…as Public Enemy almost put it. If you get a call telling you you’ve won a free holiday and asking you to call 0800 988 9900, it’s a holiday club. To save my aching hands, here’s an old post about a different firm offering the same kind of thing.
If the Daily Mail’s going to print a load of wank about the internet causing cancer, somebody needs to talk about a load of wank fighting cancer. Or something…
you could equally say that MySpace increases your risk of being killed by a vampire because you’d be too busy stalking Lily Allen to spot Dracula going for your neck.
But if we’re going to take this internet cancer stuff seriously, why don’t we look at the other side of the coin? Because it turns out that internet porn can prevent cancer. Hooray!
All that’s missing is a reference to house prices or immigrants.
How using Facebook could raise your risk of cancer:
Social networking sites such as Facebook could raise your risk of serious health problems by reducing levels of face-to-face contact, a doctor claims.
The days run away like horses over the hill…
Is Half-Life 2 the future of indie movie-making?
The potential is mind-boggling, but let’s be honest: we’re not quite there yet. The constant fast-cutting in Escape from City 17 can’t disguise the fact that some of the in-game footage doesn’t quite gel with the real footage, the Combine Citadel looks like it’s been glued into the background with Pritt Stick and we’re pretty sure that none of the $500 budget was spent on the script.
Overall, though, it works – and to our eyes it’s no worse than the CGI in the most recent Hulk movie, which cost $150 million to make and still looked like it had been thrown together on a ZX Spectrum by an angry toddler.
Six companies Microsoft should buy:
Microsoft isn’t short of cash, and it recently – and unsuccessfully – offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion.
The idea was to catch up with Google, but the big G isn’t the only firm doing well in areas where Microsoft isn’t. So perhaps Microsoft should widen its net.
From video and music to shopping and social networks, we think these six firms should be on Microsoft’s shopping list.
Is it just my warped sense of humour, or is this hilarious?
Researchers used brain scans to show that when straight men looked at pictures of women in bikinis, areas of the brain that normally light up in anticipation of using tools, like spanners and screwdrivers, were activated.
Maybe B&Q should start advertising on adult websites.
David from London pops over to the NY Post website to deliver the final word on the horrible Chris Brown/Rihanna domestic abuse story:
How ever annoyed you are with your lady Chris… you don’t beat on her brother. GEDDIT? Cut her down to size with words and deeds, not fists and(ewww)teeth. I could start throwing a few choice words Rihanna’s way today and still be slinging in a weeks time Lol. She clearly has a very inflated opinion of herself, and would probably test the patience of Mother Theresa :) but keep the thug s##t to yourself Chris. If she drives you nuts man, kick her to the kerb ( no not literally CB)WORD. Increase the peace. Shalom from London
The 4 of Us are playing a bunch of gigs in February to support their forthcoming live album, but they’re only doing Irish dates. Again. Bastardy bastardy bastard.
You can listen to one of the live tracks, Sunlight, here.
Leaving aside the fact that the paperback book is pretty much perfect, Amazon’s device doesn’t do colour and you’re not going to use a $359 gadget to kill wasps, there are three big problems with it.
The first is that despite the redesign, it still looks like something Noddy and Big Ears would use. The second is that Amazon has removed some key features, making it less flexible than before. And the third is that it simply isn’t good enough when you compare it to other gadgets.
I thought using the full product name as per Amazon’s own listing – “Kindle 2: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation)” – throughout the piece would be funny, but it seems I’m the only person who does.
I’m still really excited about e-books, but I don’t have any gadget lust towards this one at all.
A nice rant from Paul at Techradar:
Windows 7 should be given free to owners of Vista Ultimate as a final ‘sorry we screwed you over’ Ultimate Extra.
Ultimate users! Let’s head for Microsoft HQ with flaming torches!
The other week, designer/developer Jamie Rumbelow interviewed me for his podcast. It’s online now, and provides a startling insight into just how many times a Scotsman can say “um” during an interview. I was on to talk about journalism – how to get into online journalism, what scams to watch out for, why books don’t usually make money and how to motivate yourself to write when the creative juices aren’t flowing. So it’s basically me blabbing on about bugger-all through a heavy head cold.
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