Where to start… I think I am going out to lunch today with a friend who I think needs some christmas cheer. I have a number of other things that I need to get done today, but I think this one has just jumped to the top of the to-do list unfortunately. Argh.

I think I mentioned a few days back about a reality TV show where the contestants thought they were on a space mission. Well, the ‘Space Cadets’ were rather unimpressed to find out they were still in the UK and had not left. The fact they had just been goven 25,000 pounds each helped, but they were a tiny bit annoyed. They begin to feel that something was not quite right when they needed to hold an event for a russian dog called ‘Mr Bimby’.

Escape in News.Com.AU has a list of 11 presents you can get for travellers. Some of them are a bit out there, but there were two that caught my eye. There was a pin-hole camera which is not at all useful in these days of digital cameras, particularly at $310. It looks nice in wood and brass, but is not at all useful. The guide also listed a book called ‘The Map Book’ which described the history of map making.

Another book that looks interesting is DroidMaker which describes the history of Pixar over the last 20 years. I have just ordered this book – it looks so good… I also picked up a book on Tracking of Apollo which I had been meaning to get. According to Amazon.COM these books should be here in 11-16 days.