From Goal-free living, by Stephen Shapiro. You answered "agree" for question #1 — I am in awe of how incredible my life is. This is higher than average. This is good. However, most people have convinced themselves they are happier than they really are because they do not know what is possible. So, consider that…

Amazon has released its own eReader called Kindle, which connects wirelessly.  Can't read PDFs, which seems a real defect, but does do JPG and RSS.    Still think I'd miss the smell of a new book…

Where you take multiple exposures of a scene at different exposure settings, then use software to combine to create an image with enhanced tonal range in all areas.  For example,  Forestation Has a slightly surreal feel to it, a bit like infrared.  Probably nice in moderation…

Listening to In Our Time talking about antimatter, there were a whole lot of earth shattering revelations.  Such as dark matter.  If you look at how fast the galaxies are spinning, they should (knowing the weights of stars) actually be falling apart.  In fact, the stars you can see only account for about 10% of…

Robert Fulghum looks at the 4 timeless questions mothers ask their children: What on earth have you done!?What in God's name are you doing!?What will you think of next!?Who do you think you are!? and asks how those questions apply to our own lives… Pretty profound, eh?

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play suggests using an  Unschedule. According to the book, procrastination is “a symptom, a way of coping with deep psychological self-criticism and fear… because we’re taught to believe that working is good and playing is bad.” So on your Unschedule, you schedule times…

One of the fathers of modern obstetrics and midwifery.  In the 1700s he was the first person to describe accurately the passage through the birth canal of a baby during delivery, drawing fabulous pictures of babies in the womb.  The maternity unit at the Law hospital was named after him, but has now been turned…

Have done my first ever bit of carbon offsetting.  Guilt of driving to Wishaw everyday, flying to Spain TWICE in one month.  Went with World Land Trust, who seem pretty legit.  

I admit it, I think they're great.  Nothing beats sitting out on a chilly starlit night with the glow and heat from a fire; or a fire basket; or a patio heater.  But according to the BBC everyone wants to do it now; so there are expected to be over 2 million of the things in…

Catherine Bujold has designed her house to look like Space 1999…  And some rooms look strangely familiar… Housebedroom7