Skimming through the latest TGO – they’ve gone and armed Crazy Eddy Meechan. Admittedly only with a water pistol, but believe me, you don’t want to know where he’s aiming. As always, Eddy tries out the options so that we don’t have to (and as always, some useful info).

A nice quotation on learning from Vladimir Nabokov, over at LanguageHat – link.

Randall Munroe at XKCD identifies a universal truth (at least for male non-vegetarians) – link.

Saw the Brian Blessed hosted episode of Have I Got News For You on TV the other day. If you feel in need of cheering up, turn down the volume, tune in and enjoy Pt1, Pt2 and Pt3.

And it’s onwards and upwards for the wild camping ePetition, reaching the dizzy heights of 1664 signatures at the latest count. The last week has seen a surge of support for the petition, making the 2000 mark a possibility. Of course, the interesting bit comes after 24 May.

Oh, and JH has launched the 2008 hip-pack competition, those looking for ideas could do worse than to crib from Tinny at Minibull Design.