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• 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.

• Banking disaster man honored by the Queen - The man who lost the personal data of 25mm people is rewarded with a CBE. Does that make any kind of sense? Anywhere other than the civil service he’d lose his job!
• Paris and Berlin ban cafe smoking - Definite progress. Does the reference to Nazi policies in Germany prove that Godwins Law (”As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.”) also applies to the real world?
• The Electric Car Conspiracy … that never was - Interesting film. Given the spread of Smart cars here I have to think that there would be consumer demand for electric cars, which only leaves the conspiracy…

• Ex-BBC DJ Greening dies aged 44 - Kevin Greening was the best thing to happen to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show for years. Shame he only lasted a year. Very sad to hear of his premature death.
• The Megapixel Myth - More on the myth that more megapixels makes better pictures.
• Ban helps more smokers quit habit - It wasn’t until I went to The Netherlands last week that I remembered how nasty and smoky British pubs and restaurants used to be.
• The more pixels, the worse the images - The mega-pixel race has been hurting consumers, and is one of the reasons that I’ve been more than happy to stay with “only” 6MP on my Canon EOS 300D.