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PleaseRobMe.com

Posted on: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 in: Laugh, What The F!

Brilliant!
A website called PleaseRobMe claims to reveal the location of empty homes based on what people post online.
The Dutch developers told BBC News the site was designed to prove a point about the dangers of sharing precise location information on the internet.
The site scrutinises players of online game Foursquare, which is based on a person’s […]

Millionaire giving away his fortune

Posted on: Thursday, February 18th, 2010 in: What The F!

Mr Rabeder, 47, a businessman from Telfs is in the process of selling his luxury 3,455 sq ft villa with lake, sauna and spectacular mountain views over the Alps, valued at £1.4 million. He says his fortune is making him unhappy.
Also for sale is his beautiful old stone farmhouse in Provence with its 17 hectares […]

Spinvox - the ‘technology’ is people!

Posted on: Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 in: What The F!

 
The voicemail-to-text service Spinvox has applied for two patents which describe the service as being operated by humans.
Spinvox has previously claimed that state-of-the-art speech recognition technology is the basis of its service.
However, its patent applications claim the approach is accurate precisely because it employs human operators.
Spinvox’s head of social media said that the patents were […]

Estate agent becomes Witch for £50k per year

Posted on: Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 in: What The F!

An estate agent from Shepton Mallet has won a lucrative job as a witch at the Wookey Hole tourist site in Somerset.
Carole Bohanan beat 300 fellow applicants for the £50,000 a year post. She said her “witchy charisma” had helped her secure the role.
She will be required to teach magic and witchcraft in the site’s […]

Welsh millionaire scavenges in bins for food

Posted on: Saturday, August 1st, 2009 in: What The F!

AN ECCENTRIC property millionaire dubbed “Ben the Bins” spends his spare time scavenging dumped supermarket food as part of his freegan lifestyle.
Benjamin Hewett owns 16% of London’s Fresh Wharf Estate, which specialises in renting business properties and boat moorings on the River Roding. It has recently constructed a £25m development called Muirhead Quay and built […]

£50k per year job as a witch

Posted on: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 in: What The F!

 
Hundreds of jobseekers are expected to audition for a lucrative “witch” vacancy at tourist site Wookey Hole, in Somerset, on Tuesday.
The £50,000-a-year position, advertised earlier in July, is seeking a witch to live in the site’s caves to teach magic and witchcraft.
The post, open to both men and women, says the candidate must be able […]

eBay your love this Valentine’s day

Posted on: Monday, February 9th, 2009 in: What The F!

A Welsh student is ebaying a year’s supply of his romance to one lucky lady. Ian Connely, 27, a former marine is ebaying his poetry, heart and romance ahead of Valentine’s day. The 5 day auction which kicked off on Monday evening will hopefully raise money for Ian’s attempt at rowing around the world as […]

DJ Chris Evans bought us a pub!

Posted on: Monday, January 19th, 2009 in: What The F!

 
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE DJ Chris Evans has always been one of showbiz’s most generous celebs.
But little did Welsh restaurateur Leighton Davy know that when he met him, the Radio 2 presenter would end up buying him a WHOLE pub.
The ginger broadcaster met Leighton, 30, while he was staying at Newport’s posh Celtic Manor Hotel as he took […]

Filipino Millionaire at 21? Bull!

Posted on: Sunday, January 11th, 2009 in: What The F!

This story caught my eye http://blogs.inquirer.net/beingfilipino/2008/10/21/filipino-a-millionaire-at-21/
It could have been an inspiring article. But somehow, something seems to be lacking, as one comment describe it – like an “unfinished symphony” causing others to doubt the story and even the purpose of it being written
The story about Joey Magtibay, a Filipino entrepreneur who achieved financial freedom and […]

Brookside Close sold for £735,000

Posted on: Friday, January 9th, 2009 in: What The F!

 
The infamous Brookside cul-de-sac that once saw its residents murdered, taken hostage and buried under a patio has sold for £735,000 at auction.
An unnamed Liverpool-based buyer has snapped up all 13 properties of Brookside Close, in Liverpool’s West Derby estate.
The Channel 4 soap was axed five years ago after a run of more than two […]