Yes, another set of links I’m dumping here top clear up my browser’s bookmarks.

Film sequel quiz. Go on - you know they made one more.

Current status of HDTV in the UK.

Logic Puzzles. For when you want to waste an afternoon.

Sorry I Missed Your Party. If you can’t make it to a party youself take a look at these ones.

Whole Lotta Blog. Searches blogs for links to music files. Dodgy (in the crim way) but very good at finding obscure stuff without resorting to bit torrents.

German Bunker In My Garden. Guy tries to find a bunker in his garden. Start at the link and work your way up the archive.

It’s traditional here for me to let you know what my Grand National selection is. This year, like my disastrous 2007, I haven’t had time to study form, listen to pundits or get the word on the street. So what you’re left with is plain guesswork.

There’s no horses sticking out for me so it’s gonna be one of those years where most of my bets will be on clapped out old nags that might just finish somewhere in the first 4. I’ve placed each-way bets on:
NAUNTON BROOK 100-1
FUNDAMENTALIST 66-1
L’AMI 40-1

And of course, I had to put some money on one horse to win, and it didn’t take long to pick this one. My 2008 winner of the Grand National will be …..
KING JOHNS CASTLE 16-1

If you can’t make it to the bookies just click on the Ladbrokes link on the right (5th down). Good luck!

Download some Charles Webster, Moodymann, Theo Parrish and Ron Trent mixes at Bozman’s site. I’m getting into the 3 Chairs and Charles Webster & Moodymann mixes on Page 2.

I’m playing a lot of Advance Wars: Dark Conflict on my Nintendo DS at the moment. Let me know if you fancy some wifi battles.

Kids, just because you put the word Monkey next to something doesn’t make it cool.

I’m thinking of creating a Russell Brand Sentence Generator. It will spurt out words like Shackled, Pomposity and Judgemental.

Currently going through a non-red meat phase for a while so I’ve been cooking such delights as Jhinga Bhindi Fry which is a prawn and okra stir fry. You can get the recipe here. I may even attempt to grow my own okra this year, yikes!

And finally, all the local councils on the South East coast are being complete idiots in stopping the residents of Sussex from getting hold of the wood that has washed up on the beach. Just when you thought that you might get a little kickback from all that council tax you’ve been paying. No. The beach is off limits and so is the wood.

Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians. Does as it says on the tin.

Check out the latest celebrity armpit flaps at flappits.com. You must be pretty deranged to think of that one.

An interview with Ken Buckle, mobile disc jockey in Enfield. His words of wisdom include, “You can have women asking for Abba week after week, then next time you think, ‘There’s a load of women here, I’ll give it the old “Dancing Queen”,’ but nothing happens. There’s no guarantee in this game. It’s like fishing.”

Interview with Chris Rock, from The Guardian. On Hillary Clinton:
“I think America is ready for a woman president. But does it have to be that one?”

And originally from the geniuses at Poisoned Mind, here is how I spend most of my day:

I made this:

Today’s game is Dice Wars. It’s like a mini version of Risk where you have to roll higher than the territory you’re attacking. Good quick fun!

Today’s ‘everybody is stupid’ moment goes to the news that Camelot are withdrawing a scratch card game as it’s too confusing. Yes, it uses minus numbers to show cold temperatures and working out if you were colder or hotter proved a bit too much for some people.

Today’s bet was another of my crazy longshots. It’s a bet that Croatia don’t qualify from Euro 2008. They are currently top of the table with only two games to play but if Russia win both of their matches, Croatia lose against Macedonia and England beat Croatia next Wednesday then they don’t go through to the finals. It’s a long shot and it wasn’t even available at the normal betting sites. Therefore I took my first shot at using BetFair which is a totally different kind of betting site, called a betting exchange. Here you can place bets ‘against’ results as well and you can choose your odds from a selection. It’s not as complicated as it sounds. For a £25 stake (which was free with the offer I had) I stand to win over £600. Fingers crossed!

Today’s annoyance is Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, insisting that the War On Iraq has not increased the threat of terrorism. I feel so confident which such free thinkers in charge of the country.

