November has been busy so not many posts here. Here’s a few tidbits to keep you happy:

US Patriotic Posters

Amaztype - Give it a go.

The Onion: Search For Self Called Off After 38 Years

Godtower: The Skill Of God. I can work out the first answer but stuck on the second. Any joy?

The Sun can’t spell. I think you’ll find its CYBER.

Chav Babes 2006 calendar.

Brighton Flickr Sudoku. You really have to be bored to look at that one.

Their website is still saying their expected delivery date of my parcel is yesterday, the 7th of November.

There is also no way to talk to a representative on the phone, it’s 100% automated.

Half an hour after sending them an eMail they reply by telling me about what part of their website I need to use to answer my query. Sorry, I didn’t see the “Can you please tell me where my f***ing parcel is!!” button.

Whenever I get a parcel delivered by CityLink I’m always amazed at their efficiency. So looks like I have to wait inside all day today too.

So the Live 8 DVD is coming out on the 7th of November priced at £35. It’s not my cup of tea but I’m sure it’ll sell boat-loads by Christmas.

Looking at a few sites mentioning the release I see the phrase “A generous royalty from the sales of the Live 8 DVD is set to go to the Band Aid Trust for the relief of hunger and poverty in Africa,” and also, “Live 8 gave the rights to EMI after the music company pledged a hefty donation to the organization.” So I take it that this means EMI and some record shops will profit from this. Nowhere does it say ALL the profits or royalties will go to charity.

Now flash back to June when the tickets were being raffled and Sir Bob (and the rest of the media) had a huge outcry over people selling these tickets on eBay.

BBC: Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof branded the attempted sale of the tickets as “sick profiteering”.. He said people had realised that “the weakest people on our planet” were being exploited and they were “sickened by that”.

I didn’t see the problem of selling tickets on eBay and I dont see the problem of EMI making a profit from selling the DVD but its double standards when Sir Bob condemns one and not the other. Especially when he on the side of the corporation, not the individual.

Its been the warmest October I can remember. Four days to Halloween and we’ve got a heatwave. It must have reached 22C today at some points in Brighton. See for yourself in The Sun.

Men bad for women’s waistlines. “A UK obesity expert has analysed why it is that women who move in with their man often put on weight as a result.”

Cat Born With 2 Tongues. “The cat, named Five Toes, was born with two tongues and five toes on each paw.”

Nude Disco Launched In London. “Hundreds of clubbers are descending on the country’s only nude disco every Saturday night.”

Treatment for text message addict. “On any one day, he was sending about 300 e-mails to his girlfriend. He was texting her every day and probably spending £20 to £30 a week on texts.”

Patent filed for dog poo cement. “The loads of dog poo that are gathered every day actually make a great mortar with fantastic insulating properties.”

Well I saw more protesters today, the unions (clothed) and pensioners (naked). I’m still waiting for my free newspapers but nobody seems to be handing them out this year, which I find outrageous as it was the only way I felt I benefitted from the conference coming to town. These photos were taken about an hour after Gordon Brown did his speech in the Brighton Centre.

So Brighton is now locked down and there’s lots of armed police around. I even saw a battleship the other day. So I’ll be taking a few Conference photos over the next week and posting them here. The first is kind of for my Dad who was in the forklift truck industry for many a year:

*Dad, if you read this then feel free to click the comments button and tell us all what models these are.

Well I’m not sure if this is good or bad news for me but last week a train took just 37 minutes to go from London to Brighton.

Story from the Southern Railway site.

Wow, I could be living near these developments, in Hove, if they get past one last barrier.

I love the crumpled metal look and its a huge improvement from the 60’s swimming pool thats there now. You can check out the Karis website here. Oh and Brad Pitt will be designing the penthouse restaurant.

I got a copy of the new Guardian today. Its in a smaller format, called the Berliner, which I do prefer and made it much easier to read. The full-colour (on every page) is extremely well done and very sharp. I’m mixed about the new fonts but overall I think this is a huge sucess and I’ll probably end up buying this more often than I have been recently.

You can read the new digital edition of today’s Guardian here