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The Idler A magazine that lives up to its name, even before you buy it. more inside

I've checked, and this isn't on the list of my favourite things. Andrew Lloyd Webber is to start up a reality tv show, searching for the star of his stage remake of The Sound of Music. more inside

IVR Cheat Sheet Paul English created the IVR Cheat Sheet to help you quickly get to a human when you are trying to call a company for service. (The term IVR stands for "Interactive Voice Response", the fancy name for annoying computers who answer most phones these days.) more inside

Cartographic Curiosities and other maps from the Yale Map collection.

UK Mercinaries Hired by US Randomly Shoot Iraqi Civilians on Video. [Please note there are some "adult" links - no images - on the page containing this video]. All to the tune of "Mystery Train" by Elvis Presley. UK Sunday Telegraph British Mercinaries hired by the US videotaped themselves randomly shooting at vehicles in Iraq. Very intelligently, they posted the video to a website (now pulled from the internet) run by a former employee of the "security firm" they worked for. more inside

Curious George: stationery fetishism It seems the English language is lacking a convenient label for someone who 'suffers' from a stationery fetish more inside