Australian “privacy laws may be changed to curb the misuse of new-generation mobile phones equipped with cameras.” (news.com.au)
“The Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Paul Chadwick, said the Surveillance Devices Act – which provides for up to two years’ imprisonment for recording private activities without consent – may need to be looked at to make sure it covers public changing rooms.” (The Age)

Number one for “Dutch stereotypes“!

Interesting wiki from londongeek.org about the dotcom boom in London in the late 90s.

The Republican Matrix, easily translatable into the Liberal Matrix.

Fancy a pint?

I always meant to photograph this old shop, because it had big windows with scratched and faded original sign-writing saying things like ‘Perambulators’, but now it’s too late.

I seem to be on a patterns kick at the moment. http://www.phppatterns.com/

Nice basic PHP Cheat Sheet and Syntax Exam.

“GM does not provide a magic bullet solution to world hunger. What poor people really need is access to land, water, better roads to get their crops to market, education and credit schemes.” (BBC)
“A 1,800-year-old barge that once sailed along the borders of the Roman Empire will rise to the surface again this month in the Netherlands.”
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“Although the original riverbed silted up centuries ago, the barge has stayed waterlogged for nearly 2,000 years, preserving the vessel and its contents.” (BBC)

“caused me to snort some cat food up my nose”