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I am still reading Georgette Heyer. I love Georgette Heyer.  She is unfailingly brilliant and soothing and very good for my nerves.  In a world where you can rely on disinherited young women to run away from their ugly nosed aunts at the drop of a hat and be found by a dashing young member of the ton

My London Taxi myblacktaxi.blogspot.com What it's like to own and run a black cab (a 1996 Fairway Driver) as a family car. The Black Cab Sessions blackcabsessions.com Beach Boy Brian Wilson performing in the back seat of a taxi, plus some lesser-known musicians.

Internet review: 4Mations guardian.co.uk Technology Fri, 10/03/2008 - 18:04 This is a video-sharing animation site that's offering cash rewards for the most popular content, and the chance to get seen by the big suits at Channel 4 and pitch for real TV work.

I'm a bit late to this (it's a whole week and a half old), but a recent Stephen Fry Dork Talk column covered the Canon/Nikon camera rivalry, and more specifically, the Canon EOS 1000D. I've not really talked about it, but unlike a lot of the earl... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Out (and brilliant) funnyman Stephen Fry and friends launch his new book, Stephen Fry in America Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a...

telegraph.co.uk Giant prehistoric geese the size of small aircraft once flew over Britain, scientists have discovered. Dasornis, which had a 16 ft wingspan and sharp teeth, lived 50 million years ago and was related to present-day ducks and geese.

Some of you have been around for a bit might recall the exchange from QI in which Alan Davies related an amusing story about Peter Cushing's place of residence plus a song that was written in Cushing's honor. If you need a refresher, they do have a snippet at the beginning of this vid, but the full thing about Peter Cushing buying vegetables is here.

Ogg on the Rise http://www.fsf.org – "The recent launch of Stephen Fry's film in celebration of GNU's 25th anniversary has been a success on a number of levels — including for PlayOgg.org , the campaign for free audio and video formats.

QI is a British panel show that we love. And it hurts our heart that we don't have anything like it on American television. It also gladdens our heart because we're fairly certain there's a decent chance that QI U.S. would suck. But still, we do get the books.

Here’s a couple of recommended podcasts, to add to the list that I published a few months ago. Stephen Fry’s Podgrams - Stephen Fry was a wonderful voice and does all kinds of work as a voice actor (e.g. the narrator for the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie and for the BBC children’s cartoon Pocoyo) as well as a live actor on stage, television, and films.