Reading 2009: Why Do Buses Come in Threes?

*) The DFC.
At first I thought Frontier was going to be another MacGuffin generating monsters strip. I didn't see how it could stand up against Monkey Nuts or The strange strange world of the weird. But it came onto it's own this week, where we find out what the kidnapped Indians have really been forced to mine.

6) Why Do Buses Come in Threes? by Rob Eastaway.
A popular science book on maths, and how it often runs counter to your intuitions. Probably aimed at about entry level GCSE. Does a good job making maths interesting for that level, but I found I wanted more from it.

Buy Cheap Yums : Linkdump

A couple of useful sites I've had difficulty re-finding recently.

Price comparison site with graphs tracking how much your item cost recently. Won the channel 5 Gadget Show challenge at the end of last year for consumer electronics.

For weird tat don't forget Froogle. I found a pair of welding Goggles for a fiver there.

Restaurant Vouchers. Fairly London chain centric, but with several 50% off deals it's worth checking before heading out.

P.S. Don't tell anyone about the fantastic Japanese omelet place that monkeyssk8 told me about, where they cook the stuff in front of you. It's too fun to get any busier.

It's bad enough that I told plentyofants, piesandmash, Fuzz, Jez and Si about it at Christmas.