Second Go at Second Life

Just glancing through the Register I noticed they have a story about Reuters giving up on their dedicated Second Life reporter. I remember that there was quite a fanfare when Reuters began their coverage. I think it is interesting to note that it took a month for...

Hold the Front Page

I’ve suddenly become massively concerned with the future of printed journalism. It is clear that as a business model print journalism is facing competitive pressure from sources that you just wouldn’t have comprehended 15 years ago. Unfortunately as a...

Otter man tragic chariot death

When writing a news story there are certain ingredients that through fate occasionally come together to create something truly odd. If only you could combine:- Otters Chariots Shotguns Wellington Boots Oh great, someone has already done...

WOW : Terror Plot

According to Wired the Pentagon have developed a theory on how World of Warcraft could be used to plan terrorist attacks.  The ludicrousness of this claim is truly incredible. In fact the underlying factual basis of it is somewhat reduced by the quote:- There’s...

Only 3 days to go

There is literally only 3 days to go before Ringo Starr will implement his threat to stop signing “things”. I’d sort of forgotten Ringo Starr even existed. Which does make me wonder what sort of person has things that they think will be better things...

Global Financial Meltdown: My Role in it All

You can’t read anything these days without it relating to the global financial apocalypse. All in all it’s getting a bit dull now. The prospect of war with Iceland seems to have receded, which is fairly disappointing and all the news consists of flashing...