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YouTube is slowly committing suicide, by systematically removing the only content it has that is actually worth watching.
NYTimes.com reports that YouTube is removing copyrighted clips at an exponential rate in preparation for Google’s purchase of the site. Once this purge is complete, YouTube’s content will consist mainly of drunken teenagers injuring themselves/others and hipster douchebags […]
“Search by search, click by click, the identity of AOL user No. 4417749 became easier to discern.”
One of the most depressing and telling quotes from this BBC Technology article on mobile device usability occurs towards the end:
“Manufacturers don’t want to invest a lot of money doing something brand new if users aren’t going to buy it if it isn’t as thin as the Motorola Razr, for example.”
What do British ex-pats miss about home? Personally I miss late-night comedy, Pot Noodles, Absinthe, pubs within walking distance, curry and Oldham Street. Oh, AND family & friends .
First Ever World Map of Happiness Produced - A University of Leicester psychologist has produced the first ever ‘world map of happiness.’
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously in favor of a plan to provide universal health insurance for San Franciscans. Officials are still working out the details, and the Chamber of Commerce predicts a court fight because businesses that do not provide health coverage would be required to help fund it.
“..Now, all of a sudden, Microsoft is saying that their licenses are invalid. And - to make things more exciting - they’ve dimmed the Automatic Updates settings so we can’t change them to Manual. One by one, all of the machines are becoming unusable.”
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“A Bristol teacher who resigned after her school failed to replace a squeaky chair which made “farting” noises has lost an employment tribunal. Sue Storer claimed she was the victim of sexist and bullying behaviour. The 48-year-old left her ?48,000 position as deputy head of Bedminster Down Secondary School last September.
She had claimed constructive […]
“A phone salesman was hauled off a London-bound plane by police after his taste in music aroused terrorism fears. Harraj Mann, 23, asked a taxi driver to play The Clash’s London Calling through the vehicle’s stereo. But the cabbie rang police after he heard the song which includes the line: ‘War is declared and […]
Try saying that headline ten times whilst standing on your head; go on, I dare ya….
For those of you who are currently blissfully unaware of the edutainment behemoth known as Blue Peter, it is one of the BBC’s longest running programmes, having started in 1958 and having inspired/guilt-tripped many a young soul into taking […]