Delicious LiveJournal Links for 10-1-2008

• Google 2001 search FAQ
  No monolith, I'm afraid - but for the next month you can search Google's 2001 index. See the web as it was 7 years ago! Gleefully search for America's Next Top Model and get _no hits at all_.
  (tags: web search history google)
• Armored-car robber in Monroe floats to safety
  Monroe police are searching for a man who robbed an armored-car guard this morning then fled with the money down the Skykomish River on an inner tube. According to witnesses, the man then "grabbed ... the money and ran on foot to the river," Willis said. "He got into an inner tube and floated westbound."
  (tags: crime funny)
• Tony Hart forced to give up art
  My childhood weeps for him
  (tags: television art)
• Dollar hits 26-year low against pound | Business | guardian.co.uk
  The pound climbed to $2.10 for the first time since 1981 this morning, boosted by speculation that China was preparing to shift its foreign reserves out of dollars.
  IGNORE THIS - picked up an old story somehow. Cheers to robhu for pointing that out.
  (tags: USA economics)

Am I going insane?

I have Guitar Hero III for the Wii - it's on special for £40 at the moment in HMV, with a guitar.

However - it looks very much like a guitar by itself isn't available anywhere for less than £45.  And I'd rather like one so that Julie and I can rock out together.

I really dislike the idea of buying a game disk I don't need - but should I just bite the bullet and buy a second bundle?