- The Dumbing Of America – "The toxic brew of anti-rationalism and ignorance hurts discussions of U.S. public policy on topics from health care to taxation." The article is about the US but it's also increasingly true here. Depressing.
- New Indiana Jones movie is dreadful – Oh dear. Like many people I'll probably still go see it anyway…
- SMS costs more than using Hubble Space Telescope – "Text messaging [is] anywhere from four to 42 times as expensive as talking to the Hubble."