Dec 2008
Hitler - The toothbrush
13/12/08 22:58 Filed in: Personal
Is it me... or does this Braun Oral-B electric toothbrush looks like HItler?
No... I’m being serious! I was sat in a hotel room reading a few days back and could see the toothbrush through the bathroom door and the likeness just struck me. I guess it’s partly because I’ve seen a stylised version of Hitler used in perhaps a less than tasteful advertising campaign for a hat making company in Munich. See below....
If only Hitler had bought a hat...
Manchester says NO to C-Charge
12/12/08 13:30 Filed in: Personal
The people of Greater Manchester have voted.
79% have voted NO to the Transport Innovation Fund. The innovation being the fact that we would have to pay £5 a day for roads we have already paid for three times already. Local tax, vehicle excise duty and the tax in petrol.
Out of the ten council districts to whom the referendum was sent, not a single one returned a yes decision. NOT A SINGLE ONE.
So what does that mean for Manchester? Well, it does stop our area becoming a business black spot, that’s one hopeful outcome.
I’ve looked at the the pro-TIF sites and obviously they remain unchanged. Unwilling to accept the reality that not everybody shares their opinion.
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council suggests that it’s the economic downturn. He is wrong.
79% have voted NO to the Transport Innovation Fund. The innovation being the fact that we would have to pay £5 a day for roads we have already paid for three times already. Local tax, vehicle excise duty and the tax in petrol.
Out of the ten council districts to whom the referendum was sent, not a single one returned a yes decision. NOT A SINGLE ONE.
So what does that mean for Manchester? Well, it does stop our area becoming a business black spot, that’s one hopeful outcome.
I’ve looked at the the pro-TIF sites and obviously they remain unchanged. Unwilling to accept the reality that not everybody shares their opinion.
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council suggests that it’s the economic downturn. He is wrong.
The Da Vinci Spam
10/12/08 22:24 Filed in: Technology | Personal
What is it with SPAM these days? Times where when you could expect at least a few lewd suggestions regarding the availability of female individuals or the implication you have a certain short coming.
But these days the SPAM I check every week in the SPAM bin of our email server have more in common with the cryptic messages found in the “Da Vinci Code” than something more associated with the seedier side of the net.
Not that I’m a big fan of the book / film. But you get the idea.
I’d have used the reference to “Treasure Hunt” but I imagine I’ll be in the minority to remember that particular gem of Channel 4 television from the mid to late 80’s (1983-89 to be exact). Anneka Rice gets whizzed around the countryside in a helicopter while studio based contestants try to solve clues
So what is all this cryptic nonsense about? I suspect somebody must imagine that it will somehow magically find it’s way through the SPAM filters and land on somebody’s desk. They are fooling themselves. It’s utter nonsense and the SPAM filters see it as such.
Perhaps this is all a subtle plot and the Russians or Chinese are using SPAM to trigger sleeper cells. Okay. That’s rubbish, isn’t it!
But these days the SPAM I check every week in the SPAM bin of our email server have more in common with the cryptic messages found in the “Da Vinci Code” than something more associated with the seedier side of the net.
Not that I’m a big fan of the book / film. But you get the idea.
I’d have used the reference to “Treasure Hunt” but I imagine I’ll be in the minority to remember that particular gem of Channel 4 television from the mid to late 80’s (1983-89 to be exact). Anneka Rice gets whizzed around the countryside in a helicopter while studio based contestants try to solve clues
So what is all this cryptic nonsense about? I suspect somebody must imagine that it will somehow magically find it’s way through the SPAM filters and land on somebody’s desk. They are fooling themselves. It’s utter nonsense and the SPAM filters see it as such.
Perhaps this is all a subtle plot and the Russians or Chinese are using SPAM to trigger sleeper cells. Okay. That’s rubbish, isn’t it!
