Archive for August, 2006

Take three bored journalists…

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

…one mind-crushingly dull press conference, an under floor air-conditioning vent, a freebie T-shirt, some string (I have no idea why we had string with us…), some sunglasses and a digital camera.

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We called him dude - he got us through that trip.

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Ricky Gervais/Microsoft training video

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Beats the “Are you lifting things properly?” training videos most people get.

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[Robbed from Valleywag]

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NEW! Prison Break*

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
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“I want my hand back” and other such excitable nonsense.

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Turns out Paris Hilton is useful for something after all.

*For American viewers, of course. Good British viewers will have to wait until sometime next year…

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Dell offers hot deal online

Friday, August 18th, 2006

So, the day after you’ve had to recall four million laptop batteries - after a couple of months of reports of machines setting on fire - what do you do?

Put an ad in national newspapers urging people to “Go online for a hot deal!“.

Dell offers hot deal...

Sometimes, you just can’t make it up.

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The magic of journalism

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

How to turn a ten minute interview, into a 2,700 word article.

Russell Brand shows budding journos the art of spinning out copy.

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