Married life is one year old today.
If in the futre we live in a paperless society (yeh, right), will first anniversaries be bits or bytes?
Peel night
I’ve listened to the first three and a half hours of the special Peel night on Radio 1. Lammo has just played My Bloody Valentine. I can sleep now (and probably listen to the rest tomorrow on BBC Listen Again).
Flybook
I’d like one of these for Christmas, please and thank you.
Soupy George
iPod mega
Never hear the same track twice! Upgrade your iPod Nano to 200GB and store 150,000 minutes of music! Warning: may adversely impact battery life. via Cal.
Bird flu
Citizens should report unusual bird deaths, but not "any old sick pigeon".
Hmm. How long before panic sets in? I’ll bet that poultry sales are going to start dropping off pretty soon.
Further reading:
H5N1 – the bird flu blog.
The Flu Pandemic Preparedness Snowball – a remarkably level-headed discussion of what governments should be doing and, more importantly, what you and I should be doing.
Rock paper scissors
Rock paper scissors to end the war. Genius.
Piling on the miles
In the last 48 hours, I’ve driven to Falmouth and back and to Heathrow and back. Today I’ve got another 100 mile trip to complete.
I know some people do this sort of thing every day, but I’m shattered.
Nurse Gladys couldn’t save him
Ronnie Barker, RIP.
Mmmmmm pasteis
Pastéis de Belém. In English too if you scroll down.