Boxing Day Origins, Queen Victoria and Corporation tax
Do you know where Boxing Day comes from?
Apparently, Boxing Day originated in England in the 19th century, when Queen Victoria ruled. They made the 26th of December a holiday, and on this day boxes were filled with gifts and money for servants and tradespeople.
I’m not sure why tradespeople benefited from this… I mean, what if at trade person was doing very well for themselves? Did they also get a cash bonus on this day?
Ironically now it’s the other way around: now trades people have to pay the Queen every year (corporation tax).
But not Queen Victoria of course.
My name is Jose Gonzalez
I have something quite amusing to report. I am trialling out some speech to text software – to be specific: Dragon Nuance Naturally Speaking. It can be a little daft at times, but when it works it can be a great tool.
I just tried saying: ‘My name is Jose Gonzalez‘.
Do you know what it typed onto the page? Can you guess?
This is what ‘Dragon’ has to say about me:
My name is awesome and valid.
I’m quite an agreement with the software to be completely honest and I don’t see why I should teach it to spell my name when it can obviously substitute my name with something equally worthy and adequate.
Job well done, ‘Dragon’ software makers!
Awesome and valid
Christmas day 2008
Today is a perfect day for reflecting upon what has been, and for imagining what is to be.