I heard on the radio this morning that they are going to be installing iris-scanners at the CANPASS kiosks in the Halifax International Airport. Similar kiosks will be installed across the country in an attempt to speed up the process of Canadians returning through customs. Apparently iris scanning is far more accurate than other biometric identification and a person's iris doesn't change from the time they are one year old. In order to use this service, someone would sign up for between $50 and $100 per year and be subject to a thorough background check. Obviously this isn't intended for the casual vacationer - yet, but holds promise for business travellers. Something to think about.

If I haven't told you that I love Opera mostly for its mouse gestures then let me do that now. Mouse gestures make my life just that much better and it is overlooked by other browsers. However, my laptop continues to amaze me now that I found Cocoa Gestures. This software allows cocoa applications to accept mouse gestures - and fortunately, Safari is a Cocoa app. So is Mail and iCal, so I can send and receive email and toy with my schedule all with mouse gestures. This might not sound like a huge advantage, but don't knock it until you have tried it.

On a completely unrelated note, I loved the movie, About A Boy.