Andy Serkis' computer-aided performance was one of the best things about "The Two Towers." But the Academy isn't ready for digital actors. [hard to be humble]

Seven former Gurkhas who served with the UK Army claim they were treated as inferior compared to British colleagues. [BBC News | UK | UK Edition]

Up to 10,000 drivers who did not pay the £5 congestion charge on its first day of operation will be chased up to pay their fines. [BBC News | UK | UK Edition]

Radiation emissions from mobile phone masts at more than 100 schools and hospitals are well below limits, says a government study. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]

This list of celebrity gossip is all lies of course, but I defy anyone to stop reading it. No I've changed my mind this sort of thing is digraceful and I encourage you to ignore it (Ed) Link

Happily foresees time when all roads are watched like this. Or preferably, better... [The Register]...well that's a big surprise eh?

Alex sez, "One of the best pieces I've ever seen on the kinds of political choices that make North American cities livable, or not. A comparison of Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC, from the point of view of a Seattle writer. Thirty years ago both cities decided to take roads less travelled - deemphasizing cars, promoting walkable streets and compact development, investing in transit. Now you can see the results: two of the most livable cities in the world. The story of two urban design hacks that worked."Link Discuss

Vannevar Bush first wrote of the device he called the memex early in the 1930s ....... if it's nearly here now, what do we already call it? ..... "The memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility" ... , top-draw, rolodex, filofax, digital hub... Google?