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ARTICLES FROM 2024
Q2 2024 (Apr - Jun)
Stop Being a Slave to Your Smartphone by Restricting Sound Notifications to Phone Calls and Texts…
Stop Being a Slave to Your Smartphone by Restricting Sound Notifications to Phone Calls and Texts…
Many of us are unnecessarily bombarded with so many sound notifications from all our apps on our smartphones.
Shon Ellerton
May 28
How Joe Escaped From his Niche to Being Promoted
How Joe Escaped From his Niche to Being Promoted
This is a story about a technical guy who created a niche for himself through years of hard work, but somehow, never got promoted.
Shon Ellerton
Apr 4
A Clear and Concise Position Description Will Always Get You the Right Person for the Job
A Clear and Concise Position Description Will Always Get You the Right Person for the Job
So many role briefs which are so complicated, irrelevant, or vague, that it’s hardly surprising that no person can be found for the job.
Shon Ellerton
Apr 2
Ward Off Pesky Flies with the Invincible Fly Shield
Ward Off Pesky Flies with the Invincible Fly Shield
Finally, the solution to dealing with pesky flies and mosquitoes!
Shon Ellerton
Mar 31
Q1 2024 (Jan - Mar)
Lower the Bar to Get Ahead
Lower the Bar to Get Ahead
If everybody had such high standards of mental and physical attributes, getting ahead would be that much more difficult.
Shon Ellerton
Mar 25
How Changing a Toilet Roll Determines One’s Personality
How Changing a Toilet Roll Determines One’s Personality
A fun and quick way to determine your or someone else’s personality through the act of changing a toilet roll.
Shon Ellerton
Mar 17
How I Got Nearly Arrested for Threatening a Snowflake
How I Got Nearly Arrested for Threatening a Snowflake
Never did I realise that I could be threatening someone simply by looking at a name badge.
Shon Ellerton
Mar 9
Why Not Spend Your Holiday at the Grand Wizard Pool?
Why Not Spend Your Holiday at the Grand Wizard Pool?
We’ve got a great suggestion for anyone’s bucket list of places to go for holiday. The little-known Grand Wizard Pool!
Shon Ellerton
Mar 2
Your Physical Fitness Is More Important Than Your Work
Your Physical Fitness Is More Important Than Your Work
You can be the ultimate workaholic, but if you have poor physical fitness, than your work is going to suffer big time.
Shon Ellerton
Feb 24
Am I Really Twisting Solid Metal In My Mind?
Am I Really Twisting Solid Metal In My Mind?
The strange feeling that one could be bending something solid just by thinking about it.
Shon Ellerton
Feb 20
My Total Obsession and Perseverance with Mountaineering
My Total Obsession and Perseverance with Mountaineering
I had this crazy obsession with climbing mountains but I look back at the power of perseverance, obsession, and failure.
Shon Ellerton
Feb 16
I Enjoy the Show, but Don’t Expect Me to Cheer and Scream
I Enjoy the Show, but Don’t Expect Me to Cheer and Scream
Just because I’m not jumping around nor screaming my head off like a lunatic, it doesn’t mean I’m not enjoying the performance.
Shon Ellerton
Feb 10
Why I Started BJJ and How It Relates to Freemasonry
Why I Started BJJ and How It Relates to Freemasonry
Having recently started BJJ, I have found many parallels with Freemasonry in terms of friendship and respect.
Shon Ellerton
Feb 5
Want to Drive Like a Retard? Come to Australia!
Want to Drive Like a Retard? Come to Australia!
Australians need to stop taking it up the arse when it comes to fighting back against ever-increasing draconian road speed limits.
Shon Ellerton
Jan 28
The Reason Why It’s on Sale, is because there’s Usually Something Wrong With It
The Reason Why It’s on Sale, is because there’s Usually Something Wrong With It
If something’s on sale or on discount, I can almost nearly guarantee that something’s wrong with it. Or simply, nobody wants it.
Shon Ellerton
Jan 22
The Annoying Trend of YouTubers Ignoring Full Stops
The Annoying Trend of YouTubers Ignoring Full Stops
For all you YouTubers out there. Please stop ignoring the full stop at the end of the sentence. It is there for a reason.
Shon Ellerton
Jan 15
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