Amazing piece of kit. Just need my lottery win now.

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There’s actually a lot more to this bloody shower curtain Halloween decoration than meets the eye. There’s the obvious stuff, of course, like the homage to Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho. And the blood splatters and hand prints themselves say a lot about the owner.

But beyond that, there’s a little something extra in store for guests who need to drop off the candy corn in between Trick or Treats.

The subtle surprise is a woman’s blood-curdling scream, which is accompanied by the music from Psycho.

The ruckus starts up when someone enters the bathroom courtesy of a AA battery-powered motion sensor and a speaker. It’s $20, which isn’t too bad considering your guests will probably take a knife to it themselves
after the gag gets old. [Things You Never Knew Existed via OhGizmo]

“Search 121,617,892,992 web pages” claims the front page of the new search engine Cuil (pronounced “cool” apparently.) Those 120 billion pages are about three times as many as Google actually indexes, according to developer Anna Patterson… and she should know as until 2006 she worked there. Presented in a kind of “magazine style,” Cuil will apparently get more pertinent results as it drills into the contents of a page, unlike Google’s complex ranking system. Since two more of the development team also worked for Google, and there’s $33 million of venture capital behind the new site, it is certainly going to be an interesting development to keep tabs on. Cuil starts taking search requests today.

So after 2 years or so, I have decided to update the site again. There is still quite a lot to do, but it is a start.

The site (which I am sure many of you will spot) is powered by wordpress, which is by far the best “blog” software out there.

Free, powerful and super developed. It has been a joy to work with and I am looking forward to being able to skins sites in the future.

If you spot anything, please let me know, other than that, I suppose I’d better go and try and find some content. Ideas on a postcard please.