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• A humanist discussion of… 'creationism' - A nice rebuttal of some of the more common "arguments" against evolution.
• Classics in Lego - Famous photographs in Lego. Fantastic!
• A shaming victory on 42 days - The governments absurd law, allowing the Police to detail people for up to 42 days without charge, is not popular. Just hoping the Lords send it back with some rude comments attached.

• French version of The Apprentice 'not allowed to fire contestants' - Against my better judgement I got quite into this years (UK) Apprentice. The French version sounds even more entertaining…
• No ID Card Function Creep? Pull the Other One - "Now, tell me again why we should trust the UK government over ID cards?"
• Burma cyclone: Regime turns back US aid ships - The Burmese military junta puts their own position above the lives of over two million people. Sick.

• Amnesty unveils shock 'waterboarding' film - This video makes it pretty clear why waterboarding is torture and not just an "enhanced interrogation" technique as George Bush would have us believe. Very nasty. (Don't watch over dinner.)
• DRM: The Gift that Keeps on Taking - "Now, people, aren't you really glad you bought DRM'd music"
• Free your mind - How can a writer make money when distribution is free…

• The Cost of E-Voting - One of the many reasons that I am against e-voting machines: the cost. "The cost … increased 179 percent per voter on average." All that money for a less reliable system. Bargain!
• Change we can believe in - I didn't realise that we were in line for some new coins. They look surprisingly good, certainly much better than the new US notes. (Originally from daringfireball.net)
• Bali bombings: A sister's search for justice - I've always said that it's much easier to be against capital punishment when it's just an abstract idea. Here the sister of one of the Bali bombing's victims argues why she's still against it.

• eBayer invites buyers to rip him off - It does seem that eBay has become a victim of its own success. Having said that, some of the ways that they're trying to tackle fraudulent users are clearly bonkers.
• Japan MPs moot halt to executions - Hopefully this will move from "moot" to law, and then from temporary to permanent.
• Designing What’s Right for Consumers - Is it really so hard to design consumer electronics? The manufacturers say it is. Everyone else seems to disagree.
• WordPress 2.3.3 - I've upgraded to the current version of Wordpress. As ever, if you spot anything amiss please let me know!

• Afghan Student Sentenced to Death After Downloading Report - Good to see that the invasion of Afghanistan has resulted in more freedom for the locals…
• Forget passports - teachers and kids are the new ID card targets - Despite the loss of personal data and despite the fact that they will not (and cannot) do what the Government says they will, the ID Card scheme is still not completely dead.
• The True Cost of SMS Messages - “How come technology, communication, and infrastructure is getting cheaper while the costs of SMS messages are increasing exponentially? My theory: SMS messages are transfered over air made of solid gold.”