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Just 12 minutes to happiness - image of a cartoon smiley face floating in the sea.

Just 12 minutes

Welcome to 2023! 1 January is just the day after 31 December, but we’ve imbued it with symbolic importance. The end of the year is a time for reflection. The start of the new year is a time for new beginnings. Have you ever wondered why we do this? A

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FUTAB: Feet up, take a break. Photo of a person's feet up against a background of a beautiful lake.

Time for FUTAB!

FUTAB: Slang for "Feet up, take a break". A tip to reduce end-of-year fatigue It’s that time of year when we are all exhausted and ready for a break. If you google "end of year fatigue", you will find hundreds of results. I skimmed through some, and they all had

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Your grammar teacher was right

Orthography: The art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling. A few weeks ago, one of you (thanks, B) told me about a recent podcast with neuroscientist Chantel Prat. I’d read about her previous findings, but this included some new research. It’s relevant and

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On rebooting and Zen

Zen: A form of Buddhism. Also used to describe a state of peaceful calm.
As the year winds down, the pace winds up. It leaves most of us feeling distinctly non-Zen. Jacqui talks about exorcising computer demons by rebooting, and what to do if you can’t reboot.

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Please don’t eat the toner

Darwin Awards: A tongue-in-cheek honor that recognizes individuals who supposedly protect our gene pool by dying as a result of their own idiotic actions. I didn’t know what to write about today. I’ve been focused on developing course material, and avoiding distractions. Then I had to run an errand. At

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Becoming a sphynx

Exuviate: to shed or cast off a covering, such as hair, skin, feathers. A synonym for shedding. I’m referring to the sphynx cat, not the sphynx of mythology. I love cats, but even I admit that the sphynx breed is not pretty. Its claim to fame is that it is

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To err is not only human

Transcendent: exceeding normal limits. Every day we hear about some amazing new tech advance. From AI to the multiverse (whatever that will be), technology is changing our world. Science fiction is becoming science fact as we watch. It seems the sky is the limit. But actually the limit is much

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Robot holding up a solar panel

Cyborgs welcome

Social robots can actually provide real value. If robots can help people interact with people, they can help people govern people. I’d like robots to take over Eskom.

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