[Completely OT] Withdrawal symptoms from Slashdot

[Alex Tweedly]

Completely off topic, but I need help ;-)

For many years now my standard "I have 30 seconds (or minutes) to fill 
in, what's happening in the world" web site has been slashdot, but it 
seems to be completely off the air for now.

I'm looking for suggestions for alternates that are worth using while 
waiting for a build, or just to give me some interesting. The less 
video, the better :-)

Thanks

Alex.