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On my way to posting the fact that Laurence Lessig is appearing at THe Royal Geographical Society, London SW7 at 7.30pm on the 27th May to discuss “Creative Commons in a Connected World” tickets available here for £10.75. Google kindly offered me a gmail email account, goodness knows what I will do with it maybe direct geoff@cortexcontrollers.com into it to see how it handles shedloads of spam.

Fascinating article from a great site on how many bowel ailments are caused by western style toilets and how much better squatting is for you. Sounds sensible even at a simple mechanical level. “The rectum has a built-in “kink” designed to maintain continence. It only straightens out when squatting” PoopReport.com: Your Source for Poop. Certainly the idea of the hosepipe to wash is SO much better than using loo paper. Will give it a try anyway

Here is an alternative to bluetooth called zigbee that looks very promising for home automation. Low power with a very fast wake up time. Time to get into the home automation business me thinks FAQs