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Andrew Teman spots that Mcdonalds latest US advertising gurus have chosen some hip street language without really checking it out first! Double Cheeseburger? I'd hit it. I'm a dollar menu guy. 50p a shag - excellent!

Another way to ban the spam from your Moveable Type install. It uses a marker in the comment page. comment submissions that do not include this form field will be rejected. Good idea this one I may implement it myself!

Ask Jeeves has acquired Bloglines - I'm not too sure I am happy about this. The Ask Jeeves service was one that never showed the potential it should have - I never once got a good answer from asking Jeeves - I wonder what Google will do about RSS now. Very interesting times for RSS services.

They are live in London - February, 26 2005 at the Swan
353 High Road Tottenham (Seven Sisters Tube), London, with - Army Of Flying Robots, Jinn, Among The Missing, and Kicked Downstairs. Via Shaun Inman's Common Interests column.

Webcams will be back in fashion this year - the new one I have just got is wireless and moves (not yet available on this site)! I will be keeping the static original one. Jason has discovered EvoCam - which I have been using for several years - its the best web cam software available for the Mac.

Strong local rumour has it that John Lewis will be moving into the Allders department store site in Croydon by Easter. Minerva, who are redeveloping the St Georges walk area with John Lewis as the flagship store will not have the site ready for at least four years so John Lewis may be moving into the Allders headquarters, and the biggest department store in the UK, to give themselves exposure to Croydon and at the same time prevent rivals gaining 4 years of growth before they can move into Croydon.

This is great news for local shoppers and along with the new Central development will make Croydon one of the most attractive places to shop in the South part of Greater London.

John Lewis recently admitted that they were looking at Croydon to expand their presence in South London.

Fascinating maps of Victorian London. Interesting to me because of the Great Stink book I have just read. Stanford's map is one of the best - look at all the docks and railways - where are they now?