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Keeping it in the room: health, happiness and living in Berlin

Monthly archives: November 2010

25 November 2010 / 11 comments

Game of risk? How to keep yourself safe from HIV

Next Wednesday is World Aids Day, and with it comes more reminders that we need to keep ourselves safe.

11 November 2010 / 1 comment

The perfect storm?

A few days ago, @adebradley posed a question on twitter: he wondered what people aim to get out of a twitterstorm. The point being: is creating a kerfuffle on twitter simply preaching to the converted, as they furiously retweet?

4 November 2010 / 2 comments

One more essential cycle safety tip

After all my cycle tips from yesterday, I thought of one more thing to keep you safe on the road… gloves. They don’t just keep your hands warm. Think what happens if you were to come off – the first … Continue reading

3 November 2010 / 4 comments

8 essential cycle safety tips

Today in London, London Underground workers are on strike. I actually don’t know why, but they seem to have done it a lot recently, and each time, there are more inexperienced cyclists on the road than last time.