For several hours as folks first strove to hear the news of Jackson’s death then reacted to it by posting, blogging etc. the Internet slowed significantly. Sites like TMZ.COM and the LA Times fielded massive increases in the number of hits and slowed to a halt. I like this artists take on the Twitter ‘fail whale’

Well today we are off to stock up the cupboards with food and other provisions if we need to hunker down during the flu pandemic. I’ve noticed already stocks of some basic items are a little thin on the shelves. My pick – give it three weeks and some will be glad they acted now.

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This seems to be the theme song for a number of local businesses right now. Walking back from my last marketing lecture at Otago University this semester I could not help but notice several shops that were either shut or had closing down signs up on their windows. The global recession has come to town. Today our local newspaper carried an item about a chap who stood by the side of the road with a sign [...]