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Black Mirror: White Christmas. Yuletide Techno-Paranoia from Charlie Brooker. Merry Christmas!

If you are on Comcast, have a look at "internet plus". internet, minimal TV , and a Valid HBO Go account. As ever the offer for new subscribers is far better than for existing customers. The Internet has made them almost obsolete before they have got around to implementing a la carte pricing. Shame.

Discovered that Amazon Echo knows the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything.

http://www.bustle.com/articles/44769-12-bacon-hacks-that-will-take-your-weekend-brunch-to-a-whole-new-level

Hey look at all the places it isn't available ! http://www.fiberexperts.com/marin-county.html EDIT: and its only been, what, half a decade? http://mta.marin.org/index.aspx?NID=119

No Fios here, in supposedly one of the richest counties in the states. *sigh* Shut up and take my money?

I thought Colin was HC's resident Clothes Horse? Sharp Dressed Man, Brent.

http://consumerist.com/2014/12/12/the-snuggie-is-back-somehow-even-worse-than-before/

Crab cake and yucca fries. Gone.

WiFi analysis show some, but not many, run on UPS. Much less congested than normal.

Ability to make nice cup of tea compromised. The Horror. Bedtime indicated.

Update: I can see a PG&E crew working in the trees under floodlights. So it may be intentional. At least all the secondary / emergency LED lighting kicked in (added a few after the last quake) LED candles were on at the time.

Power cut (blackout) About an hour left before the server hibernates. Comms / wifi / internet looks good for about 4 hours+

Amazon Echo did not know about bacon / the future / the mission. Knew what consciousness was. Was confused as expected by Has .... On the Plus side, Easter egg triggered by * open the Pod Bay Doors Did not know what the 39 steps were.

Bring in some bacon, and break them

Posty, I like your buying strategy. "But you said I should buy them, remember , I hadn't even made up my mind"

*sigh*

*sigh*

links may contain NSFW Content http://mic.com/articles/106340/17-surreal-photos-and-videos-from-the-uk-s-porn-protest http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/porn-censorship-to-be-protested-with-mass-facesitting-at-parliament-9914354.html http://gawker.com/u-k-sex-workers-sitting-on-each-others-faces-for-their-1670315193 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/11284843/Porn-protest-Mass-sex-simulation-and-facesitting-to-take-place-outside-Parliament.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/11289019/Face-sitting-pornography-protest-QandA-How-where-and-seriously-why.html http://reason.com/blog/2014/12/10/porn-protest-mass-face-sitting-in-london The Germans don't have a word for it! http://www.n24.de/n24/Nachrichten/Politik/d/5855924/-facesitting--gegen-porno-gaengelei.html

Did you visit the "Protest" by Parliament?

Unboxing video / pics ?

Audiostream regurgitate Meridians press release in an uncritical manner http://www.audiostream.com/content/meridians-mqa comments in line with comments here

Exercised coworkers Amazon Echo with the following questions * What do you think of Siri? * What do you think of Google? * What do you think of Apple? * What do you think of the NSA? * What do you think of Me? Any other Questions you think I should try tomorrow?

Priced by volume.

Co-workers Amazon Echo arrived today, So we played around with it. Decent sound for what it is. Voice recognition was not too shabby. The developers appeared to have anticipated the "what are you wearing" question.