A Study In Emerald

Gacked from vae_editor; Neil Gaiman's "A Study in Emerald," which does a wonderful job of merging Conan Doyle and H.P. Lovecraft, has been put on line in a rather nice PDF version:

http://www.neilgaiman.com/mediafiles/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf

Well worth a look.

Cheapish 16" TV

SVP are selling a 16" LCD freeview TV with built in DVD player for £99.99 - made by Alba, so probably a reasonably OK but not inspired build quality.

HD ready rather than true HD, if it was just a 19" or so screen I'd be quite tempted to buy it for this room, and move the 15" TV/DVD and freeview box I currently have in here to my bedroom. As it is it feels reasonably priced but not enough extra capability to justify the expense.

http://www.svp.co.uk/electrical/av-home-cinema/flat-panel-tvs/lcd-alba-16inch-720p-freevtvdvd-playerhdmi_alba-01001.html