Category Archives: Cultural Differences

Open All Hours

Posted on August 16, 2015 by adriangstewart

After graduating I joined IBM as a mainframe salesman – The IBM employee handbook stated that we all had “a job for life”, and we were looking forward to it. The internet and mobile phones were yet to be invented, when … Continue reading →

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Ex Machina – the movie.

Posted on May 2, 2015 by adriangstewart

Battlestar Galactia  introduced us to Cylons – artificial beings created by man and determined to destroy man.         Ex Machina contemplates advanced machines that speak, move, think and feel. The prototype aptly named Ava has been developed … Continue reading →

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‘Biking While Sexy’ …. Guilty or Innocent?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by adriangstewart

Recently it was claimed by a Dutch woman that she was stopped by a police officer for cycling while wearing a short skirt and was then threatening with a ticket for distracting motorists. After a short social media frenzy it turned out … Continue reading →

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The Big Day

Posted on April 25, 2011 by adriangstewart

Living as I do here in the USA, it has fascinated me to see the enthusiasm that has developed for the Royal Wedding this Friday.  It fascinates me because I am English and surely therefore my enthusiasm should be the … Continue reading →

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The Return of Alfa Romeo

Posted on April 20, 2011 by adriangstewart

If you can remember The Graduate from 1967 you will know it featured….. the Alfa Romeo Spider an iconic red Italian sports car from a time when product placement was yet to be invented….. FIAT have a 30% stake in Chrysler which … Continue reading →

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888 Gigabyte iPad2 !!

Posted on April 4, 2011 by adriangstewart

Paper replicas of Apple’s iPad 2 have sold out in Malaysia during a ceremony to honour the dead. During the Qing Ming Festival, Chinese communities pay tribute to their ancestors by burning fake money and symbols of luxury items. These normally include … Continue reading →

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