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The Children of Hurin

It's finally out in the shops (UK and US)!

"Started somewhere around 1916 - 1918 by J.R.R. Tolkien, then revised several times, it has taken his son Christopher Tolkien 30 years to finally complete it and form the tale of Turin Turambar and the other offspring of Hurin of Hador for publication as an independent work. It is the first, full-length, cohesive Tolkien novel to be published since The Silmarillion of 1977."

Tags: Tolkien, book

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Flora London Marathon

I was pretty tired after last year's London Marathon. I didn't run in it, but I did do some exercise that day :) Anyway... this Sunday is when it comes around again. It's always great to have a lie-in, wake up, flick on the TV and see lots of people sweating it out. Good on them! There are lots of people running for some great causes.

Related: London, marathon, charity

Firebug

A plug here for an excellent Firefox extension - Firebug. Designed to help facilitate web development, it shows you the html in a webpage, any javascript it's running, xmlHttp requests and more!

See also: Firebug, Firefox

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How to take great photos

I've made a little slideshow that watches the latest uploaded photos on Flickr. Hopefully might be useful for picking up some tips!

If you already rate yourself as a bit of a photographer, why not try and earn some extra pocket money with those pics?

Tags: Flickr, photo

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Grand National 2007

I'm not a betting man, and really not interested in horseracing, but as it's the Grand National this weekend I'm going to put a virtual bet on "Billyvoddan" to be the winner. Hope I'm wrong...

Related: Grand National, horseracing, Billyvoddan

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Reality TV

In a way, Justin.tv is a bit like that film The Truman Show, only Justin has consented to wearing a camera that broadcasts his life over the internet live.

"Justin wears the camera 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even in the bathroom. Even on a date."
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See also: Justin.tv, reality tv

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New Google Groups

I've set up a couple of Google groups for some of the software I've written, namely Flix and Warp. (Their respective groups are here and here.) These two applications are particularly well suited to have their own group or forum as Flix is about making timelapse videos and Warp is about making funny photos, so I'm hoping that folk will feel free to share their creations!

Tags: software, Google, Flix, Warp

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Online world geography quiz

My ignorance when it comes to geography is truly shocking and I've been meaning to do something about it. So, here's a little world geography quiz Google Maps mashup I've whipped up using the Google Maps API. Hopefully you'll learn a few things with it! I'd certainly never heard of the tiny island nation of Pitcairn (population 53) before today...

Related: geography, Google Maps, mashup, project

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