This news story from today:
Prof Mike Kelly, the public health director at Nice, added: “This isn’t about telling individuals to choose salad instead of chips — it’s about making sure that the chips we all enjoy occasionally are as healthy as possible.
“That means making further reductions [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Compare and contrast
Asphyxiation in Egypt
Has a strange effect. Leaves you with a smashed and broken face. Don’t click through if you are squeamish.
[Khaled Said] simply was sitting in a Cyber Cafe, when two policemen walked inside and demanded the ID’s of everyone who was sitting there. When he refused to give it to them, they grabbed him, [...]
Light sabre
A real one. Here. Powerful enough to set people on fire.
I believe…
If ever a political advertising campaign were designed to be parodied, it’s this one.
Muslim conversions in UK jails
I’m coming to this a bit late, but there has been some reporting and blog commentary recently about an apparently high level of conversions to Islam in UK jails. There’s nothing new about this. “Converting” to Islam has always been a scam for old lags – a quarter of a century ago, because prison kitchens [...]
History Pin
Upload old photographs and superimpose them on a modern view.
Visually, it reminds me of sleeveface.
Open web analytics
I’ve been trying this out – it’s excellent and works as a WordPress plugin as well as stand alone for integration into new sites.
This isn’t a commercial plug, just an excellent piece of software.