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Life Balance and Work

August 25th, 2009

Article I wrote in response to a debate about work and live is posted here here.  See what you think.

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2mp Camera good enough for flickr?

August 18th, 2009

http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/iphone-flickr/

Apparently the iPhone is being used heavily for taking and uploading photos onto Flickr. It will be interesting to see if Flickr remains the top photo site especially for the professionals with this reduction in the quality of photographs. I suspect the explosion will continue at least for a while and it will be harder to find photographs on the service.
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Boxed In?

August 16th, 2009

The has reported that most people feel like the new houses in the UK are too small making modern living quite difficult. Apparently the floor area and room sizes are the smallest in Europe but should we be surprised? After all, the accomodation that factory owners built for their workers during the Industrial Revolution makes even the efforts made by mining companies in Africa for their staff look fantastic. Can't say the older houses are much better, can you? Everywhere I have lived has always felt a bit cramped. More details at http://www.cabe.org.uk/news/new-homes-are-too-small-for-everyday-life.

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Slob is the New Sex God

August 11th, 2009

"But it's daft to suggest that everyone previously thought most women were turned on by men with fastidiously toned bodies, reeking of cologne, hair made Himalayan with 'product', dressed in gleaming Hugo Boss and generally showing every sign of effortful, self-absorbed vanity."

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When I was a child, women over 50 ran the world

August 4th, 2009

"At 50 plus ... I never imagined I'd still be parting with money at makeup counters, or that I'd be racing off for a blow-dry when threatened with a photographer. I assumed I'd wear my hair in round perm, the colour of steel and as tough. Think of the time I'd save; vanity is such a consumer of the hours."

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iPhone Happiness

August 3rd, 2009

Even the staid old scientists are getting into this popular culture thingy. You can now take part in a scientific study of happiness with your iPhone - https://www.trackyourhappiness.org/. Since this blog is about that very thing, I'm going to have a go, so watch this space, I may be the happiest person on the planet, NOT!

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