The American’s have finally made their move installing one of their own as head of our most populous state … Here’s hoping they know how to get the trains to work. In addition, Mininova is over, a new front is opened in Apple’s war on everyone and David Thorne writes another amazing piece which only gets more entertaining with the legal threats, etc. that followed its publication. Oh, and Tiger’s wife, Elin Nordegren, gets a run.

Mininova is down, only a million others you can use: Yes, one of the more reputable torrent sites, Mininova, has removed almost all its trackers after a win in the courts by whichever copyright organization it was this time. Fortunately, for their millions spent in getting it effectively shut down, it has merely caused a mass changing of bookmarks to one of the 10 million other torrent sites. The above links to the top 10 alternatives.

Short History of Apple Rivalry: I’ve always enjoyed the good humored ribbing that Apple has given Microsoft in it’s ‘I’m a Mac’ commercials – especially in the UK versions where they used the genius of David Mitchell and Robert Webb. However, Motorola has decided that it doesn’t like the fact that it’s Razr is no longer the coolest phone on the planet (was it ever?) and have had a shot at Apple. Check the link for a history of diss’ from Cupertino.

David Thorne is my favorite human: I don’t know anything about this guy except that he has written some of the most amazing stuff I’ve ever read … Did you get the email about the guy trying to pay for his gas bill with a drawing of a spider? This is him. And that is only one of a tonne of similar correspondence Thorne has carried out with people. The latest update has Thorne emailing with a former friend and business associate. Check it out.

And Finally: Was there a choice? No. Tiger really wants you to know how good he is and he will stop at nothing to prove it. Case in point, Elin Nordegren, his Swedish model wife. I’ve seen some of the documentaries that the Swedes make on the internet and for any normal man, it is still probably more than you can handle. To Tiger, it ain’t no thing. So much so he went and got himself a clutch of other model-types on the side. He can have them and we’ll appreciate Elin. Have a great week!