Ms Dynamite, a singer, has been charged with assaulting a police officer who was questioning her after an incident in which she allegedly kicked the door of a night-club. But Dynamite is not, alas, her real name: she is Naomi McLean-Daley, which doesn’t have the same ring to it. I am reminded of Sam Goldwyn who, while enthusing about America’s nuclear weapons, was heard to exclaim: “That Hydrogen bomb — it’s dynamite!”
Streaked lighting
Yeah, I know it looks like a double exposure, but it’s not. It’s Art (capital A). Or, if you prefer, wacky lighting on a building on London’s South Bank.
The Google CES keynote
Ably blogged by Paul Boutin. Am I the only person on the planet who is underwhelmed? And who started that crazy rumour about a “Google PC”?
Wireless!
Neat use of Photoshop. It’s an ad for the Nikon Coolpix P-1 digital camera — which can upload pictures via WiFi.
Kennedy’s little secret
The BBC’s Political Editor writes in his Blog:
It was – people say – Westminster’s worst kept secret. I refer, of course, to Charles Kennedy’s drinking.
The implication, therefore, is that we political reporters conspired to keep it that way – a secret. Hold on a second. Not so fast. There is a big, big difference between knowing that Charles Kennedy drank a lot and knowing that he had a drink problem and was undergoing treatment.
I knew the first but certainly did not know the second. The same is true of all the political reporters I know and all but Charles Kennedy’s closest circle. I knew that Mr Kennedy sometimes drank more than he should. I could see that for myself and I heard it from those who worked closely with him.
The perfect headline
Summarises the story succinctly and comprehensively.
Quote of the day
If you want a really expensive laptop, buy a Vaio.
Sony Chairman, Howard Stringer, speaking at CES yesterday. Thanks to Paul Boutin for blogging it so brilliantly.
Four reasons to be glad Bush is still President
Following on from my thoughts about Cheney, here’s some more consoling thoughts.
Thanks to Bill Thompson for the link.
Dave’s domain name
Hmmm… The domain www.davidcameron.co.uk is taken. The WHOIS database says “The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their address omitted from the WHOIS service.”
Google Ad(non)sense contd.
The logic behind the Adsense engine is truly weird. As I write this, the top posts on this Blog are:
So what ads does Google Adsense put up based on the above content? Answer: one link to a site dealing with the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 and three anti-piracy sites. It’s idiotic.
Two hours later: It gets worse. Two of the piracy-related ads have been replaced — by one for “Jewish Tours of Berlin” and one for “School History Software”. Could it be that the Google engine is somehow inferring a link between the Economist story about population shrinkage and the Holocaust?