The Best and Worst Abdominal Exercises From the Bicycle (simply classic) to the crunch (ineffective, with back-straining potential), via all sorts of useless pricy equipment. (tags: exercise health abs gym fitness) A cognitive analysis of tagging (or how the lower…

Tesco Premier Cru nets the non-vintage champagne trophy at the International Wine Challenge awards in London. ‘The Tesco entry, which costs £14.79 per bottle, beat 282 other non-vintage champagnes, including leading names of the champagne world such as Taittinger, Lanson…

Weird and wonderful vocabulary from around the world I can tell this is going to be a hit at Christmas. A few reservations though, as I had never heard three out of four Italian words mentioned in the article (have…

The Booty Call – When to Make It, When to Take It ‘booty call – n 1: the act of calling or contacting a person for the sole purpose of having sex. 2: a person that is the recipient of…

towleroad: Exclusive Madonna Album Details Matt Kalkhoff attended the Q&A session with Stuart Price and has some great details on the forthcoming album. (tags: madonna confessionsonadancefloor stuartprice music) The Observer | International | Italy snaps over gay poster excess Billboards…

Bits, Bytes, Mega, Giga, Tera (explained) Personal bookmark, to come handy next time I have to explain the difference between bits an bytes to a colleague (tags: bit byte mega giga tera) Oceanic Airlines | All flights cancelled Due to…

Independent Online Edition > Kate Bush: The sequel ‘King of the Mountain, the first single from Kate Bush’s forthcoming double album ‘Aerial’, will be available September 27 at a host of digital download sites (tags: katebush music news pop download)…

57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Top drama series award to ‘Lost’, best actress to Felicity Huffman (‘Desperate Housewives’) and Patricia Arquette (‘Medium’). ‘Housewives’ lost best comedy award to ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’. During the show, Donald Trump in bib overalls sang…

del.icio.us: terrible twos del.icio.us turns two on 15 September 2005 – what was it doing before everyone and their mothers discovered it and started using it say, less than a year ago? (tags: blog del.icio.us technology) Geotagged blogs on Multimap…

pop sketch series::images ‘Drawings generated from pop songs. The songs are analyzed note-by-note. At each note, a line is drawn. The angle at which the line is drawn is determined by the pitch of the note and the length of…

10 Reasons Clients Don’t Care About Accessibility I am incredibly privileged in that I develop websites for the UK government, where accessibility is a constant preoccupation (tags: accessibility technology usability web website css design) Guardian Unlimited | Special reports |…

A Really, Really, Really Good Introduction to XML [XML, XSLT & Web Services] From the basics to building an XML-powered content management system (tags: coding computer development howto tutorial xml) The Telecrapper 2000 telemarketer interception system ‘A computerized system designed…

IM Fone – Bluetooth based device allows using cell phone to make calls via IM – Phoneyworld.com A gadget you plug into the USB port, pairs up with your cell phone and lets you call any landline in the world…

Voltaic Backpack, Solar Backpack, Solar Bag ‘Embedded in the outside of the bags are three lightweight, tough, waterproof solar panels which generate up to 4 watts of power […] The bags come with a set of 11 standard adaptors.’ (tags:…

Pets In Uniform It’s pets! In Uniform! It’s creepy! (tags: pets cats dogs web humour) Dictionaraoke.org – The Singing Dictionary ‘This site features parodies of popular songs using karaoke-style backing music with vocals provided by audio pronunciation samples from online…

Mad-Eyes – Confessions On A Dancefloor Facts (and rumours) about Madonna’s upcoming ‘future disco’ album. (tags: madonna music) Anil Dash: Web Development Trends for 2006 ‘…a list of up-and-coming trends that you should keep an eye on. Call it vocational…

Live lightning Map showing real-time instances of thunderstorms in a 375-mile radius around London. Refreshes every minute. (tags: britain uk thunderstorm map weather) Open House London home ‘Every September the annual Open House London event takes place and this year…

Dieux Du Stade Calendar 2006 | ProwlerDirect Preorder your copy now (available from 22 September 2005) (tags: calendar rugby gay dieuxdustade france)

Mint: A Fresh Look at Your Site One of the reasons I never – EVER! – check stats for my weblog is that the information is incomplete and not easily available. And I don’t care how many people read me…

NME.COM | Kate Bush announces new album details ‘Aerial’, Kate Bush’s DOUBLE album, out on November 7, preceded by the single ‘King of the Mountain’ on October 24. (tags: katebush music)