Blue Monday

The saddest day of the year?

Rahman Mohamed

This week is the third week of 2024. It began with ‘Blue Monday’. In 2005 Sky Travel, a UK company, labelled the third Monday of the year as the saddest day of the year. There’s no science behind it but it might have some validity it the Northern hemisphere and being at the start of year.

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Bring on the Biometrics: The Security of the Future

Fingers: using the key or become the key?
Rahman Mohamed

26 years ago 2015 was predicted.  It included super advanced transportation and robots.  But it also foresaw home entry.  According to Back to the Future 2 on October 21st of this year all homes will have doorbells but entry will be keyless.  They’ll be opened with a touch of the finger.  We’ll also be identified without a card.  How close are we to that?

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The Sabbatical: A Secret

Multiple Sabbaths that help you improve the world you leave behind
Rahman Mohamed

Everyone wants to take one but few know what it is.  There you are, working but bored.  You want to travel, see the world.  You want to tell your boss what you want to do but you don’t want to quit (and you don’t want to be fired).  The answer: a sabbatical Continue reading