Archive for August, 2010

Coconut shampoo

I don’t know why I just bought some new coconut shampoo…

I haven’t even got any coconuts.

One hundred pushups

I read about this in Men’s Health whilst on holiday and thought it’d be a great challenge to get stuck into.

I’ve not started it yet – but plan to do so soon…

http://hundredpushups.com/

News sites

Unlike The Times that has recently moved behind its paywall (http://thefrontline.v3.co.uk/2010/07/the-times-onlin.html) there are still some excellent resources available online for free news.

The Guardian is one of the best available (http://www.guardian.co.uk/) and also offers the ability to interact through posting comments on some of its stories. I’ve been actively involved in the Environmental section (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment), specifically commenting on issues to do with energy efficiency.

The BBC News site is also an excellent resource (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/) but controversial in the UK, because its competing commercially, yet funded by the tax payer through the licence fee. It doesn’t stop it being a great resource though.

Google News is another great resource (http://news.google.co.uk/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn) but another controversial one, mainly because it’s aggregating news from other providers. It’s great for the end user, but it’s not so good for the news companies that are effectively funding it and providing it with the information it collates.

Other good news sites include:

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Rick Astley joke

Rick Astley asked me if he could borrow my collection of Pixar films.

“Okay,” I said. “You can have Toy Story, Cars and Finding Nemo, but I’m never gonna give you Up.”

Social Media Revolution 2

I came across this animation style infomercial the other day and found it fascinating, so I thought I’d share it on here!