Iain Baker

"A school dropout from a poor family in southern India has revolutionised menstrual health for rural women in developing countries by inventing a simple machine they can use to make cheap sanitary pads." - Iain Baker

"In 1982 the French international Jean-Pierre Adams went to hospital and was given anaesthetic that should have knocked him out for a few hours. 32 years later, he has yet to awake" - Iain Baker

Wow thats really sad. I never know about this case.. Thanks for sharing ! - Peter Dawson

Amazing that the hospital cannot contribute more after their malpractice. Elsewhere after a successful lawsuit there would have been funds to cover a professional nurse and care, rather than rely on the wife. - Nils Sandin

so sad - VALZONE#SCREWED

Garlic Bread! :) - CAJ was here

Cannoli or gelato for dessert. - Julian

sounds just right - VALZONE#SCREWED

Was there significance in the order? :-) - Stephan Planken

it's a nice bottle of Albarin, FYI. - Iain Baker

Why is this even a question? - Eric @ CS Techcast

Soon, we won't have any music press at all (in print) - Iain Baker

:( - Tamara J. B.

"US actor Shia LaBeouf has walked out of a news conference for director Lars von Trier's new film Nymphomaniac at the Berlin Film Festival. LaBeouf left after 10 minutes, quoting footballer Eric Cantona's famous 1995 line: "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea." He later appeared on the red carpet wearing a paper bag on his head. Written on it were the words: "I am not famous any more." - Iain Baker

well, he always has the next Indiana Jones sequel. oh, wait... - Big Joe Silenced

"Let's put it in language the humanities graduates can understand. Learning to code is merely teaching people to spell. Computer Science is about what makes a poem beautiful, why alliteration is alluring, how iambic pentameter unlocks the secrets of Shakespeare. That is what I think we need to be teaching." - Iain Baker

"The Weather Girls' It's Raining Men has returned to the singles chart in a protest against comments by Ukip councillor David Silvester. With Silvester claiming that the UK's recent bad weather is a punishment for its gay marriage laws, this 1982 hit has danced all the way back into the Top 25." - Iain Baker

"A video blogger stopped by a stranger from jumping into a river has been reunited with the man who saved him. Jonny Benjamin, 26, was on Waterloo Bridge in January 2008 after being diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder when Neil Laybourn intervened. This month Mr Benjamin started a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #findmike, to trace the Good Samaritan. Mr Laybourn said when he saw the tweet he knew straight away it referred to him. The pair were reunited on Tuesday." - Iain Baker

"Over the past six years he has composed and digitally released over 14,000 songs. In a single day, he says, he records between five and 100 tracks, though he averages 20. His output is spread across more than 200 albums, each of which is released under a relevant band name - so far there have been 65. These include specific bands for the sporting teams of each major US city, a band for the hardest word (The Sorry Apology Song Person) and a band for the haunted (The Paranormal Song Warrior)." - Iain Baker

" he invented a band called Papa Razzi and the Photogs, which has so far released 22 albums. Each consists of 20 to 40 tracks about every kind of star imaginable, from classical literature to Hollywood. There is an album called The Life of This Legendary American Music Man Is Quite Good, Yes, which includes tracks dedicated to Jon Hamm, Donald Trump's sons and ex-first lady Laura Bush. One album, called simply Celebrities!, includes the track The Susan Boyle Saga." - Iain Baker

Fascinating. But the sample song ("song") pained me. I lasted 90 seconds into "People Look Like Their Dog Sometimes." I wonder if that's one of his better songs ("songs") or worse ones. Not motivated to find out. Twenty of those a day? Ye gods. - Stephen Mack

Look at his smile - that's the look of a man who's found a way of making money, but it's lots of mindless work, and it's sapping his will to live. - Iain Baker

"The owner of a British food shop in Canada says he has been ordered to stop selling Marmite, Ovaltine and Irn Bru because they contain illegal additives." - Iain Baker

HEY! Stop bagging Vegemite, Slippy! - Melly #FForever

This is a pretty cool idea - Skateboard bearings, sold in packaging which can actually be used as an iphone case - Iain Baker

o_O - Iain Baker

^ As long as you pass out of the correct end. - Amit Patel

nice touch - VALZONE#SCREWED

Currently,getting into Phantogasm. - Gabrielle

"In Calcutta 20 years ago, there were about 2,000 street typists; now there are only a few hundred left." - Iain Baker

" Obviously we're not talking marge on Mighty White, but rather the artisanal slices served with hand-churned butter and homemade jams that have been popping up on "toast menus" around San Francisco and now New York. And if that all sounds too yuppy and insufferable for words, brace yourself: there's more. Some of those slices are selling for $4 a pop. That's about £2.43 a slice at the current exchange rate" - Iain Baker

This has been making me shake my fist all week. Damn hipsters!! I've amazing toast at my house & various jams...for free. FF, come on over. #getoffmylawn - Gabrielle

My grandpa made the best sourdough bread in the history of the universe. And even then, I'd never suggest selling slices of it for $4. San Francisco is getting more insufferable every day. - vicster.

If this list contains any Katy Perry, I'm going to be offended. - Hookuh Tinypants

:) - LB's Not Leaving

This always makes me smile - Iain Baker