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Clearing her name
Brooks steps down
In a message to News International staff, News Corporation's chief executive in Europe James Murdoch hailed Ms Brooks as "one of the outstanding editors of her generation" who "can be proud of many accomplishments as an executive".
"We support her as she takes this step to clear her name," he said.How does (rightly or wrongly) ( Read more... ) -
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Cats exploit humans shock
In other news, water is wet, the sun is hot and the Pope shits in the woods near the Vatican. -
Steampunk without the steam, or, er, punk
Victoriana-style recumbent tricycle
Not bad, although I am more blown away by the mac mini, keyboard and monitor conversion -
Linkage
Slashdot: The Manly Netbook (in particular this comment reminded me of last weeks post by BikeSnonNYC concerning a hateful skit on cyclists by a Wisconsin Radio station that's more homophobic that anti-cycling. BikeSnob in turn links to probably my favourite Onion headline (possibly NSFW ( Read more... ) -
Mashed up
For those who like that sort of thing (I'm looking at you kauket and onebyone) and haven't heard of Girl Talk, I am currently enjoying Feed The Animals. The entire album is broken down in the link; it's not just a sequential mix with some mashups, it's a patchwork of nothing but overlaid samples. I particularly liked ( Read more... ) -
Iggy Pop / Sky
Am I selling car insurance - or am I selling out?
Best quote from comments:
"If you need to use a semi-naked man can't it be one that doesn't need ironing?"