IdleTymes Blog http://idletymes.com Personal Diary, Musing and rubish of a F*!^%#g bored programmer. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:46:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en To work, or not to work, that is the question http://idletymes.com/2008/07/14/to-work-or-not-to-work-that-is-the-question/ http://idletymes.com/2008/07/14/to-work-or-not-to-work-that-is-the-question/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:46:20 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2008/07/14/to-work-or-not-to-work-that-is-the-question/ Live to work, or work to live, that’s really what I’m talking about here. This blog is called the Idle Tymes – yet that is exactly what I don’t have a lot of at the moment – Idle times! In the last few years as I have become more and more embroiled and committed to work, and I’ve found myself with less and less leisure time. I’ve always been a believer in not living for the Friday evening. If you just live for the weekends, you find that your weekends go too quickly and you are left for five days waiting for the time to pass. This isn’t life! This isn’t the way to live.

I find myself more and more doing things online, and that isn’t just because I find it more convenient, it is because I don’t have time to go to the shops. I’m not talking about things that are cheaper and just as good through the internet, such as buying your car or horse insurance, I’m not talking about using internet banking to save a trip into the branch. I’m talking about not having time to go to the supermarket in order to buy food, so instead shopping at Tesco online and having things delivered. I’m talking about needing a new shirt, so just getting one online from the marks and spensers website, again to arrive through the post without me ever having tried it on. It’s even got to the stage where at work, we needed some large format printing done for a presentation we are giving next week, and we are just emailing across the completed image files to the company, who are delivering it directly to the venue the morning of the presentation because we don’t have time to look at print samples first.

It is a cliché that we are all part of a ‘time starved generation’ at the moment. I’ve always just ignored it, but I’m starting to think it’s true. Perhaps we need to reassess how we live and what we do with our time, because once it is gone, it doesn’t come back.

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]]> http://idletymes.com/2008/07/14/to-work-or-not-to-work-that-is-the-question/feed/ Refused Asylum Seekers being asked to Absolve Government of Responsibility http://idletymes.com/2008/03/17/refused-asylum-seekers-being-asked-to-absolve-government-of-responsibility/ http://idletymes.com/2008/03/17/refused-asylum-seekers-being-asked-to-absolve-government-of-responsibility/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:47:15 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2008/03/17/refused-asylum-seekers-being-asked-to-absolve-government-of-responsibility/ Should Iraqi asylum seekers who have been refused asylum be sent home?  Probably.  I don’t have a problem with the Government sending out a letter that says their case has been reviewed and as they are not being granted refugee status they must leave the UK or risk losing housing or the benefits that are helping them to buy a house.  However Sky news is reporting that this letter of rejection is also asking the asylum seekers to sign a waiver that they agree to the UK Government taking no responsibility for what happens to them once they return home.  Isn’t that the Government saying that these people are probably at risk going back to Iraq – and that being the case, isn’t that the Government saying that the there is a reason why these people are here?  In which case, why are they being sent back? 

The fact that the Government is willing to return people to Iraq knowing that they’re in danger once they do so is shocking (not surprising, but shocking), but the fact that they want to be absolved of any guilt or responsibility should something happen to these people is disgusting.   Someone needs to think seriously about the implications of what they’re doing, and if they are going to send back rejected asylum seekers, they need to do so with absolute certainty that these people are not in danger – because if they were in danger of persecution, then they ought to have been granted their asylum status. 

On a more positive note. This is what I'm going to change next the mole removal pages

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]]> http://idletymes.com/2008/03/17/refused-asylum-seekers-being-asked-to-absolve-government-of-responsibility/feed/ Doesn’t National Trust Doesn’t Trust the Government? http://idletymes.com/2007/11/11/doesn%e2%80%99t-national-trust-doesn%e2%80%99t-trust-the-government/ http://idletymes.com/2007/11/11/doesn%e2%80%99t-national-trust-doesn%e2%80%99t-trust-the-government/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:11:28 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2007/11/11/doesn%e2%80%99t-national-trust-doesn%e2%80%99t-trust-the-government/

Well not if it’s got any sense!  According to the BBC news website the National Trust is ready to “challenge new developments and intervene in planning inquiries, even if it is not directly involved with the land being targeted for development”. This is in response to Gordon Brown’s pledge of building 3 million new homes within the next 13 years. 

