taking the beef out of bovril

whoa, sunday afternoon in the office, rocking out to neil young. i am, like, sooo cool.

anyway, the burning issue on my mind today is that Unilvever Bestfoods, the makers of Bovril, have decided to take the beef out of bovril, to make it "more appealing more to vegetarians and Muslims". In other words, they are turning it into Marmite, which is quite odd as they make that too. There is obviously some Machiavellian business plan here that I don't understand.

Concerningly, will it still be possible to do the cat-tongue measuring experiment with beef-less Bovril? I'm not so sure.

BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Tory candidate on marbles mission

BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Tory candidate on marbles mission

MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | Interview: Why we went tabloid

Intriguing interview with the editor of The Times, where he says the layout of the new Compact Times has learnt much from the "scrolling" way in which young people read. Also, apparently, they have fact boxes, which he cites as being among the most important bits of the layout as they enable people to take information in immediately. Can't say I've so much as sneezed in the way of a copy of The Times for ages, but may well have a look today. Interesting because it's a sign of moving towards a sort of homogenised user-experience -- and a rare one, in that it's screen to paper, rather than paper to screen, which all online providers of content are still semi-obsessed with. Would love to have a look at their UE stuff. *Dream on*

BookCrossing - Home - FREE YOUR BOOKS!

Just about the loveliest thing ever. I just Googled "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept", because I was going to make a not-particularly witty pun on its title, and imagine my joy when I discovered that someone rather lovely, in New Westminster, British Columbia, will be "leaving this book on one of the tables at the Starbucks at 6th & 6th, around 4 pm today. I hope whomever finds it will enjoy it -- looks like a good day for a cup of coffee and a good book!" **Awww**