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‘A bit early for April Fools..?’
“Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and the world’s wealthiest man, is to receive an honorary knighthood for “services to global enterprise”.” Yeah, I know, I had to do a double-take on that one too. The Telegraph article also states that “commercial success has led to hatred of him among his competitors.” This in the same…
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Snickers, Er, Marathon?
Not content with attempting to homogenise the planet, the almighty Masterfoods, Inc., aka Mars in the UK, have released a new variant of their Snickers bar. In the UK, we have two – the Snickers, which used to be the Marathon of yore, and Snickers Crunch, a more recent arrival. In the US, the Snickers…
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off to belfast next week
off to belfast next week for a random Exchange Server installation … should be fun! The work is supposed to be giving me a 300 quid cash advance on my expenses, but they couldn’t give me the money through a BACS transfer cos our finance system is shite, and the promised cheque in-lieu-of still hasn’t…