Watching some crappy quiz show on Sky at the weekend (“Don’t Forget The Lyrics”…I wasn’t watching it really, I was at my computer), they used the phrase “life changing amount of money” regarding their top prize of £250,000. I thought this was a strange phrase, because “life changing amount” can mean a lot to different […]
Economics
Women and Politics
An article from a few days ago on BBC News just caught my eye, which made me think about this issue. June Sarpong (yes, she of T4 fame, and known in my house as “the annoying one who appears between breaks in Hollyoaks”) has decided that women don’t just want trashy gossip and fashion, but […]
Facebook and the Targetted Advertising
OK, so on t’Internet, because websites are able to record what sorts of things you like, or what you’re reading, we have more targetted advertisements that in theory are something that you will want to see. If you’re reading an article about summer holidays, then a good advert link would be to a site like […]
Girls Buy Shiny Things Shock
(haha, isn’t that a great tabloid-esque headline? Well, it amused me) According to Sony Ericsson (and this article from the Telegraph) , women are now spending more per year on gadgets than they do on shoes. Oh, and that they don’t want things to be pink and sparkly. Well, duh! I could have told them […]
Ethical Fashion
It seems that it has become fashionable for designers to produce items over the last year or so that can help the enviroment, or that has some sort of slogan on it regarding ethics. This in turn has trickled down into the usual channels and we now see places like Topshop, New Look and Primark […]