United top of the league

Three fresh-faced United fans at the match against Chelsea.

Goal line cameras on the way

Doddering old FIFA President Sepp Blatter has announced that the use of goal line cameras will be trialled at the World Club Championships in 2007. More from the Guardian here.

Four word film reviews

Film reviews limited to four words at the imaginatively titled Four Word Film Review site here. "Murray slimed. Marshmallow time!" for Ghostbusters, for example. You get the idea.

The greatest TV show of all time...

...is Twin Peaks - for the murder mystery, the music, the dreams and the cherry pie. Here's a promo video I found on YouTube. "It's like I'm having the most beautiful dream and the most terrible nightmare all at once."

Amy and Greg off to Aus

Today Amy and Greg leave for Australia for five months - only Jack seems to be sad about it (not pictured: Ray Ward). Read all about their amazing adventures here.

Souvenir photos

More on Flickr here.

Cartoon hotel room

Stay in a hotel room that looks like a cartoon here.

'C-List Celebrity Killer' Leaves Police Enthusiastically Guessing Who's Next

"We believe the likeliest targets are R&B one-hit wonders from the late '80s and early '90s, former child stars, and Maxim cover girls."

from the Onion, here.

Firework fun

Manchester by night.


Jimbo stays warm.

Web 2.0

The Guardian has put together a great series of mini-interviews with the founders of some of the leading Web 2.0 websites, including Flickr, Bebo, Wikipedia, Blogger, Digg, Last.fm and more. And they all try and explain what Web 2.0 is. The main page is here.

Bond x20

The Bond film marathon has come to an end after 20 films spanning 40 years and including... 5 x James Bonds, 3 x Ms, 2 x Qs, 3 x Moneypennys and 6 x Felix Leiters. Plus countless vilains, girls, gadgets, chases, explosions and quips. The new one (with a new Bond and a new Felix Leiter, but the same M) is out on the 16th.

Write a novel in a month

Today marks the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short) - the idea is to write 50,000 words before the end of November. The best part is, it doesn't have to be any good, it just has to be more than 50,000 words. And you can pretend to be a writer all month. Go here to sign up.

A gnome in the backyard

New music on Voice of Harold! This is Oh Mandy by the Spinto Band - even if you don't like the music it's a clever video and worth watching to the end.