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ThinkingShift

A blog that covers topics from climate change to why our society is stuffed. Offers observations on why we are no longer curious and how our privacy...
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Flushing out the greenwash

ThinkingShift ― I’ve been taking a bit of a break from the ThinkingShift blog but you can still find me on the DailyOxford and ChinchillaBluePhotography blogs as well as on Twitter. Meanwhile, I’ve been working on doing a special post for a ThinkingShift... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on Oct 13th, 2010
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Taking a break

ThinkingShift ― So I’m still settling into my new life here in New Zealand. There’s been so much to do I simply haven’t had time to update the ThinkingShift blog. I’m going to take a break for awhile from this blog but you can still find me... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on Jul 1st, 2010
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Living in peace

ThinkingShift ― Dear reader. I continue to settle into my new country, New Zealand. I’ve been battling it out on a couple of fronts since arriving a few weeks ago, mainly with the removalist company that managed to damage or destroy quite a few of our items,... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on Jun 13th, 2010
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Back soon!

ThinkingShift ― I will be doing a looooong ranting blog post soon about the Australian removalist company that moved our household stuff here to New Zealand. Basically, some furniture was destroyed (an antique dining table, which as you know with antiques, once... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on Jun 4th, 2010
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Are you getting exactly what you pay for?

ThinkingShift ― Almost every product you buy is sold by weight, volume, length, count or area. This means that when you buy a product, you might not be getting exactly what you think you’re paying for. Let’s take a tub of potato salad as an example: you... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on May 29th, 2010
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Accidental spies

ThinkingShift ― Google’s feeling the heat in Germany and Australia. Co-founder, Sergey Brin, admitted that Google has “screwed up”. I guess that’s what you call it when you hack into 600GB of private wireless data, in over 30 countries,... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on May 25th, 2010
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NZ Spy Bill

ThinkingShift ― I’m trying to find out exactly how many CCTV cams are here in Christchurch, New Zealand. I’ve been told it’s 44. Certainly, 25 new cams were added to the CCTV network in 2009. In Oxford, where I’ll be living, I’ve yet to... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on May 24th, 2010
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Thinkingshift.com stuff

ThinkingShift ― I am “decommissioning” my website basically because this blog has far more readers. So I’m making all my thought pieces freely available in this post. Most of them are essays from a complexity perspective on various topics or they... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on May 19th, 2010
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Achtung Google!

ThinkingShift ― I’m watching with interest a simmering cat fight that could boil over soon. Germany is looking at Google, closely, very closely and the German Federal Commissioner for data protection and freedom of information, Peter Schaar, is not happy with... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on May 17th, 2010
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A rose may not be a rose

ThinkingShift ― Singapore-based blogging colleague, Marc of Creative Spark, sent me this article about hidden, unlisted chemicals in perfumes. It’s time for a perfume update anyway, so the article is very timely. I do have a liking for Chanel Coco but was... (more)
 Kimmar ― Posted on May 14th, 2010