More on the government ‘super database’

imdb page on The Golden Compass
… mutter mutter Northern Lights grrrr

Idiot toys: tech reviews for the bored

Twitter BBC News feeds

Picture of the iPhone

More information on the Blair Foundation

The mysterious case of media muff mania

Bill Joy’s greatest gift to man – the vi editor

AJAX May Be Considered Harmful: potential fundamental design flaw
… Subverting AJAX paper
… but being slashdotted at the moment

Iraq court drops Saddam charges

Vale Magnus Magnusson

Blair Foundation Charity Wristbands issued

Coming soon: Wikileaks
… “an uncensorable version of WikiPedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis”

US Army urges dead to re-enlist

Is that a chair in your scanner?

That ‘Science for Celebrities’ leaflet in full
… and their website

Demand for 4×4s ‘falling’

2007 to be ‘warmest on record’

Prisoner slips out of Norwegian Gaol after smearing body with Vegetable Oil

US-VISIT running into all sorts of problems
… ‘domestic security officials have for now given up on plans to develop a facial or fingerprint recognition system’

Peter Andre and Katie Price’s new album gets rave reviews on Amazon

Centre for Internet Addition
… has podcasts, a blog, video streams, a mailing list and an online shop.

A Doctor Rants

Royal College of Psychiatry puts CPD podcasts online

The tactics of the press

A heart-warming thank you note

Plastic bottles leak antimony into water over time

New Labour MPs want pay rise, yet also want public to make policies for them

Blears in hypocracy claim over hospital closure protest in her constituency
… BBC take on it here

Man hires ‘hackers’, they post email exchange
… gets caught
… and sacked
… but gains wikipedia page

Boring numbers

Whats Wrong with the Music Industry in One Long Sentence

HD-DVD anti-rip encryption ‘cracked’
… Gizmodo’s take on it here

Amazon UK at Christmas

Contributors to today’s TCSOTD: Ben

US Gift Buyer’s buying up Bush’s Last Day gifts for Christmas

Mum sues over ruined nude photos

Free pint of Guinness at O’Neill’s pubs

Comment on That Margaret Beckett Today interview
… More here: Stand down Margaret
… “45 Minutes?” “…that was a statement that was made once and it was thought to be of such little relevance…”

Iraq coalition casualties passes 25,000
… it’s links like that that make me question the wisdom of putting the ‘C’ in TCSOTD

The logic of South West Trains dot matrix displays

Photos of Hail and Lightening

World’s tallest man saves dolphin

Blair questioned by police in Cash for Honours probe
… not under caution though

Coolest psychology experiment… ever?

Potassium: ‘a store that [shows] that good design can be ethical, beautiful, luxurious and ecological’

The curse of Tony Blair

FDA confirms salad evil

Things you can’t do in a London park

Armadillos!

Blair should ‘Apologise for Henry VIII’s’ treatment of wives, MP says

Russian ex-PM has mystery illness
… ‘Speculation is rife that he may have been poisoned.’

Release the Music: sign petition for no copyright extension

Number plate cameras could be illegal, says surveillance chief

Copyright extension rejected by Treasury

Interesting Danish Road Safety Technique (NSFW)

Police want power to crack down on offensive demo chants and slogans

Let us test Darwin, teacher says
… Comment from The Register

40% off all Wine & Champagne until 10th December in Threshers
… only being spread by blogs

Carbon nanotube knife