Chump change for Bezos. And not much more expensive to maintain than a super yacht or say, a sports team.

The English tabloids have done this illegally, and are going through due process of law now.

The "s" on the end of hhtps stands for "secure". Thing is, it's not. Nothing is, currently. Which is kind of the point. My facebook says "https". And it patentl;y isn't. By FISA warrent.

My understanding is it something the majors do for their own pockets and only applies to the recording, ie. the songwriters don't get paid.

Microplanes! Brilliant.

Commercial Circulon is great, hard anodised, solid as - I have one huge pan and a smaller one. Jan's Dad ( ex-panel beater ) picked up the big pan one day and was so impressed by the quality of the build and the rivets we had to find one for him.

Global knives, check. Have a forged GF 2 which feels superb - Globals have sand in the handles for balance, shake and you can hear it. Knives are great, you can never have too many.

Would like to get some Ittala pots and pans - they're the shit. Scandinavian, simple, bulletproof - Hackman they're called in the states. Bloody dear though.

http://www.mtcookalpinesalmon.com/farm.aspx

This is the only NZ farmed Salmon to eat - none of the rubbish additives, the fish swim in swift-moving currents, the meat is paler and with hardly any striation because they're fit little buggers. Good enough for the Japanese royal family so I'm told.