Bought the first series of The Wire on DVD and watched the first episode tonight. Promising, the pacing is excellent and it is not formulaic. Role on episode 2.

photos.aero demonstrating the speed, efficiency and ease of using Amazon’s CloudFront CDN. The photos literally fly down the line.

Rourke is looking great in The Wrestler.

One complaint of treadmills is that they keep you indoors. They save your knees but they are dull compared to road running. Complain no longer, the wheeled treadmill.

Citi Group is getting a big bailout. I can’t help thinking that these bailouts are the same as what led to the collapse; bad investing.

MUZU replies to The Killers daft “Are we human or are we dancer?” lyrics. Seriously folks, what was the chap thinking when he wrote and then sung that line?

MuseBin is Twitter-style reviews of music. Cool idea and this Guns N’ Roses Chinese Democracy review is hilarious. Email me for invites.

The dead may be the future of clean energy. Solar-panels installed on top of graves in Spain. Good use of the land.