Online’s hottest trades of 2007

Posted: December 28, 2007 in internet, movies, music, Technology
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The best guide to what’s hot in movies, music and popular culture these days is to track what people are sharing online. Wired magazine has just released it’s “Top of the Swaps” for 2007. Wired used LA-based BigChampagne Online Media Measurement to track media-consumption trends across all digital channels – legal and illegal. And the winners are …

    Top Songs of 2007
    1. Shop Boyz, “Party Like A Rock Star”
    2. Akon, “I Wanna Luv U”
    3. Sean Kingston, “Beautiful Girls”
    4. Mims, “This Is Why I’m Hot”
    5. Akon, “Don’t Matter”
    6. T-Pain, “Bartender”
    7. Soulja Boy, “Crank Dat Soulja Boy”
    8. Justin Timberlake, “My Love”
    9. DJ Unk, “Walk It Out”
    10. Jim Jones, “We Fly High”

    Top Movies of 2007
    1. Resident Evil: Extinction
    2. Pirates of The Caribbean: At World’s End
    3. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
    4. Ratatouille
    5. Superbad
    6. Beowulf
    7. Transformers
    8. American Gangster
    9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    10. Stardust

    Top TV Shows of 2007
    1. “Heroes”
    2. “Prison Break”
    3. “Top Gear”
    4. “Smallville”
    5. “Desperate Housewives”
    6. “House, M.D.”
    7. “Lost”
    8. “Grey’s Anatomy”
    9. “24”
    10. “Dexter”

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Bah, humbug

Posted: December 24, 2007 in Uncategorized
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So much for sitting down to watch It’s A Wonderful Life with a mega bar of Bourneville. Medical journal The Lancet has ruined Christmas by stating that dark chocolate isn’t as good for you as all those “85% pure organic cocoa”-hyped bars would have you believe.

    “Dark chocolate rich in flavanols can have cardiovascular benefits compared with coca-free control chocolate, but can be unbalanced by fat levels, sugar, and calories,” says The Lancet. “But dark chocolate can be deceptive. When chocolate manufacturers make confectionery, the natural cocoa solids can be darkened and the flavanols, which are bitter, removed, so even a dark-looking chocolate can have no flavanol. Consumers are also kept in the dark about the flavanol content of chocolate because manufacturers rarely label their products with this information.”

      Bah humbug,  gimme that box of Quality Street … and the big purple ones are mine!

        Merry Christmas one and all! 

        Miracle on Loftus Road

        Posted: December 21, 2007 in football
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        Next to being an England supporter and a second-class white expat in Bermuda right now, there is nothing more miserable than being a long-suffering QPR supporter, especially when your teamed is rooted to the foot of the Championship.

        But lo and behold, miracles really do happen at Christmas: Rangers today announced that the richest man in Britain – steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal – has brought a 20% stake in the club!That means along with fellow shareholder Bernie (Formula One) Ecclestone, those two have a net worth of about $40 billion which officially makes us the richest club in West London by about $20 billion.

        It will have no effect on the forthcoming FA Cup tie with Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea next month, of course – maybe they should dispense with the football and throw wallets at each other in the centre circle – but the New Year sure looks a whole lot brighter.

        Premier League here we come … and maybe in my lifetime!  

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