Category Archives: World

100 ways we could have spent Anglo’s 25 BILLION

Posted on August 17, 2010 by colly

Anglo Irish bank is costing the Irish Taxpayer €25,000,000,000. Do you ever wonder what else you might have been able to do if we had that 25 Billion to spend ourselves…. he SBP complied a list of 100 things we … Continue reading →

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The World’s Resources by Country – Inforgraphic

Posted on August 16, 2010 by colly

This is pretty cool. Detailed infgraphic by mint.com showing the breakdown of the worlds (previous) resources by country.

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The Most Dangerous Drug in the world.

Posted on August 13, 2010 by colly

What would you say is the most dangerous, terrifying drug in the world. Heroin? Cocaine, Meth-Amphetemine? Not even close. It’s something much, much worse… Scopolamine is a made in the northern region of South America from a very normal looking … Continue reading →

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Billion Dollar Pictograph

Posted on June 27, 2010 by colly

Very interesting infographic here showing some interesting comparisons about money.

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The Story of Bottled Water

Posted on March 23, 2010 by colly

I posted a while back a great video called The Story of Stuff – this is another video from the same woman and it’s a excellent little insight into why bottled water is so bad. This one about trading Carbon … Continue reading →

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“Killer” Mobile Phone Virus Circulating Pakistan and Afganistan

Posted on July 1, 2009 by colly

This 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 … Continue reading →

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The Credit Crisis – Animated

Posted on April 28, 2009 by colly

This is really brilliant. A very simple and effective narrated animation of how the credit crisis happened. Definitely worth a watch.

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Isle of Man Legalises Piracy for £1 a month

Posted on February 26, 2009 by colly

The 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 … Continue reading →

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Market Capital of Banks – 2007 v 2009

Posted on February 3, 2009 by colly

Sometimes 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 … Continue reading →

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Lets try to explain the Universe…

Posted on January 18, 2009 by colly

I’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 … Continue reading →

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Diesel’s Advertising

Posted on January 17, 2009 by colly

Diesel 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 … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama – “President 2.0″

Posted on January 16, 2009 by colly

I’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 … Continue reading →

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My Photography

Posted on January 12, 2009 by colly

One 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 … Continue reading →

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Is Global Warming just a Myth?

Posted on January 4, 2009 by colly

I’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 … Continue reading →

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