The best of the worst home inspection discoveries, courtesy of the ASHI Reporter.
Home Inspection Nightmares
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Home Inspection Nightmares
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
10 Easy Arithmetic Tricks
Math can be terrifying for many people. This list will hopefully improve your general knowledge of mathematical tricks and your speed when you need to do math in your head.
10 Easy Arithmetic Tricks
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How to Crack a "Master Lock" Combination Lock
If you’ve forgotten the combination to a Master Lock combination lock, you have a few options. If the lock isn’t locked onto anything, you can make a photocopy of the serial number and send that into Master Lock for the combination. If, however, your lock is attached to something, you can break the lock, call a locksmith, use a shim, or figure out the combination. Of these options, only the last will leave you with a usable lock without emptying your wallet.
How to Crack a "Master Lock" Combination Lock
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Number of Lefties Bounces Back
Lefties have been bouncing back in recent decades, following a decline in the beginning of the 20th century, a new study shows.
Number of Lefties Bounces Back
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IBM offers free Office Suite
IBM has revived the Lotus Symphony brand, applying it this time to its OpenOffice-derived word processor, spreadsheet and presentation programs.
IBM offers free office suite
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Top 10 Ways to Fire the Client From Hell
Clients are the lifeblood of any business. Without them, your venture simply doesn't exist. On the other hand, some clients are so bad that your business, not to mention your personal sanity, is better off without them. So what do you do when you have a client that pushes you to the brink? You fire them! Here's how to give 10 of the worst offenders the pink slip without burning bridges.
Top 10 Ways to Fire the Client From Hell
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
60+ Free Password Managers and Form Fillers
If you’re an active internet user with accounts on dozens of websites, chances are you already have dozens of user IDs and passwords to remember. An identity system like OpenID may eventually solve all your problems, but until that time you can make use of various tools to save your passwords and automatically fill out forms.
60+ Free Password Managers and Form Fillers
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Cancer-Proof Your Body
Recent research reveals 8 stealth strategies to keep the killer at bay. It's time to raise your carcinogen shields -- and your overall health -- using these smart anti-C moves.
Cancer-Proof Your Body
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Winamp Goes Where iTunes Doesn't Dare
Winamp 5.5 (Beta) sports two new and potentially controversial features: support for mp3 blogs and the ability to stream your music collection over the Internet.
read more | digg story
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5 Essential Things To Do In Space
Since Sputnik, planetary exploration has gone through several waxing and waning phases. The 1980s, for instance, might as well have been the dark side of the moon. The present looks brighter: dozens of probes from the world’s space programs have fanned out across the solar system, from Mercury to Pluto. But budget cuts, cost overruns and inconsistency of purpose have cast long shadows over NASA. At the very least the agency is going through its most unsettled period of transition since Nixon shot down the Apollo moon missions 35 years ago.
Are the world’s planetary exploration programs are on track? The list of goals that follows synthesizes their priorities.
5 Essential Things To Do In Space
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The Hormone That Helps You Read Minds
We've long accepted that hormones can make you amorous, aggressive, or erratic. But lately neuroscience has been abuzz with evidence that the hormone oxytocin -- which also acts as a neuromodulator -- can enhance at least one cognitive power: the ability to understand the gist of what others are thinking.
The hormone that helps you read minds
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Smelly Boyfriend? That's your Genes Talking
When it comes to a man's body odour, the fragrance or stench is in the nose of the beholder, according to US researchers.
Smelly boyfriend? That's your genes talking
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Monday, September 17, 2007
The Ultimate Resource Guide for Commuting by Bicycle
With the rise of oil prices and the growing ‘green’ movement, people everywhere are evaluating commuting to work by bicycle.
The Ultimate Resource Guide for Commuting by Bicycle
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How to Sleep On a Plane
Step 1: Book the right seat.
Read on....
How to Sleep On a Plane
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
Useful Items You Never Knew You Could Print Out
The definitive ultimate guide. Enjoy!
Useful Items You Never Knew You Could Print Out
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Get Out Stains with These Homemade Stain Removers
Stains. What I hate more than stains is paying $5 for a stain remover that never seems to do what it says on the box. "Surely there are better products I can make at home, using things I already have"?
Get Out Stains with These Homemade Stain Removers
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Quick Cleaning Solutions for Every Room
What to do around the house if you have 15 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour, or half a day to clean.
Quick Cleaning Solutions for Every Room
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Recreational Exercise and Pregnancy
A leaflet explaining the risks and benefits of recreational exercise, what to avoid and when to stop (during pregnancy and immediately after the birth).
