Townsend International, the owner of stresstips.com, now has a new blog which can be accessed at http://www.townsendinternational.com.au.

A few hours ago, on the 1st April 2011, I attempted to do an upgrade of this WordPress Blog to version 3.1. The upgrade failed and all I was able to see on my site were these heartless words: Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute. This was not a harmless April [...]

My stress is frequently lowered by the generosity of countless people online who take the time and make the effort to post solutions to problems and suggestions on how software and applications might be improved. It’s time for me to contribute to that effort. I am an avid user of the Amazon Kindle iPad app [...]

I believe a lot of unnecessary stress has been generated world wide by the reporting of Swine Flu and it has now been ramped up to a ridiculous frenzy. According to the best available medical evidence Swine Flu is a mild version of seasonal flu which goes through most countries during the colder months of [...]

I have just received an email from my good friend Niels Warren in Sydney who writes as follows: “My friend Peter Solness is an outstanding photographer.  I have just previewed an exhibition of Peter’s work which he calls “Illuminated Landscapes”. The photographs, composed at night with the aid of a hand-held torch, are truly beautiful. [...]