Careers and ambition

Careers and ambition

I have been giving thought to a couple of “big” questions lately. First: how do you decide what career to…

Lego and the Pyramids

Lego and the Pyramids

Traveling is a popular activity – indeed, a passion with many people. There are countless “100 places to see before…

Shopping woes

Shopping woes

Once upon a time, shopping was a matter of going out to exchange money for stuff that you needed. Then,…

The Nun’s Prayer

The Nun’s Prayer

I do not do religion, but I can be inspired by spiritual things from time to time. Many years ago,…

Water

Water

Almost exactly six years ago, in the UK, we had a period of severe flooding. This was around the time…

QR codes

QR codes

You see them everywhere – these distinctive square graphics, that look a bit like bar-codes, but different. They are QR…

Which way is up?

Which way is up?

If you are into science fiction, then anti-matter, anti-gravity and suchlike and everyday commodities. But, for those of us who…

Genetic art

Genetic art

Last week, I was writing about genetic fingerprinting. I hinted that there was another gene-related technology that had caught my…

My genes?

My genes?

Undoubtedly, one of the great discoveries of the 20th Century was the double-helix and the whole understanding of genes and…