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Lockdown in India

An Englishman in Goa during Lockdown in India. Thoughts and reflections on being in Goa during the lockdown in India between March and April 2020. Many things have prompted me to write about my experience in Goa over the past weeks. The time since the government imposed a total lockdown across the whole of India. […]

Off Facebook activity

Off Facebook activity. A previously unknown metric we need to know about. Off Facebook activity can now be seen. What is it? It is the data that Facebook has on you, that it sells. If you don’t have the time or patience to read this article, then please just do this! Go to your Facebook […]

My favourite restaurants

My favourite restaurants in the world. My favourite restaurants in review. I have been very lucky to have experienced a lot of travel to many different countries and cities. I have eaten well and I like good food. During the course of travelling working in the music business, I took people and was taken to […]

Dumbing down of the Internet

Dumbing down of the internet. Let’s stop it! Dumbing down of the internet has occurred as people increasingly access it through smartphones. Is the dumbing down of the internet, cause for concern. I think so. It has become a situation of one way traffic, of only accessing information and not adding to it in a […]

Facebook The Great Hack

Facebook The Great Hack. This article has had several titles! Just Facebook, RIP Facebook, #reclaimfacebook, #dataraped to name just a few. In the end, as it has the best chance of being read if it is titled, ‘Facebook The Great Hack’. The Netflix documentary about Facebook, The Great Hack, has encouraged me to finish this article. […]

Packaged Water

Packaged Water, it is called. A lovely turn of phrase by industry, to make it sound appealing! Packaged water as it is called, but poisoned water would be a better name. One day my Mother met her doctor in the car park and he saw that my Mother had a plastic packaged water bottle on […]

Used to be normal

Things that used to be normal. Things are suddenly just not normal anymore. They used to be normal. One day they were, the next day they were not. They used to be normal. Like Bennie Hill & Bernard Manning. Try watching them now. We are in an age where people are living longer & the […]

Biodegradable Plastic bags

Biodegradable Plastic bags Vs Polythene Bags Up there with being the best and the worst thing ever invented by humans are Polythene Bags. Why do we have any when there are Biodegradable Plastic bags. We must use Biodegradable Plastic bags and I have some good reasons we must do so. A good reason, amongst many […]

Do not eat meat

Do not eat meat. The best decision I ever made. I do not eat meat. Q: You do not eat meat? A: I do not eat meat. Another new normal there! It has not been normal to, NOT, eat meat. An interesting double negative spun by the Animal Agriculture lobby. Get with the new normal […]

Changes in the internet

Changes in the internet. There have been many changes in my lifetime. Are they good or are they bad? It all started on the 1st January 1983 and there have been many changes in the internet, during that time. The changes in the internet started from that day, but it really went into overdrive when […]