Remembrance
Today’s service at the Cenotaph, and a few pictures.
Daily archives: November 9, 2003
Slacking at Work is Good For You
A team of researchers at the University of Utrecht have after much research concluded that allowing employees to play Solitaire and other games bundled with Windows for up to one hour a day boosts their productivity.
For most of Team Spinneyhead, this can only serve to justify what is already a key part of the work philosophy.
Blatant Commercialism
Oh yes, check out the shop, which is looking rather spiffy, I must say.
(Plus, of course, if you buy things I’ll be very happy.)
A boy named Timberland
If young Brooklyn Beckham was named for the place he was conceived, what does naming your child after a brand of vodka or an item of clothing tell them? My favourite is probably all the kids christened ESPN (pronounced espen) “Well, son, y’all were made in the commercial break on the Sooper Bowl.”