FIGHT!
Well I like Cheryl Fergison.
And I like Lindsay Lohan.
But who's better at pressing a big button in Kettering?
There's only one way to find out...
Kettering has drafted in EastEnders veteran Cheryl Fergison to turn on the town for Christmas – after abandoning hopes of child-star-turned-adult-car-crash Lindsay Lohan following through on her post-Brexit promise to light up Northamptonshire. Lohan made the pledge after dissing the home of Weetabix in the course of her all- …
What has his got to do with anything technolgy related?
Ok, first, it doesn't have to, the article is in Bootnotes.
Second, the story involves Lindsay Lohan, who has a long history of involvement with El Reg's Special Project Bureau (RIP Lester).
Third, it involves turning on Christmas Lights, which is obviously a technical function, and a post on Twitter, which is an IT angle.
Most importantly The Register's trend-tracking story generator - Zeitgeist Surfer 2015 - positively weights any story that generates "buzz" in the form of user comments so that a single "why is this on El Reg?" comment will increase the likelihood of another, similar, story by about 36% while 5 posts reiterating or debating the question pretty much guarantee a week-long Lohan festival.
You did this.
You.
Aha, so that's what happens in Kettering. The denizens of Oldham must be green with envy (for those who have never had the, er, pleasure of passing through, the town has a large railway bridge which for many years sported the slogan : "Welcome to Oldham - the home of the tubular bandage !")
the home of Weetabix is Burton Latimer isn't it not Kettering.
I have relatives who live there and the Weetabix factory is on the left as you drive in
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Burton+Latimer/@52.3639646,-0.6962008,3a,66.8y,345.12h,87.56t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sYfP7yZLKy1UGllcQ2YfSDQ!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x487798a6b1b7542d:0x50e1ca8bbc31250