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Thursday, May 30, 2013

A Day Without Sugar

My kettle packed in last night, too late to go out and purchase a new one and i was stumped.

The kettle in my kitchen has provided 100s of cups of tea and coffee and i didn't realise this piece of equipment played a huge role in my daily life.

So without a kettle, microwaving a cup of tea was a option, tried it and would never do it again. The tea was horrible, so i switched to water.

i don't mind drinking water, but it's a little tasteless for me, it's the effects of not drinking tea and coffee that is having a effect on me and is making me wonder why my sleeping patterns are so irregular.

i usually have sugar in my hot drinks, 2 in tea and coffee with milk and 3 teaspoon full of sugar in black coffee. Last night i felt more tired than usual, this morning was a little bit different, i woke up at 5:30am and wrote a bit on my Facebook Page, then gradually started to fall asleep around 6am.

Falling back to sleep and when i woke up, i felt more refreshed than usual. Usually i wake up half tired and not ready for the day. But this morning i was more alert and ready for the day. So far i've been more productive and more focused than say a couple of days ago, where i would have had a cup of tea around 10pm, then my morning cup would have been around 6am.

I know its not just the sugar that plays a huge role, other ingredients in tea and coffee play a bigger role, but i haven't eaten anything that contains high sugar content.

i do feel better, so i shall try and keep my sugar intake as low as possible.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Flipboard vs Paper.li

A couple of days ago i notice that Flipboard has added a interesting feature to their app, create you're own magazine with content you want.

The concept isn't that new, Paper.li allows members to create their own magazine, it's pretty good in some respects, but it doesn't bring the content that i actually like, rather it aggregates from hashtags to the online magazine.

Flipboard on the other hand lets you manually add what you're reading to you're own magazine, the content you actually like is there and is ready to share.

i've always held Flipboard in high esteem, especially as i like to read the news on the go.

So is creating you're own magazine the future of news aggregation?