On one hand it could, and should, be argued that the UK has a housing shortage and too many people are in low quality housing or even living on the streets.  On the other hand, if we are already so short of houses, why are we continuing to allow such a high volume of immigrants into the country?  This isn’t about racism, or being pro-British, it’s merely commonsense!  We’re already over-populated and under-resourced.  There ought to be an annual quota that is able to be absorbed into our current social infrastructure rather than a seemingly endless flow of people into the country.  Has anyone in the government noticed that we’re living on an island with geographic limitations?  I know that we’re part of the EU, but that’s just paper and red tape, we’re not physically attached!

How much of this proposed housing will address the problems of those in need of low priced good quality homes, and how much of it is going to be priced above the wages of those who really need the homes?   I suspect there’ll be very little that will help the needs of Britain’s homeless!

Yes we need housing, but we need to look at creating a solution for those who desperately need it before implementing such a huge property building project, and we also need to ensure that legislation is passed to stop further overcrowding from an over abundance of immigrants making things worse than they already are.  Until then, the National Trust should continue to distrust and intervene in the government’s planning inquiries until the government is forced to look at the causes and solutions for the current housing crisis instead of fixing broken bones with Elastoplasts!

This article has been submitted by Dan Cook. Dan also regularly contributes to the Search marketing blog and has written many different press releases concerning overseas property for sale.

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]]> http://idletymes.com/2007/11/11/doesn%e2%80%99t-national-trust-doesn%e2%80%99t-trust-the-government/feed/ Was it a Facial or Surgery for Demi – Who Cares People, She’s Looking Fantastic! http://idletymes.com/2007/11/06/was-it-a-facial-or-surgery-for-demi-%e2%80%93-who-cares-people-she%e2%80%99s-looking-fantastic/ http://idletymes.com/2007/11/06/was-it-a-facial-or-surgery-for-demi-%e2%80%93-who-cares-people-she%e2%80%99s-looking-fantastic/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:39:02 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2007/11/06/was-it-a-facial-or-surgery-for-demi-%e2%80%93-who-cares-people-she%e2%80%99s-looking-fantastic/ Did Demi Moore have a facial as it was reported recently, or was it extensive plastic surgery?  More to the point, do we care?  She looks fabulous.  She’s in better shape than most of the women half of her age in a town where “fake” is in, and “real” is something you want to forget. 

Unlike some women, Demi admits to being under the plastic surgeon’s knife.  So what?  In an industry where looks count more than public conduct, decency and common sense, she’s doing what she has to do to keep on top of her game – and that’s where she is, right on top! 

Demi’s got >  It doesn’t matter when it comes to the young starlets so why should it matter for a woman who’s already a star? 

Seems to me there are almost as many double standards as there are double DUIs in this industry!

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]]> http://idletymes.com/2007/11/06/was-it-a-facial-or-surgery-for-demi-%e2%80%93-who-cares-people-she%e2%80%99s-looking-fantastic/feed/ Kylie’s Stunning Return from Beating Breast Cancer http://idletymes.com/2007/10/20/kylie%e2%80%99s-stunning-return-from-beating-breast-cancer/ http://idletymes.com/2007/10/20/kylie%e2%80%99s-stunning-return-from-beating-breast-cancer/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:28:20 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2007/10/20/kylie%e2%80%99s-stunning-return-from-beating-breast-cancer/ Last night Kylie, pop princess extraordinaire, arrived at Leicester Square in London for the first screening of “White Diamonds”, a fly-on-the-wall documentary that plots her recovery process after being treated for breast cancer with which she was diagnosed in 2005.  Despite being late for the screening due to London’s crazy traffic problems, she arrived looking radiant and beautiful in a dress that complemented her figure and showed that she’d completely bounced back after what is not an easy illness to deal with.

