I've lived in Thailand for just under 20 years. The size and weight of the average person in the street has increased noticeably in that time. It's much more common to see very young kids who really do look like they're heading towards a lifetime of weight-related issues. There's definitely been an increase in the number and accessibility of American fast food restaurants, and sugar is much more predominant in food and drinks than it used to be.

I viewed the auctioneer's website out of idle curiosity and spotted the borked on the animated thingy straight away. Would never have thought that this was front page news though...

It's executive time. Tsk.

http://www.techdirt.com/blog/i... Just for info. Not trying to dispute whether the article refers to a true 'first' or not.

Sat in the local Tandys (Radio Shack) all day, every Saturday on their TRS-80 Model I, and later the Model IV. With thanks and much appreciation to the store dude Chris, who allowed me to do this week in, week out, as long as no customers were affected.