I have just launched my new weird and odd news site: bonkersnews.com. Its main focus is on odd news and news to make you laugh but you can also find some serious news there as well along with a special section on technology news. Enjoy!

There is a new web site called the Alternative Open Directory Project which looks like they want to take on DMOZ/ODP. The site is fairly spartan at the moment but they do say “There have been attempts to create comprehensive human-reviewed directories before, but they have all failed…. The Alternative Open Directory Project will pick […]

Scott McCausland, a Linux Ubuntu user who was jailed in 2006 for two copyright-related charges, has been told by his probation officer that he will need to install Windows on his PC if he wants to use it during his probation period.read more | digg story

Jurgen, a member of the Hi-Tech Squad has found a good (and at times amusing) list of 10 commandments for new sidux (a flavor of Linux) users. Many of the items are just as applicable to any version of Linux!read more | digg story

Following the post on the Jap Mac advert there are a few UK ones which seem unique to the UK as I haven’t seen them on the Apple US site. Art Language MS Office Posse Magic Cool!

For “fun and games” part of the youth meeting last night I ran a competition… Who can build the tallest drinking straw tower. The boys won but I think the girls had a better structure. Sorry about the poor quality, I took these on my mobile phone.

I have compiled a list of over 1700 dictionary word .us domains available (according to WHOIS) using the Del.icio.us format. This means that the domain is a word which ends in ‘us’ and that forms part of the word and domain name. Download list 15 of the most interesting are: idolatrous – ido.latro.us incautious – […]