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Posted in Existential, Humanity, Mortality on Feb 10th, 2009
I was surprised by how much it affected me.
The key must have jumped ship on Thursday lunchtime. I locked the office door, walked to my car, and drove home to my afternoon job. But somehow the master-key to the building must have slipped out of my pocket as I got in the car [...]
I originally posted this over a year ago, but decided it was time to give it another whirl …
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These are the important lessons I learned on a recent holiday trip abroad:
1. However much time you allow yourself to get to the airport in good time, it will never be enough to account for the civil [...]
Posted in Internet, Morality, Society, Technology on Jun 9th, 2008
I wonder what you would want on yours?
Alison DeLauzon from New York had something on hers that she never knew about, but it proved really useful.
Posted in Government, Human Rights, Law, Morality on Jan 3rd, 2008
Two stories have recently highlighted a potential conflict of interest for any government. Both are concerned with the ‘loss’ of data, either deliberate or accidental.
Posted in Education, Government, Human Rights, Society, Technology on Dec 5th, 2007
Fifteen years ago I took part in a tri-national conference where lecturers from the UK met up with some Canadian and American counterparts for a week’s ’staff development’. Of course, from this distance, I can remember very little of what I learned at the time, but two very powerful things remain with me.
Posted in Internet, Technology on Nov 30th, 2007
My old machine was on the way out. It had been to the computer hospital and the man who normally fixed it wasn’t too hopeful. It lasted a few more days, but eventually it came to a point where the kindest thing for everybody concerned was to put it down. Painful, but [...]
Posted in Humanity, Internet, Technology, Terrorism on Oct 5th, 2007
I still get a slight shiver when I remember what happened at JFK Airport.
A year after 9-11 I travelled to New York with three friends. We arrived at JFK tired from the six hour flight, and then stood in queues, for what seemed like ages, while some very severe looking men with guns surveyed the lines [...]
Posted in Humanity, Relationships, Therapy on Aug 10th, 2007
Children have just one job in life. Between birth and the age of 21 they have to concentrate mainly on just one thing - stroke collecting. In this context a stroke is anything that is positive and life-affirming. It could be a smile, the fact that someone remembers their name, a trip to the seaside, [...]
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