Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why….

    …words that will bring any grown mother to her knees sobbing.  My daughter is now 3.5 and we have been suffering this for the last 6 months.  I don’t want to stifle her curiosity.  One of the biggest things I want her to develop is a natural curiosity to learn, I do want her to…

  • What does your iphone say about you?

    My hubby was given a hand me down iphone3, which we were very grateful to receive. However, as usual I was left to sort it out. Bless him, he can barely send emails with attachments. Long story short after nearly bricking it, we had to have it unlocked and I was told under no circumstance…

  • Toddlers Seek and Find App – Review

    Available from I-tunes for .59p I hate writing bad reviews, but I was sent the Toddlers Seek and Find App by Wonderkind to try out.  I have to say I wasn’t that impressed.  It really doesn’t do that much.  There are 3 areas to explore:  My Farm, My Forest and My Zoo.  Children just click…

  • Outsourcing Call Centers

    This is one of my pet peeves.  I had an issue that I needed to ring that bank about today and my call was routed outside of the UK.  This isn’t what bothers me, as I have been very satisfied on numerous occasions, what bothers me is that we’re so hypersensitive to being PC, that…

  • Would you vaccinate your children?

    Madame had her jabs today (Dip Booster, MMR 2 and PPT).  I didn’t break the news to her until we were in the car on the way to the surgery.  The nurse was brilliant explaining that she needed them to go to ‘big’ school.  Overall, she was very brave and only a few small tears. …

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