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A good guide to the new PAYG Oyster Card Rules
Alexander Litvinenko dies in hospital
Ban on mp3 transmitters lifted
Cow abductions are on the rise
Pentax releases water proof, dust resistant SLR camera
… oh and it’s rather bling as well
Talking of bling
… Gold USB hub
Dollar loses ground against Euro
… against the Pound too: now at £1.93
This doesn’t need much comment.
At the moment the traffic around Bank and Moorgate is absolutely dire as Cornhill has been closed due to emergency gas works. This was taken before that though it certainly predicted the current chaos well.
Interactive whiteboard technology
Global Orgasm Day, December 22nd
… ‘peace through global ecstasy’
Longer drinking hours seem to be producing fewer problems
… Tim Worstall’s analysis
Goldsmith says he has seen no evidence to increase suspect holding time to 90 days
New Zealand Minister defends right of school girl to run amok in underwear
Parents halt mosque school trip
… “did not want their children exposed to a religion that was not their own.”
GPs threaten to snub NHS database
RFID passports less reliable than normal ones
Paintball minigun in development
Ordnance Survey New Popular Edition Maps from 1940s scanned in
… add your postcode to the map
Police to take fingerprints on street
… Henry Porter responds
Police accepted gifts from scientology allegation
… why are the police allowed to accept gifts at all?
Cows milk allergy: a Doctor replies
Irony reported dead: British Citizenship for Dummies
This eBay seller never heard of reserve price to his cost
… whoops
Trading standards forces name change of ‘Welsh Dragon’ sausages
… due to not being made of dragon meat.
The end of Backing Blair
… but the beginning of National Service
There is a new Petition website provided by 10 Downing Street
… We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Resign immediately
… We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the proposed introduction of ID cards
… We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Stop using the threat of terror to pass laws that are illiberal and ineffective
… We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Launch an independant public enquiry into the decision making process which lead to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
… We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to create a new exception to copyright law that gives individuals the right to create a private copy of copyrighted materials for their own personal use, including back-ups, archiving and shifting format.
… We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stand on his head and juggle ice-cream.
Sparklers aren’t just for kids (NSFW)
Dead australian blamed for hundreds of speeding offences
TV Licensing abandons case against unlicensed TV owner
Microsoft releases a version of Firefox
… as reported by The Register
… browser gets the MS professional touch
Health service IT boss ‘failed computer studies’
… Reaction from Burning Our Money
… Article in the Inquirer
… Article in the Register
Sun security engineer talks about ID Card technology
More on FIDIS Budapest ID Card Document
… ‘Biometric ID cards an insecure menace’
I’m up for a chat on the tube day – 17th November
Addiction explained
… ‘primarily caused due to possession by either ghosts or our departed ancestors’
A judicial speech given in 1997 which still resonates today
… comment by Bystander here
Extra anus kills four-legged chicken
… original article here
Nintendo profits up 72%, Sony’s down 94%
People who read more fiction have higher levels of empathy
Release the Music
… more information
Chris Pattern: Politicians have no grasp of technology
… “Lord Patten of Barnes was especially critical of the government’s ID card scheme, which is heavily reliant on technology”
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