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• 'No God' slogans for city's buses - I like the idea. Looking forward to seeing the buses on London's streets next year!
• First Quantum of Solace Reviews Arrive, Unveil Dark Adventure - "It seems the fun, flippant Bond of Sir Roger Moore (and even Pierce Brosnan) is long gone." Good!
• Timeline: 42-day detention - Although defeated in the Lords, I suspect that this is not the last we'll hear of this. But well done peers for voting sensibly.

• Some soothing words from Sir Bonar about the latest MoD data loss episode - "We have well-rehearsed procedures for playing down the importance of such incidents, and launching the requisite internal enquiries to establish the precise chain events leading up to the loss. This has been refined over the course of 658 laptop losses and the reported losses of 26 portable memory sticks so far this year."
• Tattoo clue led police to thief - I love these "dumb criminal" stories.
• 17-85 Exposed - A fascinating look at how the Canon EF-S 17-85 lens is put together. The number of components kind of explains why it is so expensive! I think I'd hesitate before doing that with mine even if it had broken!

• 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.