Nice to see Gambit in the trailer of the upcoming Wolverine movie. Gambit and Rogue were my favourites in the TV series.

Annoying when fantasy fiction is mixed in with science fiction. They are quite different, not just elves dressed in lycra with lasers instead of swords. §

Best books of 2008 from Amazon. §

The most interesting bit of the new Palm is the webOS which lets you develop “native” apps. using HTML, CSS and XML. No JavaScript? Does that mean the declarative XML is the behaviour layer? Nice one Palm. ObjectiveC on the iPhone is better than Symbian or J2ME but it is still overly complex for most apps. §

An API from the New York Times on Congressional representatives. See what your rep. votes for and against. Could lead to some interesting local tools.

A £79 mobile that does FaceBook and MySpace. Does that bring mobile social-networking into the reach of everyone who uses social-networks? §

Thinking of unsubscribing from all 239 feeds in Google Reader and then only adding back what I really miss. §

The Dial Up Kid is like a super advanced Captain Crunch. (via Brian White.) §

Dell fires 1,900 people in Limerick. Poland is cheaper, for now.

A clear explanation of the Irish Bike To Work scheme from the recent budget. Basically, you can save 41% on a bike. (via Justin Mason.) §