Computer-generated gibberish as a paper entitled “Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy” submitted to the World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics is accepted. (Thanks Lauren)

Channel 7 suffers a fifteen minute power failure, which according to ratings figures is watched avidly by more than 638,000 people, out-rating ABC and SBS. (Thanks David and Tony)

US Secret Service now guarding a pregnant duck. (Thanks Manuel)

This isn’t news, but a media-watch type of thing: documenting the BBC News web site’s wacky use of stock photography. (Found it via the Beeb themselves, in a column that talks about how they put the site together).

A 15 year old boy gets hold of a tram key, and steals two trams, one last Friday night, and a second one on Sunday night, driving it for up to 30km while picking up and dropping off passengers, before being caught by police.