January 2010
33 posts
Multi-talented.
Apple have recently claimed to be the biggest mobile device company.
Nokia, who beg to differ, make a fair few themselves, but they are also the largest producer of digital cameras and calculators.
Perhaps more surprisingly (or should that be worryingly?), Disney has the fifth-largest navy in the world, and the world’s largest producers of tyres is Lego.
Are there any more companies that...
Manylder Uwch
S4C viewers are being invited to help launch its innovative High Definition channel later this year by suggesting names for the new service.
S4C Press Office.
Interesting little competition, this one. I think the odds of them plumping for plain ol’ S4C HD (or their adopted Welsh equivalent, S4C MU) are pretty high - after all, there’s no point in straying from the central brand...
Thunderbirds (discarded theme tune). By Barry...
Legendary creature spotted at Loch Ness! →
Captured on Google Maps! Via @dondrennon!
“No time is wasted talking to someone who’s good at their job.”
– Harry Flashman.
“A long complicated sentence should force itself upon you, make you know yourself...”
– Gertrude Stein. From “Poetry and Grammar” (1935).
Pulling
Karl: It was a crime. I mean, what's the difference between that and stealing an old lady's purse?
Donna: Well, it is a bit different...
Karl: Well yeah, it's different, of course it different – but is it really different?
Donna: Well that's what I said.
Karl: And what did the police say?
Donna: He laughed at me.
Karl: He what?! Jesus! Was it a large kebab?
Donna: Yes, it was. I mean I wasn't going to eat it all but...
Karl: That is dispic– I mean, you're a woman, on your own, and this-- 'man', steals something from you. Alright, it was a kebab, but what's it have to be, a GOLD KEBAB before it's a crime?
“I’ve been working overtime
I’ve been busy telling lies”
– The Ordinary Boys. A Few Home Truths.
“You can be active with the activists
Or sleep in with the sleepers
While...”
– Billy Bragg. Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards.
Ellie Goulding. Black And Gold. Via ventisette.
“You can lead a dweeb to info, but you can’t make him think.”
– Rude Dog.
“We are not sure of the exact day but we believe it was around 10.30 in the...”
– Elementary, my dear. A spokesman for Brighton and Hove City Council sheds some light on the breakdown of Brighton’s Clock Tower… which is stuck at 10.30. From The Argus.
Pogo's YouTube channel →
Pogo (aka Fagottron). Click and be mesmerised.
Browser Pong →
This is awesome! Play Pong using your web browser. Incredibly clever, somewhat addictive.
