I unexpectedly became inspired by this episode of XKCD (spoiler) and the First Goatse group to throw together a little Mac app that reveals the goatse.cx hello.jpg in all its goriness (thank goodness for low resolution cameras back then!), whilst simultaneously snapping some shots with the built-in iSight. This is the final screen in the app, in which I’m simulating surprise. I swear editing the screen with hello.jpg was not an experience I intend to repeat anytime soon.

A married couple who didn't realise they were chatting each other up on the Internet are divorcing.Sana Klaric and husband Adnan, who used the names "Sweetie" and "Prince of Joy" in an online chatroom, spent hours telling each other about their marriage troubles...The truth emerged when the two turned up for a date. Now the pair, from Zenica in central Bosnia, are divorcing after accusing each other of being unfaithful."I was suddenly in love. It was amazing. We seemed to be stuck in the same kind of miserable marriage. How right that turned out to be," Sana, 27, said.Adnan, 32, said: "I still find it hard to believe that Sweetie, who wrote such wonderful things, is actually the same woman I married and who has not said a nice word to me for years".From The Daily Telegraph.

In April, the government of Japan released more than 60 pages of recommendations to "secure the safe performance of next-generation robots," which called for a centralized database to log all robot-inflicted human injuries. That same month, the European Robotics Research Network (EURON) updated its "Roboethics Roadmap," a document broadly listing the ethical implications of projected developments like robotic surgeons, soldiers, and sex workers. And in March, South Korea provided a sneak peek at its "Robot Ethics Charter" slated for release later in 2007. The charter envisioned a near future wherein humans may run the risk of becoming emotionally dependent on or addicted to their robots.