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Deathly Hallows

The final book in the Harry Potter series has a bit of a weird title - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'm sure there's an anagram in there somewhere, though I'm not sure what. Anyway, it's right at the top of the preorder charts on Amazon already, even though its release date is not until July 21st. It's strange then that J K Rowling's works are up there among the books most unfinished by readers...

Tags: Harry Potter, book

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European ski resorts by airport

One thing that I think is often overlooked when people pick a ski resort is the distance it is away from the airport. If your skiing holiday is only for a week, leaving home early on a Saturday morning and getting there in time for some time on the slopes that afternoon/evening is a big bonus! So here's a list of European destinations by their distance from the runways with some other info included.

Related: ski

Smug

Could Ricky Ponting be any more smug? Somebody, anybody, please please wipe that expression off his face and win the World Cup. South Africa? Sri Lanka? Dare I say England?

See also: Ponting, cricket, World Cup

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Nigel Griffiths quits over Trident

Ironically here is a man who is eminently electable. Hope he gets to cast his vote before leaving parliament. Either way, he deserves lots of respect, especially as Trident's rubbish.

Tags: Trident, politics

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Island in the Sun

This is what could happen if you refuse compensation to move. Guess it could be difficult to sell this house... despite its scenic views, potential moat and central location...

Related: house, photo

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Popularity of RSS feeds

RSS feeds are gaining popularity so I've added a few more feeds on this site.

Because it is more than possible that a visitor won't be interested in every single post I make (though if they are they could subscribe to the general feed), feeds have been made for each "tag" category - see the tag cloud on the right. If you go to a tag like "photos" or "London" there will be a feed associated with it, indicated by the standard orange icon. So if you're into rugby but not cricket or Wii but not PS3, you can now distil Nimisis to only things you might be interested in.

See also: rss

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Wii want cricket

Update 27/06/08: Big Beach Sports (UK/US) has beach cricket!

Combining two of the topics that have been popular here lately - there seems to be a growing group of cricket-loving gamers who think that the Wii is in desperate need of a cricket game. I agree. In fact if there was a Wii development kit around that I could get my hands on, I wouldn't mind having a go myself. I've seen a demo video of the dev kit in action and it looks quite intuitive...
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Tags: wii, cricket

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War on spam

...looks to be being won, slowly. ScotchSpam lists court cases where victims have successfully been compensated for unsolicited mail. If you can prove your email address was obtained illegally then UK courts should judge in your favour. The proving part isn't easy, though this site is a useful resource.

Related: spam, law