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Category: Advice

Clean your keyboard… today

I apologise for the disturbing photo. Perhaps it is enough to convince you to clean your keyboard. Otterman mentioned this recently, around the same time that I had other warnings that I should clean my keyboards thoroughly. I was convinced, but I put it off. Today, I levered out some keys from a spare keyboard [...]

What I’ve Learned: Michael J Fox

It’s not exactly the Sunscreen song, but Michael J Fox still has some life lessons to share. Language warning, though. A small quote: My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. Acceptance is the key to everything. Which isn’t to say that I’m resigned to it, or [...]

Test – embedding a flickr slideshow: Clipper Round The World Yacht Race Exhibition

Note: This worked in my old Blogger blog. Now working here too, as you can see. =) Photos from the Singapore Festival Village – Clipper Round The World Yacht Race Exhibition. The embedded slideshow works! The only problem is that the slideshow is 500 pixels wide. My post template is 15 pixels short. Don’t really [...]

boost brain power at work

article from cnn.com via careerbuilder.com to summarize: 1. don’t obssessively check your email, sms, rss feeds 2. eight hours of sleep 3. eat a high protein breakfast, boost energy with carbo and drink lots of water 4. exercise your body 5. exercise your brain too 6. think positive and loving thoughts sounds like common sense, [...]

franciscan call to action

found out about this through zoe. and as she rightly pointed out, “you need not be a Catholic/Christian to follow”. i’m far from these ideals but at least, i know a couple of people who are living examples of this call – people i can try to emulate. Call to Action Focus on people’s good [...]