Entries from January 2008

Couch potato lifestyle may speed up ageing You might like to think twice before settling down (yet again) in front of the TV for a relaxing night in. Being a couch potato in your free time could make you a decade older biologically than someone who is physically active, according to a major study of people's "chromosomal clocks". It's not necessarily watching TV that can see you age before your years, but ... Read full entry

Suharto's Indonesia A photo essay exploring the life and times of the late Suharto, who was president of Indonesia for over 30 years before being forced out of office in 1998.

Creating The Perfect Portfolio Or how to make your online portfolio stand out from the other two thousand it is competing for attention with. People with not much to do may enjoy exploring a portfolio and clicking on hard to find links to see tiny thumbnails of your work, but a busy potential employer will not. Make your portfolio fast, accessible and simple. If you want to show your interactive creativity, ... Read full entry

Career decisions: The perfect job fantasy, by Megan Tough. Some interesting thoughts on the seemingly never ending quest for that holiest of grails, the perfect job. The truth is there is rarely a single outcome in the search for ideal work. A career is only a part of a lifestyle and a lifestyle encompasses all aspects of our life. Those who consider their career in isolation from the rest of ... Read full entry

Taking too much time to consider some of life's bigger decisions can sometimes be just as bad as leaping into something without any thought or consideration for the consequences. The more time there is too mull over something however, the more time there is consider other options. To by-pass the hard questions, to find an easy, do nothing, way out. While Juno, a ... Read full entry

Starship enterprise: the next generation. There has been talk of commercial space flights and return trips to the Moon for sometime now, but some may be surprised just how close to reality such talk is becoming. And using a two craft combination paying passengers may able to embark upon sub-orbital journeys by the end of the decade. THE way Will Whitehorn tells it, the story ... Read full entry

Progress report on my (overly ambitious) plan to see nine movies this month. To be succinct, I didn't do too well. I've managed to see: American Gangster Atonement No Country For Old Men Juno Unless I spend all day tomorrow at the movies (not going to happen) I will not see these before January is out: Hunting and Gathering Lust, Caution The Darjeeling Limited... Read full entry

Shameless self plug I know, but an interview I did for The Pakistani Spectator has just been posted. There's also interviews with a number of other bloggers for your reading enjoyment. Thanks to Ghazala Khan, of The Pakistani Spectator for organising this.

Expand your resume by contracting, by Toby Somerville. Freelancers looking for work shouldn't just limit their search avenues to their client base. Contracting can also be a viable option when it comes to keeping the work rolling in. Having a number of reliable external contractors who can be called upon as and when they are need is a huge advantage to firms, as it gives them extra capacity and the possibility ... Read full entry

Face value. Should a boss be more than a pretty face, or is a pretty face sufficient? Dr Ambady and Mr Rule showed 100 undergraduates the faces of the chief executives of the top 25 and the bottom 25 companies in the Fortune 1,000 list. Half the students were asked how good they thought the person they were looking at would be at leading a company and half were asked to ... Read full entry