AM GMT

Firm Seeks Business of Cloning Pets (AP)

Firm Seeks Business of Cloning Pets (AP) 08/06/2004 04:43 PM
AP - A company that unveiled the world's first cloned cat nearly three years ago now says it is ready to start filling orders for cloned pets, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Dingoes evolved from Asian pets
(Reuters)

Dingoes evolved from Asian pets
(Reuters) 08/03/2004 12:33 AM
Reuters - Dingoes, the yellow native dogs of Australia, probably evolved from a very small group of pets brought by south-east Asian settlers, researchers have reported.

New Site AnimalAttraction.com Combines
Pets, Dating

New Site AnimalAttraction.com Combines
Pets, Dating 06/03/2004 12:02 PM
"Animal Attraction will become the meeting place for pet lovers" said Dan Cohen. "Animal Attraction members can easily communicate through email, instant messaging, chat rooms and message boards. The site also features pet care information from the Humane Society of The United States and information on Animal Attraction "meet-ups" and Animal Attraction-hosted events across the country.

Global Positioning Systems Tracks Lost
Pets

Global Positioning Systems Tracks Lost
Pets 06/06/2005 12:04 AM
GlobalPetFinder Provides Security to Pet Owners [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

Italians Face Jail Terms for Abandoning
Pets (Reuters)

Italians Face Jail Terms for Abandoning
Pets (Reuters) 07/08/2004 01:59 PM
Reuters - Italy is finally cracking down on the many fickle pet owners who dump their cat or dog on the roadside as they head to the beach for their summer vacation.

AnimalAttraction.com to Host Party Like
A Dog Event in Washington DC for Singles
Who Love Pets

AnimalAttraction.com to Host Party Like
A Dog Event in Washington DC for Singles
Who Love Pets 08/27/2004 01:57 PM
AnimalAttraction.com to host “Party Like A Dog” event for Washington D.C.-area singles who love pets and their canine companions on Saturday, August 28 from 2-6 p.m. at Buffalo Billiards, 1330 19th Street, N.W. [PRWEB Aug 27, 2004]
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