Today’s mix tape comes from DJ Rocha with his Made Inn Radio Show mp3 mix - sorry about the RapidShare link. It’s a light deep tech-house mix with nothing too underground or experimental.

Today’s ha! comes from John Scalzi who reports back from the new Creation Museum somewhere in the US. “Every single thing on display in the Creation Museum is either caused by or a consequence of exactly three things: 1. The six-day creation; 2. Adam eating from the tree of life; 3. Noah’s flood.”

Here’s all the online crap I’ve found interesting in July:

The Story of My Sands - A look at the codewords used over tannoy systems. I well remember a Mr Sands on Brighton Pier and Somerfield.

Heavens Above. Calculates where satellites and the ISS will appear in the sky. Apparently you can see Iridium Flares in daylight too if you know exactly where to look.

What The World Eats. Time Magazine photo study of the food consumed by different cultures around the world.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Songs That We sing - (listen by choosing ‘5:55 The Album’)

The 12 Master Formats of Advertism. Nice video explaining the 12 main advertising tropes.

Mike Read is backing Boris Johnson. Not the dead cockney one but the dire radio DJ. Not only is his article pure reactionist gold but the comments are hilarious too. I say Mike Read for Mayor!

Trailer for a crazy South Korean movie about dragons with rocket launchers, called D-War.

The iPhone v the Nokia E70. An interesting article (contains comedy and swearing).

Are you a budding economist? If so you’ll find this study of alcohol content vs price very interesting. Cider is the clear winner.

Or a budding installation artist? Take a look at Lars-Erik Fisk’s VW Bus Ball.

No, you fancy starting a company, right? Better choose a good name for it though. Here’s how the world’s leading brands chose theirs.

Why not work in advertising. Here are nine of the best tips on creating a corporate image.

Actually, it may pay to be a futurist. Check this Ministry of Defense report on what the future holds for us.

No, I think Glamour Photography is the way forward. No need to do your own though when you can just trawl through some specially selected photographs at Flickrdreams.

Call me a pessimist but after looking at all the proposed major developments suggested for Brighton I think we’ll be lucky if we even see one of them actually be built. Falmer Stadium, The i-360, Frank Gehry’s Buildings and the Marina Developments should all be built. Brighton has always prided itself on it’s progressive architecture. All the moaners should clear off to Eastbourne where they belong.

If only the controversy created by the Gehry Buildings could be mirroredby more important issues. The letters to The Argus around this issue always make me laugh. And for once I agree with the council and developers views.

The latest idea is of The Wireless City. “The city council is considering installing a WiFi network covering central Brighton next year which would be extended later across the entire city.” Another nice idea but I can’t see it happening. Almost free phone calls around town would be nice though.

Unfortunatly, one of the most spectacular scenes in the whole of Sussex is slowly being eradicated. Last October there were around 30% of the Starlings that have normally appeared on The West Pier. I think the council should blow a few quid on making this Victorian relic a bit more Starling friendly. I’m sure you could sort that out for £100K.

In other news I saw this advertsing slogan for a new games exhibition:
Lets hope nobody gets the wrong idea about that!

No, this isn’t a post about Allo Allo, just a collection of some rants I’ve seen on the net recently. We all love a good moan and here are some of the latest.

Warren Ellis took a well deserved shot at the inane celebrations of St Patrick’s Day by people who are not Irish. His Annual St Patrick’s Day Message is well worth a read.

Charlie Brooker loves a good moan too but in this article he stops for a moment just to watch the wonderful The Trap documentary by Adam Curtis. I’ve enjoyed the last two episodes and I hope he can knit it all together for Sunday’s final one.

I saw Casino Royale this week and though that Daniel Craig was a superb choice for James Bond. There are some people that disagree … a year before they saw the film. Their site is the imaginatively titled www.danielcraigisnotbond.com.

Julie Burchill has a good rant about my local council in Brighton & Hove. “Brighton Women’s Centre was shocked to find its modest annual funding had been slashed from £6,000 to a big fat zero. This at a time when the council could pocket £2m in parking fines in a six-month period without breaking sweat.” All this from her new book, Made In Brighton, coming soon.

What would make me moan? Possibly seeing this as I opened my door in the morning.