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Odd things seen around town
- a place in Bristol city center where people can have their feet nibbled by Turkish fish (http://www.doctorspafish.comRead more... ) -
Book review: The Spirit Level, Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett
subtitle: Why Equality is Better for Everyone ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on tech
Please excuse the spacing - writing this on a phone keyboard ( Read more... ) -
Possible solution to computer problems
So I've been having serious trouble sitting in front of a computer for a couple of months now. Eyes check out OK, etc. I had just about decided I'd suddenly developed an allergy to keyboards when I read in a book somewhere that simply facing in a particular direction could be affecting me badly. I knew that I hate working in my designated office ( Read more... ) -
Still alive
Been away in Ireland and then unable to face being on the computer long enough to update (a problem I'm having more and more these days). It's like I have a strictly limited amount of time I can be online and then I have to stop. Sometimes it's only an hour or so a day. This means I can read and answer email or post here, not both. It's not my eyes ( Read more... ) -
Someone didn't get the memo
Within 10 days of a Devon couple being busted for importing ayahuasca, an article appears in the Guardian's travel section touting ayahuasca retreats in the UK as the "new zany tourist thing", and another one saying that aya is not illegalWill you make up your minds already ( Read more... ) -
If I owe you an email...
It's quite possible that I've sent it and you haven't got it. We discovered last night that our server has been randomly failing to deliver messages since about 18 Aug. When we called the company, none of the numbers worked and it looked like they'd done a runner in the middle of the night ( Read more... ) -
Picky eaters of the world, unite!
From the most gracious dakiwiboid comes this survey of self-identified adult picky eaters (not due to medical condition or food intolerances)... seems they know a lot about picky eating in kids but not in grownups. -
Random cool stuff
Urine luck - the power of pee
Monitor your biorhythms with hair samples
People clueless on what really saves energy
T'ai ch'i shown to help fibromyalgia
Amazing jump-rope team - the Firecrackers (and they're all ages 8 - 14!)
And last but not least - the Vertical Tango