You read about #thedress? You might ahve read about it on Buzzfeed. The site scooped got 27 million pageviews for #TheDress. How did they do it? Well, it's not that easy. Paul Ford explains that what looks like a simple post is the result of years of trail, error, money and fun.... More »
28th, February
Money
"Dear god almighty, you’ve got to read this," writes Tim Worstall. He links to a story on the FT about Max-Hervé George, 25, who has taken on insurance company Aviva France. ... More »
28th, February
News
So. Why did Mohammed Emwazi become Jihadi John? How deos a "humble" schoolboy in a pink jumper became an alleged seriel killer and snuff movie star? More »
In the USA, a man who agreed to buy $20 worth of marijuana for a stranger in exchange for a $5 finder's fee has been arrested. The $5 was marked note. The deal was a police sting... More »
Football balls: whan a player is injured the media goes into overdrive. They love it. Manchester United's Robin Van Persie has poorly ankle. But how long will be out for?... More »
Robbie Savage, the Match of the Day pundit - your tax pounds at work, readers - has escaped a driving ban.... More »
Rose Evelth has news for woman in science... More »
27th, February
The Consumer
Why you need to decant beer into a bottle was beyond me until one of the crew at Anorak Towers said that not all pubs do draught beer carry outs. If your baby hasn't finished their pint - and those eyes are bigger than their tum-tums - they can tip the dregs into this handy 'Lil Lager' bottles... More »
“At first I didn’t know what had happened, this was about 1am and we were just finishing up and heading home I seen this guy lying flat on his back with blood pouring from him, so naturally enough my partner and I went over to help him.," says Gerry Brady, owner of the Pheasant pub in Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland... More »
27th, February
Strange But True
Life is imitating Laurent Chéhère, whose “Flying Houses” are "reconstructed houses appear to float in a silvery sky". In Klamath County, Oregon, a 1,200 square foot house has vanished. Did it fly away? Sheriff Frank Skrah tells media: "We had a complete home stolen. This isn't a motor home, this isn't a mobile home and this is a 'home... it was on the foundation you see it on now." More »
TRANSFER Balls: a lolok at utter drivel being presented as football fact in the mainstream mdia. Today we look at the Daily Express' story of "Arsenal's £50m spree"... More »
27th, February
News
WE know that The man known as Jihadi John is one Mohammed Emwazi. Lest you be unable to muster your own thoughts on the man who accused of murdering seven foreign hostages, other have spoken.... More »
26th, February
Strange But True
Dmitry Nikolaev says he was chatted up by a young woman in a Moscow bar. He says they had a drink. And a sauna, as you do. Then he blacked out.... More »
Transfer Balls catches news of Wolfsburg winger Kevin De Bruyne, 23. The BBC notes that the player "says he would be open to a Premier League return"... More »
26th, February
News
Charlie Hebdo now has a print run of 2.5m. The Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and other newspapers whose journalists are undervalued and underpaid (surely content providers - ed) may worry that sackings and short contracts will be escalated to more drastic staff-cutting profits-raising measures... More »
26th, February
Key Posts
By now the faces are familiar. Shamima Begum and Amira Abase, 15, and Kadiza Sultana, 16, all from London, travelled to Istanbul on 17 February to join Islamic State. A source says the teens made it to the Turkey-Islamic State border and "Abu Ali with his men received them on the other side."... More »
As Chris Applegate says: So Facebook now autofills celebs' descriptions on official profiles, which can lead to unfortunate juxtapositions... More »
The mask peels up. And we can refvals that the lunatic known as Jihadi John is Mohammed Emwazi... More »
In readiness for Arsenal's Champions' League match against Monaco, fans buying the official matchday programme got a free gift: a press out and keep Arsene Wenger figurine... More »
Transfer Balls: the Daily Express has news on Arsenal, Chelsea and Sami Khedira... More »
26th, February
Celebrities
Jimmy Savile, formerly Sir Jimmy Savile in life, is all over the news. The Sun says "Savile abused 63 people at Stoke Mandeville hospital"... More »
26th, February
News
When you see a dity car do you feel you impelled to draw a penis on it? If you do you might well be British.... More »
26th, February
Celebrities
Cliff Richard - still Sir Cliff Richard - is on the front page of all the tabloids.... More »
25th, February
In Pictures
Artist and photographer Edy Hardjo has candid shots of superheroes at home.... More »
To Aspen for a look around the Silverpeak Apothecary, purveyors of "locally farmed, expertly crafted and socially responsible cannabis", peddled by "artisans with advanced degrees in botany, biogenetics and pharmacology." Everything is reassuringly expensive looking... More »
