• IDC predicts the global IT spending growth grinding down to crawl
• Nielsen post on the internet’s role in offline purchasing
• Ogilvy preso on Twitter for business, and like MRM Worldwide Ogilvy also uses Radian6 to track social media
  
• Gerd Leonhard’s presentation on the future of advertising, media, marketing and business at TribalDDB
• The new brand landscape by Helge Tenno
• Web 10.0, a presentation from Kevin Kelly on the future of the web, from the Web 2.0 conference
• Microsoft releases major update to Windows Live - will you switch from your Facebook? (RRW)
• World’s hairiest dog gives birth to 9 puppies
• Google analyst sees worst economic environment in our collective lifetimes (TC)
• Camera porn: RED introduces modular DSLR cameras
• A javascript plugin lets you generate QR Codes from your browser toolbar
• Developer porn: Protonotes, a HTML collaboration tool for prototyping
• 25GB in 70 seconds with USB 3.0
• Darren Rowse from ProBlogger launched a new Twitter tips blog: TwiTip
• Definition of a Social Media Whale
• Free custom Google maps in minutes with Aardvark Map
  

• Scenes from Antarctica will blow you away
  
• IBM reshapes its sales meetings
• A developer explains how the code works behind applications that run on Microsoft Surface
• The Open Web Awards are ready for your nominations till the 16th
• The real Al Gore’s Twitter account
• Some really interesting videos from the recent Web 2.0 Summit plus a good dozen of presentation files on SlideShare
  
• MGM to post full films on YouTube
• Chuckles 2009 calendar
• Gallery of images taken at the perfect time
• Maldives seek to buy a new homeland
• Scientists turn tequila into diamonds
• Resampled space
• The Art of Manliness Man of the Year 2008 sponsored by Old Spice

Meet Monifa, the three week old pygmy hippo baby at Taronga Zoo.

Meanwhile over in the US, everyone’s new favourite country, the pressure is on for Obama. Aside from being briefed on America’s best kept secrets (Area 51?), talking to the leaders of the world and the future first wife taking crap for her dress they are now being urged to adopt a dog. 50,000 votes are in and counting on obamafamilydog.com:

Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle and Kimberley Walsh advertise the Nintendo Starter Pack for Nintendogs. Aren’t they a bit old for this?

I just sponsored a dog who’s been rescued by SCAD (Soi Cat And Dogs) in Bangkok and am looking forward to seeing him get better over the next months. The poor guy called Paws has bloody sores all over his body and is covered in ticks. If you’re a dog person and have seen the state of street dogs in Bangers then you can help here. If you’ve been to Bali and wish to support the pups there then check out The Balistreet Dog Fund.