http://www.workreport.net/ Mike blogs in two places on Orble, and two on Blogger. His wife thinks he writes too much. en Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:02:00 GMT Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:02:00 GMT info@workreport.net info@workreport.net http://www.workreport.net/its-work-thats-what-it-is/ I got a book out of the library the other day called, A Novel in a Year, by Louise Doughty. It looked promising, having started life as a weekly column... http://www.workreport.net/its-work-thats-what-it-is/#comments http://www.workreport.net/its-work-thats-what-it-is/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:02:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/caught-with-the-cartridge/ We've been having a tough patch at work. There's a sort of crisis going on in relation to my boss which is causing ramifications throughout our office. Far more paperwork... http://www.workreport.net/caught-with-the-cartridge/#comments http://www.workreport.net/caught-with-the-cartridge/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:47:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/chicken-little-hedges-her-bets/ We're not going to get to any clear point on Climate Change, or Global Warming any day soon. Which is a great pity, because it's probable there are plenty of... http://www.workreport.net/chicken-little-hedges-her-bets/#comments http://www.workreport.net/chicken-little-hedges-her-bets/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:01:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/what-its-like-on-the-ground/ I've just been outside because, for the second time in a week, someone has crashed into someone else. As always one of the two drivers failed to give way at... http://www.workreport.net/what-its-like-on-the-ground/#comments http://www.workreport.net/what-its-like-on-the-ground/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:44:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/it-all-came-crashing-down/ While watching Mystic River last night, in which the girl who gets murdered early in the piece was planning to do some Las Vegas travel (in other words, eloping with... http://www.workreport.net/it-all-came-crashing-down/#comments http://www.workreport.net/it-all-came-crashing-down/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:07:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/being-found/ While we were in England, we carried around three memory cards with our digital camera, and amazingly, in spite of their small size, managed to bring all three of them... http://www.workreport.net/being-found/#comments http://www.workreport.net/being-found/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:23:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/never-too-old-for-a-compliment/ Last week my immediate boss and I tried to pin down my job in a format that would please the powers that be (the chief of whom, apparently doesn't think... http://www.workreport.net/never-too-old-for-a-compliment/#comments http://www.workreport.net/never-too-old-for-a-compliment/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:53:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/lighting-up/ Remember the way the house lights in cinemas used to have fittings over them so that they didn't shine directly outwards, but only downwards? Apparently they're called sconces, and they're... http://www.workreport.net/lighting-up/#comments http://www.workreport.net/lighting-up/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/discomforting-job/ In a recent post on Webitz I wrote about politicians on Facebook, and in the process finished up discovering I was already a member of Facebook from some time back... http://www.workreport.net/discomforting-job/#comments http://www.workreport.net/discomforting-job/ Fri, 30 May 2008 08:12:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/keeping-track-of-mum-and-dad/ I've talked a lot about the GPS we had in England while we were there. A great little device that we called Malvina (partly named after the New Zealand opera... http://www.workreport.net/keeping-track-of-mum-and-dad/#comments http://www.workreport.net/keeping-track-of-mum-and-dad/ Sun, 25 May 2008 09:10:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/a-little-respite/ I've been selling books on Trade Me and Zillion since I came back from the UK - and was selling them before I went away. It began as a way... http://www.workreport.net/a-little-respite/#comments http://www.workreport.net/a-little-respite/ Sun, 25 May 2008 08:56:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/worn-out-listening/ I was at a conference for all of two days this week, plus another short session on Thursday, by which time 'the boss' and I were peopled out and needed... http://www.workreport.net/worn-out-listening/#comments http://www.workreport.net/worn-out-listening/ Fri, 23 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/oily/ Everybody and his brother is jumping on the bandwagon when it comes to the best acne treatment. A number of sites recommend green tea as an effective herbal treatment. Right... http://www.workreport.net/oily/#comments http://www.workreport.net/oily/ Mon, 19 May 2008 09:46:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/hospital-garbage/ My wife and I had occasion to visit the Accident and Emergency Department of our local hospital yesterday (again! this is the fourth time in three years). My wife had... http://www.workreport.net/hospital-garbage/#comments http://www.workreport.net/hospital-garbage/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:23:00 GMT http://www.workreport.net/not-for-display/ For several weeks I've been keeping the lids of milk bottles, because they don't get recycled along with the bottles. My intention was to make a statement (when I got... http://www.workreport.net/not-for-display/#comments http://www.workreport.net/not-for-display/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:02:00 GMT