The top audiobooks on Podioboks.com

I seem to be so busy these days (partly because I have entered the world of proper, grownup work) that I barely have time to shit, never mind sit around and actually read (other than the 10 minute commute to work, and the 6 minute commute to never never land) so this may provide somewhat of a solution.....The top audiobooks on Podioboks.com...now I can listen to 3rd rate authors when I'm in the gym, wrestling with the children or stalking the locals. Groovy.

One of the nice things about my work is that part of it means keeping an eye of things cool in the internet world....it intrigues me that most of my customers will not even consider using our website to find out about the quality of the education we offer, or what other students have said, but will instead turn to social networking sites instead. The Trust Barometer supports this notion, with the comment '"Person like yourself or peer" is seen as the most credible spokeperson about a company...'. I also like the fact that they refer to Europe as the skeptical continent (a little shaky geographical, but I know what they mean) with trust in business registered at 'dismally low levels'.

Did you know: Many legitimate findings from the IPCC scientists were frozen out of the IPCC report, according to the New Scientist, because the peer review process was so rigorous that research deemed controversial, not fully quantified or not yet incorporated into climate models was excluded. Such research findings include the physical collapse of the greenland icesheet, a shut down of the gulf stream and the release of green house gases from melting permafrost. One of the interesting things about the IPCC report preparation was the time spent arguing over whether it was 'extremely likely' or just 'likely' that humans were to blame for global warming, unusally the Brits wanted the go the 'extreme' route but the chinese and saudi's wanted it to be 'likely'. The eventual compromise was, wait for it, 'very likely'.

Reading: Just got my hands to two Charles Stross books - one scifi the other concerning his Cthulhuloid special agent. Excellent.

Watching: Casino Royale (7.5 out of 10), and about to watch the The Devil's Backbone, in preparation for watching Pan's Labyrinth.

Hurting: My feet, as I'm halfway through the preparation for a 10k race next weekend. That's right, my training period is a carefully thoughout and well planned (not) two weeks.