London Riot Suspect Pictures

The Metropolitan Police have issued CCTV images of several people linked to the looting and unrest. Is it just me or is there somebody VERY familiar in this picture?

 

Mojo Cover CDs

Do you enjoy discovering new music? Here's a shameless plug for our new project which catalogues the free CDs that come with Mojo Magazine: tons of tracks all linking to their original source albums. Click here for www.mojocovercds.com. 

Food IS Getting Smaller

It's Official. Food IS getting smaller. Compare these two Sharwoods Ready-to-eat Puppadoms, from separate packets bought a few weeks apart.  

3-D Pirates Ahoy

The Minoru is the world's first 3-D webcam. We foresee an enterprising bootlegger taking it to a screening of a 3-D film, popping a pair of glasses on the webcam itself and putting pirate three dimensional copies on the movie on the web. You heard it here first. Buy one here. 

Huge Remote Control

Not sure if this is serious. Take a look at this giant remote control that "you'll never lose down the side of the sofa again". That's because there's no sofa big enough. Unless the hand-model had stunted digits. 

F-Word Veal Recipe

Gordon Ramsay's Veal Escalope recipe was a bit unclear this week and the Channel Four website confirms that. He was fleetingly shown to fry off the capers and pine nuts with the meat (a real cheffy touch) but C4's written recipe didn't elaborate. So here's the original sequence. We'll be making it tonight. With turkey of course. 

TetraPak Recycling

Less than 10% of UK councils can recycle Tetra Pak cartons due to their combination of paper, aluminium and plastic. Last year the company invested a measly £300,000 into development of recycling resources despite manufacturing two billion of the landfillers. Which? Magazine reports this month that they can be sent back to the manufacturer. The catch is it costs 36p to send each carton which is then shipped to Sweden for recycling. Do we sense someone missing the point here? Corporate video about it. 

What Generation Gap?

Benylin's Children's Chesty Coughs Syrup is formulated for kids from 1 - 12 years old. Intriguingly the label states that "If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, consult your doctor before taking". In our view such kids should be worrying about contraception and not their tickly throats. How young ARE mothers these days? Either the pharmacists know some statistics that we don't, else they should to go back to med school and give more pertinent advice on the label.

 

TV Teasers

Have you ever seen a product on the telly and not been able to buy it in the shops? Take these Birds Eye Soya Beans for instance. Are they in our local (reasonably large sized) Sainsbury? No chance. Also, on their website Birds Eye claims a commitment to "minimise the impact on the environment". Interesting as the beans in question are air-freighted frozen from Taiwan and China. When they finally get here we'll let you know if it's worth the air miles. 

Rip Off Britain

The UK is OFFICIALLY more expensive to shop in than Europe right down to the shopping trolley. In Europe the deposit on a trolley is one Euro (about 65p). In the UK it's one POUND. That's 50% higher. What a con. And we know you're all saying "So what? You get it back afterwards". But think of the interest.