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John Prescott as Hu/ellboy

Somehow the idea of replacing the head of Hellboy with that of the last Deputy Prime Minister and MP for Kingston upon Hull, John Prescott, amused me. Even the slogan kind of works.

• NASA: 50 Years of Towering Achievement - The title pretty much says it all.
• The Process - What if a large corporation tried to design a simple Stop sign? (via kottke.org)
• July 24, 1911: Hiram Bingham 'Discovers' Machu Picchu - On my list of places to visit. I read that, despite the influx of tourists, that it's still an amazing site.

• Wordpress for iPhone - It turns out that my recent review of WordPress for iPhone was the four-hundredth post on ZX81.org.uk. Time for a small celebration!
• Font Conference - Typeface adventures…
• Simon Pegg's Geek Roots Show in Spaced - I'm no longer a twenty-something, but I still love Spaced. Now available in the US.

• Wall-E: One giant beep for mankind - "Pixar's films have always outstripped those of Dreamworks – maker of the Shrek series, among others – because they contain universal truths rather than a series of swiftly dated cultural in-jokes."
• How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even Understand - Is evolution not the natural way forward? An alternate take would be: how do the French think that they can mandate changes in language?
• Big Oil's Iraq deals are the greatest stick-up in history - "Iraq is being forced to sell 75% of its national patrimony to pay the bills for its own illegal invasion and occupation."

• Tuscany, Italy - It's been a long time coming — over a month since I got back — but the complete set of images and commentary from my trip to Tuscany is now online.
• Unintended consequences of the smoking ban - A year ago since the smoking ban arrived here in the UK…
• Bond trailer makes online debut - Really looking forward to this. The last Bond movie was great.

• Review: Charming Wall-E Sweeps Up Trash, Hearts - Seems that being bought by Disney has not cramped Pixars style. Definitely one that I'll see at the cinema.
• Labour fifth as Tories win Henley - When Labour get fewer votes than the BNP in a by-election there is a big problem…
• Legal, British P2P 'by end of year' - Is the music industry finally ready to embrace new distribution models?