notthenews

One man's view of the news

Pets that Kill

admin | November 30, 2009

The latest in dog horror stories about the 4 year old child mauled to death in Liverpool http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8386023.stm does nothing to help my intense phobia of dogs and particularly certain breeds of dogs.  Many people have expressed that I have a unjustisfied or irrational fear of these dogs and that I put myself in danger by [...]

Time for A News Change.

admin | November 30, 2009

Many of us who have to work for a living have over the years got used to the idea that if the skills we brought to the market place were ever to become uneconomical, we would be redundant. We would need to re-train and gain new skills to continue with any sort of gainful employment. [...]

Phones4u Website Hacked or just Xmas Cheek?

admin | November 11, 2009

Someone forwarded me a link to phones4u’s home page yesterday and I emailed them to determine whether they had been hacked but have not had a response.  I am sure they did not intend to have Santa having a wee in the snow or surrounded by what look like cans of beer and holding a [...]

Integrity – is it still important?

admin | November 8, 2009

There have been a few stories over the last week or so about the scam advertisements on social sites mainly Facebook, arguably the most successful social site.  It appears to have started with this commentary – http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/31/scamville-the-social-gaming-ecosystem-of-hell/ on Techcrunch.  One of the Facebook successful applications company’s CEO can be seen discussing his early strategy in [...]