I had a very late night last night trying to finish my backlog of document/appraisal reviews and admin before 10 days holiday, but I was up at 6:30 as usual, because I believe in always getting up at the same time (which helps me go to sleep the next night). ...
There are few topics in science as fascinating as the placebo effect, I’ve been following the studies for years as the effect has gone from the sidelines to become one of the most promising areas of mind-body medicine and I’ve been hacking the ‘principles’ myself, here are some of the...
When I’m not feeling too good I try to find something to do that will make my life at little bit easier. Typically this means finding ways to simplify, increase flexibility or resilience. I’ve pulled off all three today by setting up remote access (from outside the house) to my...
Several years ago I noticed in the scientific literature the early signs of a trend that promised a revolution in general health could be achieved by managing our gut health. At the time I made the prediction to my wife that gut health would rise to primacy over the next...
Podcasts are hugely important to me, they entertain me and educate me and allow me to get useful work done whilst driving and keeping moving and enjoying the benefits of fresh air and sunshine while walking or cycling. In fact I also have a waterproof media player and headset so...
I’m on my third iPad. The first one was a WIFI only iPad 1 with 32 GB of memory, it didn’t last long. I found it distracting rather than productive and whilst I loved using Instapaper on it I found I could do most things with the Kindle. I found...
A few tips on how I use my Kindle Case I started out thinking I didn’t need a case for my Kindle, but over the months I realised that this was a mistake: A case means you worry less A case makes it easier to hold the Kindle, even though...