Friday 30 December 2011

What's wrong with being sexy?



Culled from @Durf's twitter pic feed, hope he doesn't mind.

Thursday 17 November 2011

We never forget a ting


Ink-stained handshake to @VizComic and their tweet here for the reminder that 30 Sows and Pigs' brothers and sisters in the PR world are useless tossers too. 

Wednesday 16 March 2011

Japan disaster: Hold that thought

There are a wealth of absurdities coming out about Japan right now. If we make it through in one piece, will start posting here again. Feel free to continue e-mailing, RTing absurdities my way, just that right now got enough real life absurdity to deal with.

Check in at Our Man in Abiko HQ here and donate some cash. It's the least you could do.

Thursday 10 March 2011

Often, this crime goes unreported

Inky handshake to The Poke. Oops. Didn't realise had been tweeted by others on October 1st, but still, it deserves its place in this here scrapbook.

Graham Linehan
On that note, goodnight RT @: Quite simply the best news report of all time.

Thursday 3 March 2011

Absurd, implausible and in the paper

Person trapped under sofa

A confused resident called out fire crews after mistakenly thinking there was someone trapped under his sofa. The man, of Clowes Court, Beccles, made the call at just before midday and a crew from the town arrived. However, they discovered it was a false alarm and left 20 minutes later after reassuring the confused homeowner.

From the East Anglian Daily Times.

Inky handshake to Fleet Street Blues which has the reveleation that the headline originally said "Person trapped under sofa."

Friday 25 February 2011

Didn't go to Oxford, but know better than to mess with two ex-wives



See, it's something to do with missing Oxford commas, whatever they are. Ask the Guardian Style Guide.

Inky handshake to Durf.

Sunday 20 February 2011

Thursday 17 February 2011

When Thunderbirds go bad



Here's a woefully good/brilliantly awful graphic from Japan's NHK - (think BBC with no budget) about political realignment in the Japanese parliament. I think. At least they used a computer and not a pair of scissors. I think.

Ink-stained handshake to @jijzen.

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Dedicashun to ejimacashun



Clipping lifted from Japan Times, Saturday February 12, 2011.

Tuesday 8 February 2011

Data journalism: The infographic


Re-purposed from here.

Write like angels, sub-edit like whores


Inky handshake to David Allen Green and the Media Blog (again).

With thanks...

THANKS TO The Media Blog for the inspiration, Australia's Morning Bulletin and reporter Daniel Burdon whose error turned a minor story into a global phenomenon. Daniel, you are an inspiration to us all.