Author: Lloyd Morgan
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The Hacker’s Diet
Feeling a little overweight? Having trouble understanding all that fitness and health lingo? Want some simple advice, written for the geek inside you? You need The Hacker’s Diet. Conceived by John Walker (co-founder of Autodesk), it’s a diet that approaches weight loss “as both an engineering and a management problem.” The Wikipedia entry is also…
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ACHOO Syndrome – Sneezing and the Sun
In the summer I always find myself sneezing whenever I leave a building and walk outside, hitting a wall of bright sunshine. This is not something I particularly make conversation about as, let’s face it, what exactly is there to talk about? The cause of my sneezing was obviously linked to sunlight… so what? However,…
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CIA Guide to Optimised Thinking
Complex situations are – by their very nature – difficult to understand. Compound this with the fact that in any given situation we’re all going to have cognitive biases that make us view situations differently and inaccurately, and you’re going to have a bit of a mess when it comes to thinking about and analysing…
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Lovely Streaming Music – Bedtime Delight
Looking for something a bit less ‘energetic’ than PodRunner? Then have a look at my favourite two streaming music websites… Afternoon Delight and Bedtime Tunes; prefect for those lazy afternoons/evenings and when you need a little pick-me-up during the day.
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Get Running with PodRunner
About 7 months ago I moved house and – as expected – things got in the way and I stopped my regular exercise sessions. Ever since I’ve been meaning to get back into a serious exercise regimen and today is when I do. I play squash regularly and love to swim and cycle… but I…
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Lifestyle Costing – Reverse Engineering Your Ideal Wage
April sees the start of another financial year and as such I find myself thinking about financial matters more often than is typical. I then stumbled across Plonkee’s How Much Do I Need to Earn? post, detailing how she reverse engineered her ideal salary. I had a go myself, and it’s quite enlightening; it reminds…
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Documenting a Road Trip
My travel buddies (as I’ve now decided to call them) and I have decided to do a US road trip… probably in 2010. It will be a coast-to-coast affair highly influenced, no doubt, by this great time-lapse and Dave Gorman’s latest adventure. I can’t wait, but common sense says that I/we must. This morning I’ve…