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You can’t leave that lion there
This killed me. A police operation launched following reports that a lion was loose in north Belfast has been called off after the animal turned out to be a stray dog.
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The futility of flogging music (and the despair when you can’t even give it away)
An excellent article about selling records, file sharing and trying to flog MP3s via Word Magazine: web technology lets us see exactly how many people are listening to our music. We can see the MySpace hit counters spin round, with the total number of listeners for each track. Our stats pages on our blogs show…
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So long, Glaswegian indie rock radio
XFM Scotland, the radio station formerly known as Beat 106, is to become part of the Galaxy dance music network. The switch, which will be made in the autumn, is likely to see a radical overhaul of the station’s music output.
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Ubiquity: this could be awesome
Sorry, on deadline just now so this’ll be quick: Mozilla’s Ubiquity could be amazing. More on MetaFilter.
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Maybe I should have waited before shaving my legs
Despite reports, Girls Aloud are not planning to recruit a new member – at least, not according to the official site: Over the weekend the papers have been filled with false stories on the girls. But instead of the tired old ‘split’ stories, they have invented rumours of a brand new Girls Aloud reality show.…
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God help us if there’s a war
The youth of today, eh? For most people, losing out on the chance of a new job is not something you want to shout about. But rather than keep it quiet, Darren Mirren failed to show up for his interview and then sued the employer when he could not find his way to the office…
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Unsolicited social networking status updates advice
If you’re telling everybody you’re far too busy to do something really important, and you’re linked to them on Facebook, it’s probably a bad idea to spend days uploading cute photos, sending people virtual beers, joining “I like badgers!” groups and generally dicking about. BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE YOU! THEY CAN SEE YOU! You’re welcome.
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What people search for. Oh my [language NSFW]
It’s always amusing – and occasionally depressing – to have a look at your website stats to see how people arrived. Here’s some of the search strings that landed people here: IR camera see through which fabrics I may be small I may look sweet ringtone Free zoo porn Jade Goody Fucking Japan Giles Man…
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Baby-proof my iPhone
An unusual request: does anybody know of a crystal case for the first-gen iPhone that *doesn’t* let you use the touch screen? I want to use it as a portable video player for baby bigmouth, but the touchscreen means she turns off the clips in seconds and then beats me around the face with the…
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People with cancer “more likely to be pissed off” than people without cancer
Although that’s not entirely how it’s been reported: Positive thinkers ‘avoid cancer’ Women who have a positive outlook may decrease their chances of developing breast cancer, say Israeli researchers. …But the researchers admitted that women were questioned after their diagnosis, which might significantly change their outlook on life.”