Chinese authorities arrest Tenzin Delek, a Buddhist monk, and sentence him to death .. please go to the online petition to try and secure his release, or at least a fair retrial...

good for yer kids too

Anyone who rides a bike should read this blog because it's ice box cool.

here is some nicely shot video footage from the cambridge show thanks maggie!!!

Music+physics=John Matthias.

Don't let the Stupid define the Age.

Tim Hunkin's inventions, under the pier at Southwold. I keep trying to go there but not quite making it. Maybe you'll have better luck. Go to Ipswich and turn right.

depression is not fussy about who it hits. and feeling isolated and powerless doesnt help especially when yer young and all. this site has lots of people sharing their experiences which is what us humans need in order to cope.

Great dance music site, lots of old articles and features, dj mixes

Found this extraordinary shop in Brighton last week. It's well worth a visit...

“The relationship between photographers and police could worsen next month when new laws are introduced that allow for the arrest - and imprisonment - of anyone who takes pictures of officers ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.”

maybe it's about time the likes of Apple took responsibility for the manufacture of their products, as they're supposed to be so cutting edge.

As we're lifelong contributors to 'anthrophony' we're pretty culpable....but still, fascinating studies.

Look to the stars!

The Chestnut Tree Café. ...it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

In Rainbows video competition

Plastic. Is. Everywhere.

Bhopal was the worst industrial disaster in history. A leak of methyl isocynate killed 20,000, injured millions more and Union Carbide... um, er...

THE REVOLUTION WILL (NOT) BE TELEVISED

the artists have no recollection of most of this.

There Will Be Blood
film info for the UK

ken korda as Adam Buxton on Scotch Mist

Jonny Greenwood: 'There Will Be Blood' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Available from Tuesday 18th December.

Vote vote vote! Mmm... participatory democracy...

As they say, we don't live in the Information Age, or even the Oil Age. We all have to eat. We live in the Agriculture Age.

Download books on to your Blackberry instead of using it to send email, 'browse' the 'web' or any of the other tedious business-related 'apps'. It'll still look like you're really really busy.

This is great if you should be doing something boring for someone else.

Man, I couldn't even read this, it looked so scary. But maybe you can? Maybe it has a happy ending?

Fascinating, horrifying, beautiful photography.

Put that important work aside. Slack off. Play this, it's great.

Well-written, urgent and frequently very funny. Featuring the now-legendary 'Crap Arrest of the Week'.

Bored? Read a magazine. No celebrity cellulite in this one, I'm afraid.

If only. People are beginning to question the idea of filling our streets with fast-moving metal objects that smell bad and make those driving them behave worse.

Fill 'er up. While you're at it, check the dipstick thing.

Derrick May on Strings of Life

Messiaen's bird song imitations along with field recordings.

Simply incredible. Housing estates are the new up.

I found this when I was looking for pictures of housing estates. The Typologies are fantastic.

Dedication's whatchooneed.

Send your old computer somewhere more useful/less harmful than the local dump. Turns out Apple computers have a terrible environmental impact. Doh.

i want the T shirt

An excellent independent liberal reporter on the Middle East.