Aurlog

Peter Ustinov, chancellor of Durham University and entertainer, has died. One wonders who they will get to replace him.

The first ceremonies for new immigrants given UK citizenship took place today (as reported on the BBC). Fair enough, but what bothers me is that they had to sing. That’s too cruel! The fact that it was the National Anthem…

I know this is hardly the most important aspect of the issue, but it is annoying: the misuse of English by the governments involved in the current fight against terrorism. The worst one is the war on terror which sounds…

The BBC reports that the National Federation of French Cinemas is jamming phones in French cinemas and is being supported by the French government to do so. An excellent idea, which I know has been considered for libraries. We couldn’t…

Made you look.

Transport 2000 has a huge amount of facts and figures about transport in the UK derived from various, mainly official, sources. Some of the most interesting are: In heavy traffic jams the air quality can be poorer inside the car…

The world’s best-looking free software radio team are all now unavailable.

The Swedes are to introduce radar-beating stealth ships. Those Swedes. According to the BBC, the new ship is also controlled by state-of-the-art computers using a Windows NT operating system. Remind me not to join the Swedish Navy.

Archaeologists have apparently found the Library of Alexandria (via kryogenix). Seems like they didn’t have a good enough disaster plan. I would also be intrigued to see the Alexandria Library Services Catalogue.