• Gary McKinnon, who hacked into Nasa and the US military computer networks, says he did so in search of “supressed technology,” specifically of the extraterrestrial variety. He also claims he found what he was looking for before being caught.

• Hooliganism and All-round Fighting in Edwardian London. From the journal of non-lethal combatives.

• Quote: “...a legitimate reason for the mainstream media being so dismissive to important stories is that they offer an inferior product; a product compromised by too much attention to the bottom-line and not enough attention to responsibility, honesty and objectivity.”

• Bad physics. Popular misconceptions about science as spread by grade school textbooks. From the science hobbyist. (A “hobbyist” correcting textbooks?)

• Drawn! points us toward Vivianite “a portal for those of you who are interested in painting and painting related fine art.” Nice stuff.

• A nuclear waste vault in New Mexico will long outlive our society. Experts are working on elaborate ways to warn future civilizations.