Pod coffee's bad taste for the planet
But what bugs me most about pods isn't the marketing. It's the needless waste. Those 186m capsules used in Britain last year all had to go somewhere. So far, most aren't going in the recycling. Dolce Gusto mixed-plastic capsules "cannot currently be recycled in the UK", though a spokesperson says Nestle is "exploring a number of possible solutions." Tassimo T-Discs are "fully recyclable with Terracycle," though so far there are only 40 UK recycling points.
Convenience comes with a price in both taste and the environment…
Summer's tasks begin
A homeowner.
A dad.
Doing the lawn on a Sunday afternoon, while my daughter plays on a blanket.
I’m middle-aged.
I’m happy.
View from London's Cheesegrater…
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Some fantastic images from RevStan here…
The Desk Agenda
A new plan for new productivity and a tidy workspace. Maybe.
Oh, hello, Tripepad. It’s been a while.
Turns out that a teeny-tiny baby (no so much any more) and an over-committed work schedule don’t leave much time for personal blogging. Who knew?
Anyway, I’m back. And I want to talk about… Well, desks.
In particular, this desk:
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My desk. In my study. In my house.[/caption]
This is my desk. There are many like it, but this is mine.
Or is it?
For a good chunk of the last week, my wife was working at it, while I played with Hazel. Her workspace is in the loving room, and it turns out that Daddy/daughter fun and university work do not make easy roomates. Again, who knew?
Aaaanyway, that lead to me doing a rapid clean of my desk to make it more hospitible to my more minimal wife, and that led in turn to this:
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Desk crud[/caption]
That’s all the junk I had to sweep away into a box just to achieve the semi-clear look you see above. So that needs sorting. And that’s the bad news.
The good news? Well, I work better and more efficiently in an empty workspace. So now I have a double incentive to keep on top of it: I can provide my wife with a quiet workspace when she needs it - and I’ll work better if I do so.
A plan, then: resolve to publish a picture of my workspace every Monday morning, as a motivator to kee it under control. Let’s see if it works…
