The Daily Infographic recently posted a Medical Billing and Coding visualisation of the ways in which sitting – at one’s desk or at home – can be detrimental to one’s health. The Infographic, entitled “Sitting Down Is Killing You,” is slightly alarmist and is loaded with the message that sitting causes, rather than is correlated […]
Perhaps no living person is more globally recognisable than Barack Obama so it is not surprising then that the current US President should be the subject of so much fine artwork. A scout around ebay for artistic depictions of Obama restores one faith (if one ever lost it!) in humankind’s ability to create work after […]
Technology megabrands such as Apple, Facebook and Twitter cause activity in the brains of devotees similar to that of religious people stimulated by religious imagery, according to some neuroscientists. The BBC documentary, Secrets of the Superbrands, explored why such brands could harness so much popularity and hold over people’s lives. In the first episode, an […]
A Chinese farmer was in the news recently for making his charge of chickens wear glasses. Zhang Xiaolong from Fuijan Province thinks his roosters are behaving far less aggressively now they are bespectacled. The glasses prevent the birds from looking one another in the eye, seeing red, and pecking each other violently in a feathery […]
Lakeysha Beard is escorted off train after speaking on her phone for 16 hours Last week a US woman was arrested and charged with disorderly contact after nattering on her phone for 16 hours in the quiet carriage of a train. The Oakland, California, to Salem, Oregon, train was stopped short of its destination so […]
Elite bottled water company Bling H2O and lead crystal purveyors Swarovski have teamed up to concoct a $2,600 bottle of water. The bottle, dubbed “The Ten Thousand” by Bling, is studded with 10,000 hand-applied Swarovski crystals and has been listed as the most expensive bottled water in the world by Forbes, a fact which the […]
Html <HEAD> tag earrings from Etsy The semiotics of computing and information technology continue to pervade the bricks and mortar of popular visual culture as the words “geek” and “chic” become more comfortably juxtaposed. You may have seen these html beer glasses, with a <HEAD> tag to geekily signify the frothy top of your beverage. […]
Transform your dead office supplies into a Star Wars X-wing fighter using a spent Sharpie marker pen, foldback clips, a strip of staples, a pencil sharpener and some pen lids. Full ingredients and instructions over at Instructables. Reflect on how it all went wrong. Via Boing Boing.
Sales of DVDs have collapsed, according to recent figures. Total sales from film-related “packaged goods” – which include DVD and Blu-ray discs – fell from $2.6bn to $2.1bn in the US, according to Digital Entertainment Group figures, or some 20% The shift to video streaming – rather than piracy – has been pinpointed as the […]
Economic austerity is making office workers more environmentally conscious, according to a survey commissioned for Green Office Week which ran last week. Avery commissioned YouGov to conduct the poll which found 47 percent of UK office workers saying their workplaces had become greener as a result of the economic downturn as staff recycled more and […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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