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World Cup Stationery: Group D

By Paperstone on 21 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group D

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group D, including Germany.   AUSTRALIA National dish: Barbecues USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Neighbours Player to watch: Mark Bresciano Featured stationery item: Kangaroo notebook from […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group C

By Paperstone on 19 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group C

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group C, the one England are in.   ALGERIA National dish: Couscous USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Oppressive French occupation. Albert Camus was born there. Player […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group B

By Paperstone on 19 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group B

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group B, a toughie.   ARGENTINA National dish: Beef USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Evita, tango Player to watch: Messi (natch) but also manager Maradona who […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group A

By Paperstone on 18 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group A

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group A, including the hosts.   FRANCE National dish: Snails USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Robust civil protest, Impressionism Player to watch: Franck Ribéry – Gallic […]

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Competition: Worst Office Chair

By Paperstone on 17 June 2010 in Office Chairs, Office Furniture with 0 Comments
Competition: Worst Office Chair

  Poor quality and desperately worn or defunct office furniture is funny. We want a glimpse of the worst office chairs that Britain’s workplaces have to offer. Send in pictures of your rubbish, shredded, filthy, dysfunctional, slimy, dangerous and depressing office chairs. If there’s story behind the chair, we’d love to hear it. We’ll post […]

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Anyone But England

By Paperstone on 15 June 2010 in Fun with 0 Comments
Anyone But England

Last week, we sent out a marketing email which offended some Scottish, Welsh and Irish customers because it lent its support for England in the World Cup. While not retracting our support, we apologise for seeming to overlook other nations in the British Isles and, in recompense, point Celtic customers in the direction of anyonebutengland.com […]

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Legolliwood!

By Paperstone on 15 June 2010 in Fun with 0 Comments
Legolliwood!

A brickfilm is a stop-motion animation film involving Lego. Brickfilms.com is a site dedicated to brickfilming and invites amateur Lego filmmakers to share their work. AVI files are available to download and watch at your leisure. The film directory is helpfully divided into genres. “Documentary” is an obvious candidate for funniest, with filmworks on the […]

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Working Late Causes Impotence

By Paperstone on 14 June 2010 in Office Workers with 0 Comments
Working Late Causes Impotence

  Impotence is one of the possible health consequences of working beyond the hours you are contracted to, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal. As well as taking the lead out of your pencil, working late can also damage your heart and raise your blood pressure. According to the study of […]

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Computer Algorithm Detects Sarcasm

By Paperstone on 13 June 2010 in Computer Supplies with 0 Comments

An Isreali research team has developed a machine algorithm that can recognise sarcasm. In tests, the Semi-supervised Algorithm for Sarcasm Identification (SASI) has identified sarcastic sentences in online product reviews to some 77% accuracy. The team developed the algorithm by scanning 66,000 Amazon.com reviews with three humans tagging sentences for sarcasm and putting each statement […]

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50 Years of Lasers

By Paperstone on 12 June 2010 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments
50 Years of Lasers

  2010 is the gold anniversary of the invention of the laser. In 1960, Theodore H. Maiman constructed the first functioning LASER – that is, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation – although laser technology had been theorised 43 years earlier by Albert Einstein. In fact, laser-like weapons like death rays existed in the […]

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