Is it terribly rude of people to eat on the tube? In New York one traveller certainly thought so and went out expressing her distaste. She may well have done it without the sort of diplomatic skills necessary for making your point safely to busy passengers. What follows is foul mouthed exchange. The sound quality […]
The Super Moon strands five ships
The Super Moon on the 19th of March, when the Moon was the closest it has been to the Earth for 19 years, is likely to have caused a series of nautical accidents off the coast of the United Kingdom. The moon affects tides, and in the Solent, between the Isle of Wight and the […]
Rooftop solar power kills 10 times as many as nuclear power
This post should begin with a disclaimer; mathematics and lies are closely related. Clever people can cut figures in accurate ways that give them mathematical support to their argument. In this case we have clever people in the form of The Next Big Future bloggers and their goal is to educate people about new technologies. […]
Goodyear Spirit of Safety
The tyre company Goodyear is famous for the Goodyear Blimp. This year the company is working hard to associate itself with road safety and from March until October, two famous airships named Spirit of Safety I and Spirit of Safety II will visit 20 European countries. Goodyear have a rather funky video advert that conjures […]
She’s Too Good for Everyone
This is a rather clever music video about the power of attractive women on insecure men. Press the play button, have a listen and let me know if this reminds you of anyone you know!
Spotted: The Flying Spaghetti Monster in Germany
Creationism was added to school syllabuses as a rival to Evolution. Creationism states that life on Earth might have been started by an outside influence. Most Creationists automatically translate “outside influence” as the Christian God. In fact, it was that movement who successfully pushed Creationism into American education systems and who developed the argument. However, […]
What is #RND?
#RND is a hashtag used on Twitter to mark conversations and comments about Red Nose Day. This year’s #RND is today, March 18th, in the United Kingdom. This widget tracks #RND tweets on Twitter. Tweets about “#rnd” In Pure Spirit What does Red Nose Day mean to you? If you’d like to donate then you […]
American Congress denies climate change exists
Each and every Republicanin the House Energy and Commerce Committee has voted that the Earth is not warming. This is an American political collective, part of Congress, that works to line up US lawmaking. Currently the Committee had been working on the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. The Act would bar the Enviormental Protection […]
50th Anniversary of Amnesty International video
This is an is an impressive video from the French agency La Chose for Amnesty International (France). Amnesty International was founded in 1961, July, by Peter Benenson in the UK. The charity is approaching it’s 50th Anniversary and this video seems to have been prepared with that in mind. The message of the video, however, […]
Groupon mocks Tibet then has to pull super expensive Super Bowl ad
The group saving site Groupon paid big bucks for a series of adverts that premiered during the Super Bowl. The ads were about “saving the money” and Groupon thought it would be a wise marketing strategy to compare that to saving something else. For example, there’s a “saving the whales” ad that featured Cuba Gooding […]
