Author Archives: carlaawest

If you have a smart phone and are conscious of health, then you’ve most likely downloaded MyFitnessPal or at least heard of it at some point in your life. If not, let me give you the lowdown. Owned by Under Armour, MyFitnessPal is a web-based exercise and fitness social media app. It helps you trackContinue reading “MyFitnessEnemy”

As the UK implements a lockdown during this whole Coronavirus pandemic, people are finding that they have a lot (and I mean A LOT) of spare time. If you haven’t baked banana bread 3 times this week or turned into a personal trainer then congratulations to you. It wouldn’t be unusual for me to assumeContinue reading “Quarantine: Scream Time Reports”

Black Mirror. Pleaseeeeeee tell me you have seen at least one episode from this science fiction series on Netflix?! It examines modern society and the unanticipated consequences of new technologies. Super interesting and whatever way you think each story is headed, I know for a fact it’ll do a 360 and run in the oppositeContinue reading “Expectation vs RealiTEA”

Bonsai Trees. Aloe Vera. Mini Cacti. Peace Lilies. HAPPINESS. Let’s face it: plants are amazing and I have no shame in admitting I am an avid plant parent (and yes it’s a thing). I am not the only one who holds this proud parent title. Dubbed ‘Plantfluencers’, an increasing amount of millennials are leading theContinue reading “Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell(phone)”

2 consonants, 1 vowel, and a lot of people left baffled. I opened up google and decided to dig up some information on this whole Gif business. Least to say I ended up confused.com, and by that – I don’t mean the website. Every article, web-page and YouTube video all swayed towards a different pronunciationContinue reading ““It’s Gif not Gif” noooo it’s “Gif not Gif””

Storm Dennis. Two words, yet when googled it produces 414, 000, 000 results. Following Storm Ciara (which murdered my umbrella and left me drenched), Storm Dennis was also destined to batter Britain with his ferocious winds and heavy rain. He even provoked the Met Office to issue a National Severe Weather Warning. Seems serious andContinue reading “Storm Dennis the Menace *NOT CLICKBAIT*”

Monday. 9am. Is that my alarm that’s just gone off? Gross. I roll over to turn it off and straight away my beloved phone is back in my hand after 8 hours of sleep sadly put distance between us.  I instantly check my notifications on the home screen (some habits can’t be broken… oops) andContinue reading “How Algorithms Rule Your World”

“More than 80% of the content on the internet is English” – Fisherman (1998) This quote alone highlights that there is a clear dominance of English as the language on the internet. I am sure that in some point of your internet usage you have come across a website or social media application that isContinue reading “Multilingualism and Memes”