Wow! My photo is on BoingBoing! That's made my day.

Original here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgasston/2374924957/

I'm not sure if they're still doing it, but for a few years recently the busiest branches of high-street newsagent chain WH Smith had a bucket to drop change in for people who wanted to pick up a newspaper but couldn't wait in the queue.

I'm struggling to keep going with The Walking Dead; I find it a little too aimless for my tastes.

I would add to your list, however, Ex Machina; it's by the writer of Y: The Last Man and is an exploration of modern politics, with a sci-fi twist. Very nicely done.

The Vatican claim that excessive wealth is a sin? Um... have they seen St Peter's and the Cistine Chapel? Maybe they mean excessive compared to themselves - which would create maybe four new sinners.

With the large following that XKCD has, surely there's someone talented out there who could offer to draw it properly.

My local paper, the South London Press, is also pretty good for shocking headlines:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/southlondonpress/pool/

My favourite is SQUIRRELS ON CRACK.

The Evening Standard is also a winner:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/eveningstandard/

THAMES FLOODS: PREPARE TO FLEE

Needless to say, it has not flooded yet.

She should stop being so precious. Some authors are more than happy to have their work acknowledged with reference companions; see (Neil Gaiman's) Sandman Companion, for example, which features extensive interviews with the author himself.

I currently have a Creative Zen, but it's not great for use with Ubuntu; I'd recommend going for something which just registers as a mass storage device instead. I've also heard good things about Rockbox, if you really must use an iPod.

Of course, the best solution would be for Apple to pull their heads out of their arses.