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Weightlifters fly Easyjet Easyjet remove weight restrictions on carry on baggage obviously to strike a blow to Ryanairs new 10Kg carry on limit. With the bag size given 55 X 40 X 20cms give a weight of 48Kg at a density of 1
Having spent the last few years blogging and surfing I have steadily become more disullusioned with modern media (I no longer watch TV or read newspapers but gain all my general knowledge from blogs and the web) and have felt much critisiced by the folks around me for been a geek – in the negative […]
A cool diet and excercise programme constructed by an engineer and succesful businessman (the founder of AutoCAd) is here Just need to get those bluetooth scales designed and working so that it automatically updates the excel spreadsheet. Just started the ladder excercise programme. Most difficult bit was the steps – fare got the heart going. […]
Interesting article here about what gave humans such an advantage. Yes the answer lies with your grandmothers. Apparently we started to live longer lifes about 30,000 years ago which meant that knowledge could be cascaded down especially if you had learned to talk. Mind you can anyone explain why rabbits know what is poisonous or […]
Two tales of shelf stackers. One from not such a bright guy here and tales from a much brighter one here
Rather neat idea by this outfit for syncing my Treo600 with a web calendar and with computer at home and work using their triple sync technology. Or maybe I should try this freebie instead
Here is another one of my past ideas. A walking video for use on the treadmill. Although in my scheme it would be connected to the treadmill so that it advances at the walking speed. I guess this is more feasible now with dvd technology.
An interesting Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children in the UK here no mention of Positive Psychology anywhere. Wonder if they are doing anuy work with optimism etc. European wide study here Will have to ask Seligman at conference next week.
Interesting idea here from Will Wheaton about sending your gmail invites to USA troops in Iraq. Now if only I could get the link working in my gmail!
Interesting view on changing business here Especially like this statistic “Well, my next example is eBay: $2B in revenue last year,150,000 people who make a living selling fulltime on eBay (as independent store owners these folks decided for themselves what to sell and so on) but they also have global scale in their infrastructure and […]