Posted by: RFM on: September 22, 2009
I love this kind of thing. The Guardian’s Lifestyle section has a gallery of photos of convenience and fast foods as portrayed on packaging and in advertising and how they look in real life. It’s important work, and one of the better uses of the internet. I’ve seen all the German food pictures before, but [...]
Posted by: RFM on: September 17, 2009
There is nothing not to like about this story.
A group of what Clarkson might call eco-mentalists has visited what the media call his Cotswold home and dumped a little bit of manure on his drive. Which he probably will, genuinely, love, and put on his roses.
Jeremy Clarkson targeted in manure dump protest by climate campaigners.
This [...]
Posted by: RFM on: September 2, 2009
One wouldn’t have thought this would be news. As Miller says, “pretty much every picture in a magazine or ad is airbrushed . . . I don’t think the public understands how much smoke and mirrors are involved in making women look like that.”
Too fat to be a model? The picture that caused a storm [...]
Posted by: RFM on: August 24, 2009
Here are a few stories I’ve been sitting on for a while:
Mountains Out Of Molehills | Information Is Beautiful
Newspaper ABCs. This is an interesting story. Although newspaper circulation figures have been steadily falling anyway, a lot of figures have been artificially inflated by means of the inclusion of “bulks”: giveaway copies you might find on [...]
Posted by: RFM on: August 6, 2009
According to this story from BBC Technology, it’s becoming apparent that – even in a recession – gadgets take priority over almost anything except food. People would rather maintain their expensive iPhone contracts than have a two-week holiday or a meal out:
In a poll of 862 people, over 40% said they would save on holidays and [...]
Posted by: RFM on: August 5, 2009
A few stories worth a gander:
1. Guardian Media Group ponders the future of The Observer, among other things. The venerable Sunday newspaper has an average net circulation of around 400,000, around 200,000 less than the Sunday Telegraph and a whole lot less than The Sunday Times, which has an average net of over 1.2 million [...]
Posted by: RFM on: June 18, 2009
Homeless Sims are surprisingly depressing – Boing Boing
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Posted by: RFM on: June 1, 2009
The Sims: a history in pictures – Telegraph.
