You will fail ... unless

Just today, I finished reading "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield. So, it must have been coincidence that tonight I hear the same message in a totally different format - a funny/blunt TED talk by Larry Smith about why you will fail to have a great career. Funny enough to watch even if you have already made those choices that lead to failure.

How's your passion?

Is there something in your life that you are as passionate about as Stephen Ritz? Whether you are interested in the Bronx and disadvantaged youth or not, this is worth watching just to see the energy and passion spewing out of this man. Just watch it. Now.

Come to sunny Oxford (NZ) ...

... where the justice is slow and lingering. Rumour has it he was put here several years ago by the good citizens of Oxford, who hadn't the heart to run him out of town.

For those law-breakers of an outdoor disposition, the stocks are just outside the jail. Welcome to Oxford :-)

Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity | Video on TED.com

After a long day assembling furniture, this TED video brought a smile to my face. "IMPROV Everywhere" do odd things to make people laugh - sounds like a worthy occupation to me.

Do (almost) everything on line

There are, it seems, a few things that still cannot be done on line ...

No stupid questions

I've always enjoyed Scott Adams' 'Dilbert' cartoons. So, I was quite happy to find an Android application called "Fast Dilbert Reader" for my phone. FDR gives you access to all 22 years of Dilbert cartoons and, I am afraid, that my addiction is such that I started to read from somewhere back in 1989.

When teaching adults, I often used to tell them that there was no such thing as a 'stupid question' and that they should ask if there was anything they didn't understand. This Dilbert from November 1989 made me smile: