Lego Katamari Damacy
brick flick in production

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Critics Challenge Shuttle Program's Future (AP)
New Super Magnet Weighs More Than 15 Tons (AP)
Embryos Help Demystify Long-Neck Dinosaur (AP)
Geeks Meet at 'What the Hack'Conference (AP)
IE7 nukes Google, Yahoo! search
Ex-Microsoft Exec Barred From Google Job
Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity
Microsoft Genuine Advantage Cracked in 24 Hours
At the Forge - Getting Started with Ruby
Theo de Raadt on Industry and Free Software

BBC - On This Day
1981: Charles and Diana marry
Thousands line the streets of London to glimpse Prince Charles and Lady Diana on their wedding day.
1993: Israeli court sets Demjanjuk free
A court in Israel says retired Ohio car worker John Demjanjuk may not after all have been notorious Nazi death camp guard Ivan the Terrible.
1968: Pope renews birth control ban
Pope Paul VI has confirmed a ban on the use of contraceptives by Roman Catholics in spite of a Church commission's recommendation for change.
1993: Lawrence murder suspects freed
Charges are dropped against two youths accused of murdering black teenager Stephen Lawrence.
1976: Fire engulfs Southend Pier
Fire has destroyed the famous pierhead at the end of the world's longest pier, in Southend on the UK's south-east coast.

Enceladus revealed
close up shots by Cassini

What the Hack
Outdoor hacker festival, southern Netherlands from July 28th to July 31st

Googlers and the Silicon valley property market
Prime real estate is being snapped up.

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Hazy Cloud of Saharan Dust Nearing U.S. (AP)
Online News Consumers Become Own Editors (AP)
HP Labs also decimated
Free Beer That's Free as in Speech
Yahoo Purchases Konfabulator
Butterfly Unlocks Evolution Secret
E-Mail Snafu Sparks Spam Attack On Journalists
Unix Web Hacks
Tips for buying a Linux-compatible laptop
KDE Desktop From OpenSolaris Community
Made it to London and the BBC

BBC - On This Day
1977: Deng Xiaoping back in power
The disgraced deputy Prime Minister of China, Deng Xiaoping, returns to Chinese Government.
2003: Saddam's sons killed in gun battle
The United States says Uday and Qusay Hussein, the infamous sons of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, have been killed in a gun battle in northern Iraq.
1987: Cartoonist shot in London street
A famous Palestinian cartoonist is shot in the face and critically wounded in London.
1965: Sir Alec steps down from top of Tory tree
The leader of the Opposition, Alec Douglas-Home, surprises colleagues by resigning from his post.
1991: Citizen's charter promises better services
British Prime Minister John Major launches a citizen's charter to improve public services.

casual games

Big list here of lots of flash games, with descriptions.

Infinite flickr pool
turn yourself into a singularity

Bad parking at Yahoo

Google Moon

"In honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, we’ve added some NASA imagery to the Google Maps interface to help you pay your own visit to our celestial neighbor. Happy lunar surfing."

And when you zoom right in, the surface changes to Swiss cheese.

Google Moon

Stuff i'm selling on Ebay

I've got some more stuff for sale on Ebay. You can view my ebay items for sale here

debating with creationists

How to debate creationists , without being boring - part one
and here's part two

How it works - the computer

How a computer works from the 1970s. A fascinating retro look at the technology of yesterday.

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Study Says Ethanol Not Worth the Energy (AP)
Tiny Tsunami Reveals Big Gaps in Readiness (AP)
Hurricane Emily Lashes Yucatan Peninsula (AP)
Debian Linux: Living in Interesting Times (Ziff Davis)
Malware maelstrom menaces UK
Nigerian Scammers Brought to Justice
Desktop Linux Mass Migration
Interview with Fyodor of Nmap
Why I Like Lynx
London Geek Dinner on Friday?

Google License plate
Available from the Google store

Bob Moog

The inventor of the Moog synthesizer has a brain tumour. You can follow his progress and sign his guestbook here. My thoughts are with him and his family.

BBC - On This Day
1995: Serbs force Muslims out of Srebrenica
Thousands of Muslim refugees flee the captured "safe area"of Srebrenica - forced out by the Bosnian Serbs.
1997: Versace murdered on his doorstep
Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace is shot dead on the steps of his Miami mansion.
1966: Euston staff 'colour bar' ended
A West Indian refused a job at Euston Station will now be employed there after managers overturn a ban on black workers.
1971: Seals shot by government decree
The British Government endorses a cull of baby seals in the Wash.
2000: Police camera action violates human rights
Two men caught on camera for dangerous driving escape prosecution in a landmark case.