Recreational Exercise and Pregnancy
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Tallest Building in the World
Dubai skyscraper reaches 555 metres; eclipsing Canada’s CN Tower
Tallest Building in the World
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Advice for Students: Taking Notes that Work
Note-taking is one of those skills that rarely gets taught. Teachers and professors assume either that taking good notes comes naturally or that someone else must have already taught students how to take notes. Then we sit around and complain that our students don’t know how to take notes.
Advice for Students: Taking Notes that Work
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
7 Ingenious Don't Drive Drunk Ads
Here are some of the most eye-catching ways advertisers are highlighting the dangers of alcohol, alcohol awareness and drunk driving awareness in recent ad programs.
Stop Your Boozing - 7 Ingenious Don't Drive Drunk Ads
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World's Worst Polluted Places 2007
From environmental health organization "Blacksmith". Worst is Sumgayit, Azerbaijan, followed by Linfen, China; Tianying, China; Sukinda, India; Vapi, India; La Oroya, Peru; Dzerzhinsk, Russia; Norilsk, Russia; Chernobyl, Ukraine; Kabwe, Zambia.
World's Worst Polluted Places 2007
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Underwater Lost Cities: 7 Submerged Urban Wonders of the World
A wealth of human history lies submerged in ancient cities at the bottoms of lakes, seas and oceans of the world. Some of these were sent into the water via earthquakes, tsunamis or other disasters thousands of years ago.
Underwater Lost Cities: 7 Submerged Urban Wonders of the World
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Clouds that look like UFOs
Lenticular clouds.
Clouds that look like UFOs
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Missing van Gogh Discovered
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, have discovered a painting by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) underneath the artist’s painting Ravine, owned by the MFA.
Missing van Gogh Discovered
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Why You Should Write Things Down
This is a reminder.
You probably already know all - or most - of this. But reminders can be useful.
Why You Should Write Things Down
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Survival Guide: Online Social Networking
Online social networking provides you with a venue to connect with people whom you already know, grow your relationships and find new people connected to you by a common contact. Effective utilisation of your personal network is no longer a competitive advantage, it is a survival tool.
Survival Guide: Online Social Networking
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7 Ways to Make Your Own Good Luck
When Napoleon was asked if he preferred courageous generals or brilliant generals, he replied neither. He preferred lucky generals. So, how do you get lucky?
7 Ways to Make Your Own Good Luck
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2007 Australian Federal Election
A federal election is anticipated to be held before the end of the year. You can be sure as the Australian parties get out on the hustings, babies will be kissed, doors knocked and hands vigorously shook -- but this election campaign is already a lot different to others, with digital media playing a new and important role.
Australian voters can have an intimate look at the parties, candidates and election issues, all in one Google location. These services, spanning Search, Maps, News, video, Earth, Trends, and iGoogle, enable voters to organise, find and share Australian election information more easily than ever.
2007 Australian Federal Election
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404 Error Pages: Reloaded
40 working examples of user-friendly, creative and outstanding 404 error pages - in a brief overview.
404 Error Pages: Reloaded
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Weird & Wonderful Word of the Week
Weird & Wonderful Word of the Week, Slang Word of the Week and other nerdy wordy things!
Weird & Wonderful Word of the Week
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Signs Stating the Obvious
Campaigners for the English language have attacked a growing tendency for "obvious" public information posters, such as a police sign urging people: "Don't Commit Crime."
Other examples highlighted by the Plain English Campaign, which fights for the effective use of English, include "Warning: Platform ends here" on the end of rail station platforms, and "May cause drowsiness" on sleeping pills.
Language defenders take aim at signs stating the obvious
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Luna 2, first spacecraft to Moon’s surface, launched 48 years ago
On September 13, 1959 (September 12, Moscow time, at 06:39:42 UTC), the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 was launched to the Moon. Thirty-three-and-one-half hours later, it impacted the Moon, the first spacecraft to reach the lunar surface.
Luna 2, first spacecraft to Moon’s surface, launched 48 years ago
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Fact or Fiction?: An Opera Singer's Piercing Voice Can Shatter Glass
Can the high C of a trained soprano quiver glass into dissolution?
Fact or Fiction?: An Opera Singer's Piercing Voice Can Shatter Glass
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Roundup of Federal Election websites
The Australian's Media section had an interesting roundup of the websites which are springing up to cover (and cash in on) the upcoming federal election. It says that Google is going to launch its own election website tomorrow, replete with "video footage, user-generated content and customised information feeds."
Roundup of Federal Election websites
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Rock the Podium
Wired's How to Wiki has some tips for public speaking by blogger, writer and Boing Boing editor Cory Doctorow.
