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Go to google and search for “go to hell” (including the quotes).

Just in case it’s gone, there’s a screen shot here.

Found this story on the Washington Post web site.

Deeply scary – apparently NASA is close to building “noninvasive neuro-electric sensors” that compare brain waves and heart patterns with “known data” to assess whether or not you are likely to be a terrorist as you board a plane… Suddenly the AFDB (Aluminium Foil Deflector Beanie) doesn’t seem like such a daft idea!

I keep trying to leave this topic alone, but can’t quite seem to… Mo Mowlam wrote an opinion piece for the Guardian last week, and it rings painfully true. Just to pull out one line: “Under cover of the war on terrorism, the war to secure oil supplies could be waged”…

Read the full piece here. Gave me a whole new perspective on the issue.

keeping up the general theme I’m feeling at the moment…

(picture from here)

Just started watching the ICC champions Trophy (Zimbabwe v India today) and was looking for previous stats. Went to cricket4.com and found that they have a Java applet with the entire Hawkeye stats for the past England/India series!

How fantastic is that?:
http://www.channel4.com/sport/cricket/analyst/hawkeye/advanced.html

Unfortunately it really shows up the English tactics in that series…

This says it all really. A message to Saddam spelt out in American servicemen. Nice. (picture from Reuters, btw)

Very tough little game where you have to move these little things around a maze, avoiding the nasties along the way. Takes a while to get tough, but it does…
Acno’s Energizer

When you have a spare hour or so, telnet to towel.blinkenlights.nl. It’s the entire of Star Wars IV in animated ASCII art. Nice. I imagine his mum is very proud!

If you’ve ever had a row about the name or artist of a song used in an advert this site (commercial breaks and beats) has to be the most useful site ever. You can search either by song, artist or by advertised product – absolutely fantastic.

Admittedly it hasn’t resolved the argument I’m having about the current Ford Fiesta ad, but there you go. Good nonetheless.

Just finished this – got bought it for my birthday. Dunno if you saw the TV series that resulted from
this book, but the basic premise is that Dave Gorman (comedian) and his mate Danny Wallace (journalist) try
and prove a bet that there are ‘loads’ of other Dave Gormans (Gormen?) in the world.

While the story
itself is funny what actually comes across and makes this book funnier than the TV is the relationship
between Danny and Dave, and exactly what their quest/obsession does to their relationship and their
relationships with their friends/loved ones.

First book in a while that’s actually made me laugh
out loud – highly recommended!