Web app of the week

Readability, a site with a handy bookmarklet that formats large chunks of text to your liking.

Starting to use Readability quite a lot for long articles and posts http://bit.ly/4laqxz

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Quote of the week

"You want me to spend my child's inheritance, putting porridge on that guy's face?"

Jon Richardson, the Jon Richardson podcast

Biggest thing to happen this week

I decided, with some friendly cajoling to run the Birmingham Sport Relief Mile:

"it may not be a run, it may not even be a jog, but god dammit I was going to do something. So I entered. I’m doing a mile. Imagine my surprise."

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Other bits

• Song of the week: Fyfe Dangerfield - She Needs Me
• Toy of the week: WordPress MU
• This week's top achievement: making Metalocal editable by the public