I find blogging to be such a unique and interesting medium for communication. Share news, thoughts and information with the world and interact with those who comment on your writings. This, on the surface, seems like a somewhat well-known concept. The question is, is it?
Category Archives: General
How to stop gym from being scary
To many people, the thought of going to gym is great. To many others, the thought is daunting. “I don’t need the gym; I’ll just run around my road a few times a week.” This is such a common thought. Why, though, is the thought of going to gym so scary for many? Before, I continue, let me say […]
Blogging techniques– Daily Blogging
Wow, it’s already approximately half way through 2009. That’s incredible. This June, I decided to try a blogging “style” I had yet to try: daily blogging. I decided that, given the mid-year nature of the month, it was time to try something fresh and new to me. I made a conscious point of blogging daily about whatever I thought about. Whether it […]
Train your brain using the Nintendo DS
The Nintendo DS range of console, while primarily being hand-held gaming consoles, are also incredibly useful for non-gaming tasks. One such task is training your brain. This could also fall under the category of “edutainment” as it involves mini-games. I recently got “Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training — How old is your brain?” for Nintendo DSlite. […]
A few ingredients for a perfect Sunday
Whether it’s Winter or Summer, hot or cold, Sundays are days that seem to take on a mind of their own. They can be both relaxing and lazy as well as productive and motivating at the same time. I thought I’d share a few ingredients that make a perfect Sunday for me. Tea. Tea comes in so many flavours and […]
Create your own Wordle
This is awesome. I was just emailed a link (thanks to The Ham) to Wordle, a “toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide”. You can either provide it with text of your own, a website that contains an RSS or Atom feed or a Delicious username. Wordle will then take the provided text, the text in […]
A quick word on the weather and productivity
Folks, it’s almost the end of June. Winter is here and it’s showing no signs of backing down. While chatting with a colleague yesterday, we got onto the topic of the weather and how it has affected our productivity. I find that I enjoy being indoors in cold weather and that I find myself having more motivation to get things […]
A quick word on Father’s Day
So, today’s Father’s Day. The third Sunday of June. I thought I’d do a Google search and share a little of how this Sunday came to be known as “Father’s Day”. According to morning-glow.com, Father’s Day originated in 1909 and was started by a woman by the name of Sonora Smart Dodd. The concept was derived from and conceived […]

