Hitting a Miss on Skaro

The BBC bungled the last few minutes of Dr Who on Saturday:

.. or even the Eurovision Song Contest!
I've not watched this week's episode yet, but intend to do so when my memory and a repeat are in the same room together and then, hopefully, the inane coming next will be missing!

The delights of place holders

For Ala. man, XXXXXXX marks spot for ticket-magnet

Scottie Roberson bought a vanity plate with seven X's to pay homage to his racer nickname. But that causes a bit of a snafu when parking patrols put the plate into the system. Officials usually put seven X's in place of the number for cars without license plates.

Roberson said the mix-up has led him to get as many as 10 tickets in a day.

Never put valid id's as temporary markers!

Shhhhhhh!

Thanks to the mandriva expert list is this link to a WH Smith's e-book page. I quote:

Reading aloud: not allowed

Oh the delights of DRM....
You are allowed to read this posting aloud!

The risks of shopping in Manchester

at least for phones - off the Risks digest.