The annual event known as the
Boring Conference is dedicated
to all things uninteresting. So the more yawn-inducing the subject matter, the
better suited it is for the audience. This year's highlight: a seminar on
the square root of two. Here are the some of the other
Boring Conference presentations from the last two events:
Cataloguing ties: It might seem arcane, but building an index of cravats and
ties remains a sartorial skill. Conference-goers learnt that logging should be
based on colour, material and fabric.
Milk matters: Everyone knows semi-skimmed is better for you than full fat
but how do various types rate?
Beauty of car park roofs: Inside they are depressingly, gear-crunchingly narrow and
harrowingly expensive. But once you reach the top, you're
rewarded with a bird's-eye view.
The life and times of Budgens supermarkets: Little did John Budgen know, back in 1872, that he was founding
a supermarket dynasty that would not rival Tesco or Sainsbury's.
The advance of the hand-drier: Electric driers had advanced little from George Clemens's
first patented invention in 1948. But 45 years later Mitsubishi devised the Jet
Towel and revolutionised the world of hand sanitation.
Published on November 29, 2011 07:26