 As she dazzled the crowds gathered to see her, and signed autographs, she was a walking advertisement that life doesn’t end with breast cancer.  With the right attitude you go through the process required to clear you of the disease, and then get jump right back into life.  The documentary shows that even the Princess of Pop had bad days, but it also shows how determination can overcome anything.   

There are those who may think that this documentary is a publicity stunt, but stunt or not, last night showed Kylie to be an inspiration to anyone who has breast cancer now, or will be diagnosed it in the future. 

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]]> http://idletymes.com/2007/10/20/kylie%e2%80%99s-stunning-return-from-beating-breast-cancer/feed/ Scientists predict razor perfection by 2015 http://idletymes.com/2007/10/17/scientists-predict-razor-perfection-by-2015/ http://idletymes.com/2007/10/17/scientists-predict-razor-perfection-by-2015/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:23:07 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2007/10/17/scientists-predict-razor-perfection-by-2015/ new razorEver since the beginning of time unwanted hair has haunted and annoyed all human beings. Scientists have predicted by 2015 we will be able to invent the first razor with infinite amount of blades. This razor will be infinitely smoother and give a infinitely more accurate shave, meaning that men will be end up going out and being caressed by infinitely more attractive women when they are standing topless in front of a bathroom mirror.
This technology will probable be researched and owned by Gillette.
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]]> http://idletymes.com/2007/10/17/scientists-predict-razor-perfection-by-2015/feed/ The New Nintendo Wii Rules School! http://idletymes.com/2007/05/25/the-new-nintendo-wii-rules-school/ http://idletymes.com/2007/05/25/the-new-nintendo-wii-rules-school/#comments Fri, 25 May 2007 09:44:57 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2007/05/25/the-new-nintendo-wii-rules-school/ Drop off snow boarding online game

If you've had a chance to have a go on the new nintendo Wii you'll know what I'm talking about when I say it is amazing and fantastic. I'm not a game geek in any way, however this machine works in such a completely new and different way it puts itself into a whole new genre of gaming. The interface, rather than being based on pushing buttons repeatedly, is based on actual movements you make! So if you move the control up/down/left/right/forwards/backwards/sideways/quickly/slowly the game responds acordingly! Seriously! It uses some kind of giro technology mixed with an infared thing on the top of your television. It's amazing. I'm hooked, and I recomend it - especially to anyone who used to play games but hasn't in a few years, you'll be sucked straight back in!

I think the MD is worried about the lack of eye candy in the office when clients come to visit, but rather than hire a couple of beautiful bimbos to sit

around the office and brighton the place up, he's decided to approach the problem latterally this time. He's gotten us all discounts at a local botox clinic! Alexander is really keen for Adrianna to get involved. I wonder why…

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]]> http://idletymes.com/2007/05/25/the-new-nintendo-wii-rules-school/feed/ A bad April Fool’s Day Joke – or has Keith Richards gone too far this time? http://idletymes.com/2007/04/10/a-bad-april-fool%e2%80%99s-day-joke-%e2%80%93-or-has-keith-richards-gone-too-far-this-time/ http://idletymes.com/2007/04/10/a-bad-april-fool%e2%80%99s-day-joke-%e2%80%93-or-has-keith-richards-gone-too-far-this-time/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:20:29 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2007/04/10/a-bad-april-fool%e2%80%99s-day-joke-%e2%80%93-or-has-keith-richards-gone-too-far-this-time/ Keith Richards is alleged to have ‘snorted dad’s ashes’ during a drugs binge.  Both Richards and his manager (Jane Rose) have since come out and said the comments raised during his recent interview with Mark Beaumont of NME were “said in jest”.  This may be so, and this could well be an overblown April Fool’s Day joke in the ilk we all love to read here – but it does the raise the question of whether or not Keith Richards has gone too far this time?

It’s easy to say that Richards is a mere ‘Rock Star’ and that as such he will be tempted to make exaggerated claims such as these to get press coverage and his name in print – for fear of becoming a nobody.  What Richards may not understand however is that shortly after the news broke it was on many UK-based chat forums where comments that his actions were “cool” resounded among the youth.  He sets and example and has now give a younger generation a great idea of what to do with their parents’ ashes.  

