What does the phone-hacking scandal tell you about YOU?
The Armchair guru speaks… What does the phone-hacking scandal tell you about YOU? It was an outrage when we heard Milly Dowler’s phone had been hacked. It was the time when it became about the non-celebrities that Press blood was sought with justification beyond any doubt. If they are hounds, then we were the wolves. [...]
20 top alternative predictions for life 100 years from now
January always brings the clairvoyants out of the woodwork and this year we owe gratitude for both inspiration and humor to the BBC’s online magazine, with their recent compilation of 20 top predictions for life 100 years from now as sent in by loyal readers. Here they are, in brief, along with my own interpretations [...]
Money money money … #redundancy
Redundancy and money Yes, redundancy and money – two big words that make an impact. For most, the main anxiety about redundancy is the simple question ‘What I am going to do for money.’ A redundancy payment is intended to be a financial cushion between jobs but as the period becomes more extended and payments less generous, [...]
A million milestone for BirdsOnTheBlog
Here’s yet another milestone for us to celebrate here on BOTB: a grand total of a million page views in one six-month period. For the mathematically minded, that’s around 167,000 page views a month, around 38,460 a week, around 5,480 a day, and around 228 per hour. Whatever we have to say, people want to [...]
Why you need to put your money on mobile
As I looked around our living room in a quiet moment during the recent festive season at friends of all ages, despite our being in crusty old Britain I noticed a big difference. Fewer sweet treats? Rationed mince pies? Half-portions of eggnog? Mineral water instead of beer or wine? No, they were all still guzzling [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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