Job Loss Job Gain
So yeah, I'm not a good runner and I have trouble maintaining my weight, fitness and health. But I tend to stay in shape more these days simply 'cos I have a job that requires me to. It's a bit lame really, but it's nice sometimes to have that extra push. It's like getting up in the morning. I used to find it harder, as I knew that getting to work early or even on time was not rewarded as working late (without compensation) was common so I started planning on working late. Not an issue in my (...)
Five years later the quest is over... mostly
I was watching a movie on UHD and it had a song in the credits which I liked. I bought the soundtrack, but the one in the credits was superior.... so I decided I wanted to have a copy that I could play outside of the movie... but how? Years ago I used to solve that problem as my stereo system had a Compact Cassette recorder, but I don't have one working right now (I have one to repair; more on this later!), and even if I did it's not really a solution as I'd want to digitise it later. This (...)
The Art of Making People Do What You Want the Way You Want
I've been involved in the military for a while, and I find it such a good example of a micro society, a society designed to behave how you want them to with minimal external effort. It's all quite magical in a slightly worrying way. People enter the system as seaman/soldier/airman or as an officer, are trained by more experienced members, and (if they pass) they come out as reformed people ready for the actual job they signed up for, where they if they can work within the (...)
