Adam.. are you a Terry Pratchett fan by any chance..?

I want to see more of the couch.. that thing looks ridiculously comfy.

The book is also a cautionary tale against mixing ammonia and bleach in an enclosed space. Plus, all Palahniuk's books seem to be a cautionary tale against going outside and meeting other human beings..

Alasdair, you're giving the Daily Mail too much credit in putting it in the top 1000. It barely passes for toilet paper.

@SplotchEleven: I absolutely love it! However it is spelt correctly - you are clearly too articulate for both Steve Redmond and the web.

I would like to be the first to congratulate Mr Redmond on giving birth to the latest internet meme-du-jour..

I would first divide list items into four groups: Projects, Lists, Single Items (Tasks as we know them today, with Shift+Enter for details and such) and a general stream-of-consciousness notepad for ideas, thoughts and other mind vomit that can be turned into one of the other three at a later date.

Google losing the plot search engine-wise does seem to be in the zeitgeist lately. Does this mean they need a better algorithm for the engine or is social searching truly the way forward?

I tend to shy away from commercial software simply because the software market is undergoing constant renewal and at blazing speed too; what's relevant today in the software market might well be a fossil in two years' time. Hence, I tend to go for free stuff so I've not invested anything more than time in a product or…

@FriedPeeps will kill for a CR-48: Oh sorry, yeah I made that assumption when I failed to quote who Schmidt was, so I feel a little to blame there. I just tried Googling Schmidt - the page turned into the Eye of Sauron and looked straight through me. Bad day.

@Cupajo: What he said. Just, perfectly worded. Writers I like are issuing hand-wringing mea culpas all over the place when they haven't done anything wrong.

@e-friend is m7stake on XBL :): My bad, I should have stuck a little context in, or at least gave him his full title "Eric Schmidt (Google CEO, enemy of net neutrality, watches us while we watch porn)". It was all less subtle in my brain box _<

@cruzer555: I concur. All hopes now pinned to the Nexus S or Desire HD..

@Darkiller45: I guess it depends on how you read into Schmidt's quote. My feeling is that companies that trade in information, like Facebook and Schmidt's Google, would strongly prefer it if they knew everything about us, simply because it enables them to target advertisements towards their users, and the more…

@Settings: You knew who Eric Schmidt was! I'm mostly, but not entirely, convinced that you are the only replier who could say that.

@NorthernRoamer: He's Google's CEO. When he spits out claptrap like this, I don't think anyone should be listening to him; everyone has a right to privacy. The subject of this article only hammers home the idiocy of his statement.

@e-friend is m7stake on XBL :): I do not agree that companies have any more right to secrets than individuals. As a matter of fact I believe both are entitled to them, but I was pointing out how Google appears to hold two mutually contradictory viewpoints.

@FriedPeeps will kill for a CR-48: Eric Schmidt is the chairman of Google. I was pointing out the hypocrisy inherent in Google fighting to maintain secrets whilst its CEO chastens individuals who attempt to do the same.

@Alchemistmerlin: Eric Schmidt is the chairman of Google. I was pointing out the hypocrisy inherent in Google fighting to maintain secrets whilst its CEO chastens individuals who attempt to do the same.

"If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."