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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.

• London teen orders 'cab, innit' - Barely believable but very funny!
• Billy Bragg: Why should songwriters starve so others get rich? - "I never bought that Home Taping Is Killing Music shit in the 1980s that the record companies tried to lay on us. In fact I printed on the front of my fourth album that Capitalism is Killing Music. And that's what's happening now. The powerful start-ups a
• What Idiot Wrote These Ten Commandments? - "Where's the stuff we can use? Where's 'No pushing'? Or 'Bag your leaves so they don't blow around in your neighbor's yard?' And don't even get me started on right-of-way. Didn't they have real problems back in Bible days?"

• Everything you ever wanted to know about "Rickrolling"… - The man who sang "Never gonna give you up," the classic Stock-Aitken-Waterman pop song, makes an unexpected come back. (What's wrong with Debbie Gibson by the way?!)
• Lies and Statistics - Most people in Britain believe that Jesus rose from the dead. Or do they…?
• Our Bad. Wired Had Some Tips For Apple — We Were Wrong. - Fascinating to see how much things have changed in the last ten years.

• 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.”

• Are You Better Off than You Were 2,000 Years Ago? - The next president of the United States of America? If only…
• Apple unveil iNvisible iBook - Even more Apple announcements this week. Kind of.
• How to Spot Arial - I never realised that Arial and Helvetica were so different!

• When is a pencil and paper better than a computer? - And here’s another piece about technology and voting in the States. This time (blatant self-promotion alert) it’s one that I wrote last year…
• Follow the Money - Daringfireball links to this “forgotten” Cringely article about the US voting system. He’s right: low technology can be the answer!
• Pointui, the definitive user interface for mobile devices. - Been playing around with this on my HTC P4350. First impressions: great. I love the fact that I am less reliant on the stylus — one of my main problems with Windows Mobile.
• Make the defence of Human Rights your New Year?s Resolution - “We must all try very much harder to support Human Rights from attack, whether that is from religious or cultural forces.”