Monthly Archives: August 2007

Why airline food tastes bland

No, it isn’t your imagination. Airline food really is quite tasteless. This is not because it actually is without taste but because your taste buds are dulled by high altitude and the cabin pressure, so food that probably would have been perfectly acceptable if it were eaten with your feet on the ground loses flavour… Read More »

Historic moments in office automation

3,000 B.C.The Chinese invent the handheld calculator. They call it ABACUS (short for “automatic business accounting and calculation utility system”). The invention enables the Bronze Age Man to count higher than 10 without removing his shoes. Other advantages include portability and a battery-less design. But it has one major drawback: no print-out capability. 600 B.C.The… Read More »

April 5, 1989 (Wednesday)

Washing seriously jammed as Joey CBL. Dan commented: “S more like kitchen staff!” Big-boss-like – didn’t let Joey off (at 9pm) until he cleared washing. Made him “pai sei” (embarrassed) deliberately. OMO after 10pm to let Dan concentrate on washing.