Archive for the ‘World’ Category
“Killer” Mobile Phone Virus Circulating Pakistan and Afganistan
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 17:21 No CommentsThis is just priceless. I mean seriously how retarded can an entire nation be!!!
Mobile phone operators in Pakistan & Afganistan have been deluged with calls from concerned users after they received a hoax message claiming a “killer virus” was being transmitted via their handsets. Kabul shop owner Ahmad Fawad advises: “Don’t answer any strange number [...]
The Credit Crisis – Animated
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 20:54 No CommentsThis is really brilliant. A very simple and effective narrated animation of how the credit crisis happened. Definitely worth a watch.
Isle of Man Legalises Piracy for £1 a month
Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:22 No CommentsThe Isle of man are about to Legalise Piracy – for a flat fee of £1 a month! Sounds too good to be true? Read on…
Under a proposal announced this month, the 80,000 people who live on the Isle of Man would be able to download unlimited amounts of music — perhaps even from notorious [...]
Market Capital of Banks – 2007 v 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 16:46 No CommentsSometimes to really understand something you have to be able to visualise it – and i think this is a great example. The above picture (click on it for a bigger version) is a graphic representation from JP Morgan of the size of the worlds 15 top banks from Mid 2007 to now. Shocking to [...]
Lets try to explain the Universe…
Sunday, January 18, 2009 12:21 No CommentsI’m not a particularly religious person. I’m definitely not an Atheist, but I would find the majority of the Bible very hard to believe. I find it absolutely hilarious that ‘Creationists’ actually think the world is 6,000 years old and that all our evidence of Evolution, is a result of a term they plucked out [...]
Diesel’s Advertising
Saturday, January 17, 2009 15:28 No CommentsDiesel would be my favorite brand of clothing, I really like a lot of their stuff, runners and jeans especially, but I’m also quite fond of their advertising messages. They can be quite different to some of their other quite high end competitors – they just tend to take themselves a little less seriously. Take [...]
Barack Obama – “President 2.0″
Friday, January 16, 2009 22:10 No CommentsI’d like to say I was an avid follower of the US Presidential Election race, but unfortunately I was not. I kept and eye on what was going on but really I was not particularity cued up on either. I just hated Bush though so any change no matter who it was, was going to [...]
My Photography
Monday, January 12, 2009 20:29 1 CommentOne of my biggest passions is Photography, I’ve loved it for years and up until recently I was still using a point and shoot Canon Ixus – which did me pretty well – but eventually I invested in some decent gear. If you’re interested I have a Canon EOD 400C, Sigma 17-70mm f4.5-6, [...]
Is Global Warming just a Myth?
Sunday, January 4, 2009 10:42 No CommentsI’ve always been very sceptical of the Global Warming Theory. Don’t get get me wrong, I do consider myself somewhat green, in my household we recycle everything possible and I try not to waste energy, but there are some aspects of the overal green movement that I just do not agree with.
I very highly recommend [...]