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June 7th, 2006, by Rich, in Advertising, Silly.
The Sony Bravia Advert with the thousands of bouncy balls is certainly one of the most visually striking pieces of advertising art from the last few years, so it was only a matter of time before it was copied. More…
May 9th, 2006, by Rich, in Society.
Channel 4’s Dispatches recently screened a jaw-dropping programme called “After School Arms Club” which highlighted several loopholes in UK laws concerning the import and export of torture equipment. Today the BBC is reporting that a UK farmer has a tidy sideline manufacturing and exporting execution equipment… that’s in addition to the pet food, animal bedding, stables and sheds that Eldon Farm sells to its “normal” farm shop customers. More…
April 7th, 2006, by Rich, in Advertising, Google Earth, Silly.
Immitation, I am told, is the most sincere form of flattery, so the story going around that Maxim have created the first advert that can be viewed from space could be a rather swift homage to my iPod gag… or they were planning this for a long time and I inadvertently pulled the rug from under their feet. Oops. More…
April 1st, 2006, by Rich, in Advertising, Google Earth, Tech.
I think this may be an exclusive! It’s Apple’s 30th birthday next month; and they’re planning something big to mark the occasion.
Today I learned from a trusted source that Apple is poised to make history next Saturday when it unveils the worlds first advertisement that can be seen from space.
March 20th, 2006, by Rich, in Google, Google Earth, Religion, Silly, Society.
I’ve mentioned previously about how the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) may be leaving us clues about His impending manifestation on Earth. I think I just spotted another, and it’s rather significant. More…
March 1st, 2006, by Rich, in Garden, Society.
Happy St. David’s Day! Whilst the rest of the country seems to be covered in snow flurries, Portsmouth is intermittently bright and sunny and the daff’s in our front garden have opened just in time. More…
February 26th, 2006, by Rich, in Ecology, Garden.
For over five years now we’ve been actively composting almost 100% of our bio-degradable waste in a small bin that lives in the garden. When I say “we’ve been composting” I really mean it - it’s been a team effort between me, Em, and about ten thousand worms. More…
February 20th, 2006, by Rich, in Society, Website, WordPress.
Would you Adam and Eve it, we’re at number 2 in the BritBlog top 50. Cor blimey! Love a duck! More…
January 23rd, 2006, by Rich, in Politics, Science.
Nuclear Energy is neither carbon-free, nor is it a secure energy, yet our government representatives appear to be drinking in everthing the Nuclear Industry offers them.
This morning on the BBC’s Breakfast Television programme we were treated to an interview with Alan Johnson MP, the Trade and Industry Secretary. The interview follows coverage of the the announcement that the government has ordered the Health and Safety Executive to assess all UK nuclear reactors. More…
December 7th, 2005, by Rich, in Silly, Society, Tech.
Channel 4 will tonight air the first of ten programmes that amount to one of the largest television hoaxes of all time. Participants in the Space Cadets programme are a group of would-be astronauts who believe they have been flown to Russia, and that they will soon become space tourists, all in the name of television. More…
