Fabio Capello CV

Italian, born 1946.
A former midfield player for Roma, Juventus, AC Milan and Italy.
Has managed Milan, Real Madrid, Roma and Juventus, winning the domestic league title with each of them.
Now England manager, Capello has announced that it will be his last management role. His annual salary will be £6 million.

By all accounts, a good resume. But tell me, what does an England manager actually do again? Put up with the press. Get free tickets to a game once in a while. Collect a pay cheque for over 16 thousand pounds every day, and put a team sheet together now and then. There aren't the day-to-day worries of a domestic league team and you don't need to worry about the player fitness/wages because the club managers are looking after them. And there's absolutely no incentive to leave any sort of lasting legacy, like restructure English football from the lower leagues on up. Surely it's really just a two day a week job?

Tags: Fabio Capello, England, football

Nintendo DS Lite in stock checker

Nintendo pulled their TV adverts for the Wii last week because stocks were so low. There's still a trickle, but I get the feeling people are giving up. Sales for the portable DS Lite are way up and even they are now very hard to get hold of.

So, I've made a stock finder for DS's too (UK only though). If you're in search for a DS, I hope it helps you find one.

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Ang Lee

Taiwanese director Ang Lee was on the radio today promoting his new film "Lust, Caution". It was a good interview, at least, it sounds like it went a lot better than one he had with Stewart Lee, soon after "The Hulk" came out...

Christmas gift ideas

Stuck for an idea and running out of time? Saw the Fisher-Price Smart Cycle on the Gadget Show the other day and thought it would make a great present for a child. A way to have fun and give them some exercise at the same time! Available in US and UK. More gift ideas coming soon!

Tags: Christmas, gift, idea

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African Nations Cup wall chart

Update (11th Jan): Fixed a few errors.

African Cup of Nations 2008 in Ghana is only a little over a month away so I've made a wall chart (poster) in MS Excel format for those who like filling in the results into a spreadsheet whilst following the tournament. Download from Sport.omani.ac.

Related: football, wallchart

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Great white shark attack!

Here's a clip from the Planet Earth series. This is what you don't want to witness when surfing in devon... well, surfing anywhere really!

Super Mario Galaxy

Splashed out and got Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii today, and it's every bit as good as the reviews say it is! Huge attention to detail and loads of levels packed in yet still intuitive to play and altogether awesome!

Tags: Mario, Nintendo, Wii

Pole to Pole

Remember Michael Palin's TV programme Pole to Pole? Interesting as that was, he didn't go from one pole to the other using only human power, he left that to these two nutters. Rob and James (who went to my old school) are already half way there. Why? To highlight climate change and also top what they did last year, becoming the youngest ever Britons to climb Mount Everest.

Related: climate change, travel

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