Top news stories of the day
World Bank president has holes in his socks No stoning or burning of women
Telegraph Fantasy Football password
The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 31st January is LAMB.
Made up stats of the day
A few stats which don’t seem true: 7% of men have suffered from stalking in the past year. I reckon more than 7% of people lie in surveys. Up to 25% of computers on the net may be used by cyber criminals. That’s up to 25%. Well, that covers anything more than 0% I guess. …
US military looks to ‘black ice’
The US military has appealed to scientists to help develop a novel weapon – artificial black ice. The good thing about this article is the number of different ways to get across the main advantage of this new ‘weapon’ i.e. it makes the ground slippery: “to get from point A to point B, one must …
Telegraph Fantasy Football password
The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 24th January is GINGER Telegraph Fantasy Football login
Maps mashup maps mashup to make me a million
If you read between the lines of this BBC article on internet entrepreneurs, then my Maps mashup maps mashup site is going to make my fortune for me. BBC NEWS | Business | Here comes the creator economy
Leyton Orient 0-1 Blackpool
Despite one of the best performances I’ve seen this year, Orient left the match against Blackpool with nothing to show for it. Constant periods of pressure, including two shots cleared off the line, counted for nothing as a defensive error with only a few minutes of normal time remaining lead to a relatively easy opportunity …
Thames whale skeleton on display
The skeleton of the whale which died after becoming stranded in the River Thames a year ago will go on public display this week. If you’re going to get trapped in the Thames then, second only to being rescued, having your skeleton put on display in the Natural History Museum must be best thing that …
Telegraph Fantasy Football password
The Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday 17th January is BOTTLE.
I’m into clippy
If you’re really into the Clippy ‘help’ in Microsoft Office, then this is for you: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JinvH8RdIYs]