Overall, the job was fixed in an hour and I stood by and watched the entire process asking questions along the way. It’s been fascinating to learn so much about our home while work was being done. Old homes (and ours was built in the early 60s, being the display home in the area at […]
Schools Suing Social Media Companies
I’d hope to hear more schools and other institutions be able to do the same. This school district in Seattle is suing TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat for ‘exploiting the vulnerable brains of youth’ creating a mental health crisis for their practices that allow for addiction to their platforms. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/08/seattle-public-schools-sue-social-media-platforms-youth-mental-health-crisis I used to like social media […]
A Trip to East Malvern
AI Tells Me What To Do With My Life
I asked ChatGPT (I should just give it a name because I’ve been asking it all sorts of questions) about what to do with my life before I “formally” retire at 65. I’ve still got about 12-13 years to go before society deems me retired in the formal sense. It’s also the time the filter […]
What’s Your Own Amsterdam?
When I think of Amsterdam, I think of the great (and mostly wonderful) memories for me. The Netherlands will always be a country near and dear to my heart because of the friendships made during my time on a Vocational Exchange but also in recent times, meeting a friend there in person at a time […]
Well Hello 2023
Welcome 2023! I’m sitting here in bed tapping out this post on my phone and wondering what to write. This morning, Andrew says to me that “isn’t it a tradition that you end the year in a way that you want it to start?” So end it with a celebration or something memorable to ensure […]
Is Your Life Today What You Pictured a Year Ago?
I use the Jetpack app for all my blogging on my mobile to tap out a post and it has some daily prompts to help people to start blogging. Every day I look at the questions but just write my own thing. Today was different. Let’s give this a go. So here’s the question on […]