Category Archives: culture

The Heart of London

Posted on 2013/03/05 by mrG

The London Stone, Cannon Street: For hundreds of years the small limestone block was recognised as the heart of the City of London and became a traditional site to pass laws, reclaim debts, swear oaths and make official proclamations. WalkLondon … Continue reading →

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Gryphiusstrasse, Hamburg – Google Maps

Posted on 2010/11/18 by mrG

This is pretty hilarious: after oodles of meetings and debates, Germany’s largest cities have conceded to allow Google Maps street-views … sort of … almost … kinda. For example, here you can just see the window of my old home … Continue reading →

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Costa Rica Creates Department of Peace

Posted on 2009/09/25 by mrG

IMAGINE PEACE: “Costa Rica’s justice ministry was created to oversee the country’s penitentiary systems and supervise research on criminal behavior, but had no responsibility for crime prevention. A 1998 executive decree addressed this lapse by creating the National Directorate for … Continue reading →

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East isn’t East and West isn’t West

Posted on 2009/03/09 by mrG

The cognitive fallacy of East is East and West is West: MindHacks review of Ed Yong’s article in New Scientist which suggests that Kipling’s twains of East vs West never existed in the first place “Even more surprisingly, the article … Continue reading →

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Working long hours?

Posted on 2009/02/28 by mrG

Working long hours ‘puts us at higher risk of dementia’: “Middle-age workers doing more than 55 hours a week have poorer mental skills, including short-term memory and ability to recall words, than those clocking up fewer than 41 hours, a … Continue reading →

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Moonship Journeys

Posted on 2009/02/09 by mrG

Buying experiences, not possessions, leads to greater happiness: “experiential purchases, such as a meal out or theater tickets, result in increased well-being because they satisfy higher order needs, specifically the need for social connectedness and vitality — a feeling of … Continue reading →

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