MusicLens is fun.

Based on my current mood (set by playing with sliders), guess what this thing recommended? read more...

You wouldn't want to make this up. Experts tell Radio 4 that certain wind farms are underperforming because they are located in areas without any wind.

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*shudder* SFW, but warning for THE HORROR THE HORROR OH MY EYES.

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Lucky dog inherits $12m fortune

Which is as sensible as anything else. I hope the bequest included a bodyguard and financial advisor.

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You won't like this picture if you don't like dead fish. Beautiful animal, nevertheless.

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'Extinct' dolphin sighted?

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World facing 'arsenic timebomb'

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Coupla horse stories for those who are interested:

Equine flu hits Sydney racehorses

Serbia to return Croatian Lipizzaners

'Furious' horseman given caution at Lammas fair

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Man claims new luge speed record

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No hyperbole or anything, then?

What a very strange pose to choose. Sort of... I dunno, The Godfathery?

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Oh yes, here's a good one - the wrong sort of trains.

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Dog fight stuff is blowing up in the UK too.

There's a video, but be cautious if animal abuse upsets you.

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Major grants for English museums

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What's it like to be a zookeeper?

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Bullet-proof fabric makes impact

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Finally, this link via my favourite Cerhn: China regulates Tibetan reincarnation. (MSNBC story)

Words cannot express the lulz. Until you get to the usual "gullible Americans" statistics, that is, 'cause those are just worrying.

(This makes me want to write a story in which this happens, and it just so happens that I already have the perfect setting...
I think I'd take a different tack from Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan — which I've just read and can recommend, with warning for explicit sex scenes and torture. The violence, AIs and hard-boiledness make up for that, though.)