Al Gore
Will Ferrell & Al Gore for president?
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007I’m not sure whether this video about the “i” range by Apple makes me want to laugh or cry (click here to watch it) but every now and then something happens which is simply perfect …. BMW has just launched the Hydrogen 7 car it developed with NASA. The first one has gone to [...]
Time to stand up and be counted
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007We are rapidly running out of time. Every choice we make now has profound consequences and every time I get slack I imagine the voices of the children around me asking, in disbelief, “how can you do that, how can you choose your comfort over our future?” It really is time to stand up [...]
Our finest hour?
Thursday, August 16th, 2007Yesterday I wrote about the ban on outdoor advertising in Sao Paulo. Most people are so stunned by this they’re convinced it’s a hoax. The backlash against outdoor advertising that’s happening worldwide is being matched by a backlash from the billboard industry itself. While it’s true that in some cases billboards can be more appealing [...]
Mastitis, conjunctivitis, & fed-up-with-the-media-itis
Friday, July 6th, 2007
One-eyed Cy
There’s more to global warming than meets the eye – like the less obvious ramifications of the floods in Gippsland: lots of containers of toxic chemicals getting washed into the floodwaters and turning them into a toxic soup – great for dairy country and the food chain; and what about the poor [...]
Question everything
Thursday, June 28th, 2007How can I suck thee in? Let me count the ways.This ad went to air in America during May last year. It was put together by the CEI (Competitive Enterprise Institute) – the same Exxon Mobil funded think tank that put out the press releases about Al Gore’s electricity bill. These appeared in papers [...]