The internet is a weird and wonderful place.This evening let's look at the "weird" and possibly even "bizarre".As regulars readers probably know, I run several websites apart from my day job (I really should put "day" in inverted commas, as it's never really been 9 to 5), including IWF, which is a discussion forum for Irish internet professionals. Users of the forum discuss … [Read more...] about A New and Bizarre Approach To The Internet and Online Marketing
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Would you pay 45 euro for a bottle of water?
Expensive water - the bottles 20/12/2008, originally uploaded by blacknight. While I was doing my shopping this afternoon I came across these bottles of water. They look nice, but they wouldn't exactly "blow you away", that is until you see the price tag - 45 euro a pop! Bling water sells itself as being exclusive, but at that price I'd want to be endowed with special … [Read more...] about Would you pay 45 euro for a bottle of water?
McCain vs Obama
Why on earth anyone would want an action figure based on either McCain or Obama?Oddly enough some people do.Maybe Republicans and Democrats alike are using them a bit like voodoo dolls?In any case according to Entertainment Earth the Obama action figures are selling nearly five times more than the McCain ones.I'm not sure what you can infer from that useless bit of trivia, … [Read more...] about McCain vs Obama
Bizarre Emails
When you own "odd" domains you become accustomed to getting rather odd emails. Some of the emails are genuine. Some are simply weird.Armchair.ie has nothing to do with furniture. You don't need to be a genius to realise what the site is all about, yet every single day for the last two weeks I have got an email from a company in China offering me furniture. It's not random … [Read more...] about Bizarre Emails
Rip Off Republic Overcharges For Safe Sex?
Image via WikipediaWhen I was in Paris a couple of weeks ago I spotted several large billboards from the local authorities advocating the use of condoms and safe sex.I don't think I've ever seen similar ads in Ireland.Now I'm not a big Digg user, but this post caught my attention.It seems that Ireland is the most expensive place to have sex, since the price of condoms is so … [Read more...] about Rip Off Republic Overcharges For Safe Sex?