Monthly Archives: July 2011

Things kids say – Part III

Posted on Thursday, 28 July, 2011 by

Another installment covering conversations with my youngest son (8). I wasn’t involved this time - the wife was standing at the supermarket checkout queue and decided to send the son into the Travel Agent’s opposite, to pick up a brochure. It was only a … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Whispering Gallery by Mark Sanderson

Posted on Wednesday, 27 July, 2011 by

The Whispering Gallery is Mark Sanderson’s second book in a proposed trilogy featuring Fleet Street hack, John Steadman and his policeman best friend, Matt Turner. The setting is pre-war London, and Sanderson paints this picture with incredible skill. When I … Continue reading →

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A sting in the tail.

Posted on Monday, 18 July, 2011 by

There’s a TV ad for an Irish cider that’s been on recently – it features a man carrying on his daily business – with a beard of bees: Good CGI, however it appears that bee bearding contests do actually take … Continue reading →

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The impotance of spelling

Posted on Thursday, 14 July, 2011 by

UK entrepenuer, Charles Duncombe, has highlighted that poor spelling is a serious problem for the online economy and is costing online businesses millions.  He says it is possible to identify the specific impact on sales: [Duncombe] measured the revenue per visitor … Continue reading →

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It’s a wacky world!

Posted on Wednesday, 13 July, 2011 by

An Austrian man has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as “religious headgear”. Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only … Continue reading →

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