Shôn Ellerton, November 26, 2022 Why do we need to be permanently attached to a water bottle? Let’s talk about water bottles, because I’ve been meaning to talk about it but just hadn’t got around in doing so. There’s not a lot to talk about them except that they seem…

Shôn Ellerton, November 20, 2022 The bizarre behaviour of threatening to leave a social media platform because of someone they don’t like happens to be on it. There’s a strange breed of people out there and I can’t figure out if it’s just because they’re suffering from some kind of…

Shôn Ellerton, November 17, 2022 Despite all our world problems, we’ve never had it better. Here’s how and why. Innovation and ingenuity, two key words that make us so successful in life! I recently listened to a podcast between Jordan Peterson and the authors of a book published in May…

Shôn Ellerton, October 30, 2022 Are we becoming too dependent on the Cloud and the Internet? I think we are… Are we becoming Cloud slaves? For those readers expecting a raunchy article penetrating the dark world of online sex and virtual BDSM environments will be sorely disappointed I’m afraid. I’m…

Shôn Ellerton, October 15, 2022 My rather sarcastic response to the police after a failed speeding fine review. Just when I got my points on my driving licence cleared away, I recently got stitched for going 59 kph in a 50 kph zone by one of those unmarked white van…

Shôn Ellerton, October 9, 2022 What is the point of daylight savings time? I say, get rid of it! I was racking my brains the other day. What’s the point of daylight savings time? It recently came around the other week here in South Australia, and it plunged me back…

Shôn Ellerton, October 1, 2022 Post-pandemic, the question that is often raised if working from home as the norm is sustainable. Back in 2016, I wrote an article entitled, Has the Internet Really Brought Us Any Closer Together? It points out that we have limitless access to information and the…

Shôn Ellerton, August 31, 2022 4,000 words to describe the simple action of playing an LP? I’m yearning to listen to a little music from one of my hundreds of vinyl LPs. But why take the effort to put on an LP when I already have a vast collection of…

Shôn Ellerton, August 18, 2022 Imagine my surprise when I found out that kids get only 10 minutes for lunch at school. What is going on? My 7-year-old son comes home with nearly a full lunch box from school. Food looks pretty good, I would say. My wife makes an…