An Age of Magic

The ‘email invite’

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Haven’t times changed with the advent of the internet? how many people these days bother to write a letter to a friend on the other side of the world? who can be bothered to wait over a week for it to arrive and then about three weeks for a reply to come back…?

Today we use the ‘email’ and the old way of writing a letter and posting it at the post office - called snail mail - is falling into history. It is a shame in many ways as a personally handwritten letter is much nicer to receive than an email I always think.

Even the way you issue party invitations has changed; we received a wedding invitation a year back - not via the postman, but by email. The couple emailed all their wedding invites. You have to admit this is a much cheaper option than the ‘old way’ - anyone recall just how expensive custom made invites were? and how much time it took to write them up and then post them off…?

Yes, the email-way has taken hold for sure; but you cannot make a souvenir out of an email invite can you?

Popularity: 44% [?]

Camera’s…they sure have changed

When you think back to the very first time a photograph was ever taken - back in 1826 by the French Chevalier brothers - the camera has to be considered one of the most significant inventions of mankind.

It has effectively recorded mans progress through the 19th and 20th century, capturing all those historic moments which made the 19th and 20 centuries the most interesting in the history of humankind. Before then we only had an artist’s impression or the written word…

But look at how the camera has evolved since that day in 1826 when the Chevalier’s took that first photo; it was on a sliding wooden box camera. Since then we have had Daguerrotypes and Lithographs; camera obscura’s and box brownies. Then later came the self-developing cameras and now we have the digital cameras with their compact flash and memory cards.

And they have all played a part in the last 200 years. Why? because we have the last 200 years on film.

Popularity: 38% [?]

Eat less and move more - how easy could it get?

Every day now one reads articles telling us how obesity levels are at an all time high amongst women, men and children. It is not hard to see why either…

Don’t blame it on genetics or environment - blame it on the fact that we, as a society, have simply become lazier in recent years.

It is no wonder that dietary formulas such as Fentraphen have become so popular; but people need to be very careful when taking these drugs without a doctors prescription.

Your health is too big a price to pay for being thin…

Popularity: 32% [?]