Séamas O'Reilly: A line of code knows my daughter’s bowel movements better than I do

Much of the boring dystopia we now find ourselves in could be called 'quietly alarming convenience

A short line of code knows the rhythm of my daughter’s bowel movements better than I do. Picture: iStock

We have a small bin near our baby’s changing mat, an ingenious contraption that allows us to discard her soiled nappies through a little wheel that prevents the smell from escaping. 

There are no local stockists for the wheels of magic plastic that do the stench-trapping, so we only ever buy them through Amazon.