Is the name of a film staring George Clooney that alobear and I watched last Saturday night. It’s the story of Edward R. Murrow who was the first American journalist to stand up to Senator Joseph McCarthy. The film is excellent and it’s no co-incidence that it has a significant number…

This time from thessalian:

A — Accent: Like to think it’s “home counties” (dear boy!) but way too much London after living here so long
B — Breakfast Item: Chocolate bread and caffeine
C — Chore you hate: Shaving
D — Dad’s Name: Peter
E — Essential everyday item: Caffeine
F —…

From Richard E. Nisbett on Edge.org:

“A social psychologist asked people to choose which of several art posters they liked best. Some people were asked to analyze why they liked or disliked the various posters and some were not asked, and everyone was given their favorite…

A very informal study of what happens when an atheist visits online Christian forums.

I was finding this essay on one possible reasoning behind Iraq and a large variety of American political and economic decisions absolutely brilliant until towards the end when it starts to get a little…

Just in case you missed it the police now have the power to arrest you for any offence so anything from littering up can now get you a trip to the cells. Photographs can now be taken on the street and they along with fingerprints and DNA will…

Just to show that people who’s views I largely agree with can still write arrogant rhetoric.

On the up side the UK Open Rights Group is finally un and running. An organisation to campaign about the huge upcoming privacy issues in the UK.

The IT Crowd — almost funny. Worth catching another episode or two to see if it manages to get up to actually funny…

Some UK residents can now watch their local outside CCTV cameras at home. Expect much *much* more of this in the future. The virtual panopticon is just around the corner.

Privacy worries with iTunes depending on your point of view.

Oh, and watched the first episode of Hyperdrive. Great sets, great SFX, great actors — shame the script was unmitigated shite.

Also finally watched the first episode of Life on Mars which was great!

A meme, ganked from serenitysangel to be done by people on my flist or people passing by…

001. Name:
002. Age:
003. Where on earth do you live:
004. What makes you happy:
005. What have you been listening to lately:
006. Interesting fact about you:
007. Are you in love at the…

Only just noticed dodgyhoodoo’s friends-only posting of 10/01/06 since I generally read LJ from Bloglines which doesn’t pick up friends only posts.

Long story short — he makes a number of both valid and not-so-valid points but since he has disabled commenting on that post I can’t point…

BBC 100 things you didn’t know.

Aziraphale and Crowley’s new year resolutions.

For the people who say I don’t blog about UK politics here’s the ongoing saga of Ex-UK-Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray and the many memos he…

Been listening to the latest episode of TWIT podcast. The people taking part were broadcasting over the internet while sitting in disparate locations — one of which was over wi-fi to his laptop in an airport waiting lounge.

Sometimes you need to sit back and think how quickly this stuff has become commonplace.

Be careful sending any snail-mail into the US. US Customs officials can open all incoming and outgoing international snail-mail without a warrant.

While I mostly agree with this guy it’s a great example of how the left-wing write in a style of…

For those philosophical amongst us have a read of The Omnipotence Paradox.

One of the best articles I have ever read on politicians and money.

This image just hurts your eyes. You were warned. (Worksafe)

For the literary, historical or macabre amongst us an article on books bound in human…