At the San Diego Computer Fair at the end of last month, the first annual Weird Software, and there was so much that went from the totally gross to the bizarre that the judges decided on a three-way tie for first – Boredom Inc from the Mormon state walked off with two of the three equal firsts for Alien, which enables you to decide whether your neighbours are from outer space, and Bathroom, to calculate exactly how long you will spend (and doing what) in the bathroom in your lifetime, but both seem to pale into insignificance compared with the other winner, Bungee, by Scott Garcia and Robert Cuenca, which is a screen saver that features a bungee-jumping cow whose cord breaks; she plunges to the ground and turns into a pile of steaks, hamburgers and sausages.
