Amazon doesn't always get it right.

Because I bought this charger for my Kindle

they suggested I might like this book

by Arizona's right-wing governor. With a foreword by Sarah Palin so it must be a good book then.

Anyone else with tales of algorithms gone crazy?

We're 10 guys in our 40s who are going to Lisbon for 4 days in April. Any must-sees, must-dos or must-eats?

Fantastic piece on Silicon Valley's self-help guru Timothy Ferriss by Rebecca Mead in The New Yorker.

Slate.com revisits the subjects of eight iconic and/or potentially humiliating covers to see how the experience affected their lives.

http://www.slate.com/slideshow/arts/where-are-they-now/

This has gone a bit viral in Norway. Gro-Helen Tørum, medium and expert on all things alternative for TV channel FEM's Den Andre Siden (The Other Side), stumbles upon a fresh crop circle in Wiltshire and spiritual ecstasy unfolds. The lunatic is on the grass...

Contrary to what "From Dusk Till Dawn" might have made you believe, Salma Hayek actually freaked out when a snake made a cameo during an interview with her and her co-stars in Grown Ups. Salma jumped up on her chair and started screeching for someone to do something. As a show of solidarity, Maria Bello did the same thing. However, one brave soul did do something. He manned the camera and kept recording.

"It will be a romance but not in the typical sense,” Rakesh Ranjan Kumar, the director of Dear Friend Hitler, told The Times. He added that the film “aims to capture the personality of Adolf Hitler”

Eva Braun will be played by former Miss India, Neha Dhupia.

Me Adolf! You Eva!
Wanna hunker in my bunker?

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/a...

The rather splendid cover of The Economist

The born again C-list actor has finally found a charity he can relate to - himself. The lesser Baldwin brother filed for bankruptcy last year and this apparently makes him the present-day Job. So let's all donate our hard-earned money and ease the financial burdens of the star of Slap Shot 2: Breaking The Ice.

Vancouver here we come.

Norway Time Hole “Leak” Plunges Northern Hemisphere Into Chaos.

According to Pakistan Daily (The premium online news website providing daily news updates of Pakistan, World, Politics, Local, General, and Business news according to Pakistan Daily) we are to blame for the spot of bad weather this winter.

http://www.daily.pk/norway-time-hole-%E2%80%9Cleak%E2%80%9D-plunges-nort...

The Italian edition of Rolling Stone has named Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi its "rock star of the year," paying tribute to his "lifestyle worthy of the greatest rock star."

I'm looking for a christmas present for my 11-year-old niece (pretty sure this site is way off her radar), who recently became the very proud owner of an iPod Nano. I'm thinking of buying her a docking station with speakers. After a quick search round town I'm thinking of buying one of these:

JBL Onstage Micro

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000JVRQI4/ref=s9_sima_gw_s0_p23_i1?p...

or this boombox from Sony

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-ZSS4IP-Boombox-iPhone-Black/dp/B001GNC7RE/ref...

JBL looks coolest, Sony looks sturdiest. Has anyone got any experience with one of these, or do you know a better alternative? My budget is £150.

The Norwegian Alpine Ski World Cup Team chilling out in Chile.
Aksel Lund Svindal, Lars Elton(!) Myhre, Kjetil Jansrud and coach Trond Mogel perform Michael Jackson's Beat It.

Video here: http://www.aksellundsvindal.com/blog_cms/yet_another_michael_jackson_tri...