The founder of Amnesty International dies ¶

Ranking the World's Most Dangerous Cyclists ¶

Road kill candy angers animal rights activists

Because a sense of humour is a terrible thing to waste... ¶

Man cleared of theft of £1 worth of lager after £10,000 trial. ¶

Work is a four letter word for those in their 30s...
Apparently we are angst ridden and desperate to quit our jobs... hmm...! ¶

Ken Rockwell on how to buy lenses for a Nikon digital SLR ¶

Cambridge calls for end of A-levels
Perhaps even more proof [if anymore was needed] that the British educational system is lurching even further into crisis: the vast majority of students aren't hugely well educated and the brightest aren't particularly stretched, which has been the case for far longer than anyone is prepared to accept. ¶

"There is no specific offence of acting like a prat, but if there were you would be guilty of it". ¶

Hunter S Thompson commits suicide ¶

Man fined for insulting Berlusconi
Speak the truth, pay €500. ¶

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trailer
Beware, this is the large 50 mb version... ¶

Americans want to believe in miracles, their heads are in the clouds...
Says the BBC's Washington correspondent... ¶

Ecstasy trials for stressed soldiers
American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares. ¶

Who's who on Savile Row.... ¶

EastSouthWestNorth Life In China ¶

What's your colour personality? ¶

Witold Rybczynski analyses Disney's Celebration - the prototypical new urbanist master planned town. ¶

Fleeting, by Marshall Sokoloff - The Morning News Gallery
Anti-graffiti paint becomes abstract... ¶

QTVR Moon panoramas, including Apollo 11, Apollo 12 and Apollo 17. ¶

8% of the population of Niger are slaves ¶

Two-Finger-Scrolling with pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks
How to change your trackpad settings so you can scroll and right click using just your trackpad... ¶

Go to Ikea, and get stabbed. ¶

The Floating Logos Project ¶

Bill Moyers: there is no tomorrow
A commentary on the religious right and their rabid anti-environmentalism. Depressing as hell. ¶

On the non-collapse of the New York hospitality industry after smoking was banned. ¶

The Independent's 12 best blogs. ¶

Unrequited love can be a 'killer'
Falling in love can be "destabilising", apparently. ¶

Michael Wolf - Hong Kong and the Architecture of Density ¶

nyclondon.com B&W photos ¶

London Underground Stations
Lovingly hand coloured, not half as dull as you might think. via Londonist. ¶

Banksy Online, via londonist ¶

How to make your iPod an audiophile's dream.
10 second summary: buy much better headphones. ¶

Girls sued for delivering cookies
What's that saying...? Oh yes, Only in America... ¶

180 Trillion Leisure Hours Lost To Work In 2004 ¶

Emmitt Smith retires ¶

New York Changing
Cityscapes from the 1930s compared with more recent photos. ¶

Derelict London ¶