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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/29/technology/29google.html “More broadly, the data the company gets from transactions could help it improve the way it chooses which advertising to show to which users. Google says it does not currently plan to use transaction data in this way.” It’s going to become more and more difficult for Google (and other companies) to ignore this information in the future—knowing exactly how profitable individual users are is incredibly valuable. Does Google earn or lose money from your use of Google mail? 09:35

http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2006/05/new_york_how_
to.html How to make a playlist for a girl: “First of all, making a mix for a girl you don’t know that well or for a girl that dumped you is the worst thing you can do. She will be lying in bed with the guy she really likes and they will both laugh their heads off at you for putting U2 on there. You can only make a playlist for a girl that you have fucked more than twice and she has to have thoroughly enjoyed herself both times (so, if you had trouble getting it up the first time then it doesn’t count and your ‘two times’ has to start on the second lay).” 09:47

http://flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=moscow+honeymoon&m=tags No-one goes to Moscow for their honeymoon. Paris seems to be the most popular honeymoon destination. 09:29

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_
united/5103490.stm Objectification watch: “If you lend tools to someone and they come back broken you shouldn't have to pay for the repair and that is what happened to Newcastle.” Newcastle Chairman Freddy Shepherd on the FA “borrowing” Michael Owen for the World Cup, and then breaking him. 09:25

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48976 “Israeli PM: 'One More Suicide Bombing And I'll Give Them Whatever They Want'” 00:06

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector Standard power connectors. e.g. the C14 the connector used by almost all computers. (Quite a lot of thought has gone into these.) Don’t know how to get there but can we have a world-wide standard for power sockets, please? 00:03

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/15/business/web.0616adcol.php Toyota is advertising its Scion on a website visited by to 8- to 15-year olds (i.e. people who won’t buy one). 00:00

http://websrvr40nj.audiovideoweb.com/avwebdsnjwebsrvr4501/
portal/media/media-050516-pregnancy.html (Video) How pregnancy happens. V. disturbing Mr. Penis. 23:59

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5045672.stm Pakistan bans The Da Vinci Code; there were protests from Christians, but the official reason seems to be that it blasphemes Islam by criticising one of its prophets—Jesus. 23:55

http://dialedin.us/boing/ The ad-stripping, Cory-rant filtering version of Boing Boing has gone away. And because they sent a lot of traffic to one of his sites? Pussy. 23:51

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-
releases-content.asp?prID=811 Transport for London press release: first they get rid of the routemasters, now they tell us that London’s iconic red buses will now get white roofs to ward off heat? 23:50

http://members.freezone.co.uk/opal/sp-one/explosions/explosions-
01.htm Pictures of explosions. That is all. (They’re small explosions too. Pretty though.) 23:49

http://www.slate.com/id/2143404/ “How Brazilian soccer players get their names.” The one-word names are mostly nicknames; defenders are much more likely to be known by their full names than strikers. 23:43

http://www.slate.com/id/2143020/ “Can good architecture help the sick?” Does architecture and design affect the physical well-being of those being treated for cancer? The Maggie’s Centre charity has managed to convince a number of leading architects to design treatment centres for cancer patients. 23:39

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5074652.stm A sheep-killing bear is “savage”? Isn’t that what bears are supposed to do? 23:37