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"

From the "Never too old to get over-excited about nebulous technology Press Releases Department".....:
GNER to spend £1m on Wi-Fi trains - Woohoo !
This is my regular ride to London, from oop-north... so this would be great if it happens.

Happy Birthday Flacky - you old git !

Signs you are a grown up (cont.)
We just swapped our Audi A3 (sporty hatchback) for a Ford Galaxy MPV, in silver.
These links seemed appropriate...:
Pass notes - Silver Van Woman
and here's [flash animation] an outlet for my liberal angst at owning a big car...

George W Bush Action Figures
These have been posted in a number of places, thought I'd collect this together as it's pretty funny...:
This Elite Force Aviator: George W. Bush - U.S. President and Naval Aviator - 12" Action Figure (it's real, honest) - celebrating Dubya's "historic Aircraft Carrier landing on May 1st 2003" has prompted this item on ebay Texas ANG George W Bush Action Figure, which appears to celebrate this.

BookCrossing
I heard a small feature on BookCrossing on Radio4 this morning (they disscussed Blogging a few weeks ago too !), something I'd discovered and forgotton a year or so ago.
The "3 Rs" of BookCrossing...

* Read a good book (you already know how to do that)
* Register it here (along with your journal comments), get a unique BCID (BookCrossing ID number), and label the book
* Release it for someone else to read (give it to a friend, leave it on a park bench, donate it to charity, "forget" it in a coffee shop, etc.), and get notified by email each time someone comes here and records journal entries for that book. And if you make Release Notes on the book, others can Go Hunting for it and try to find it!

See their website: BookCrossing.com

I liked this geek-humour cartoon regarding Mars' historic closest aproach to earth over at Userfriendly.

My friends Adam & Sam have got their CD available online at Tower Records.
Also, Tower's US site has some audio samples.

The Periodic Table of Condiments.
[via GMSV off topic]

Apparently, today is: Yorkshire Day, 1st August 2003, Yorkshire Pride.
Big Up Respect in da Area, Innit ! (As we say in Catterick Village).