Posts by Island Boy

UK gov unleashes biometric IDs

Egg-Chicken

Now we know what came first. The egg. Because if there are enough eggs out there people will want an egg carton to carry them in and someone will build the egg carton as well. So maybe this isn't as crazy as it sounds.

UK.gov funds web video product placement venture

Where's The Add Going?

It will be interesting when the 'product placement' accidentally covers a 'key' part of the video (home videographers not allways being known for standard framing). Think 'laughing man'. Or better yet when it starts to cover one product name with another. "Take your pack of mentos <insert tic-tacs logo> and pour into a bottle of coke <insert pepsi logo>". Actually, that last I'm not going to be so concerned about now that I think about it but it could get funnily confusing. Perhaps an Asus logo over the Sony laptop logo in a video on how to change its memory. Might make you trust the video instructions less.

Paris Hilton - Because her internet movies could end up with some interesting product placement.

Danish court jails six in terror T-shirts case

Better Reporting Please

As others have noted, this article could be beneficially re-written to accurately report what the miscreants were charged with and convicted (or exonerated) for.

Paris - Because she also often makes reporters confuse news for window dressing