Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 7th, 2007
London awoke yesterday to news that the new Olympic logo would be unveiled “later today.” And what a dud it turned out to be. You have to wonder what kind of focus groups the agency responsible used (moron groups?) — the only remotely credible excuse I’ve seen for this work of imbecility and inelegance. It [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 16th, 2007
Chicken, Chicken, Chicken, Doug Zongker’s Powerpoint presentation at the AAAS humor session, February 16, 2007. For scientists and science communicators.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 5th, 2007
What to do when your spouse pinches your copy of The Economist?
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 2nd, 2007
British Telecom’s speaking clock has a new voice, according to this story (and film clip) on the BBC website. Reportedly, the busiest moment of the day for the speaking clock is a few minutes before 5PM when office workers call it to ensure that they cannot take a call that would delay them leaving the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 26th, 2007
Ariel Leve, not to be confused with Ariel Levy, is an expatriate Brit who has an angst fuelled life in New York. She is a brilliant and funny Jewish girl. When she writes well she is sublime, but occasionally, she is just a terrible self-pitying mess.
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