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  1. And Nancy Banks-Smith too

    Finally, the civilised world can relax. The Guardian’s top telly reviewer is now tracked by Byliner.

  2. Greil Marcus

    Greil Marcus’s ‘Real Life Rock Top Ten’s, once at Salon, are still going over at City Pages. Yes!

  3. Freelance charging

    How much does a freelancer need to charge to equal certain full-time annual salaries?

  4. Birkenstock

    The Guardian’s lack of research, Birkenstock’s new range of shoes, and my fashion dilemmas.

  5. Getting there, slowly…

    Six months in and only 3,000 or so days left to go with Pepys’ Diary. At current rates…

  6. Domestic geeks

    There is an emerging tradition of geeks analysing how to perform certain domestic tasks with the most efficiency.

  7. Hire me!

    I’m looking for freelance or contract web building and/or designing work. I comment my code!

  8. The Mapmakers

    I just finished reading The Mapmakers (Amazon US, UK) by John Noble Wilford which was wonderful.…

  9. The Big Brother universe

    Swapping housemates between different countries’ ‘Big Brother’ houses. It’s fantastic, really!

  10. Revamped Haddock Directory

    I’ve rewritten and redesigned the Directory. NEW! IMPROVED! STILL GREEN!

  11. The Believer

    McSweeney’s new mag can now be shipped outside North America. Hurrah.

  12. Arthur Brown, 1914-2003

    Distant Christmas memories of the Essex historian, who died in March.

  13. Life as a 19th century fire-eater

    Part of Henry Mayhew’s interview with a street fire-eater is fascinating, but not for the weak of stomach.

  14. We’re all reporters now

    Webloggers should respect “off the record” briefings… just as companies should be aware their employees might be well-read webloggers.

  15. Smoke: A London Peculiar

    Issue one of a low-key and enthusiastic little zine about London.

  16. Social sausages

    Social software and social capital at The Wonk Foundation; cocktail sausages; Microsoft missing the point; getting bored at talks; and how men in suits rarely live up to TV’s portrayal.

  17. Buy comics NOW!

    Fantagraphics need you to buy some comics to help them out of a nasty hole…

  18. As the Apple Turns

    Even better than a Mac rumour site.

  19. Especially lovely Richard Herring thing

    “I wondered how many thirty-something overweight men were spending this glorious bank holiday night eating unpleasant, artery clogging fried food, before returning to their flats alone. I thought it was probably 29.”

  20. The all@ rite of passage

    The journey from fun start-up to grown-up company is marked by one obvious rite of passage: the taming of the company-wide mailing list. Getting rid of the jokes and amusing URLs may be inevitable, but handle it wrongly and you’re in trouble…

  21. Auntie Phyl’s fruit cake

    The recipe, handed down through the generations. Burp.

  22. Fly away UpMyStreet, be free!

    uSwitch buying UpMyStreet; whether there’s anything left to be “saved”; webloggers as primary news sources; missing people.

  23. So, it’s over

    Rate it “10” Phew.

  24. Someone’s having fun…

    Samuel Pepys has just arrived in the Netherlands.

  25. Soon, it will be over

    It was just one of those days, of salvation and loss.