• Alys Fowler: How to be a thrifty gardener
  "Gardening is increasingly becoming something you buy, rather than something you do, yet there is nothing more satisfying than being able to say, 'I made that. '" A great personal piece from this Gardeners' World presenter on how to disregard the consumerism that surrounds gardening and get back to basics. A superb article – it'll be guerrilla gardening on the BBC before we know where we are ;- ))
  (tags: gardening consumer)
• Times Literary Supplement: Stefan Collini on Haruki Murakami, strong-thighed obsessive
  A whole new insight into the cult Japanese author and the relationship between his writing and running habits.
  (tags: writing running profiles)
• The Telegraph: Lift could take passengers straight into space
  The Telegraph reports on a plan from Japanese scientists to uild a lift that will take passengers 62,000 miles into space. Of course, they will have to develop most of the materials and technologies they'll need first…
  (tags: weirdscience spacetourism sciencefiction)
• Wired Autopia blog: Hi Ho Honda! Civic Musical Road Plays Lone Ranger Theme Song
  It's a tragedy that this 'musical road' – one of just four in the world designed to play a tune as you drive across it – is being paved over. Even if you don't happen to own a brand-new Civic that does exactly 55pmph…
  (tags: abandoned complaints)

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