By John J Kelly
Although I don’t necessarily think that Norman Lamont joining the board of Phorm is particularly sinister, thanks to Bad Idea for highlighting the activities of this interesting adware company. I personally have no problem with advertising-supported sites, provided they are upfront and there is a clear ‘opt-out’ option, but most adware is pernicious [...]
Tag Archives: consumerism
Cookies and cream: why you should choose your browser and ISP with care
December 7, 2008 – 6:08 pm
The Daily Mail finds an immigrant who wants to ban immigration
December 1, 2008 – 12:55 pm
. . . and his name is Sir Gulam Noon, who became a self-made multi-millionaire by popularising Indian ready meals and allegedly donating £250,000 to New Labour in the mistaken and unfounded misunderstanding that this would earn him a peerage. Sir G, a genuinely impressive self-made monument to bootstrap free enterprise, says that Britain is [...]
The wonder of Woolies is that it hasn't been nationalised
November 27, 2008 – 1:56 am
The latest nightmare recession headline is that Woolworths is about to go bankrupt (again) with the loss of more than 30,000 jobs and 860 store closures across Britain. Have the government thought this one through? Where are we going to spend the windfall cash bonanza that Gordon and his elves have earmarked to save the [...]
Wobbly fruit is OK again
November 15, 2008 – 12:00 am
Over 20 years ago Brussels had decreed that henceforth fruit and vegetables needed to comply with ideal standards of shape, size and colour. Vegetable eugenics was a boon to Europhobes, supermarket buyers and agrochemical manufacturers alike. It accelerated the demise of smaller arable farms and prompted a growth spurt in plastic cloches, despite the [...]
Beyond Them and Us
November 8, 2008 – 10:45 am
It is sobering to consider that half of humanity exists at a level of the economic inferno which we blithely label as “less than a dollar a day.” Just stop and think about what that means. Is there any part of your own life that you can recognise in that? I live in India, and [...]