Fatherhood – ep.1 – the joy of fun

One of the joys of my life is my daughter and I find my outlook on life can, at times, follow the rollercoaster of the emotions of my 15 y.o. daughter.

Recently we have decided to install PAY TV for the first time ever. As a consequence the girl genius gets up each morning to get ready for school she has decided that she no longer wants to watch the morning news with all the quick churn. In it’s place she has discovered “Whos Line is it Anyway?” and spends a good part of the morning having a good giggle at the impov comedy.

Nothing I have found in this world makes me as happy & relaxed as hearing my daughter’s laughter. Somehow the world seems just a bit better, the sun a bit brighter, the weight I carry a bit lighter when my daughter is happy.

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A headset

A reminder that the words in this blog are all my own.

I work from home 3-4 days a week and am on many, many teleconferences literally any time of the day or night.

One of the must haves if you do work from home is a good headset.

My headset of choice is a Plantronics CS361N, because

• It is wireless – and if you want to make a coffee run whist on the phone you can,
• It is “over the head” dual ear – I like to focus on the call if I can and despite the fact I am in a small street it is at time, not very quite
• It will last many, many hours continuously – and I have needed it, hour upon hour of back to back meetings I think in the 3 years I have had it, it has gone flat just once
• It has a mute button on the headset – which I use when I am looking for that coffee etc. and I can answer a question when asked

Yes, it’s expensive – approx AU$400 depending on where you get it from, it is worth it.

After 3 years of using it – the headset part finally broke apart – and I ordered a replacement headset, which you can do (or even a spare headset if you really want to have one). It didn’t work. after calling the help desk of the manufacturer, they replaced it, no questions asked.

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