Woman goes down baggage chute at Swedish airport

An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt.

Reggie Perrin rises from the dead

The Beeb is to resurrect my old friend Reggie Perrin, who this blog is named after. See Reggie Perrin rises from the dead from the Media Guardian. Martin Clunes might actually be quite good. Let's hope it's a worthy remake.

Beijing 2008 in Lego!

"More than 300,000 Lego bricks and 4,500 Lego people were used to
create the display, by the Hong Kong Lego User Group. The intricate
miniature city, measuring 10ft by 26ft, features most of the
recognisable venues, including the Birds' Nest Stadium and the Water
Cube swimming centre." At last, something good in the Daily Mail...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1046255/On-marks-set-Lego-Welcome-Olympics-everyones-quick-blocks.html

Poor old FC Twente! Check that accent

There we were, Wembley. 21 November 2007. Dan L and I taking Nige to see England. Soaking wet. Monumental effort. And there's little old Steve, hiding out underneath his red and blue FA umbrella while England's Euro 2008 chance ebbed away. And now he's trying to put on a crap foreign accent. Sorry we gave you the wally with the brolly, my Dutch friends.

Channel 4 causes IOC to sweat

Worth watching the video.

Chiefs admit Brum skyline mix-up

This is class - "instead of showing landmarks such as the Rotunda and the new Selfridges building, it showed downtown Birmingham, Alabama, instead."

TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Taking the shine off: Why blog publishing ‘failed’ in the UK (or at least didn’t create a $30m exit)

There's nothing quite like other tech journos kicking off in the comments. Go Kat!

Paul has arrived!

Hello Paul, it's nice to see you here on TechRadar!

Why Midori?

I got a mention in a BBC News Magazine article today. They make me sound like a bit of an idiot, but never mind...