Scientists have warned of an impending economic catastrophe, warning that the UK is reaching a possible ‘Social Media Event Event Horizon’. More on this blog mj extract: “Environmental campaigners also supported the warning at the Conference, which was also liveblogged, Tweeted, streamed on YouTube and moblogged on Qik. Green Web activist Greena McGreen pointed out [...]
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The future is here? mj According to an Associated Press story, a Tokyo woman is in jail today for logging on to a virtual world and deleting her virtual husband’s virtual identity. The woman, a 43-year-old piano teacher, was evidently upset that her online companion in a virtual world called “Maple Story”
Read in the tabloids
Jul 14
A group calling itself the “Typo Eradication Advancement League” has set out on a year-long journey across America to combat irritating grammatical errors. The aim of Jeff Spokane and friends is to “make the US a safer place for spelling”. “We carry a supply of erasers, chalk, and white-out fluid and correct errors wherever we [...]
Worst headline of the week?
Jun 25
It Was Asbestos Times, It Was the Worst of Times from Daily Grist 24 June 08: U.S. Supreme Court clears way for asbestos-company trial MJ
Admissions…
Mar 3
Heard on Radio4 (Boadcasting House) 2 Mar 08 by mj: Tomorrow is A Day. Admissions Day; the long-awaited morning when half a million fretful parents will learn whether their child has got into the secondary school of their choice. For months parents have being saying things ‘We’re hoping he’ll get into this marvellous school just [...]
Just saw this, which mentions us, which is nice. Apparently it was written by a “Stroud News and Journal Reporter”, but there are a few tiny clues that it might actually just be a press release cut and psted onto their website…. Not only have them managed to leave in the ‘Notes to the Editor’ [...]
Dutch department store Mark
