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• Yummy Version 1.0.2 - New version of my Delicious client for iPhone now available. Mail bookmarks and some bug fixes.
• The Fear - "Here is a complete list of what Apple must do to increase developers' trust in the App Store system:

  1. State the rules.
  2. Follow the rules."

• Say "No" to 42 days! - Sign the petition against the bill that will give the British Police the ability to lock people up for 42 days without charge.

• Protect The Human - My favourite charity launches a new website.
• Artist Builds Temple of Science - "For people who are not practicing scientists, science is a place where certainties are promised and delivered — even if five years later another contradictory certainty is presented."
• The Cringely Plan - You can argue with the details but Cringely is spot on with regard to what Governments are best at influencing. Directly bailing out Wall Street or The City of London is not it.
• waffle → Goodwill - The new MS ads don't really work: "most of the Apple ads bring up either real problems that Vista users experience, or real improvements that Macs deliver. Microsoft doesn’t attempt well enough to fix those Vista problems … and they’re not pushing the things Windows can do that Macs can’t. Pointing and saying 'he’s lying; just read this promotional copy and see for yourself' doesn’t seem like a good response."

• Graduates 'short on skills' - CBI - Note to business leaders: there's a difference between "education" and "training." The primary focus at university should not be "preparing [students] for the world of work."
• Canon EOS 5D Mark II Hands-on Preview - If this (and the 50D) are as good as they seem on paper, Nikon's reign as DSLR champion looks to be very short lived.
• New Hitchhiker's author announced - Hmm. I'm not sure that this is a great idea.

• Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the earth yet? - Very handy.
• Bill Gates & Jerry Seinfeld - Shoe Circus Commercial - This Vista video is a lot like Vista itself. Microsoft clearly spent a lot of money on it but there's no real point to it.
• How Anti-Intellectualism Is Destroying America - "No country in the West democratized education earlier, but no country has been more suspicious of too much education. We've always thought of education as good if it gets you a better job, but bad if it makes you think too much." This article is about the US but it's not dramatically different here.

• Corsica, France’s Isle of Beauty - Seems that the NYT loved Corsica as much as I did.
• Comedy producer dies in accident - Very sad. "Geoffrey Perkins … created the game Mornington Crescent in I'm Sorry Haven't a Clue. He also produced the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of the most successful radio shows ever made."
• Announcing Yummy for iPhone 1.0 - I finally announce what my iPhone application, Yummy, does.

• Ofcom considers termination charges - Does anyone consider it a problem that we don't get charged to receive calls on a mobile phone in the UK? Thought not.
• Man's 'pants' password is changed - Not sure what to conclude from this other than it's funny. Banks have no sense of humour? Don't bank with Lloyds?
• US made to wait for Quantum of Solace - I would like to see the release of QoS pushed out by six months in the US as revenge for making us wait that long for Ratatouille last year. Not that I'm bitter or anything.