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Working Towards a Goal

19 February 2023 richard Post-university life

I am currently working towards a goal and I am struggling. I am struggling to stay focused when I follow online courses because I find

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I Want to Dump WordPress for Laravel

31 January 2023 richard Post-university life, tech related

For at least a year I have been annoyed with WordPress, not because it went from the classic editor to Guthenburg but because it now

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Online Learning – Alternatives to YouTube

3 November 2021 richard Post-university life

Between adverts that play too often, videos that encourage people tho shift to the Right side of the political spectrum and sensationalism I decided to

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Out of my comfort zone – A day of trying new things.

23 June 2017 richard collaboration, observation, Post-university life, social networking, Switzerland, team work

I was out of my comfort zone for a day last week and enjoyed it. This involved trying improv theatre for the first time. Vinyasa

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Joseph Nye at the Graduate Institute

16 June 2017 richard Post-university life, Video, youtube

Joseph Nye was at the Graduate institute to address the question Are we Seeing the End of the American Liberal Order? He did not want to give a

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Dirty Gold War screening at the Graduate Institute.

3 May 2017 richard Documentary, environmental, environmentalism, Post-university life, Switzerland

I went to watch Dirty Gold War at the Graduate Institute at lunch time today. The film is interesting because it makes you think about

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The Tiny House movement and travel

17 December 2016 richard observation, Post-university life, Rock climbing, travel, Video, youtube

The Tiny House Movement and travel combine well together. In this video a Czech couple bought a fan and transformed it into a self contained

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A satirical look at music festivals as a form of psychological torture

25 July 2016 richard Post-university life, social conscience, summer holidays, Switzerland

When we’re 14-28 years old the idea of going to a music festival to see the artists we spend our free time listening to is

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Satire

An emotional BREXIT

9 July 2016 richard politics, Post-university life

The More I think about BREXIT and the more I think that those of us, like me, who see themselves as British Europeans the more

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Post-fact Britain

6 July 2016 richard observation, Post-university life, Social Media Deontology

I was in the graduating class of 2000 with 99 other students representing more than one hundred countries. As an individual I already have three

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