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Play on my Piano

Our esteemed but eccentric Mayor of London, Boris Johnston, recently had the bright idea of placing pianos around London to cheer up all of us credit-crunched citizens. I first encountered one outside the Gherkin last week. Here it is: It's a bit of a shame about where they've placed it, as no-one seems to want…

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The Top Ten of Everything

One of the most popular pages on the Finanser is the Top 10 Banks of 2009 list, so I thought I would add to it with the Top Ten of Everything! This is a wee website that has things like the Top Ten Finance Apps for your iPhone 1. Mint 2. iExpenseit 3. Save Benjis…

What does the internet think?

There's a great little website called: "What does the internet think?" It looks for phrases like "I love" or "I hate" from Google and other search engines about your search term, and then ranks them according to whether the world thinks of your chosen search subject as positive or negative.  As a result, you can…

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Where’s Wally?

I just used a cash machine that uses plain English. For example, rather than being a 'cash machine' or ''ATM', the bank refers to it as a 'Hole-in-the-Wall', and had this note on the screen: They didn't seem too happy when I rang up and said that someone had stolen the wall: No pleasing some…

ATM Hole in the Wall

Where’s Wally?

I just used a cash machine that uses plain English. For example, rather than being a 'cash machine' or ''ATM', the bank refers to it as a 'Hole-in-the-Wall', and had this note on the screen: They didn't seem too happy when I rang up and said that someone had stolen the wall: No pleasing some…

ATM Hole in the Wall

Bird & Fortune, Part 3

John Bird & John Fortune could make a living out of taking the michael out of the banking industry.  On Sunday night, they unleashed their latest bit of fun building on Parts One and Two: Ace!

Bird & Fortune, Part 3

John Bird & John Fortune could make a living out of taking the michael out of the banking industry.  On Sunday night, they unleashed their latest bit of fun building on Parts One and Two: Ace!

Bird & Fortune, Part 3

John Bird & John Fortune could make a living out of taking the michael out of the banking industry.  On Sunday night, they unleashed their latest bit of fun building on Parts One and Two: Ace!

Michael Moore sticks the boot in

Michael Moore, the humble, modest and mild-mannered Academy Award-winning American filmmaker (Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11) is making a new movie to be released on October 2nd. Here's the trailer: In case you didn't gather, the focus of the movie is Wall Street and the banks. "The movie is not going to be an economics…

Michael Moore sticks the boot in

Michael Moore, the humble, modest and mild-mannered Academy Award-winning American filmmaker (Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11) is making a new movie to be released on October 2nd. Here's the trailer: In case you didn't gather, the focus of the movie is Wall Street and the banks. "The movie is not going to be an economics…

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