Site about nothing - Page of Everything
Suggested by Lou.... nice idea, if only life were really so simple... maybe it is....? :-)

Yorkshire chucks money at broadband - that'll be us at OLD Catterick too then - Woohoo !

Around £1.4 million ($2.2 million) of public sector cash is being used to help bring broadband to Yorkshire and the Humber region.

Overly fawning Sylvian interview/article...The other side of pop life. just how many song/album titles can she crowbar into the piece !

Flashmobs (cont)... [see earlier item]
Looks like the 2nd London Flash Mob did take place last night... London Flash Mob Singin' in the Rain
Also found this...: Day in the life of a flash mobber - Web User News

Spam (spam spam)...
We all receive them, and we all try to tolerate them... however, once in a while one of them catches your eye.
Yesterday I received a spam email which is simply stunning:

Subject: Selling Has By No Means Occur As A Result Calm! qfjjsnajwqkzes

The "product" touted promises to cure just about all ills... I found a copy (though this vesrion has a much less impressive subject line) of the mail here.

NTK (NEED TO KNOW)
A Friday thing... I'm an occasional rather than regular NTK reader, however if you don't know it take a look: http://www.ntk.net
Some nice links in their >> MEMEPOOL <<

Flashmobs (cont)...[see previous item]
A work colleague of mine (Happy Birthday Emma !) received an email from the London FlashMob gang, which alerts of a London Mob event tomorrow (Thursday August 21st). lots of intrigue & skullduggery, involving meeting in pubs based upon your star sign.... hmmmm.
Also liked this parody site/feature Flashmugging.com - flash mobs are fun, but beware of flashmuggers

Collina - the best ref in the world ?
From the Guardian: "In an extract from his new autobiography, Pierluigi Collina reflects on a World Cup clash to savour"

The speech accent archive - another one for Louise.

This site examines the accented speech of speakers from many different language backgrounds reading the same sample paragraph.

I was discussing "soccer agents" recently with my friend Simon and a friend of his who works in PR for the Football Association. I am staggered that players give so much power and money to their agents. Why does an established star want to give somebody 20% of a transfer deal... just for (it seems to me) attending a few meetings and sending a few faxes. This Guardian article from Saturday is worth a read, and points out how complicit the clubs are too...
Soccer agents: the ugly face of the beautiful game

Interesting piece by Brian Eno in yesterday's Observer: Lessons in how to lie about Iraq:

"The problem is not propaganda but the relentless control of the kind of things we think about"