My Fair Share

My last post regarding our electricity consumption shows that taking a bit more care has made a difference. We are less than 50% of our last reading. We have 9 days to go but we are well below 50% and should easily reduce our electricity bill significantly.
I would think that a few factors have combined [...]

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I have been following the story about Yahoo’s tragic failure to do the right thing that resulted in the imprisonment of two Chinese who posted material that was considered undesirable by the Chinese government. This has led to a significant hardship for their families because the main source of their income was removed.
For a long [...]

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Written almost 20 years ago I still find “Flow” one of the most inspirational books on the subject of happiness that I have ever read.
I was interested in Mihaly’s latest introduction to the latest impression of the book:
“For as esoteric technologies proliferate and increasing powers of creation and destruction fall into the hands of the [...]

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A great idea if you have some free time online and want to stretch your mind a bit. Go to Free Rice and extend your vocabulary.
A warning though it can get addictive. And according to its front page it may may make you smarter.

For something that began only a bit over a month ago Free [...]

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We have a long way to go:
I took this test at the Australian Conservation Foundation.  

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I recently started a full time job. I have been doing a range of things this year that has meant my income has been fairly sporadic. A good friend calculated the worth of my package and his words of advice were, “don’t blow it.”
I will do my best, not to blow it that is. For [...]

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I came across this idea the other day
“University students in the UK rack up an average of more than GBP 12,000 in student debt by the time they graduate, leaving them with a significant financial burden to cope with as they begin their professional careers. Do Good 4 Debt was recently founded by one such [...]

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I missed it but this is one of the purposes of this blog anyway,
On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind – the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Our aim is to [...]

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I just received my electricity bill. Over $500!!
I rang the electricity people and they said that our consumption was close to normal. Our house is totally electric and we have a plethora of electrical appliances. Plus there had been an 11% rise in the supply of electricity.
This is a great motivation for me to seriously [...]

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I was reading in another blog post about the idea of outsourcing. I know that it is happening more and more with the big companies. To the detriment of personal customer service. But, this article was about a freelancer outsourcing some of their more mundane tasks to a worker in India or Bangladesh.
My first thought [...]

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