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Compiled a lot of this on Monday, but it was a hideous day with copious amounts of busy, plenty of things going wrong and me being the only chump in the office, so lunch hour blogging was sadly a luxury too far. So here is news from the weekend, Monday and today. (I haven't pruned any; be discerning on your own behalves.)

(Behalfs? Behalves? Taking etymology into account, I'm going with behalves.)

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Oscar Wilde 'UK's greatest wit', followed by Spike Milligan and Steven Fry. ♥ (*does not mention Clarkson, WTF*)

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Interesting iPlayer news.

And wi-fi...

Note Highfield's comments about Mac'n'Linux in the second story. I'm not sure I understand this; are they really saying iPlayer is going to be streaming-only on non-Windows platforms?

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Sasha is home! What a relief!

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Drive advance fuels terabyte era

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John Dugard on Israel and the Palestinians and I have to say the notion of collective punishment seems pretty blatantly obvious to me.

Then again, the coverage in this country is through what is apparently a horrendously biased anti-Zionist propaganda machine (namely, a particular public broadcaster with huge self-imposed impartiality constrictions and a reputation for a liberal slant), so what do I know...

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Hey China, why don't you try a delicious slice of STFU.

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Adults 'too afraid' of youth work. I would be.

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UK supermarkets 'must go greener'

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Sweden top for welcoming migrants.

The UK is ninth, though when I tried looking for more details on the Migrant Integration Policy Index site, I got database errors all over the show and gave up.

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Chairman predicts a smaller BBC - yeah, no jolly well kidding...

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End to unfair privileges for selected couples! Tax benefits for all families, including single-person units, or none at all! And Brown, you utter creep, quit with the cultie-appeasing talk.

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I fort I saw a parapet a-keepin' back the sea.

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Some gasbag who likes airships.

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Cash boost plan for Roman villa

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Why garlic is good for the heart - heads up, vampire writers.

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Next-generation video games. Squee.

Video too, with the not-at-all-tautologous phrase "visual eye candy". Accurate, though. I'd hit that with a cast-iron Wiimote, and I'm utter crap at action games.

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Vatican archive yields Templar secrets

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[video] Hollywood belatedly joins in the party on US foreign policy.

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There now follows a whole load of animal, weird and 'lighter' stories, cut for length. Highlights include nuisance violinists, chocolate bitchfights and a reprehensible, despicable and generally BAD baby tiger. Also, breasts.

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