Paul Hammond's Blog

Is the world going mad?  From this article at FoxNews.com, it is reported that:

"People who have been injured while walking and texting on their cell phones may be in luck.  A London street is experimenting with padded lampposts to protect those not paying attention from banging into them, ITN reports."

I have a whole other solution.  DON'T TEXT WHILE YOU ARE WALKING.  Stop and move to the side.  There is a reason why they have banned mobile phone use in cars in the UK, and it is mostly because people are completely incapable of any other cognitive function once a mobile phone is introduced into the mix.  Even just talking on a phone can render a person incapable of sensing their surroundings.

The report goes on to say:

"In a study, more than a quarter of respondents wanted lines on the pavement to create routes for texters to walk while using their phones."

Mad I tell you.  Completely insane.

This guy is a genius!  He has succeeded in making a large sum of money in a very short time, with one of the simplest ideas I have ever seen.

Edited from his FAQ page:

The idea is simple: to try and make $1m (US) by selling 1,000,000 pixels for $1 each. Hence, "The Million Dollar Homepage".

So, everyone is welcome to buy my pixels, which are available in 100-pixel 'blocks' (each measuring 10x10 pixels). You will see the homepage is divided into 10,000 of these 100-pixel blocks (hence there are 1,000,000 pixels in total). The reason for selling them in 100-pixel blocks is because anything smaller would be too small to display anything meaningful.

As it currently stands, he has sold 999,000 of the pixels, making himself a tidy $999,000.  The final 1,000 pixels are currently on Ebay and the price stands at $160,109.09 as of 13:50GMT today.  There is still over a day of the auction left.

Check out the page at http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com.

In a world where software is becoming more and more bloated and complex, Bernard Belanger brings us NaDa Software.  Inspirational.

Just stumbled across a great money saving idea for "do-it-yourself baby wipes".  It will appeal to the "Tim Taylor" types who have a miserly streak and a table saw just itching to get a work out.

People, start your tables...

This is amazing - apparently San Francisco hosted a "Masturbate-a-thon" last week.  The Register's write-up makes for amusing reading.  Incredible.