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For over 20 years, I worked primarily as a copywriter in the advertising industry. It was an interesting career, as I had to write on a wide variety of subjects, in a wide variety of styles, and get to know how to use different media to best effect.

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Computers & Technology > Computer Maintenance Computer performance: Why a paid-for registry cleaner is better than a free one: 1 of 10

There are many excellent programs that are entirely free. Why should a registry cleaner be any different? The short answer is, most of the excellent free programs are for Linux, which is in itself free. Linux doesn't use a registry. The registry is exclusively Windows, and is probably the most important reason why Windows is...
Travel > Africa & Middle East Travel Diaries Travel experiences: South Africa: 1 of 9

A safari vacation is not for the faint-hearted. There are no animal rights in the South African bushveld. No medical care for the sickly, no protection for the weak. Here, a faltering stumble quickly catches the eye of the hungry lioness. A bolt of amber fur streaks through the dry grass, aiming for the throat. Unlike her ta...
Hobbies & Games > Board Games Board games for adults: 1 of 9

There are few board games that are designed specifically for adults. Most have a broad appeal, and teenagers play them quite as easily as adults do. That said, there are games which lend themselves particularly to adult play. HOW TO HOST A MURDER This is a dinner party game for eight players. You sit around the dinner t...
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Guide to general improvement of your writing: 4 of 34

Writing is as much a craft as it is an art. If you're a novice, you can improve your writing dramatically by learning the skills of the craft. Just as you wouldn't sit down and dash off a quick quilt and expect to get something beautiful, so too you shouldn't dash off a quick article. You need to spend time with it, planning...
Computers & Technology > Computer Buying Tips How to choose a computer: 4 of 32

Choosing a computer is much like buying shoes: you have to know what you want them for. You're going to be very uncomfortable trying to dance in running shoes, for example, or go long-distance hiking in your office brogues. Computers aren't quite as specific, luckily, so you don't need a collection of them. Also, you can usu...
Jobs & Careers > Job Interviews Dress for success: What to wear to a job interview: 1 of 8

In a job interview, what you wear is as important as the skills you have to offer. In about one tenth of a second, your interviewer will decide how attractive, likeable, trustworthy, competent, and aggressive you are. And, as Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov at Princeton University showed in 2005, the decision will not ch...
Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging How to write for the Internet: 1 of 7

Writing content for the Internet is not the same as writing for newspapers or magazines. Yes, they are all media you read - but you use and read them in different ways. Taking an old print article you wrote and publishing it on the Internet is probably doing it a disservice - if you're a writer worth your salt, you'll either...
Travel > Africa & Middle East Destinations Travel destinations: South Africa: 3 of 15

South Africa is a perfect backdrop for a holiday designed to get you away from the grind, and the chances of good weather are very high. Revisit the past in a traditional Zulu village. Wander lonely as a cloud in the mountainous landscapes of the Drakensberg. Mingle with modern crowds in the heart of Cape Town's Waterfront. ...
Health & Fitness > Emotional Health & Wellbeing Stressed out? Here's how to survive: 1 of 5

It's time to throw out all those old-fashioned ideas about stress and start looking at it from a new perspective. Stress is great! Stress is wonderful! Stress is the best thing that could happen to you! I'm not kidding you either, I'm deadly serious. Did you know that getting married is more stressful than losing your job? T...
Computers & Technology > Hardware (Other) Pros and cons of thin clients: 1 of 5

A thin client is a program which uses a minimum of resources on a workstation in order to access a full-function program (fat client) on a remote computer. A typical example is webmail, where the thin client runs inside the browser in order to access a fully functional email program somewhere in the cloud. There are many adv...