Tuesday, 1 November 2011

BPS Occupational Digest: Stuck on your ideas: fixation in group brainstorms...

BPS Occupational Digest: Stuck on your ideas: fixation in group brainstorms...: Brainstorming, when people gather to generate ideas together, is great in theory: many perspectives mesh to generate diverse outputs. I...

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

BPS Occupational Digest: Noise and music are more distracting to introverts...

BPS Occupational Digest: Noise and music are more distracting to introverts...: Many workplaces allow the playing of radio or recorded music during working hours, providing a chance to personalise and brighten the workin...

Friday, 16 September 2011

Positive pollyannas more frustrated by unmet expec...

BPS Occupational Digest: Positive pollyannas more frustrated by unmet expec...: A tendency to view the world positively yields many benefits, such as higher wellbeing and a sense of personal effectiveness that gets you ...

Thursday, 18 August 2011

Economic indicator

Have come to realise that we have another indicator of the economic state of play - the fuel guage. The moment my fuel guage is more than 1/4 full then I know that the recession is over. Whilst the amber light is on I know that we are still in recession. Simple. Who needs price indices and Mervyn King.

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

subtle

I think our bank is trying to tell me something - they keep sending me paying in books

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Lovely packaging



Few companies do really great packaging, the sort that you really don't want to open because it's just so perfect. Apple spring to mind and now Rapha, the love 'em (that'd be me) or hate 'em cycling accessories brand, join the party. Introducing Rapha soap. I've no doubt it's good soap but I simply couldn't bear to open such wonderful packaging. The map of Mont Ventoux is a beautiful touch.







To order your Rapha soap click here.

Wonder if Lotus do a bike rack?

http://tinyurl.com/5txgrg3

Monday, 10 January 2011

Quality service...


...not

accepting that we had shocking weather, Christmas and New Year and it only had a second class frank, I have to say that 4 days short of a month is taking the whotsit to deliver.

A letter posted in Manchester on the 14/12/10 (c. 30 miles away as the pigeon flies) it landed here at Pigs & Bees towers on 10/1/11 - shocking