In sickness and in health

Barbara had been diagnosed as depressive and was under treatment for the condition for several years before she discovered that she was bipolar. She signed up on a networking website and rigorously monitored her moods through charts on her profile page. It was here that she noticed how frequently her mood fluctuations went from being… Continue reading In sickness and in health

The age of unfriending

The un- words always sounded a little – what shall I say – desperate, to me. What is it about Un- (+verb) when dis- or de- will do just as well, or better? Like unlearn – what is unlearn? Or UnWork, or UnConference? And don’t even mention UnLike, the way facebook wants us to use… Continue reading The age of unfriending

Write me a letter

The Telegraph has an interesting list of 50 things that are being killed by the internet. I agree completely – for instance, this on top of the list – The art of polite disagreement – The most raucous sections of the blogworld seem incapable of accepting sincerely held differences of opinion; all opponents must have… Continue reading Write me a letter

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Happy birthday, Tetris!

25 years of providing hours of entertainment and relief from officialdom and boredom – thanks, tetris. The mark of a productive day at work? Closing your eyes at the end of the day to see block after colorful block of tetris fall in front of you, against a black sleepy background. Long ago, a friend… Continue reading Happy birthday, Tetris!

Read at work

How often have you heard that people spend far too much time in front of their computers and just do not read these days? Adverblog links to this great site created by Colenso BBDO Auckland for the New Zealand Book Council to make reading books more… well, more like reading computer screens. The home page… Continue reading Read at work

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Writing for Rediff

Time was when, finding myself otherwise jobless (which is all the time) I used to head to rediff.com for my daily dose of entertainment. Insipid stories, terribly written out – but the comments following the articles making every moment spent on the site worth it. It just seems to be getting worse… The problem is… Continue reading Writing for Rediff