Hooters, Beer, Hooters, iPod's
last updated: 18 July 2006
A quick round up of technology and general interest shorts / hot pants.
Sky News has made a 'boob'. Brought to our attention by The Register, as part of a photo piece on a naked anti-bullfighting protest in Pamplona, an editor while Photoshop'ing to protect a young lady's modesty failed to notice the second pair hiding in the background. If you are of the ilk who support Sky's peddling of soft porn here's the link to the seedy photo.
Beer is better for you than wine! That's the stark statement that Professor Charles Bamforth made at last weeks Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting. Bamforth said, "Beer, if you looked at it holistically, is healthier than wine. But it is not perceived that way." He cited soluble fibre, vitamin B12, folic acid, niacin, antioxidents and the same artery unblocking powers present in wine as evidence for his claim. For those who like a wind-down beer Bamford is talking about dark beer not 'light beer' (?) or lager.
Robert H. Brooks, 69, owner of the Hooters restaurant chain has died of unspecified natural causes at his home. Originally an accidental franchise owner he built 430 franchise restaurants before buying the Hooters trademark from the original owners in a $60m deal, in 2001. In a 2003 interview with Fortune magazine he rather astutely declared, "Good food, cold beer and pretty girls never go out of style".
iPod radio transmitters, such as Griffin's iTrip, could soon be legal in the UK. Yes, those of you using them, they are illegal in Blighty and could net you 2 years in the clink! The Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949 forbids the use of radio equipment without a licence or an exemption and this applies to short range transmitters, such as those used by iPod lovers to transmit music to their car radios. The 2003 Wireless Telegraphy Exemption Regulations Act opened up an opportunity for Ofcom to tweak elements of the 1949 act and despite the slow progress they are expected to have legislation in place allowing for short range transmitters by 2007.
Beer is better for you than wine! That's the stark statement that Professor Charles Bamforth made at last weeks Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting. Bamforth said, "Beer, if you looked at it holistically, is healthier than wine. But it is not perceived that way." He cited soluble fibre, vitamin B12, folic acid, niacin, antioxidents and the same artery unblocking powers present in wine as evidence for his claim. For those who like a wind-down beer Bamford is talking about dark beer not 'light beer' (?) or lager.
Robert H. Brooks, 69, owner of the Hooters restaurant chain has died of unspecified natural causes at his home. Originally an accidental franchise owner he built 430 franchise restaurants before buying the Hooters trademark from the original owners in a $60m deal, in 2001. In a 2003 interview with Fortune magazine he rather astutely declared, "Good food, cold beer and pretty girls never go out of style".
iPod radio transmitters, such as Griffin's iTrip, could soon be legal in the UK. Yes, those of you using them, they are illegal in Blighty and could net you 2 years in the clink! The Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1949 forbids the use of radio equipment without a licence or an exemption and this applies to short range transmitters, such as those used by iPod lovers to transmit music to their car radios. The 2003 Wireless Telegraphy Exemption Regulations Act opened up an opportunity for Ofcom to tweak elements of the 1949 act and despite the slow progress they are expected to have legislation in place allowing for short range transmitters by 2007.