Uncama’s Adventure [in Wonderland]

On page 4969 (in volume 7) of Arthur Mee’s Children’s Encyclopedia is a collection of short “stories told to Kaffir children”. Included is “Uncama’s Adventure”:

Uncama was a bold hunter, and, finding that a strange animal came every night to his garden and rooted up his plants, he lay in wait for it and pursued it. The strange animal ran down a great hole by the side of a river, and Uncama followed it, and entered a wonderful country underneath the Earth. [Click here to continue reading]

National Survey for Wales

I received this charmingly interactive set of results from the National Survey for Wales. Click here to read the results and my responses.

Violating Expectations

This was an interesting concept that was raised in Youtube collaboration between Matt D’Avella and Thomas Frank in a video on “How to Become a Productivity Master“. I’ve watched a number of videos by these two guys individually and they often provide me with food for thought, although I also feel like “self-help” videos such as these are often just sharing what the creators have figured out which we would actually benefit more from figuring out on our own, without resorting to the internet for answers; this is a bad habit to get into (obviously I’m telling you this because I too am now sharing something I’ve learned about myself!) [Click here to continue reading]