A couple of fun Xmas links

I wish I'd thought of this, as a festive companion to We Will Destroy Your Planet:

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/12/war-on-christmas-north-pole-invasion

Meanwhile, yeah, people have been holding festivities to celebrate the passing of the darkest and shortest day, and the return of increasing light, for millennia before Christianity came along...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/o-come-all-ye-faithless-is-it-possible-to-celebrate-christmas-if-you-dont-believe-in-jesus-and-care-less-when-his-birthday-is-9001483.html

Internet filtering

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25430582

"Porn filters block sex education websites"

And also sexual health sites, rape and abuse help centres’ contact details, as well as wordpress and blogspot.

It’s not about “protecting the children”, it’s about controlling the population, with the tests focussing on something easy to spin as populist.

How To Train Your Dragon 2

New full trailer - but apparently Dreamworks are pissed off at the reveal around the 1:25-1:35 mark in the Fox-assembled trailer, so be wary of watching this if you're concerned about spoilers for the franchise. That said, I figured well in advance that they'd be having this, cos it's such an obvious and logical development and direction to take, so YMMV. Anyway, fair dos, I've warned you about the potential spoiler.

"HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 - Official Trailer" (Watch on YouTube)

This may be my favourite Xmas song

Today, anyway.

"Chris de Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling" (Watch on YouTube)

I'm not ashamed. Much. Well...

F1 2014 Championship

the BBC have announced which races they'll be showing live in the UK, and which not...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25458397

The list of races to be televised live on the BBC in 2014 is as follows:

30 March: Malaysia

11 May: Spain

8 June: Canada

6 July: Britain

24 August: Belgium

7 September: Italy

5 October: Japan

12 October: Russia

23 November: Abu Dhabi

The other 10 will be Sky exclusive in the UK.

Hm, series 1 DVD box set of The Tudors for 99p?

Why, yes, charity shop, I *will* give that a try, since Margaery Tyrell from Game Of Thrones is in it…