summer mush

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Nikon D80 pics revealed

Looks like a cut down D-200... and why would anyone want a cut down D-200? Just buy the real thing. ¶

The Economist's Coca-Cola index

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We Should, Like, Stop Saying Like.

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Photodoto » Portable photo storage buyer’s guide

I have an Epson P-2000:

Light and portable, but slow [particularly with large CF cards - it feels like it takes more than twice as long to copy files from my 2 gig CF card as it does from my 1 gig one, and they're the same speed/manufacturer].

I do like it, although the battery life is absolutely terrible. ¶

How to disable (and enable) the Dashboard

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Ian Loader on the 're-balancing' of the criminal justice system in the UK

Says he to dear Tony: it often sounds as if you think the criminal justice system is a delivery arm of government. ¶

No superstores 'means prosperity'

"Shops, employment and the countryside in England all flourish if plans for superstores are refused, a report says". Summers probably warmer too no doubt... er, hey... ¶

UK imports over 100,000 AK-47 rifles in just three months

Does make you realise just how big the arms trade really is... ¶

Scotland's youngest mother, 12, arrested after drunken night out

You couldn't make it up if you tried. ¶

Chicago police 'tortured black suspects'

A rogue Chicago police unit routinely tortured black suspects in the 1970s and 80s with electric shocks, beatings, near-suffocation, and mock Russian roulette, according to a four-year investigation. WTF??? ¶

The mystery of flight 870

in 1999 an exhaustive investigation by Judge Rosario Priore, one of Italy's most respected legal figures and an expert on terrorism cases, gave the definitive version of what happened. He concluded that the plane had probably been caught in a dogfight between NATO jetfighters and Libyan MiGs. ¶

"Interesting Maple Leaves", originally uploaded by Dave Gorman.
From Dave Gorman's set of 'flickr coincidences'. ¶

Originally uploaded by ten-nine. ¶

Lost luggage doesn't disappear, it just goes to Alabama

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If the customer is always right, but you have lots of different customers, then which customer is always right?

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The Top Ten Most Beautiful OS X Apps

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The United States of total paranoia

Jeremy Clarkson isn't enjoying working in America. ¶

Originally uploaded by Rezlaj. ¶

Weekend Interview: Brian The Blogging Pigeon

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