Are you doing the right thing? Are you paying your fair share? Some have suggested that Starbucks isn’t. Amazon has also come under scrutiny for filtering revenue through low-tax countries. And when I rented a film using the Windows 8 […]

  I’ve recently upgraded my operating system, making a quantum leap from good old reliable Windows XP to the bright, shiny new Windows 8. And with new software comes new hardware, as my old 32-bit desktop PC hits the scrap […]

Remember the days before email? Texting? Facebook (come on, it’s only been eight years)? Twitter? When you’re in the digital saucepan, it’s easy to forget that the water’s getting hotter. Bit by bit, the temperature changes, but so gradually, that […]

“Go on,” whispered my friend, “they’re so busy they won’t notice. You’ll never get caught.” But there was always the off-chance that I would. Yes, the Woolworths pick & mix counter was tempting to a nine-year-old like me, but the […]

The phrase has been imprinted on my brain for almost 20 years. The speaker was naked when he uttered it, which probably had something to do with the longevity of the memory. (Memory gurus  always say make the image outlandish […]