Richard may feel that today’s music bands aren’t up to the standards that he and his contemporizes set back in the 60s, but his recent actions also show that Richards has done little growing up as he has aged.

Things seem good on the work front. I've completed the problem prone skin and acne part

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]]> http://idletymes.com/2007/04/10/a-bad-april-fool%e2%80%99s-day-joke-%e2%80%93-or-has-keith-richards-gone-too-far-this-time/feed/ Strange World and Strange people—One killed over row on Playstation game!! http://idletymes.com/2007/03/27/strange-world-and-strange-people-one-killed-over-row-on-playstation-game/ http://idletymes.com/2007/03/27/strange-world-and-strange-people-one-killed-over-row-on-playstation-game/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:20:15 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2007/03/27/strange-world-and-strange-people-one-killed-over-row-on-playstation-game/ Recently a man named Alan Stirling, of Kemnay Gardens, Dundee, was originally charged with murdering Paul McDonald but the Crown accepted a guilty plea to culpable homicide. He has been jailed for four years after battering his friend to death in a row over a PlayStation. The High Court in Edinburgh heard Alan Stirling repeatedly punched and kicked Paul McDonald on the head and body. The incident took place when Mcdonald a friend of Alan was there on the latter's flat for watching a soccer game. The former fell asleep and later woke up to accidentally break the latter's playstation. In a fit of anger at the breakage of his playstation, Alan got bitten and lost his temper and attacked the Mcdonald. The court confirmed of Alan being a victim of Drug abuse.
The total incident come as a shocking incident in the country, because such incidents put to question the temper and mentality of today's people. People loose control of self so easily that they are very rapidly provoked to irritation and anger. In that state they do such ghastly acts, it's simply beyond imagination to describe the crimes they commit after that.What i feel this is also the effect of the games in the Playstations which are filled with violence and action, which also change the mindset of people making them increasingly aggresive and violent.
These things if left unnoticed can hamper the mental stability of many people who do not distinguish real world and game world. Hence they are very much influenced by this virtual violent world of action games which thus results in heinous crimes .More facts and news can be found in the following article: http://news.Bbc.Co.Uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/6485747.Stm

Things seem good on the work front. Check out the new design on the laser tattoo removal clinic page

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]]> http://idletymes.com/2007/03/27/strange-world-and-strange-people-one-killed-over-row-on-playstation-game/feed/ Do you believe a wholly-elected House of Lords is a step in the right direction? http://idletymes.com/2007/03/09/do-you-believe-a-wholly-elected-house-of-lords-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction/ http://idletymes.com/2007/03/09/do-you-believe-a-wholly-elected-house-of-lords-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:22:03 +0000 Administrator http://idletymes.com/2007/03/09/do-you-believe-a-wholly-elected-house-of-lords-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction/ Today many of our media outlets are reporting on the unexpected historic vote last night by the House of Commons (337 to 224) in favour of a wholly-elected House of Lords. This decision will likely both overturn centuries of tradition (the decision does not automatically become law) and also goes against the wishes of the Government that the upper chamber be a 50/50 split between elected and nominated members. Many of the comments in today's press are claiming that the decision is a reaction by MPs to the recent peer-purchase scandal involving the Government, and it's not too difficult to see how this may indeed be true. However, this is a long cry from the comments of one MP that the decision was "brilliant" as it would ensure there was no further need for reform in the "foreseeable future". More accurate would be to say that the decision is a reactionary one, and until recent times the UK has not been known to act in such a clumsy manner. Indeed, the only real winner of last night's vote is likely to be chaos. It is hard to see how having two elected chambers will help smooth the wheels of a cumbersome and, at times, dreadfully political process. What is for sure is that having two wholly-elected chambers will inevitably lead to a British democracy that is even more sclerotic that it ever was. Now that might not be a prospect that many considered before last night!

On a more positive note.
Veronica has completely redesigned the non surgical treatments part

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