Miracle conception
I must have been bored – I looked at the front cover of Hello magazine. I’ve now washed my eyeballs, several times. What I did spot was this rather startling headline. I’m no mathematical or biological genius (or any other kind for that matter), but it did ring one or two alarm bells. Mrs information [...]
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Big words…
Whilst browsing the analysis the recent one-off debate between US vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden (Democratic) and Sarah Palin (Republican), my eye was caught by these two graphics (from wordle.net). They represent the frequency of words used by the two candidates in their various contributions to the debate. Although I’ve seen this approach used to show [...]
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It's just not cricket
Well, actually it is. Liked this headline on the BBC news website: Boycott may hit Champions Trophy. Would that be our Geoffrey trying to launch it for six?
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A couple that made me chuckle
Firstly chatting to someone (a creative type) who said one of his clients received a phone call from someone who had been looking at the client’s website. Conversation went something like “I’m calling you because I can’t find your ‘contact us’ page… And another that made me chuckle, was the headline “Police ‘taken in’ by canoe [...]
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Going a bit Boris
I’m not ashamed to admit it, I’m a northerner. Lived down south and loved it, but raised in the north and very proud of it. But there’s one lot of those who live oop ‘ere that are beginning to depress me a little.Now I’m not for one minute condoning Boris Johnson’s description of Liverpudlians as [...]
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