Remember this number

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

It is, apparently, the encryption key required to decrypt HD-DVD and Blu-ray content. Hmmm expect lots of 20GB Torrents soon.

See: How it was done.

Reggae Reggae Sauce

I know many of my readers are from the UK so this only applies to them.

How many people, after watching Wednesdays Dragons Den are now desperate to try Reggae Reggae Sauce?

'Beth builds a Snowman

'Beth builds a Snowman, originally uploaded by ajbrowe.

After having a nice 6 or 7 inches of snow we thought we'd make a snowman before it melts.

Super Eagles Defeated By Black Stars

Nigeria and Ghana played a friendly match in London this evening.

If I'd planned better I could have been there to watch, but I didn't so I hoped to watch it on one of these channels I have on cable... No chance. So I resorted to hunting the web to find the score... And that's Much Harder than you think.

Eventually I tracked down the result on the Ghana FA website. Ghana won 4-1.

Well done Black Stars. Sorry-O Super Eagles.

Flying: Your Patriotic Duty

I don't know if you have seen the adverts or not, but I thought it was humorous enough to share.

www.unlimited-spurt.org/

Also check out the alternative viewpoint in the copy of the printed ad.

Are there any sensible alternatives for flying to Nigeria?

National Geographic Features an article on the Niger Delta

Stealing links from other blogs is not a habit I like, but this article in the National Geographic, which came to my attention once again via Jeremy's blog, is worth spreading far and wide. The photos in the photo gallery will stick in my mind next time I fill my tank with Petrol.

Source: National Geographic

As a side note, the company I work for has often been involved in community projects sponsored by the oil companies, some are very successful, others, especially the most recent projects have suffered delays after delays. Mostly because of Political interference as far as we can tell.