Around the grounds

You know a blog has jumped the shark when it stoops to an around-the-grounds-style post. So here it is:

Supermercado Project
Eurovision Week MP3 mania (Day One)

In the lead-up to Sunday’s Eurovision Song contest TSP will highlight a few of the great moments in competition and European music history. To open proceedings we look at two of the greatest foreign language tracks to ever have come to us from “the continent”. All hail, and then dive for the English/French dictionary to try and work out what’s going on.

Mahmood's Den
On the BBC World Service!

I've just been interviewed over the phone by the BBC World Service's The World Today regarding the website registration administrative order by Bahrain's Ministry of Information. It should air in about 6 or so hours (around 11pm GMT). It should also be available online.

Red Rag
Distorted moral judgments

Sometimes I think academics write papers simply to attract media attention. Yes, I’m talking about the unpublished but much-discussed paper by Deakin law school’s Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke. The pair has jumped on the “torture warrants” bandwagon, arguing in favour of legalised torture.

Not the West
The West beats the world’s best

The West Australian has beaten newspapers from around the world to win a prestigious international marketing award for its Defining Moments collectors’ series (congratulations from Not The West).

Spiceblog
Beer

Sure there are those Fridays when it's just me and a jar of chocolate body paint but in the end nothing says weekend better than beer. I've made a flickr tribute here and you might also like to check out Tokyogoat's enigmatic pic.

Milchfrommler
feeling like a perfectionist - acting like one too

Radio. It turns you into a massive perfectionist.
I feel like a right fool most of the time. I feel like my stuff could always be improved.

TedALOG
Mysterious marks and green macrodots

Well okay, toxicpurity over at onedogsaid blog actually made me aware of it. On a Google maps map of what appears to be the US west side, there's a strange ground marking.

Gravyland
Australian Creative Commons Animation

Here’s an Australian Creative Commons Animation that really beautifully explains creative commons through a conversation between a couple of whacky characters.

A Yobbo's View
Samui Tattoo

I’m back in Samui now after 4 days in Penang, Malaysia. There I met up with John Humphreys and we hit the bars on the first night, which (as per usual) turned out be a great idea.