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Arts & entertainment: Weather, cancellations, additions ... find all your Glasto news in our special report.
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How do you cap an evening of pure magic? With more magic. Perhaps a quick coup de theatre.
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Two new Web services launched last week that aim to help people tap their friends for tips about where to eat, shop and play. On Thursday, the event-planning service Evite (www.
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Thousands of music fans are expected at the twin Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend.
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Wired's geek festival comes up big this year with lifelike robots, homes of the future and immersive games. Peep a preview of this weekend's activities.
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Two new Web services launched last week aim to help people tap their friends for tips about where to eat, shop and play. -Leslie Walker
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Rewrite the book and rule the pages -- take a souvenir.
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Take your Virtual Wallet music shopping
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More people are finding unusual ways to enjoy their holidays without shopping themselves into a stupor.
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A chance to see and be seen with Leonardo DiCaprio in Los Angeles. Or eat clam chowder with Ben Affleck in Boston. Or have a night on the town with Ricky Martin in Miami. These aren't necessarily fantasies for those with deep, charitable pockets.
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From IPod accessories to waterproof gagdets, here's what caught our eye at this year's show.
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Elizabeth Naramore has posted a wrapup of this year's PHP Appalachia (un)conference held in North Carolina, including some pictures.   3+ days of collaboration, exchanging information, hiking, building campfires, and basically getting silly is now on my "highly recommended things to do before you die" list. Not only does a gathering like this provide you with an outlet to expand and share your knowledge on a professional level, it gives you an opportunity to relax with like-minded people and just plain have a good time.   Twelve developers made their way out this year for three days of hiking, talks, and just enjoying the camaraderie of being with fellow developers. She also mentions a few other topics that were talked about, spur of the moment (true to the form of the (un)conference).
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Britain's biggest literary festival - a fortnight's worth of readings, signings, debates and discussions - brings huge numbers of visitors to the small, but perfectly formed for the bookish, town of Hay-on-Wye each year.  This year was the festival's 20th, offering some 400 opportunities to put a face and a voice to names on spines. Guardian photographer Martin Godwin has been busy around the site, and for those who missed the festival here are some of his portraits of the visiting luminaries meeting their public over the past fortnight.  For a sample of these authors' voices, visit our audio archive of readings and interviews from the daily Haycasts.
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Thinking of a night out in London? Don't forget your wallet.
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By N. Cheetham  IN response to G. Marsh's rant about why people go to festivals, the main reason is that they are fun.
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Upcoming events around the world.
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The holidays are about much more than gifts, of course, but if you want to spread some electronic joy, here are a few ideas.  Gorillapod ($22)  This bendable tripod can hold your camera at difficult-to-duplicate angles for more interesting photos. Check out thinkgeek.com.