Some more misc.

At the risk of over "link dumping" I'm also aware that what with these daily World Cup round ups everything else is getting rather sqeezed. Well, we can't have that can we? No.

• This little interactive tool explaining the orbits of the planets is lovely.
  
• Christopher Ecclestone reveals why he quit as the Doctor. Shame, I thought he was good.
  
• Gabrielle Mokake is under the threat of deportation to Tanzania, where he hasn't lived since he was nine. Sign the petition here.
  
• Last night around fifty people were deported to Iraq, surely this has to end?
  
• Gregor Gall explains very slowly why laying people off is bad for the economy.
  
• This little video made me cry, you have been warned.