Oi, people who do sex! Sexuality questionnaire! You don't have to answer, but I'd like you to read it. Especially you, ya pervert.

(Actually I am interested in answers, provided they're undetailed, but more interested in your reaction to being questioned in that way.)

Now there are three of us in the office I'm not always getting to do the news in the mornings. Here instead are some non-BBC tech stories.

OpenDocument Foundation drops support for ODF, backs W3C's CDF format

OpenOffice.org (a free alternative to M$ Office, in my experience slightly less flaky and annoying, requires Java runtime) uses ODF, which was based on an XML format developed with the program.

Black holes may harbour their own universes

Patent applications: metal muscles, circuit-board clothing, new type of laser vision correction

This year we have averaged 344,000 unique visitors per month. This seems impressive to us — it's certainly more than we used to get pre-redesign. Much of today has been spent tossing around ideas for Cool New Projects and lamenting the bizarre politics that seem to be packaged therewith.

edit: [video] OMG RED PANDAS KISSING!

Trick or Treat is a cute little sci-fi story from a site Charlie-Songdog showed me.

And it made me blink.