The Economist survey of the illegal drug business It gives an overview of the size of the problem and the social costs both of drug use itself and of the “cure” – law enforcement. It accepts that legalisation might lead to more drug-taking of all kinds but suggests on balance decriminalisation is the answer. Here in the UK, at least where cannabis is concerned, the pendulum seems to be swinging towards legalisation (and not before time!).

cnmovies.com – the good news is that this new resource is based on Halliwell’s cinema guide which is one of the most comprehensive resources available. The bad news is that Halliwell’s doesn’t provide much information on each film and the site is badly designed and (at the moment) a little erratic in response. Nonetheless if you are looking for an obscure or foreign film and the Internet Movie DataBase can’t come up with the goods this one might. It also offers some trailers, bloopers from Reagan and Bogart and full-length classic feature films on the accompanying “special events site.online accredited programs mbaeducation courses physical accreditedtel offshore credit agricole singaporefederal union allegheny county creditairtran card creditabacus creditsystem credit account receivable managementcredit 0 card apr balance transfer Map

Apologies to all my readers – I have been “off air” for a week or so due to a technical hitch but all should now be well… Unfortunately, I am about to go on holiday for a week so there won’t be updates for a while. Fortunately, there is a bit of a back catalogue that has built up…

A TV appearance See me in the flesh as I appear on Network of the World to discuss virtual communities.

BBC Radio’s Pick of the Week which highlights and samples programmes from across the BBC is now available via realaudio whenever you want to listen.free 3220 nokia ringtone downloadringtone nokia 3220 freedownloads free ringtone absolutelyfree cellphone ringtones absolutleyringtone polyphonic alcatelalltel ringtones carrierringtone free 1600 nokiaringtone nokia 6230i Map

The Sunday Times publishes weird 1999-era tech-strapolation. Within the next three years, “cities will begin to change into collections of villages. Phones will disappear, to be replaced by multi-function communication devices that talk to each other without wires and use voice-recognition and thumbprint identification. Notes and coins will become scarce and credit cards nonexistent as people switch to e-cash.” blah blah blah…

GreaterGood.com closes down The dotcom downturn claims one of the most innovatively-funded charities I have run across – the Hunger Site (and several derivatives). By clicking once a day on a link that displayed several sponsor banners you could give cups of food to the starving.

Beware the thought police Let’s be clear here – I find paedophilia utterly revolting. However, this latest development is also pretty disturbing – “a man named Brian Dalton was put in prison for writing down his sexual fantasies. He’d written them in a secret journal. There was no evidence that he’d acted them out. He’d never even shown them to another person.”ringtone 8700lg 8100 ringtone7290 ringtonesringtones 24 ctualcatel gratis ringtone pararingtone absolutely free nextelfullmetal ringtone alchemistnokia ringtone 6103 Map

Freedom of speech on the Web – a qualified boon. Two stories today in Salon point out the problems – anti-abortionists use the web to broadcast video of people entering clinics while some anorexics use the Net not in order to beat their illness but to conceal it from those who would help them.

Acorn Profile of my area Interesting to see that the marketers really do seem to know about my area in detail. Even though Islington as a whole is one of Britain’s poorest boroughs this organization has correctly identified my area as “Type 21: Prosperous Enclaves, Highly Qualified Executives” and the habits identified are pretty spot on – at least for me. Quite a step up from my last abode – “Type 53: Multi-Ethnic Estates, Severe Unemployment, Lone Parents”…loans all creditfor accounting loanloans force air officeract about education loans1 interest rate loan 3loans 24 hourto 100 loan loans valueloan personal advance payday cash loan Map