[Mayor for London] “Hoi! Lose the hair Beardy!” The Observer reports that the aides have told Frank Dobson to lose the beard or lose the election. Someone should report that bullshitting mirthmakers are running the Dobson campaign!

[quote] “I really do think that the battlelines have been drawn. I want to see comics as a pop medium, I want to see the Forbidden Planet empire reaching out to every city in the world like McDonald’s. I want to see comic creators and retailers in Vogue and on telly, but ranged against that brilliant global vision are the cornershop bankers who just want to sneak home with their brown paper bags and their Betty Page video’s and who’re just desperate to keep comics at the level of stamp collecting and train-spotting because they can’t face up to the glare of the real world. Which side will you be on? — its as simple as that.” — Grant Morrison (1992)

[MP3] A new version of Winamp is available. Download from here. Winamp is a free MP3 player for Windows.

Check out Blogger. It’s the website I use to update linkmachinego.com — the Blogger website just got a redesign.

Fantastic interview with Richard Ashcroft of The Verve in News Unlimited.

New book from O’Reilly: Tactical Systems Administration

A life in Crime — Ian Rankin on crime novels. “Here’s the scoop: crime writing is sexy.”

lastminute.com up’s it’s share price.

Be Afraid. MI5 is watching your email according to the BBC — especially if you get emails from David Shayler…

“I think I might be the antichrist“.

According to the Guardian Labour MPs love Harry Potter books.

The Internet has been in the news alot today in the UK. Various Links: Nine high flying tech stocks join the FTSE-100 according to BBC News. BT to offer free net access — rather expensive unmetered access! This is London reports on the lastminute.com ipo.

According to The Economist the Internet is running out of names!

Watching the Detective – interview with the detective leading the murder hunt for Jill Dando.

Websites for the major candidates for London major: Steve Norris, Frank Dobson, Ken Livingstone, Susan Kramer. The Official Major for London website.

Pictures from the race for London Mayor.

BBC News reports that the Internet price war is starting to hot up in the UK. I’ve recently moved over to btinternet.com — £9.99 a month for unlimited access at weekends and week-day nights.

From the Guardian: Ken Livingstone tears up the rule book. Simon Hoggart on the “Stuff Blair Campaign“.

Web Applications that I’m using a lot lately: spyonit.com and clip2.com

My flatmate wants you to visit London Whites Online.

Find interestings posts from interesting people on slashdot.org: John Carmack, Jamie Zawinski and Tom Christiansen

Warren Ellis writes some of my favourite comics at the moment. His website has just got a redesign.

BBC News reports that the Antichrist is a vegetarian. Guh?!

BBC News reports that Ken Livingstone will run for Mayor.

In my real job I am a so-called “IT Support Analyst” but if this World Weekly News is right — I want to change my Job Title to Witchfinder General!

I also watched Bullitt and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Last Night. Movie trivia: Robert Duvall has a role as a very grumpy looking Taxi Driver in Bullit. It was weird seeing him look so young…

‘I’ve done questionable things.’ — Roy Batty.
I’m sitting watching Blade Runner. I suppose this is as good a way as any to start a weblog…

Merry Chrimbo! This weblog is brought to you by the number: 3.

Satanic Bagpuss! Verily, the first sign of the Apocalypse. Forsooth, it has been written… Satan will known as a silly old bagpuss from NORFOLK WITH THREE — COUNT ‘EM — THREE TESTICLES!! You have been warned!

According to his owner: “He’s never been one for outside. He wasn’t really a ladies man anyway – he wasn’t in to all that. He’s just a bagpuss – an old, saggy cloth cat.”

According to Nasa the Hubble is Space Telescope is powered by THREE — COUNT ‘EM — THREE TESTICLES — I mean 3 Intel 486 Processors!

Latest Version of Mp3 Encoder BladeEnc available here.