Let’s celebrate mediocrity
American Idol-alum Kellie Pickler has done the unthinkable. She’s united all of Europe, without having to resort to warfare. She’d obviously make a great MEP.
“Europe is a country.”
“They all speak French.”
“I don’t think France is a country.”
When told that the answer was Hungary: Like “I’m hungry?”
Kellie Pickler appeared on ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader’ - and humiliated herself. It’s worse than even the Miss South Carolina/Miss Teen USA debacle.
Hot
That Dove TV CommercialYes, yes, you’ve already seen the Dove TV commercial with superb Photoshop effects on this site before - but I found a high-resolution version:
Technology
Wikipedia and spin doctorsI’m not a big fan of mash-ups. But this one*, I’ve fallen in love with. The Wikipedia Scanner - brainchild of CalTech’s Virgil Griffith - offers users a searchable database that ties millions of anonymous Wikipedia edits to organizations where those edits apparently originated, by cross-referencing the edits with data on who owns the associated block of internet IP addresses.
Hot, Politics
Iraqi InterpretersTim Ireland’s right on this one. So sign the petition, click here to claim your e-activist credentials.
On-Air
Vox Politix: 3rd August 2007I found myself on Vox Politix the other night, where I tried to play the New Labour attack-dog routine (but got bored half-way through). I did get to meet Alex Van Ingen (Tory activist) and Dominique Lazanski
(Libertarian, LSE-doctoral student), which definitely made the show all that much more interesting. Liza Chantelle (Tory/CF) was definitely [...]
On-Air
BloggerTV: 23 July 2007 (Birthday edition)So with it being my birthday and all, I had to do something ridiculous. What better way to turn 22 than to find myself chatting with Kathryn Corrick, Matthew Cashmore (BBC Backstage) and Mike Rouse (18DS, fellow New Media Award finalist), with Shane Greer moderating the show. We sat around and laughed about American politicians [...]
