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
Category: – Internet
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
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
Caught in the web
Smart mobs has a link to some interesting research on our interaction with the internet – so, are you and the Internet a thing? A new poll shows that nearly 1 in 4 Americans say the Internet could be a stand-in for a significant other for a period of time. Among singles, the percentage was… Continue reading Caught in the web
Software for divorce now
Software to ease divorce pains, says this article on Smart Mobs – i read through it looking for signs of irony but no, this is serious. (The researchers’) divorce software is designed to handle negotiations. ‘Family Winner’ and ‘Family Mediator’ mix ‘artificial intelligence, game theory and an electronic or human external mediator to help divorcing… Continue reading Software for divorce now
What to do next?
Papa kehte hain bada naam karega… Remember the uncertainty, the excitement, even the slight feeling of fear? I will make it big in life, but I don’t know how…? Here is a cool site for those wondering about what-to-do-next [link via adverblog] WhatAmIGonnaDoNext has this honest statement on its home page – there are many… Continue reading What to do next?
My phonographic eye!
A great post on NY Times on how language makes everything official – the minute there is a word for it, any action or attitude becomes universally recognised and acceptable. Overly Wired? There’s a Word for It Was there gridlock before there were automobiles? Was there jet lag before there were airplanes? Who was the… Continue reading My phonographic eye!
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match
Anita writes about Marrygold, a new-age matchmaking service. When I got this email, I was tempted to laugh it off. But then I read it once again and it made more sense the second time round. Isn’t it true that many young people today are looking for the man/woman of their dreams but don’t have… Continue reading Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match
Braille’s birthday
Of all that google has done so far, this I think is the best… Hover over the logo on google and it says Happy Birthday Louis Braille! And here is a small piece I found – on google of course – on Louis Braille…