Ben's career as a journalist started from an early age when his mother cut a potato in half and fashioned a paint stamp from its insides. Since then he has made his way through school and college and currently studies Public Relations at the University of Huddersfield. Writing for several online publications and editing the Huddersfield Student, Ben hopes one day to have editorial control of a magazine or The Times. Ben Hall
Ben's career as a journalist started from an early age when his mother cut a potato in half and fashioned a paint stamp from its insides. Since then he has made his way through school and college and currently studies Public Relations at the University of Huddersfield. Writing for several online publications and editing the Huddersfield Student, Ben hopes one day to have editorial control of a magazine or The Times. Pigs, bankers and the global recession
Hands up who wouldn’t mind feeding the penis of a few bankers to some hungry pigs. All of you? Then maybe this animation is one for you.
Nokia 97: Don’t call it a comeback
Don’t let the confusing tagline put you off. Nokia’s video may be lacking a certain viral quality but discussion of the new N97 is making a storm on the interweb.
Happy Independence: Sarah Palin resigns
Sarah Palin has resigned just shy of Independence day. Some speculate this may be due to a scandal about to hit. BoV thinks there will be much viral discussion in the coming days.
Viral Friday # 4
We’re back after a week away from the Viral Friday feature. Who knew how much we would miss during our blink. Here are this week’s five best according to us. Starting with video of Jacko’s last rehearsal and moving to alien life forms in the US.
Google Vs Bing
Bing has faced quite a lot of skepticism and criticism in its short life. Thankfully, most of this is funny, and this video is no different.
Irate Iranians turn to Twitter
Perhaps the only place to build up a true picture of last week’s Iranian election was Twitter. With wide bans on journalistic freedom, the social networking site became a hotbed of citizen reportage.
Viral Friday # 3
Yes, it’s the third of our Viral Fridays feature- no, we didn’t think it would last this long either. This week SuBo, Lewis Hamilton and Barry from Eastenders.
Obama makes White House ‘no fly’ zone
US President Barack Obama hit the top of the cool-o-meter this week by managing to kill a fly mid-flight.
Business 2.0
Many businesses are taking advantage of their consumers by having them create their advertisements. Is this a legitimate new wave of two-way communication or exploitation of free intellect?
PM’s Question Time 2.0
This man is so dreadfully smug with his question to the PM. Somehow, I find myself disliking him more than any dishonest politician there has ever been, especially in his farewell.
I think I would rather see David Cameron charging £1m worth of chest wax to the taxpayer than have to look this man in the [...]
