Archive for August, 2016
A review of the new super-villain movie “Suicide Squad”
August 7th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
It’s the summer and my workload is starting to ease, so this week I managed three visits to the cinema to see some very different films. This latest was the over-the-top but fun “Suicide Squad” which I’ve reviewed here.
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A review of the new action film “Jason Bourne”
August 6th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
My two visits to the cinema this week have been to see “Finding Dory” and “Jason Bourne”. These are two films that could hardly be more different but that’s the magic of the movies. So how does the fifth film in the Bourne franchise compare to the others? See my review here. And, if you […]
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A review of the new animated movie “Finding Dory”
August 5th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
What’s a 68 year old doing at an animated feature film? Giving a dear five year old friend an afternoon of fun, that’s what. You can read my review here.
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Are you hooked to your digital devices? Do you fancy a ‘digital detox’?
August 4th, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Fifteen million UK internet users have undertaken a ‘digital detox’ in a bid to strike a healthier balance between technology and life beyond the screen, according to major new Ofcom research. The study of 2,025 adults and 500 teenagers reveals how our reliance on the internet is affecting people’s personal and working lives, leading many to […]
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What is the name of your organisation’s Intranet?
August 3rd, 2016 by Roger Darlington
Many organisations have an Intranet and give some thought as to what to call it. I do some work with South East Water and learned recently that they call their Intranet Gurgle. I though that this was a clever name. It is a play on the name of the web search engine Google; it is a […]
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Would you jump 25,000 feet without a parachute?
August 1st, 2016 by Roger Darlington
American Luke Aikins did – as you can see here:
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