Running alarm clocks, exploding toilets, and the Death of Net Radio?

The alarm clock that runs away from you:
http://www.nandahome.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvNGnkY_S6I


Self-Combusting toilets in Japan:
http://www.theregister.com/2007/04/16/z_series_menace/

(on a side note, it apparently features "pulsating massage spray, power dryer, "tornado wash" flush". Kinky?)


Bad news for the internet radio people:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/17/0123234&from=rss
"Net Radio Appeal On Royalties Rejected" - so now they have to pay more, which means more online radio stations will go out of business, and we'll have less to chose from. RIAA, you guys are fucking idiots. Or is this the pride-saving slow-suicidal exit?

I don't get it.

I don't get it. Why do all my websites look ugly, when I'm the one who designs them? Or is this a mental artist-y thing, where I don't like my own work?

I've been looking around at other websites (facebook, livejournal, google, random sites), and no matter what I look at, it all looks 'better' - although I can't exactly say how it's 'better' or more importantly, why it's 'better'.

I've only seen one truly hideous site. Ok, not including kiddie crap, like myspace or bad xanga journals...