Anything But AI

This past month I have been doing the unenviable task of finding a care home for my elderly mother. She moved into a bungalow 2 years ago but at 83 years old she can now no longer look after herself. There were one or two incidents in the past few months which convinced me that now was the right time to consider full time residential care in a nursing home. My search started in the area she lives. I began with some recommendations from her GP and also included nearby care homes found on a care homes directory and Google. I am the sort of person who researches things online far too much. For things like gadgets I often think this is a waste of my time, but in this case I obviously wanted the very best. So I had no issues with spending hours and hours searching for reviews and any comments I could find in discussion forums and blogs. After calling 11 homes in the area I decided that I wanted to view 4 of them. So I visited and had a chat with the manager at each. I was shown around t...

Recently I have been reading up on bucket list ideas because I want to make sure I have as many amazing experiences as possible. Over the years I have done some pretty cool stuff and visited some amazing places. However I recently have been getting the feeling that I am not doing enough with work always taking priority. Here are a few things which have inspired me and been added to my bucket list Wing Suit Jumping Sky diving has always been one of those things I just have to do one day. It has always been top of my bucket list, until I saw wing suit base jumping. It is the closest thing to flying and looks like a wonderful experience. Check it out in the video below, there are lots more to see on Youtube.   Rock Climbing and Base Jumping (Freebasing) I love the idea of climbing up a massive wall and then just jumping off at the top. Freebasing in the video below means you actually climb the top part without any safety gear. This means if you fall it turns into a base ...

Not got much to post about this week so here are my favorite gadgets and why... 1- iPad Air I am in love with my slimline iPad Air. Previously I had the Mini which was nice but too small for many uses. I did have the original iPad but it was too big and heavy. The iPad Air keeps the same screen size but the weight and size is improved massively. For me this is the absolute best tablet. I've tried various Android tablets and none come close to the iPad in terms of quality and user experience. Everything runs so smoothly (for the most part) and it just looks and feels great. Some apps do crash on me quite often so hopefully this will be something fixed with the forthcoming iOS8. My other gripes are that you can't play all video files on this tablet (unlike with Android) and the price hikes for more storage are extortionate, so I stuck with the tiny 16GB version. 2- Macbook Air I am also in love with my other Apple gadget. The Macbook Air is also a very slim and lightwei...

Recently I have been enjoying photo sharing sites like Pinterest and Instagram , looking at party themes. In case you don't know these websites, they are social networking but just for photos. There are hours to be spent browsing any subject you want and parties are represented well. I decided to make a post about different types of party and then post the themes I would use for each one. So here goes... Boy's birthdays It has to be a superhero theme. I got the idea for this via Pinch Me Events photos on Instagram. They had recently done a Spiderman party, but you could choose any superhero. I think my Daniel would choose Captain America or Iron Man. Everyone loves to dress up and if girls are attending there is a smaller selection of female superheros to choose from. Girl's birthdays It has to be pink and a fairy party would certainly work well for a pink theme. Most young girls love fairies. You can dress them up with wings and wands. Having arts and crafts wo...

Hong Kong has a large expat population. It is a great place for international business and property prices are some of the highest in the entire world. Hong Kong has a thriving community of expats with many restaurants and other businesses catering just for this crowd. The city is particularly popular with British expats who work there. Many of these people have busy work lives and all of the usual problems that anyone else might have such as relationship or confidence issues. In fact these problems are likely to be multiplied by being away from home. Without a base of close friends and family, personal issues can become a bigger problem than ever. Thats where Daniel White comes in, who runs Integrated Way. This is a service based in the expat area created specifically for the expat community. Daniel works with men, women, groups and couples to overcome specific issues. He also works with anyone who simply feels they could be getting more out of life. Basically he combines traditiona...