Fianna Fail 22%, Fine Gael 30%, Labour 35%!!!! Greens 2%, Sinn Fein 4%, Independents 8%; looks like we may see a Labour Taoiseach...

Excellent if slightly grim photo-essay from Time

On how social bookmarking works

Ian Sales comes up with a list of 55 (strictly 75) classic sf books by British writers. Includes Bob Shaw, James White and Ian McDonald, but nobody from the Republic as far as I could tell.

Civilian control of the military - nice idea in theory, not actually practiced in Washington

That new Indian robot film - looks rather amazing!

One of the best comments on the recent nastiness.

Explains everything.

Liveblogging the UUP leadership election

First in a series of eighteen polls, taking all the 216 Doctor Who stories so far, and voting for them a dozen at a time. If you haven't voted yet, you can do so in the next six days. In the first poll, choose from Gridlock, Image Of The Fendahl, The Caves Of Androzani, The Deadly Assassin, The Eleventh Hour, The Happiness Patrol, The Highlanders,…

choose from Army Of Ghosts/Doomsday, Bad Wolf/The Parting Of The Ways, Castrovalva, Enlightenment, Planet Of Evil, Silver Nemesis, The Armageddon Factor, The Daemons, The Tenth Planet, The Tomb Of The Cybermen, The Web Planet and Victory Of The Daleks

choose from Four To Doomsday, Smith And Jones, The Ark In Space, The Aztecs, The Beast Below, The Claws Of Axos, The Curse Of Fenric, The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, The Kings Demons, The Talons Of Weng Chiang, The War Machines and The Web Of Fear

choose from Carnival Of Monsters, Planet Of Fire, Shada, Terror Of The Vervoids, The Dalek Invasion Of Earth, The End Of Time, The Face Of Evil, The Fires Of Pompeii, The Invasion Of Time, The Smugglers, The Wheel In Space and Tooth And Claw

choose from Black Orchid, Day Of The Daleks, Love And Monsters, Partners In Crime, Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead, Survival, The Crusade, The Krotons, The Massacre, The Pirate Planet, The Sontaran Experiment and Warriors Of The Deep

choose from Ghost Light, Kinda, Planet Of The Dead, School Reunion, Terror Of The Autons, Terror Of The Zygons, The Ambassadors Of Death, The Ark, The Chase, The Horns Of Nimon, The Mysterious Planet and The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky

choose from Blink, Dalek, Death To The Daleks, Revelation Of The Daleks, Robot, The Creature From The Pit, The Dalek Master Plan, The End Of The World, The Enemy Of The World, The Romans, Time-Flight and Vampires In Venice

choose from Frontier In Space, Full Circle, Revenge Of The Cybermen, Terminus, The Invisible Enemy, The Savages, The Space Pirates, The Stolen Earth/Journey's End, The Time Meddler, The Unicorn And The Wasp, The Unquiet Dead and Time And The Rani

choose from Amy's Choice, Attack Of The Cybermen, Delta And The Bannermen, Snakedance, Spearhead From Space, The Edge Of Destruction, The Gunfighters, The Idiot's Lantern, The Monster Of Peladon, The Ribos Operation, The Time Warrior and Utopia/The Sound Of Drums/Last Of The Time Lords

choose from Aliens Of London/World War III, Battlefield, State Of Decay, The Daleks, The Dominators, The Hand Of Fear, The Mind Of Evil, The Power Of The Daleks, The Runaway Bride, The Sun Makers, Turn Left and Vengeance On Varos

choose from Horror Of Fang Rock, Mawdryn Undead, Planet Of The Ood, Remembrance Of The Daleks, Rise Of The Cybermen/The Age Of Steel, The Celestial Toymaker, The Green Death, The Masque Of Mandragora, The Reign Of Terror, The Seeds Of Death, The Time Of Angels/Flesh And Stone and The Two Doctors

choose from An Unearthly Child, Inferno, Mission To The Unknown, New Earth, Rose, The Androids Of Tara, The Brain Of Morbius, The Doctor's Daughter, The Leisure Hive, The Sea Devils, The Shakespeare Code and Timelash

choose from Galaxy 4, Midnight, Mindwarp, Resurrection Of The Daleks, The Christmas Invasion, The Curse Of Peladon, The Ice Warriors, The Keeper Of Traken, The Macra Terror, The Power Of Kroll, The Seeds Of Doom and The Waters Of Mars

choose from Arc Of Infinity, Daleks In Manhattan/Evolution Of The Daleks, Dragonfire, Fathers Day, Fury From The Deep, Planet Of The Spiders, The Evil Of The Daleks, The Mark Of The Rani, The Mutants, The Next Doctor, The Rescue and The Robots Of Death

choose from City Of Death, Colony In Space, Earthshock, Fear Her, Human Nature/The Family Of Blood, Marco Polo, The Abominable Snowmen, The Faceless Ones, The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, The Stones Of Blood, The Twin Dilemma and The Ultimate Foe

choose from Destiny Of The Daleks, Logopolis, Planet Of The Daleks, The Android Invasion, The Five Doctors, The Girl In The Fireplace, The Greatest Show In The Galaxy, The Keys Of Marinus, The Lodger, The Mind Robber, The Underwater Menace and Voyage Of The Damned

choose from Doctor Who And The Silurians, Genesis Of The Daleks, Invasion Of The Dinosaurs, Nightmare Of Eden, Paradise Towers, Planet Of Giants, The Awakening, The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, The Lazarus Experiment, The Myth Makers, Vincent And The Doctor and Warriors' Gate

choose from 42, Boom Town, Doctor Who [the movie], Frontios, Meglos, The Invasion, The Moonbase, The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, The Pyramids Of Mars, The Three Doctors, The Space Museum, and Underworld