Liam's write-only LJ

A nifty web-mashup thing: FlickrVision.

It displays an animated world map, showing you popup "speech bubbles" which display the latest photos uploaded to Flickr as they appear - and where they come from. It's a clever bit of scripting and it's decorative. Would make a good screensaver.

More decorative than the last mashup I was pointed to - JimmyR. It's a sort of best-of-the-web thing compiled from lots of RSS feeds. May entertain some. The feature that uses Google to find people's online MP3 archives is rather fun and worth a look - why bother with P2P?

Back in the world of boring old ordinary websites, albeit of a bloggy sort, you might find LifeHacker (handy tips for life and computers) and GizMag (tech toys agogo) worth a look.

P.S. Oh yeah. There's also an excellent still-quite-new IT site in town: German computer mag giant Heise Verlag, publishers of C'T, have an official UK site now - Heise Online UK. (It rhymes with "visor".) ;¬)

How's that for a before-and-after photo? (Or this one.)

Metro's coverage of this story ommitted the Arizona Police photo, robbing the story of some of its impact...

A former beauty queen has been accused of kidnapping and torturing her ex-boyfriend. Kumari Fulbright, 25, stuck a butcher's knife in her former lover's ear and repeatedly bit him while he was held captive for ten hours, court documents reveal. The law student, who ran for the title of Miss Arizona in 2006, is said to have enlisted the help of three men to tie up the 24-year-old and threaten him at gunpoint. The gang also stole his wallet, about £250 in cash, his mobile phone and briefcase. The victim finally fled from the second house he was taken to when he grabbed Fulbright's gun, which went off. A search of the premises in Tucson, Arizona, uncovered a used bullet along with .45-calibre ammunition, plastic gloves, marijuana, the victim's possessions, and a book – How To Win Friends And Influence People. Fulbright, who has been charged with armed robbery, kidnap and assault with a deadly weapon, was named Miss Pima County in 2005 and Miss Desert Sun in 2006. Her attorney, Tom Hartzell, said she was a promising law student who hoped to specialise in entertainment law. 'We're eager to see the process through and for the truth of this matter to come to light,' he said. Fulbright, who worked as a clerk for a federal judge, has been released on £25,000 bail. Officers are still searching for two men in connection with the case. A third man, Larry Hammond, remains behind bars awaiting trial.

You don't think she could have been doing some kind of drugs or something, do you...?