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No longer feeling under the weather
Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/05/2024
» Being woken up by a thunderstorm in Bangkok on Tuesday morning was a most welcome experience. I had been visibly wilting in the heat for a couple of months, but finally dear old Jupiter Pluvius came to the rescue in splendid style. Just the sound of raindrops falling on the leaves felt comforting and the thirsty birds chirped in with a chorus of thanks.
In Britain it helps to be a little eccentric
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/01/2022
» Last week's column concerning traditional British food unfortunately failed to mention one of the highlights of the year, the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships, held every September in Ramsbottom, near Manchester. It dates back to the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century between the House of Lancaster (red rose) and the House of York (white rose).
'Flying comma' suffers a bumpy landing
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/12/2019
» Although it didn't make the headlines, there was a small item of news last week that will sadden those who treasure the English language. It looks like the poor old apostrophe is coming to a full stop. Finally admitting defeat, the chairman of Britain's Apostrophe Protection Society dedicated to preserving the much-abused punctuation mark, threw in the towel and announced it was all over, stating "the ignorance and laziness in modern times have won".
Facebook adds Twitter-style hashtags for topics
AFP, Published on 13/06/2013
» Facebook added Twitter-style hashtags to help the more than one billion members of the social network tune into topics of interest.
Flying comma' sails through another skirmish
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 31/03/2013
» Just over four years ago the headline in ''PostScript'' read ''A catastrophe for the apostrophe''. It was admittedly bit of a slow news week, but it was an issue of some concern to those who don't like people messing about with the English language.
Growing from experience
Business, Kriengsak Niratpattanasai, Published on 10/09/2012
» Learning on the job is the best way for a person to develop, many management theorists agree. Often people are given new positions in order to provide them with developmental experiences. But what if a job transfer is not possible? Can people still grow even if their job descriptions and responsibilities do not change?
What you know about passwords is wrong
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 06/09/2011
» It's important that you are safe while surfing online. It's very important.
Found any missing files lately?
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 10/05/2011
» We live in the golden age of storage, when three, five, eight hard drives on a computer are considered normal, and are affordable. But we humans inevitably pack rat interesting documents, funny videos, beautiful photos - and then can't remember where we put them.
Thai government adopts open source fonts
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/09/2010
» The Thai government is now taking the lead in open source promotion by requiring free open source fonts be used for government documents.