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Bend It like Buddha

By John Garner on Tuesday, July 4, 2006

An article on the BBC covers the story of Buddhist Monks that are mad about football. There have even been complaints of monks sleeping longer than usual (and missing holy appointments) after having stayed up to watch World Cup matches ! His friend Phra Phitak has an established World Cup routine. "I get up early, […]

Cell phones "create a form of inattention blindness"

By John Garner on Tuesday, July 4, 2006

A recent study discussed at the Detroit Free Press web site indicates that using a phone in the car when you are driving with or without a 'hands free' set leads to unsafe driving. The direct comparison is between people phoning while driving drive and people driving when drunk (ref. 0.08% alcohol level). Astonishing results […]

Where is the best place to be ?

By John Garner on Tuesday, July 4, 2006

The Blog Survive 2012 gives a view on what you can expect in the event of a global cataclysm with a recommendation of the best place to be, should the world be coming to an end... Australia looks nice 🙂

Significant Media launched

By John Garner on Sunday, July 2, 2006

Well I have been working on another site recently called Significant Media and finally got it all up and working. It is also a showcase for what can be obtained with Gossamer Threads GLinks product... The idea is that you can create a magazine with comments in a similar fashion to blogs and we're working […]

Is a blogger a journalist ?

By John Garner on Sunday, April 30, 2006

In an article on out-law.com the appeal from bloggers being sued by Apple is discussed. This case relates to a product called asteroid that was leaked on powerage.org and other blogs two years ago. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this case in view of how it will affect bloggers in general […]

HSBC : simplifying the motivation for private pensions

By John Garner on Saturday, April 29, 2006

I started writing an article about the HSBC survey that is discussed on USNews and was pretty astonished at the reference document from HSBC. A quote from the USNews article gives away what the study is aiming at : "Governments cannot afford to shy away from the enormous challenges and opportunities presented by the world's […]

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