Don’t kill your lunch break because of COVID-19 — use it to advance your career The choice is yours … but make lunch count Planning is key — or else you’ll get bored easily and be tempted to get back to work as soon as possible. So here’s how to make the most of your break and how to use this time to advance your career. Have you ever wondered whether you’d enjoy running or pilates?...
The longer I’m working as an Internet Entrepreneur the more I see ideas fading away and coming back. Ideas are combined, tried again, tried differently, they shine for a while, then die, only to come back in different form, for different audiences a little later. I bought a little app in 1995 called NetPhone. It allowed people to make free telephone calls via the Web. My dialup was too slow to handle the data and I didn’t know anyone else who was online at the time....
You might not have noticed, but the products you’re buying at the grocery store are getting smaller. That’s right: They’re shrinking. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent raw materials prices soaring, many companies are trying to find ways to cut costs. So if that box of Cookie Crisp (part of a balanced breakfast, they say) feels a little light, you’re not imagining things; General Mills hasdecreasedits family size boxes from 19....
Should you be scared of strangers? The developers behind an intriguing new iPhone app say no. Situationistis designed to encourage people who don’t know each other to interact in public in a number of ways, from giving hugs and high fives, to more bizarre actions like “Whisper your middle name in my ear” and “Scare me”. Here’s how it works: add a photo of yourself to the app and select a ‘Situation’ from the list....
Don’t look now – but we are currently experiencing a rash of stories about a forthcoming global catastrophe. But in a change from reports of pandemics and climate change, this global catastrophe is produced by the impact of a giant asteroid. Or comet. Or both. This may feel extra ominous given the events in the recentNetflix film “Don’t Look Up”, in which the Earth is threatened by a “planet killer” asteroid....
