"The Internet is for Meta-Analysis"

Today, gnimmel totally wins at the Internet:

http://gnimmel.livejournal.com/90977.html

Safri Duo

I don't do this very often, but here's a bit of pirated music for you. Well, I've bought it, but you can run up the skull and crossbones while you download it:
http://new.metamathics.org/personal/denny/Played-A-Live__Safri_Duo.ogg
http://new.metamathics.org/personal/denny/Samb-Adagio__Safri_Duo.ogg

(Winamp will play OGG files, I assume iTunes and WMP will cope too although I have no idea)

Then if you like it, you can go and buy the album from this general vicinity:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Episode-II-Safri-Duo/dp/B0000659NN/

(I link to Amazon even more rarely, as I refuse to use them personally due to the one-click patent - however, the album is really worth owning, and play.com sadly don't stock the 2CD edition of it)

RIP Chris Lightfoot

http://www.mysociety.org/2007/03/05/rip-chris-lightfoot-1978-to-2007/

Chris was one of the core coders involved in MySociety, TheyWorkForYou, FaxYourMP, and many other incredibly cool website projects, culminating in the PM's petitions website. I would guess a number of the Cambridge people on my friends list probably knew him... I met him once, very briefly, he was a nice guy. I didn't realise what a phenomenal amount of stuff he'd done until I started reading the links from the linked post though.

Oh yes, that reminds me...

...anyone who sends "I just lost The Game" messages on Twitter, I will remove from my friends list on there (unless the context is particularly amusing/interesting/entertaining). Sames goes for my LJ friends list for that matter. The Game has moved on, evolved, gone meta - shotgun broadcasts about losing aren't funny any more. If they ever were. Get imaginative, people.

PS: Sorry to anyone who just lost. I did try to think of a way of making my point without triggering anyone, but it was a bit of a non-starter really.