A nice little mix of stuff in this lot, though the politics averse amongst you should be warned that with elections next week there's a fair bit on that, though not much of it is serious.

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  A quick guide to the British voting system for the EU elections | Nosemonkey's EUtopia
  There are elections next week across the UK. In ( Read more... )

Bad news. El Reg reports UK ID card service mounts birth, marriage, death landgrab:The UK Identity & Passport Service (IPS) has staged an identity landgrab on birth, marriage and death records. From April 2008 the General Register Office, which is responsible for recording these matters and is currently a directorate of the Office of National ( Read more... )

Busy busy busy. Quick question, why had no one told me how cool The Intrepid Fox is before? Be going back there again methinks.

Reasons to renew your UK passport (or get one) early from purplecthulhu. Seriously, mines got years on it, but those interview centres just freak me out.

YouTube - Sexy little panda bear. Does exactly what it says on the link. ( Read more... )

Meh, down with grotty cold. Concentration shot to hell, so I've been playing Diablo II, having given up on Warcraft II (yes, 2) due to the bloody awful AI. Anyway...

Norwegian judge declares stripping is art:Striptease, the tantalising dance pioneered by Salome in the Old Testament, is an art form that ranks with opera and ballet, according to a ( Read more... )

A flame war broke out on ukpolitics, and, well, my strong opinions kicked in.

A rant is here.

I expect to find an inbox full of flames when I get back from London. Better go clean out the large filesize junk Mozilla doesn't download before I sign off. G'night all.http://www.pledgebank.com/refuse