Sometimes I think work is pointless... then I read about Genuinely Pointless work and realize... it really is pointless, but hey, let's enjoy the ride.

Google's world dominance to me is almost a fact of life - but the challenges that brings about are interesting as highlighted with the recent court outcomes and various other pending cases covered at the Guardian . We have enough scifi telling us the risks of a mega-coproation gone wrong, but when we see it poking it's head through the door with a great offer on free email and search it's mighty tempting to let them in without thinking too much about the consequences.