I’m giving a new look for this website. Sadly this site got hacked recently and if you’re using some browsers, it’s probably saying it’s a phishing site. And there was a plan that went out the window! Seriously, though, it’s a bit of a pain and I’ve had to do a lot of updates to [...]
Categories: Life
Tagged: Hacked, New Design, Site News
You learn new things every day. No really. Now the benefits of anti-bacteral gels have been touted for quite some time, given the spread of the H1N1 virus. But what we didn’t know is that they apparently are a good ingredient in cocktails. The BBC reports of a prison who have banned the alcoholic gels [...]
Categories: The Odd Spot
Tagged: Anti-bacterial gels, BBC News, hospitals, News, prisons, The Odd Spot
It’s nice occasionally to see some humanity in a world that can be as ruthless about things, particularly when it comes to doing business. Pixar has had some of that to contend with, as its head man, a certain Steve Jobs, who is also CEO of Apple, has recently revealed that he had a liver [...]
Categories: Life,The Odd Spot
Tagged: OCregister.com, Pixar, The Odd Spot, Up
Step back a pace and there’s an uncanny coincidence that we shouldn’t but notice. Two political systems, different challenges, but tricky ones, nonetheless. The event that didn’t happen (according to China) Today, China tries its best not to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. Over here, we’re all familiar with the video [...]
Categories: Life
Indeed, it’s been a while since I’ve written much here. Like many things in life, things go in phases, and sometimes you just find that you don’t have as much time to do things as you used to. Like this blog. But there are good reasons why I haven’t written so much in the last [...]
Categories: Life