Archive for the 'In the News' Category

Uberlightweighter’s smartphone

Posted by on May 6th 2011 in In the News, Shiny new kit

While surfing the Beeb for more election titbits I happened across this article about the PaperPhone, looks like it could save a bit of weight...

 

 

Can't tell if it has GPS, if it does it'll be an interesting gadget for the gramme-counters out there.

More details here.

Energy Independence Day?

Posted by on May 6th 2011 in In the News, Just for fun

From the election results declared so far, it looks like change is a comin'...

 

 

There'll be more windfarms and less wild land, I'll wager.

Hang on a minute – I thought we were skint!

Posted by on April 6th 2011 in A bit of a rant, In the News
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Rumour has it that the coffers of the nation are empty, and that severe cuts are being made in order to keep the bailiff's dogs from the door.

Our glorious leader has ditched The Ark Royal...

and got rid of the Harriers...

and caused the closure of all but one of Manchester's public toilets...

He's allowed Uni fees to become huge...

his petrol price concession was negated by a pump-price increase...

and yet he has "found" 650 million quid...

of our money...

and he's not giving it back...

he's giving it away!

Moreover, he's giving it away overseas!

What the fuck???

Is this man totally mad?

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1373478/David-Cameron-Pakistan-650m-spend-education.html

Edit: Somebody at The Daily Mail could do with having some of this dosh to put towards maths lessons - how many NQTs start on £2,600?

Mellow Yellow

Posted by on March 29th 2011 in In the garden, In the News
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I've been hearing media reports about there being a shortage of Daffodils this year.

There's no shortage here.

We're awash with them - they're in the borders, under the hedges, in the lawn, under the tree...

The Overcharge of the Light Brigade

Posted by on March 4th 2011 in In the News

As I see it, the problem here isn't so much the stupidity of the M.o.D. shelling out 22 quid apiece for 65p lightbulbs, it's more that they decided to deal with a supplier that doesn't have a "find it cheaper elsewhere and we'll refund you double the difference and lower our price to match" policy.

Common sense prevails

Posted by on February 17th 2011 in Campaigns and Petitions, In the News
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This is brilliant news: Victory! Government to scrap plans to sell our forests.

Thanks to all of you that supported the protests and the petitions.

Well done!