morning giggle

Sound effects editor Peter Steinbach once tried to record his own cat scream by stepping on it's tail. His advice: - You only have one take. Step hard! (and dont wear shorts)

From Movie Sound Clichés.

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From Wired's RSS feed (with my emphasis):

Microsoft says the upcoming release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 will make it much harder to sneak deceptive software onto users' computers. Is it game over for spyware authors? By Amit Asaravala.

Indeed. Because everyone knows that Microsoft always comes through on these promises, and that they've never preannounced something that subsequently didn't come to fruition. Remember when they announced Trustworthy Computing and then we had no more viruses?

Speed 3: The M50

The south-eastern loop of the M50 is due to open in December...

However, it will be broken by a 150-metre gap at Carrickmines.

They've not said what'll occupy this gap.