You may remember about six weeks ago I looked at Young Adult fiction, and it’s appeal to adults. The general feeling was that the books appeal to a large number of adults because they are satisfying – presenting complex ideas in relatively simple ways, and reaching conclusions that are in the words of one an analyst…
Here’s the fifth episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … This week – we talk to a cruise-ship cruise director in the middle of a voyage, we look at one of highlights of any Vietnam tour…
A few weeks ago I was accused of being, and I quote, “Another doomsayer doing his level best to kill off commercial radio.” That’s because I had the temerity to suggest that DAB+ Radio, or Digital Audio Broadcasting, risked going the same way as AM Stereo – into the dustbin of ideas whose time never…
Here’s the fourth episode of Rear View Microphone – the weekly podcast covering Travel, and Tourism, and Cruising, and Communications, and Arts and Entertainment, and Politics and more … Enjoy!
I had reason, during the week, to use a famous line of Ralph Waldo Emerson – the one about a foolish consistency being the hobgoblin of little minds. It was from his essay, ‘On Self-Reliance’ – but as I looked it up, it struck me that I hadn’t read Emerson, or Thoreau, or their ilk since high school…
The theme for our travel pics this week is E, for Eating. One of the best parts about taking photos while travelling is that looking at them later helps bring back the memories. This particular dish is one of my favourites – Honey Mustard Chicken Salad, with pecans, leafy greens, onion, and capsicum (peppers…
The theme for our travel pics this week is E, for Eating. Today’s image is a bowl of Soto Ayam, at a little restaurant in Nusa Dua, Bali (as you can probably tell by the Bintang beer bottle 🙂 ) Soto Ayam is an Asian variant on Chicken Noodle soup – but not the sort that…
The theme for our travel pics this week is E, for Eating. It’s my birthday today but this is NOT my cake – nor my candle. It’s actually a fireworks candle on a cake that was prepared for a fellow package tour participant in China a couple of years back. We were in a theatre…
I’ve been a customer of Audible, on and off, since I don’t know when – and I mean that literally. My current subscription dates back to 2013, but I can’t remember when I first opened an account. All I know is that it was long before Amazon bought the company in 2008. In fact, I can…
The theme for our travel pics this week is E, for Eating. The genesis of this image may not seem unusual to our American readers but this is a real rarity in Australia – it is from one of the few remaining grocery-store diners left in the country. It used to be that at the capital-city…
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