‘Big Brother’, ‘Strictly come dancing’ and ‘I’m a Celebrity (?) whose career is flagging…look at my chest’…. people do seem to take these things rather seriously instead of viewing them for what they are, another bit of entertainment. And where do they get some of these so-called celebrities from? Down in the jungle, it seems to be just a battle …
Back to spam for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Ah well, it looks like the spam holiday is over! Two weeks ago, the web hosting firm McColo was shut down and the amount of worldwide spam dropped by two-thirds. You may well have noticed this in your email inbox, I certainly did. From hundred a day to just a few in one fell swoop.
If you’ve got it, flaunt it
What is the world coming to? This one from the Daily WAG and Cleavage (formerly the Mail, but they seem to have an obsession at the moment). Before the latest ‘I’m a celebrity (???)….Get me out of here’, not many people would have known who Nicola McLean was. Probably a lot still don’t! Well, she’s the WAG of Peterborough United …
Microsoft to introduce free anti-virus software
Microsoft is planning to abandon its all-in-one security package, OneCare, as from June 2009 and instead offer a free anti-virus program which people can download. The new software will support Windows XP, Vista and the new Windows 7. It will be a no-frills affair, aimed at the lower end of the market. Sales of the OneCare package, launched in May …
Jerry Yang to step down as Yahoo CEO
Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo, has decided to step down as the internet portal’s chief executive officer. Yang has come in for a lot of criticism recently and Yahoo shares have dropped accordingly, now valued at around $10. Earlier this year, he fought off a hostile takeover bid by Microsoft, turning down a $33 per share offer. Negotiations with Google …
‘Waste not life…’
Benjamin Franklin, the importance of sleep and Energy Pods. Interesting article in the New York Times.
$100 laptop comes to Europe
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation is planning to start selling the ‘$100 laptop’ via online store Amazon’s European outlets as from November 17th. The machines will be sold under the Give One, Get One scheme that the OLPC organisation has already run in the US, whereby buyers get one machine for themselves and the other is donated to …
Videos removed from YouTube
YouTube, which is owned by Google, has removed a number of videos deemed to be glorifying the Columbine High School killers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Videos found on the site praised Harris and Klebold for carrying out the shooting in which 12 students and 1 teacher died and another 23 people were injured. Harris and Klebold subsequently shot themselves …
Unbelievable
‘Allo, allo, allo. What’s going on ‘here then?. Evening all.’ ‘Hello occifer, what can I do for you?’. ‘My name is P.C. Correct of the local constabulary and I believe you can help us with our enquiries’.
A glimmer of hope?
This one just about takes the cake, biscuit or any other edible substance. Poetic, even. The chief executive of one of Britain’s biggest health and safety watchdogs, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, has pleaded for a return to ‘basic common sense’. And his name…Tom Mullarkey. Which about sums up what ‘elf ‘n shifty’ have been up to …