By M.Christian

YNOT – With 2011 well on its way, it’s refreshing to see that sex in 2011 is also well on it’s way … though where it’s going is a matter of much amusing speculation — and perhaps a touch of dread.

Luckily, the economy does seem to be on the mend at bit, at least in the U.K. … if you happen to be a programmer and female and don’t mind working in the nude. According to Nude House founder Chris Taylor, theirs is a natural work environment. In fact, it’s an au naturel work environment.

“Sex does not concern us and is not promoted by us,” He told London’s Daily Telegraph. “We merely provide an environment where the staff may be … naturists.”

While we at YNOT applaud the innovation of bare-back programming, we also wonder whether the inherent distractions may explain what’s up with Microsoft’s notoriously buggy operating systems.

And speaking of naked…. Twenty-six intrepid naturists recently took part in the Naked Sledging World Championship in Braunlage, Germany. More than 400 signed up, but apparently the freezing temperatures at race time discouraged more than a few. More than 17,000 spectators turned out for the event, but the judges apparently emerged the true winners.

According to one, “[Membership on the judging panels is] a very closely fought contest … because we’re all very keen on studying the photo finishes.”

In the “watch where you’re pointing that thing” department, an explicit 3D movie has taken China by storm. According to a National Public Radio report in the U.S., 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy cost a staggering (by Chinese standards) $3.26 million to produce. The feature has drawn huge crowds in Hong Kong, many viewers traveling to the island from the mainland in order to watch the uncensored version.

Director Stephen Shiu Jr. said his film “will leave audiences feeling like they are sitting right there at the edge of the bed.” He did not indicate whether the majority of the production’s allure is about having the illusion of space — any kind of space in crowded China — versus extra-dimensional sex.

While porn seems to be everywhere these days, worlds clearly remain to conquer as evidenced by the unexpected billboard-sized hardcore bumpy-grindy to which Moscow commuters were treated, compliments of an imaginative hacker. Alas, the public — okay, “pubic” — service netted the perpetrator 18 months in jail. The Russian hacker said he concocted the scheme as “a bad joke.” Moscow authorities weren’t laughing, but we suspect that’s because they missed the show.

Meanwhile, in the world of art, Louis “Shovelhead” Garret, described by various local sources as a “chick magnet,” recently scored international fame when he unveiled his singular artistic genius in his native cultural hotbed: Louisiana. True, there have quilts before and no doubt there will be more to comeEmail, but Shovelhead went where no quilting artist had gone before by working in the underappreciated medium of used women’s undergarments.

M.Christian is a YNOT.com contributing editor and an author of literary erotica that blends the spectrum of sexual preferences and desires with horror and science fiction. Got weird sex news you want to share? Email him.