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Monday, 05 September 2011 |
How Alanis Morrisette ruined my weekend
It was supposed to be just another Saturday night out at the pub – me, the better half, my cousin and her hubby. We found ourselves out in the backwaters of Bolton watching an old mate’s band. The mate admirably twanged his way through several dodgy covers while the lead singer did her best to make our ears bleed, including a murderous performance of Alanis Morrisette’s Ironic.
It was then my cousin turned to me and said (or rather mimed through the din), ‘Everyone says these lyrics aren’t actually ironic. If that’s so, what does ironic mean?’
‘Erm…’ I replied.
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Friday, 27 May 2011 |
Password protection made easy
The hacking of the Sony PlayStation Network has been all over the news recently. In short, the details of around 75 million User Accounts were stolen in a sophisticated hack of the Sony system, leading to the loss of email addresses, names, postal addresses, passwords and Credit Card info, (although Sony says the Credit Card details were encrypted.)
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Thursday, 19 May 2011 |
Did they really print that?
Even the most diligent newspaper can occasionally drop a clanger. So here a few classic headlines we though you might enjoy. What was the news editor thinking!
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011 |
Why theirs know knead for roof reading any moor!
Or why every business needs a proofreader
No matter how proficient you may be in your use of written language, it can be extremely difficult to proofread your own work. It's inevitable that we become over-familiar with it, making it so easy for inaccuracies, typing errors, and inconsistencies to go unnoticed.
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Saturday, 14 May 2011 |
How to be a complete & utter failure at online PR
Follow our top 11 tips & we GUARANTEE
you'll soon be making the same mistakes as everyone else!
Now I know what you're probably thinking, "Hang on, isn't the point of all these articles to provide helpful information?" Well frankly the interweb is full of advice from experts, and as a poor copywriter living in a suburban broom-cupboard I'm just not sure it's sensible to go around giving away professional secrets.
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