all talk and no action

One thing that drives me nuts is the way the way people meander around the street, bumping into me and blocking my path when I want to get past. Dan once suggested that this frustration is due to using computers regularly and then expecting people to behave in a similar, logical manner -- you chart your course, tell your legs to go in that direction, and assume that people walking in the opposite direction will do the same, not weave haphazardly around the pavement.

To solve this problem, Ministry of Gadgets is flogging Indicatears (geddit?). Stick one on each ear and with a switch attached to your belt you can now signal your intentions and avoid bruises from shopping trolleys. And you get to look like an idiot at the same time.

Personally, I'm waiting on a men's version of the 80,000-volt No Contact Jacket instead.