Archive for the 'Life' Category

Another New Year

1/01/2007

It seems that the changing of the years is a good time to look back and review what has happened in the last 12 months and put down some ideas for what you would like to achieve in the next 12. Last year I shied away from out and out predictions, as I will [...]

Life Skills

4/07/2006

When you’re in school, they aim to teach you a basic level of education designed to provide you with the skills you’ll need in later life. Well, I can honestly say, they got it wrong. I don’t think I’ve ever used Tan and Cosine in a calculation since I left school. I’ve [...]

Money != Happiness

4/05/2006

More evidence, if it be needed, that money does not equal happiness. I’ve generally believed that as the UK has started to work longer and longer hours, we’ve become a richer nation, in economic terms, but poorer in our private lives, I’d quite happily take reduced working hours if they were on offer (instead [...]

Ryan’s Dream

29/10/2005

It doesn’t matter who you are, you will only meet a few really exceptional and inspiring people in your life, people who make you look at yourself and wonder what you could achieve, who make everyone around them strive to be better. I was lucky enough to meet one such person when I was [...]

A Question of Morals

19/10/2005

I would like to tell you a story with a moral.
Last Friday, my mum asked me to fix a little application she uses called Roboform. She recently got a new laptop and I transferred over most of her files and applications, but I was having trouble getting Roboform working. Part of the reason [...]

Nasal Questions

19/09/2005

Can someone please explain to me which element of evolution, which survival need, what human endeavour requires that nasal hair be tied stright to your tear duct (if you’re a creationist, explain why the All Mighty — whichever variety you believe in — decided that was a good design decision)? I would like to [...]

Down Time

15/09/2005

I was on holiday for two weeks recently (I doubt you noticed, I stayed at home) and when I came back it struck me as odd how the passing of time seems different. When you’re at work and someone is away for two weeks it doesn’t seem very long. All but the gravest [...]

The Dating Game

2/08/2005

I caught a programme on the BBC recently which set up a scientific dating agency using a group of volunteers. The aim was to match up couples and try and forge long-term relationships using a variety of scientific methods and theories. The scientists had done lots of research into dating techniques, attractiveness and [...]

Laughter

19/03/2005

Apparently laughter is a survival trait, a way of showing an enemy that you are no threat, it’s also a stress reliever and is clinically proven to be good for you, boosting your immune response for example. Everybody laughs differently, but on the whole (and with wonderfully numerous exceptions) men laugh with their whole [...]

The Real World Wide Web

11/03/2005

I was watching Fight Club, again (I love that film, well worth watching if you haven’t seen it) and, during the scene where Tyler has the police chief on the floor of the lavatory with an elastic band around his balls and is wielding a knife in a threatening manner (if that doesn’t intrigue you [...]