Government Cutting the Internet!
News from the lobbies of Whitehall has trickled down the Fresh Food Group grapevine and we are shocked to hear that plans are being laid to cut the internet. The penny snatching politicians are planning to roll back versions of the internet in a money saving bid to cut costs and hike prices!
We here at the Fresh Food Group love fresh ideas and innovations so we were delighted to get the opportunity to review the GIT Internet Ringfence, the latest offering from General Information Technology Industries. Here is the promotional infomercial thingy:
Evocative piece of film making for a worthy cause. The Sri Lanka eye donation society.
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Yes you heard right – the FFG Crew are moving into computer stuff.
We have decided that there is a future in this interweb thingy after all and have decided to run a test on how long it takes for Google spiders to crawl out of their webs and visit come kind of Cafe Index… oh right, sorry the new Caffeine index… what?
Ok we are testing the Googing Cinder Expat ink. So here we go:
A recent release from the controversial hip-rap artiste ‘T-money’ has left the IT industry talking. His soon to be universe imploading hit ‘SEO PIMP’ contains explicit material that should be seen by anyone ever. The World Brain Organisation is currently advising against any viewing however the FFG have managed to get hold of a copy:
SEO PIMP audio
Dog Clothes
We have blogged on this subject before and it never ceases to amaze us the lengths that dog owners are willing to go to in order to make their precious pooch stand out with dog clothes. You can see anything from pink studded dog collars to the whole shebang; I am talking about full doggy sunglasses and novelty reindeer antlers.
The big question is, why? Dog clothes only really work with small dogs as there is no canine High and Mighty [that we are aware of] to provide for the larger dog. Additionally a Doberman in a tutu just makes them even more frightening. So a small dog is already up against it, so why pile on the misery by dressing them up like Yoda?
Business Finance
There is a demographic of people who have felt the full extent of the turbulent economic patch that has been the last 18 months; small business owners have been kicked squarely in the dangly bits. Due to what has been profiled in the media as outright greed, banks have brought the borrowing and lending nature of business finance to its knees and as we all know, it takes money to make money!
Some might say that home decor is the last refuge of the failing marriage. The cynical line is when a couple runs out of things to talk about they get married, after a couple of years their wedding DVD no longer plays without skipping so they have kids, then the kids set out into the big bad world so they ask the timeless question, ‘do the curtains match the carpet?’
As brainwashed consumers we hide in our possessions. We express love by giving material objects and focus our energies on whether to purchase ready made curtains or if blinds would match the parquet floor better. When your idea of foreplay is looking at curtain samples, it’s time to call in the marriage counsellor.
Product Design
Is there a difference between product design and invention? When looking at the most significant inventions of all time from the abacus to Aspirin, they all served a purpose that was clearly identifiable from pure commercialism. Perhaps the difference between product design and invention in its purest form could be attributed to this factor.
If we look at the most notable inventions post 1960 they have mostly been born from commercial interests. Advances in medical technology are mostly controlled by funding from pharmaceutical companies, engineering advances are based around delivering return on investment and technological advances are motivated by delivering dividends to share holders.
Health Insurance
The British National Health Service used to be a unique and admirable institution however over the last fifteen years, it has been brought to its knees. More than ever the British public are digging deep into their pockets and purchasing private health insurance policies so they can avoid the arduous task of wading through the systemic nightmare of a bureaucratic leviathan in its death throes.
The privatisation of the National Health Service has been an insidious affair. Over the last fifteen years the administration of the National Health Service has been decentralised and within those primary care trusts services have been subcontracted to third parties. By using this form of management it does not improve services, it just forces accountability away from government and pushes cost up.
Corporate Events
Whenever team building days, away days and corporate event s are mentioned around the office my mind poses the familiar question, ‘what fresh hell have they concocted for us today?’ I have had bad experiences during corporate team building days in the past. Sitting in the dingy function room of a motorway Travel Lodge with a ‘team building’ specialist called Trevor droning on whilst defacing a flip chart.