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This was a great spectacle for the crowd, however I think this needs to be changed for next year.

If a tie on points and leg difference does occur both players should  be given the opportunity to have a full best of 9 legs match to decide who gets the second qualifying spot in the group.

It wasn’t fair on Andy Hamilton and Alan Tabern in particular to wait for 24 hours or more to go up on stage for less than 5 minutes. Sure there was an extra £3,500 at stake, I’m sure in the cold light of day the crowd would have preferred to see a full match to decide the outcome.

Let’s start thinking more about the players as this is their livelyhood, we come into their lives for a few weeks a year as spectators and have a bit of fun, they do this because it is their job as well and it puts food on the table.

A device called the I-ball is being developed that could help troops in dangerous situations, it can be thrown into a room or launched from a grenade launcher to enable troops to see into dangerous areas without themselves being put into danger, it is wireless and rugged enough to be used in a battleground.

For further details check out the BBC’s article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7734038.stm

I picked this up from twitter.

Steve McQueen eat your heart out, check out this video:

http://www.thedogfiles.com/2008/11/17/spider-hound/

According to a BBC article recently UK Identities were up for sale on the internet for £80.

Check out their article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7732569.stm

It looks like eeebuntu and Firefox 3.0.4 do not play nicely on the eeepc.

According to an entry over at techcrunch we can expect a new version of tweetdeck this week.I can say I am loving this application. I do have a couple of problems with it, I shall address that directly to them, it could just be my setup causing the problem.

Check out the link here:

http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/tweetdecks-new-version-takes-twitter-to-new-heights/

A 15m steel tower has been erected near waterloo bridge attached to the structure are loads of wind controlled LEDs. It is a demonstration of renewable energy at work.

Check out this link for more:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7730330.stm

According to an article on Digital Spy this morning the World of Warcraft expansion “Wrath of The Lich King” has been hailed as the biggest launch ever in history, beating The Burning Crusade.

For further details check out their article:

http://tinyurl.com/5h24js