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Some interesting information coming out of the UK, where it is claimed that Botox use has increased in an increasingly younger age group.  No longer is Botox the province of…

Kirlian cameras and Electrography

Friday, 05 October 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 40 By Harry Flashman
I was at a meeting recently where the subject of Kirlian photography was mentioned.  This I found interesting as Kirlian photography was a fad a few years ago but had…

Loving Songkran

Friday, 29 April 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 17 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, Did you get wet over Songkrong (sic), or are you too old for that sort of thing?  Me and my mates come over every year and it’s a…

Situation Critical

Friday, 28 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 39 By Graham Macdonald
For those of us from a Judeo-Christian heritage, it is sometimes possible to believe that suffering is worthwhile; a way of paying for past sins. In this light, the age…

Mata Hari, frogs, dogs, horses, toy trains and EKGs (ECGs)

Friday, 28 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 39 By Dr. Iain Corness
Everyone is familiar these days with the electrocardiogram, known by the acronym ECG or EKG (US style, which comes from the German spelling).  This is an invaluable medical test to…

When all else fails - read the instruction manual - again!

Friday, 28 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 39 By Harry Flashman
I went to the Jesters Children’s Fair a couple of weeks ago.  I took my two children, and took a camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ50.  I had just shot…

Hating Songkran

Friday, 29 April 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 17 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, Did you go away for Songkran, or did you have to suffer the idiots with the squirt guns?  I thought the guns made from water pipe were supposed…

Inflation is a worry

Friday, 21 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 38 By Graham Macdonald
As many readers will know, MitonOptimal are our preferred fund house. Their common sense approach beats all others as far as we are concerned. For example, their strategic inflation forecasts…

Hooray for Uncle Harry!

Friday, 21 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 38 By Dr. Iain Corness
I can assure you that every practicing doctor in the world has heard about your Uncle Harry who smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, drank two bottles of whisky…

11 Digital Tips for SLR’s

Friday, 21 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 38 By Harry Flashman
While the compact point and shooter is a great way to get into photography, there are limitations with the basic camera, especially if you wish to improve above the “Auto”…

Marrying for the right or wrong reasons?

Friday, 29 April 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 17 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, I want to get married again next year.  I have been married before, but to an American woman, and that finished a few years ago, and almost finished…

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world, part 3

Friday, 14 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 37 By Graham Macdonald
Anyone who had listened to what the Bank for International Settlements was saying since 2005 would have been well prepared for the shocks that began towards the end of 2007…

Seven Deadly Sins!

Friday, 14 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 37 By Dr. Iain Corness
Were you aware that heart disease is still one of the greatest killers of mankind, ranking a strong second after the Thailand motorcycle riders road toll - OK, I exaggerated…

Phood Photography

Friday, 14 September 2012 Issue Vol. XX No. 37 By Harry Flashman
Did you know that some of the highest paid professional photographers are those who photograph food? Ask food and wine critics about menus.  What is the best style and layout…

Thoughts from the ‘other side’

Friday, 29 April 2011 Issue Vol. XIX No. 17 By Hillary
Dear Hillary, Forgive poor English, but I write any way because we tired to hear foreigner complain all time about Thai girl.  Him want good fun, him want keep house,…
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