The modern world really is upside down. Including that business where Facebook and Apple pay to freeze hi-tech employees’ eggs and almost nobody goes “Oh, that’s weird.” Click here to read the rest.

Are you an animal? I don’t mean as opposed to vegetable or mineral. I mean are you a beast on two legs? Click here to read the rest.

Don’t worry about Ebola. Government is on the job. Oh, you don’t find that reassuring? Click here to read the rest.

Remember that kerfuffle when someone hacked the online naked photos of some gorgeous famous women? Oh, you do. Very interesting from the point of view of cybersecurity. I thought so myself. Click here to read the rest.

You burn one White House and some people completely lose their sense of humour. We should be proud that we can look back and laugh. Click here to read the rest.

You sure sound like a snob turning up your nose at food bank donations. But I can do better. I can sound like a callous snob. Click here to read the rest.

Oh, here’s some good news. The Treasury Board says Chinese government hackers just forced the National Research Council to shut down its computers completely. Click here to read the rest.

Can I complain about technology here? Not my usual curmudgeonly bit about how machinery can’t save our souls, social media are stupid and electric light killed the night sky. I mean why are we surrounded by so much fancy stuff doing so little? Click here to read the rest.