60 to 100 million: Number of condoms that are improperly disposed of each year in the U.K.

7/8: Ratio of sex toys tested which contained phthalates (in concentrations ranging from 24 to 51 percent), to all toys tested, in a study conducted for Greenpeace Netherlands.

Almost 50 percent: Number of pregnancies in the U.S. which are unplanned each year; the U.S. has one of the highest rates of unintended pregnancies of all industrialized nations.

20 percent: Percentage of adults worldwide who has used a vibrator.

22 percent: the percentage of people worldwide who have had sex in the garden.

Sources: Environment Agency of Britain,Greenpeace, Christian Science Monitor, 2005 Durex Global Sex Survey

60 to 100 million: &#160;Number of condoms that are improperly disposed of each year in the U.K.
7/8: &#160;Ratio of sex toys tested which contained phthalates (in concentrations ranging from 24 to 51 percent), to all toys tested, in a study conducted for Greenpeace Netherlands.
Almost 50 percent: &#160;Number of pregnancies in the U.S. which are unplanned each year; the U.S. has one of the highest rates of unintended pregnancies of all industrialized nations.
20 percent: &#160;Percentage of adults worldwide who has used a vibrator.
22 percent: &#160;the percentage of people worldwide who have had sex in the garden.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

It’s the small touches that won me over. Well designed, a bit of attitude, and useful.

—App store reviewer Jragon on Sketches. Should good software have ‘a bit of attitude’?