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I'm after some recommendations and thought I'd throw a few into the mix: "Altered Carbon" by Richard Morgan. I first read this in the summer and was blown away by it and am now on my second go. It's very gritty, noir-ish SF about this insanely hard bloke on the lam in a future where your consciousness can be stored, or transferred into new "sleeves" (bodies). Fucking ace. I've read a few of the "Eagle" novels by Simon Scarrow set in Britain during Caesar's day. They're nowt special, but are an entertaining diversion. "Wall & Piece" by Banksy was a Christmas book and it's absolutely addictive. Everyone who enters our bog seems to get lost for about half an hour because they start reading it. For those of you not in the know, he's a grafitti artist from Bristol who likes making anti-establishment artistic statements that look very nice on public walls. Just about to start "The Algebraist" by Iain M. Banks. I've read all his others and not got round to this yet. I'm also desperate for a new James Ellroy. Any other fans out there?

Right I accidentally left my phone unlocked and a girl from work went through my phone and found a load of gossip and now I'm trying to put a lock on my text messages. I have an iPhone 4 so what I want is for when I tap the messages app for it to be password protected. Is that possible?

Hey all you book lovers out there, I'm setting up The GF Book Club. Basically what's going to happen is that we're all going to read one book every month or so (we can play this bit by ear depending on how the first one goes) and then have a banter about it on here (you can bring your own food and alcohol to the discussion if you like). I will choose the first book and then I will do a draw to see who chooses the next one. I'm off on holiday today but I'll announce the first book when I get back in a fortnight or so and can see how many of you cats are interested. The idea is just to enjoy a few books (or hate them) and have a banter about why. No pressure to be in every month - you can dip your toes in one month and out the next if you like. As long as there are at least a handful of readers each month then we'll be fine. Shall we set an upper limit of a tenner on the book? Most will probably be less than that, but it keeps it reasonable without being inflexible. Also, library editions are fine for the more financially challenged among us (ie, piss-head students). Sign up here if you're in: 1. Paul 2. 3. 4.

To the tune of Lost Prophets, Rooftops: "Standing on the Kop, watching Bellamy run his h-e-a-r-t o-u-t." Repeat ad infinitum. Catchy, easy to remember, appropriate (after all he scores fuck all goals) and Welsh!