The Commonwealth games are on at the moment. (I quite liked the “Stolenwealth” take on it. Cough, cough. We don’t like to talk about that bit.) I was introduced to a new sport yesterday: Synchronised Swimming Solo. Let’s all ponder that for a moment. I feel it’s a sport I could do well at. A couple of further observations:

1. Judging by the swimsuits, they were going for the camel toe vote. It would be interesting to know how many of the judges are men.
2. It’s one of those things where you feel, I’m sure they train hard and everything, but is it really a sport? Still, I’m sure there are much more unlikely examples. Meanwhile, let us pray Twenty20 never makes it in.

Have you heard about Desert Bus? Awesome. I know there are those of you out there who, after playing Pend, declared they would never play another game again, as it would only be a disappointment. Well, now you can.

Microsoft continue to stun us with their interface design. Apparently this is the result of actual usability studies. As The Pretender would say, how many users have died because of what I thought up? When I saw the title of this, I thought they were joking: Fix My Settings. They were not. One of the comments summed it up nicely: if you can break it, it’s already broken. In the case of IE, true and true.

But – and I hear this is what makes America great – there will always be someone worse to make them look (relatively) good. That’s right, I’m talking about Fox News. They recently ran a poll. Will Hillary Clinton win the primary (ie. will the Democrats vote her as their presidential candidate) and lose the election? A reasonable question. The voiceover added “that’s as opposed to losing the primary and losing the election.” I was about to say, hey, I think you might be missing an option there, but I guess not. No one watching Fox would have voted for that one anyway.

If I may make a general observation, the future will be both sarcastic and a lot like The Matrix.

Anyway, here’s what’s coming up: Minuit “The Guards Themselves” Tour. Saturday 25 March, 10pm at Rising Sun, K’Road. Apparently DJ FunknSlocuts will also be there. Now, what did you get the first time you read that word? I got fucken sluts. I think that was only half of the intended. At any rate, you should come. It’s probably going to be cheaper than a good CD on trademe.