"This Google resource brings together the latest industry facts and insights. These have been collected from a number of third party sources covering a range of topics from macroscopic economic and media trends to how consumer behaviour and technology are changing over time."

Comparative popularity of searches over time with Google Trends. (In this example, good beats evil by a significant margin!)

The latest MySpaced trend: young men transgressing societal mores regarding sexuality (read: spotty Busted lookalikes pretending to be a bit poofy to look cool).

It's the new... something or other.

The Grauniad is just Gawker Media, only with fucked up SIFR headers instead of adverts to annoy you. Joking.

"FADS, fashions and dramatic shifts in public opinion all appear to follow a physical law: one of the laws of magnetism."

Suitably shuffly