Media: December 2005 Archives

Global warming is getting worse. Iraq is in a state of turmoil. There's a pensions crisis. A terrorist threat. Binge-drinking. The economy. The NHS. Oh, and England's cricketers have just lost again...

now for some good news

Democracy returns to Afghanistan after 30 years, Chocolate helps reduce the risk of heart disease, House prices are on the rise again, Belfast hosts gay wedding, More trains are running on time, Dramatic fall in the fear of crime, 60% of tsunami victims find new jobs and The corncrake returns to Britains shores...

So you thought Jørgen Arnor Gårdsø Lom was a funny name, did you? Well, Norwegian is a funny language overall... The Norwegian Institute of Film, has now - in cooperation with the state broadcaster, NorgesFilm as (NorwegianFilm), a newspaper and the Council for Norwegian Language - come up with a new word for “Video on Demand”... “Klikkefilm”. Translated back to English, this means... Clickfilm.

“Why?!” you may ask... “Because we can!” say the Institute of Film. If you're one of the 4 million people that speaks one of the two official forms of Norwegian,- feel free to read more on Propaganda.

...or rather National Geographic... :) Now, there aren't much on the telly these days, so I somehow winded up watching different animals having sex... Now can you imagine something as strange as watching a documentary where the narrator says:

“Now, what does it take to turn on an elephant-seal?”