Monthly Archives: March 2011

Siren

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Fles

Your kiss is all the aphrodisiac any guy could ever need; your touch is like a healing serum, yet through the night you make me bleed. Your every word belies betrayal, your every sigh a serpent’s hiss; at every meet … Continue reading →

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Social Networking as Market Research

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Fles

Can anyone still remember in the eighties when we were all paranoid that the state was building databases on each of us, recording all of our personal information? “It’s like George Orwell’s 1984,” we cried, “Big Brother is truly watching … Continue reading →

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Pause for Thought

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Fles

A lot of people confuse knowledge with intelligence. Indeed, it is quite commonly assumed that people who know a lot of things are clever. I disagree almost entirely. The ability to repeat facts (or to quote ideas which are perceived … Continue reading →

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