May

7

false advertising!

May 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Somebody tell me how it’s fair to use this title:
Muslim-Christian soccer tie scrapped after sex row
…to trick people into reading a perfectly boring and predictable article about Muslim imams refusing to play a team including women priests at soccer?
Dash my hopes for something more interesting in the news today than Paris going to jail, why […]

Apr

1

Miscellany: good works, good books and more

April 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

From the How Cool is That files, here’s a new one: GoodSearch
Every time you use this to search the web, money goes to your favorite charity. It even comes with a plugins and toolbars for IE7, FireFox and Safari.
Really, how cool is that? Searches are powered by Yahoo, so supposedly results are just as good […]

Mar

20

News roundup: Things that shouldn’t surprise me (or anybody) but somehow still do

March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Dozens of schools have rejected gifts of free classic books because today’s pupils find them too ‘difficult’ to read. (via The Complete Review)
…Ouch. What exactly are they teaching kids these days, then, if books in general are out? How to read the on-screen TV guide?
Also in the “what exactly are they teaching the kids these […]

Mar

15

Literary Superstar? Where?

March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Because there’s just not enough brain-scarring content on network TV right now, it seems The Deciders over at ABC have decided to turn their vapid, desperate gaze onto my industry. An unlikely move, considering how glamorous book publishing is to the rest of the media world (it’s, um . . . not). But not only are […]