Curious article here from the normally sane Charles Arthur in The Guardian, which opens with: The invitation to Apple’s event on Wednesday at the Yerba Buena centre in San Francisco shows an acoustic guitar, with a soundhole in the shape of the Apple logo. Seasoned watchers of the company know that this is the time [...]
When I saw this ad on the TV earlier this evening, my first thought was that the “Alliance of Australian Retailers” (seen here campaigning against the Australian Labor government’s proposed introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes) would almost certainly turn out to be a front for some tobacco company… [ Click to View On YouTube [...]
Some more quality fact checking from The Age, today, where I spotted this in their “Complete Guide to South Africa 2010″: I must have missed the announcement that the home nations have now begun competing as a single unified team, under the Union Flag. I hope The Age’s knowledgeable football writers have informed the Scottish, [...]
Right. So a ten year study into the possible link between mobile phones and brain tumours finds no evidence that phones cause cancer. How do you report that then, newspapers of the word? The Daily Mail: “Long conversations on mobile phones can increase risk of cancer, suggests 10-year study” Daily Express: “CANCER LINK TO HEAVY [...]
Clearly The Age have given up on proof reading altogether… “Gangland daughter Katie Peirce found dead“: Mr Ser, an outreach worker with the Father Bob Maguire Foundation, told The Age in the statement that rumours of the overdose “are yet to be made official”. He said the family were dismayed at the rumours “as it [...]
Courtesy of yesterday’s mX, the shabby Murdoch freesheet that is distributed at train stations in Melbourne, comes this gem of a headline: “Police grill 3yo boys”. Really mX? Are you sure? I prefer to use a BBQ myself for my cannibalistic needs, but those crazy police will try anything, won’t they…
I read this story about a teenager getting a cabinet (when she wanted a cab, init–DYSWTDT) in the Metro of the bloke sitting next to me on the tube this morning. It’s also for some reason made it into El Reg (er, technology angle?) who appear to have just copied it out of the Daily [...]
Excuse me while I put my grammar hat on for a second here, but I couldn’t help spotting this in the indie on Saturday: “Two held over woman’s head found on beach“. I can’t see how dangling the suspects in the air is going to help solve the crime, but what do I know about [...]