Guardian - Internet at 40 - The Guardian lists a few notable Internet moments, such as the first spam, the first emoticon, etc, etc.

MySociety - Call For Proposals - MySociety are looking for ideas on what their next project should be.

CutThroat Capitalism - Wired have a game where you can see how you'd do as a pirate in the Gulf of Aden.

Jack Of Kent fails the UK Citizenship Test - turns out not many people are passing it, and the questions are... esoteric to say the least.

The UK Citizenship Test - as above, try it for yourself. I got 43%.

Latest on Simon Singh's libel trial - being sued by chiropractors for an article on the basis behind the practice.  More details here, and the article here. One of the great stories of unintended consequence though, given the Trading Standards cases and the like against the profession (see here).

Perseids peak tonight - try and get out to see them if it's clear.

One journalist decides 'off the record' goes both ways - Paul Carr got lied to by two sources in the last week. Paul Carr now says that 'off the record' means the truth, and lying means that you are then on the record.

Fox News - fair, balanced, and absolutely no idea where Egypt is.

Calvin Harris's Humanthesizer - I'm linking this purely for the use of conductive paint in an interesting way.

The Smoking Gun - Telephone Terrorist - The Smoking Gun goes on the offensive, and tracks down the internet superstars behind Pranknet. A guy who never leaves the house where he lives with his mother, a 51 year old convicted of drug trafficking, a Texan who's on the sex offenders register for taking pictures of a naked 8 year old, the list goes on. These are the people who gained kudos by convincing people in hotel room to destroy the room and the like.

The Sun - Julian Brooker Apology - possibly one of the most complete apologies you will ever see in a newspaper.

IBDeditorials - How House Bill Runs Over Grandma - an American opinion site talks about the plans in the US for healthcare reform, and links these to the NHS in the UK. One of their gripes is that spending is decided based on how much it would improve someone's quality of life, and how certain groups of people would not get all the treatment that could help them, and thus be left to die. It uses an example of someone who would not survive in the UK - Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking, who was born and lives in England.

TechCrunch - Calvin Harris videos removed from YouTube - So you're a musician, and you like to keep close to your fans. One of the things you do is run your own YouTube presence. All fine and dandy, right? True... Until the BPI starts putting in removal requests for the videos. Worth reading just for the quotes from Calvin Harris's Twitter.

Ironic Sans - the Outlet Wall - ever run out of places to plug your gadgets in? Not in this house.

Seinfeld Relationships - visual representation of how people relate in Seinfeld.