How do science and the media interact, what is the relationship between scientists and journalists, what’s the role of the media, the future of the news business and science news reporting? The video of this very interesting discussion / Q&A on 3...
Topics: media, science

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Photo credit: ChotdaBendy cucumber fans, rejoice! From tomorrow, EU rules on the size and shape (!) of 26 fruits & vegetables will be updated.Apricots, artichokes, asparagus, aubergines, avocadoes, beans, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflowers,...
Topics: EU, funny

{"title":"Curved cucumbers and knobbly carrots are back!","post_url":"http:\/\/www.consumingexperience.com\/2009\/06\/curved-cucumbers-and-knobbly-carrots.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/ConsumingExperience","author":"Improbulus","date":"2009-06-30 05:23:08","summary":"Photo credit: ChotdaBendy cucumber fans, rejoice! From tomorrow, EU rules on the size and shape (!) of 26 fruits & vegetables will be updated.Apricots, artichokes, asparagus, aubergines, avocadoes, beans, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflowers,..."}

I wanna be like that when I'm 77! Heck I wanna be like that now!What's better still is the name of this "look, no hands!" waterskiing Kansas granny: Avola Fitzwater.Talking about names, you've probably heard about furniture seller...
Topics: funny, nominative determinism

{"title":"Waterskiing granny - video","post_url":"http:\/\/www.consumingexperience.com\/2009\/06\/waterskiing-granny-video.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/ConsumingExperience","author":"Improbulus","date":"2009-06-28 02:52:47","summary":"I wanna be like that when I'm 77! Heck I wanna be like that now!What's better still is the name of this "look, no hands!" waterskiing Kansas granny: Avola Fitzwater.Talking about names, you've probably heard about furniture seller..."}

Another funny lesson in web design and usability (not!). From the webform that gave us "Unknown" as a choice for gender and the option to locate Akita-ken in the UK, comes another gem - how not to do a dropdown or field for title /...
Topics: design, humour, usability, Web

{"title":"Funny web form: salutations galore!","post_url":"http:\/\/www.consumingexperience.com\/2009\/06\/funny-web-form-salutations-galore.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/ConsumingExperience","author":"Improbulus","date":"2009-06-22 03:42:37","summary":"Another funny lesson in web design and usability (not!). From the webform that gave us "Unknown" as a choice for gender and the option to locate Akita-ken in the UK, comes another gem - how not to do a dropdown or field for title \/..."}

You’ve probably heard of the Times outing police detective blogger NightJack in June 2009 (Richard Horton - his name's well known now, so, for searching purposes..).The Times newspaper was allowed by a judge (Eady) to disclose NightJack's real..
Topics: blogging, digital rights, privacy

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