Ta1no’s Weblog

The weekend is over and the week has begun. I missed posting for the last few days because of work. So I will fill you in on what you have missed – played indoor rugby on Saturday followed by a quick game of thongs cricket. Before you ask what indoor rugby is it’s like regular rugby played with 12 people in a living room. You might say how dangerous it is and what happens to the furniture, nothing happens to the furniture it stays exactly where it is and then becomes obstacles you use to your advantage to jump off to score a try, sadly no goal kicks are aloud. Try getting a few pals together and have a go its bloody good however if your mates are drunk and you have a mixed team it helps to make it a little more fun. Oh and went and saw a really cool gig on Sunday in Camden -video to follow.

Work work work, well officially everyone has moved in to the new office, but alas I still don’t have a desk.

In the news in the last few days – A group of scientists and research staff facing a winter of constant darkness in Antarctica have been sent vital supplies – 16,500 condoms. They will now be experiencing total darkness until August 20 when the first sunrise is due.

This has to be the most random bit of news I have put up The brains of gay men and women look like those found in straight people of the opposite sex, research suggests. Gay men and straight women had halves of a similar size, while the right side was bigger in lesbian women and straight men. A UK scientist said this was evidence sexual preference was set in the womb.

Inexcusable’ petrol prices cut A Devon petrol station which charged £1.99 a litre for petrol has dropped its prices after coming under fire for cashing in on fuel shortages.

The owner of a hair salon has been ordered to pay £4,000 compensation to a Muslim stylist who was turned down for a job because she wears a headscarf. Speaking after the ruling the salon owner said: “I never in a million years dreamt that somebody would be completely against the display of hair and be in this industry. I don’t feel I deserve it.”

The jury have found R. Kelly NOT guilty!! After being acquitted on all 14 counts of child pornography he is officially a free man. According to reports the singer held his attorneys hand and tears rolled down his face as the verdict was read out. 14 counts – all i am saying is the jury must love R&B or have some fetish that they want to hide.

This week grinding my gears is going to be centred on crap adverts. Or adverts that have been created that make no sense or make you actually not want to get the products they are selling even if you would under most circumstances.

1. elephant.co.uk ads. (I actually turn the channel when this one comes on)
2. Confused.com now I know this company has money but who the hell signed off on the adverts, I have never seen adverts so bad in my life I would be ashamed if I was the CEO of confused.com actually I wouldn’t be ashamed, someone would have been sacked before this went to air.

These adverts are so bad I wouldn’t go on there sites let alone buy a product from them. I am still waiting for the day they are both on watchdog with people complaining about there cowboy tactics. Actually I think I should start my own insurance company and call it the cowboy outfit. And have a really cheesy advert and see if I make money…

I couldn’t find any of the TV adverts or i didnt want to waste my time looking so i will put the following up instead:

I am also starting to get a tad fed up of all the cry in the paper about the fuel charges, yeah they have gone up but as I don’t have a car and I am in no rush to get one so I don’t care, so can the newspapers move on and report something else. I am not caring about a lot of things that seems to be affecting people lately, I am wondering why. I know I was smart enough not to put my money in northern rock, I take public transport and when applicable I walk places, I don’t waste money on cheap clothes so I don’t have the guilt of the sweatshops. So my shopping has gone up by 2% a year well that’s fine I will just remove chips and buy potatoes and make my own, home made is so much better, and according to Jamie Oliver I can feed a family for £5. To be honest I am not really feeling the credit crunch. Sorry I am just smart with my money understand that this was coming so planned in advance. To be honest the only thing that the government can do to affect me is start to charge for free things like air and land. If you make me pay to walk and to breath then I am screwed…

So after all the news that was broken yesterday about the allusive iPhone I have decided that I am going to get one. Not as I am a style/fashion icon or a techno geek, but due to the fact that I need a new iPod and my current phone is annoying me when it comes to uploading off most websites. Don’t get me wrong I love my BB, but there are a few problems I think RIM needs to work on before they can really say that they are going to fight back against the iPhone.

Honestly the average user of the iPhone will not notice that much of a difference between the new and old or they might say there is a huge difference between the new and old. To be honest there isn’t going to be that much difference. Try get a new iPhone and a old iPhone and load up a few sites, one might load a bit slower now get a BB and load up a site. See how it’s slower than even the old iPhone. The other thing to consider is do you really trust apple, I for one have been burnt by apple several times but I keep going back hoping that this time round they will restore my faith and win me over. Contracts are available from £0 to £99 on the iPhone – I might have to give Apple one more chance…

In the news – At least 28 people are known to have died when a passenger plane burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport in Sudan.

The law suit against Oscar De La Hoya has been dropped after the Stripper that claimed to have taken the pictures of Oscar in brag was actually lying and the photos being used are fake. Experts concluded on Monday that the shocking photos of Oscar in drag were digitally doctored. Now lets see if R Kelly can win his case.

There was a Baby born with a penis on his back. The tot was born to farmer dad Li June 30th, and his unnamed wife. The rare condition, the first for Tianjin Children’s’ Hospital, is called fetus in fetu (FIF). Doctors, who spent over three hours removing the extra penis on June 6th.

The Smurfs are heading to the big screen!!! – Columbia Pictures is going to create an animated AND live-action Smurfs movie. With all your other cartoon heroes being turned into film it was only a matter of time before the Smurfs got in on the act. Doug Belgrad, says “The Smurfs are one of the best-known franchises, and among the most beloved collection of characters in the world.

Last bit of news a washing machine has been created that uses a cup of water to wash clothes by using plastic chips instead. umm not too sure about this.

Ok as I work in the industry, not the sex industry but the advertising/marketing industry I am going to put up a few things that I find interesting or have been sent. Like this video below, it was sent a while ago but I think it’s the coolest way to get into your car after work.

Grinding my gears today are stupid/selfish passengers on the train. In particular those that get on at Baker Street, Metropolitan line heading into the city, you selfish people. Let me explain why. Every morning I get to the platform and wait for the train to come. When it does pull in everyone crowds around the door waiting to get on. However only about 5/6 people get on the train. As the doors are about to shut you have a look and realise that everyone has clumped themselves around the door section and not really spreading or moving down the train. Doing this would have allowed at least another 6/7 people to get on. But no the selfish sods all stand in front of the door and not spread out meaning some people have to wait for 2 or 3 trains to get to work in the morning. Now its not rocket science but if you get on the train and there is space wouldn’t you move into the space to allow others to get on so that we can all get to work? Also those that stand at the doors reading there paper and not letting anyone pass even though there is bags of space behind them.

The list – Stupid people that are inconsiderate on the train, by not spreading out into the space available thus not allowing others to get on the train at the station.

Oh and sorry to all those that keep looking at the Australians in thongs post thinking it was about Australians in a thong sorry it was about thongs not a thong…