Category Archives: Consume!
Tim Bell – rogues and vagabonds and bare… oh my!
My scanner is having some emotional problems right now (it’s never quite recovered from the mammoth task of scanning all those Page 3 girls) so formal recruitment and data distribution for The PR Transparency Project will be subject to a … Continue reading
The PR Transparency Project – Part 1: making an example of Tim Bell
After his company was caught secretly editing Wikipedia on behalf of some very unsavoury clients toward some no-less-unsavoury ends, Tim Bell has had the audacity to project this wrongdoing back onto Wikipedia and Teh Internets as a whole: James Thomlinson, … Continue reading
Wonga.com are lying about student loans
Hi folks. I’m facing some delays on the Dorries matter (mainly waiting for evidence; the Met are 5 weeks late), but I’m sure we’ll be back on track shortly. In the meantime, here’s an open letter to loan company Wonga.com, … Continue reading
John Elmes and why you can’t trust Times Higher Education
Recently, staff at Times Higher Education surprised a lot of their readers and supporters by seeking to promote themselves in blogs with the name ‘bloggerheads’, and acting both arrogantly and dishonestly when it was pointed out to them that someone … Continue reading
THE tank on my lawn (and how/when it got there)
The following is a copy of a letter I have just sent to the lawyer that Times Higher Education referred me to earlier this afternoon. I did not hear from this gentleman before close of business today, so I did … Continue reading
The Times Higher Education correspondence
(Psst! If you are new to this issue, please read this first.) The following is the guts of my correspondence with staff from Times Higher Education after they tried to claim ownership of the name ‘bloggerheads’, the name I created … Continue reading
Ann Mroz: patronising, unpleasant and dishonest
[MINI-UPDATE (03 Jun) – THE object to my use of the word ‘dishonest’ in this headline. I stand by my use of the word, but as a courtesy, I have placed this prominent and immediate link to the relevant correspondence … Continue reading
10 Yetis, BabyChild, and the many deceits of Charlotte Horsfall
I’d like to begin by insisting that you read Unity’s long post about what 10 Yetis have been unleashing on the public for a long time now; the scale of their pathetic avarice should not be underestimated: Ministry of Truth … Continue reading
Scaling
In the coming weeks and months, I am going to be writing quite a lot about a goal-oriented philosophy I have dubbed scaling. Several projects will be based on this same philosophy. For reasons that should become clear to you … Continue reading
This one writes itself
Via @scotchtwit I discover there is a variety of potato (exhibitor grade) called the ‘Nadine’: Potato ‘Nadine’ Exhibitor Grade (Solanum tuberosum) Exceptionally smooth skin with shallow eyes. Cream flesh has firm, moist waxy texture and does not discolour on cooking. … Continue reading
