Astonishing advertising lengths
Wow, this blog post has a screen shot of an advertisement during a show. And I don't mean the show went to an ad break, I mean the show was 'paused' by a guy walking on the screen to plug a new show.
While TV advertising in Australia is getting *really* bad, its not quite this bad yet.
Make sure you click the link about 'stealing' broadcasting. Its worth a chuckle.
16 year old discovers the answer to the plastic bag problem.
Plastic bags are an absolute environmental disaster. Many areas in the world are now banning them from being used. The article below states that for every square mile of ocean there are 46,000 pieces of plastic litter. That's unacceptable and makes me nervous as hell.
But, there may be a light at the end of this dark and highly polluted tunnel. A 16 year old kid has discovered a few strains of bacteria which actually consume plastic. After 6 weeks the plastic being tested on was 43% consumed with only water and minute traces of CO2 to show for it.