Thursday, January 18, 2007, 12:35 AM
I've picked up that there is something controversial happening on Big Brother. Can someone please fill me in?Thanks.
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Monday, January 15, 2007, 11:55 PM
OK, I work in advertising, so I should show you some decent ads now and again. I really really like this take-off of MTV's Pimp My Ride. It's just been put on YouTube, and shows how advertising changes - traditional 'push' advertising forces itself on the consumer, whilst the new 'pull' advertising gets consumers like you and me to flock to places where we can entertain our little hearts out.
So, staying on a German theme, CLICK HERE for a taste of what I am talking about.
If you liked it, then CLICK HERE for a little more.
And if you liked that, then this type of advertising clearly works on you, and you should put an end to it all and CLICK HERE.
And if you are still pining for more, you clearly require a Volkswagen Golf.
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Monday, January 15, 2007, 11:48 PM
The Germans can't quite seem to get enough of the Royals, and I can't quite work out why. It could be that Saxe Coburg bloodline, it could be the staggeringly dull politics in the Bundestag, or it could be the reassuring knowledge that the German taxpayer doesn't pay a single Euro to keep them in shotgun cartridges and wellies. Whichever way you look at it, there seems to be more appetite for royalty over there than there is here.Here you see Helen Mirren presiding over a chilly bus-stop in Hamburg, smug and warm in the knowledge that her film portrayal will earn more money in Germany than back home. The corgis should stay well fed for a while.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 10:55 PM
I've worked late tonight, and in order to compensate for a week of healthy eating, I joined a couple of colleagues in a large order of Dominos' finest.This event would pass without notice if I hadn't ordered something that has just crashed my digestive system. Basically, do not order the Meltdown Level Two unless you have the stomach lining of a pissed-up saltwater crocodile - it is an instrument of pain, and I am writhing at my keyboard with similar movements to Jamie Cullum. They're called spasms.
What really freaks me out is that I could have gone one level up - taken the Meldown to level three. Presumably I would be in hospital by now. The chilli flakes would have burned through to my chair.
It's Hawaiian for sure next time.
If you fancy taking the day off work with excruciating stomach pains, then just click here.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007, 12:57 AM
I read in the paper today that only about one in twenty Britons plans to do anything about the environment this year. And, also that Tony Blair says that climate change should be "left to the experts".
Well, actually Tony's very wrong here. It's down to you, actually.
At the end of the day, if you were to place the fate of your planet in the hands of either a self-interested, electorally-focused, business-compromised politician, or your own, which would you choose? I see...
It's not rocket science (although it certainly may have to be if we turn this planet into a piece of miserable wasteground) - just a few small things make all the difference.
Look around your house at all your chargers - you probably have several for mobile phones, for your digital camera, your MP3 player, your cordless phone. If you leave them in the plug socket, with the power on, they continue to draw power, even if there is no appliance to charge. You pay, the planet pays.
Admittedly switching these chargers off makes a gnat's fart of a difference, although if you have ever witnessed sixty million gnats farting at once, I can assure you the smell is quite prodigious.
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