Rock the Podium
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Russian 'sex day' to boost Births
The governor of Ulyanovsk region in Russia is offering prizes to couples who have babies in exactly nine months - on Russia's national day on 12 June. Sergei Morozov wants couples to take the day off work to have sex. If a baby is born on national day, they will receive cars, TVs or other prizes.
Russian 'sex day' to boost births
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GeoHive: Global Statistics
GeoHive is a site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Next to that there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena.
GeoHive: Global Statistics
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Oxford English Dictionary Adds New Words
Two categories:
1) Words in the fully revised range: proter-purposive
2) New words from across the alphabet
Oxford English Dictionary Adds New Words
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Endangered Species List is more bad News
More than one in three species assessed by the World Conservation Union is threatened with extinction, according to the group's latest "Red List" of endangered species.
Endangered Species List is more bad News
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Viva Las Vegas TV Documentary Promo Video
View the promo video for the' Viva Las Vegas' TV documentary to screen on ABC in the USA on September 18.
Viva Las Vegas TV documentary Promo Video
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Terrorist Organization Logos
Terrorist groups, like any organization, need brand identities. With so many groups claiming credit for terrorist acts, and so many videotapes being put out featuring men in ski masks, it’s hard to keep track of which group committed what violent act. So terrorist organizations have logos.
Terrorist Organization Logos
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Not a Word
It was an old tradition in encyclopedias to put in a fake entry to protect copyright. So when word leaked out that the second edition of the New Oxford American Dictionary contained a made-up word that starts with the letter “e,” an independent investigator set himself the task of sifting through NOAD’s thirty-one hundred and twenty-eight “e” entries in search of the phony.
Not a Word
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Microsoft Office Tips Roundup
Helpful tips to do some of those tricky, pesky things.
Microsoft Office Tips Roundup
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The World According to Americans
With all due apologies to my American friends...but is this one of the new maps Miss North Carolina(?) was talking about? This was posted by a kangaroo...
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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta Whitepaper
This white paper presents an overview of Windows Vista SP1 and the improvements it contains.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta Whitepaper
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The World’s Most Shark-Infested Beaches
Planning a vacation?
The World’s Most Shark-Infested Beaches
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14 Great Programs You Didn't Even Know You Needed
It's the little things that frustrate. No need to endure the same tiresome annoyances and petty, repetitious tasks because you don't know that something better lies just over the next download. Don't assume that what you have is as good as it gets.
14 Great Programs You Didn't Even Know You Needed
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Coping with the Common Cold
These five suggestions are intended to help you cope with the common cold. They will provide some comfort, and they may reduce the lengthy time the common cold usually takes to run its course.
Coping with the Common Cold
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Filter By File Type in Windows Explorer with QT ToolBar
Windows only: Freeware application QT ToolBar adds quite a few file manipulation and filtering techniques to Windows Explorer. With QT ToolBar you can enter a specific file extension and select all similar files in bulk.
Filter By File Type in Windows Explorer with QT ToolBar
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Polar bears feel heat of climate change
The world's polar bear population could be reduced by two-thirds within 50 years if predictions of melting sea ice hold true, a new report says.
Polar bears feel heat of climate change
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Australia impatiently awaits iPhone launch
Apple will not be selling its iPhone in Australia till early 2008 but an increasing number of hacks and cracks, which allow the phone to be used on local networks, have allowed the wealthy few to get their hands on a device that has already become a top seller in the US.
Australia impatiently awaits iPhone launch
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Australia's Oldest Printed Document Returns Home
The Canadian Prime Minister has presented the National Library with the oldest surviving document printed in Australia.
Australia's oldest printed document returns home
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Where the Grass is Greener
With low crime, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed transport and communications infrastructure, Canada and Australia are home to the most liveable destinations in the world. Four of the ten most liveable cities surveyed by the Economist Intelligence Unit are in Australia, and two of the top five are Canadian. Vancouver is the most attractive destination, with a liveability index of just 1.3% and Melbourne is second at 1.8%.
Where the Grass is Greener
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Tennis balls: Little. Yellow. Useful.
Many household items have earned a spot in the ultimate do-it-yourself toolbox: duct tape, vinegar, lemon juice, aluminum foil, wire hangers; but there's one multi-task tool that many people might overlook: the tennis ball.
Tennis balls: Little. Yellow. Useful.
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Education News, Sep 2007
This newsletter from ABS Education Services highlights the latest curriculum related teaching resources, student activities and statistical tools that have been developed by ABS Education Services as well as other ABS resources that are useful for schools.
Education News, Sep 2007
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Ecoregions prioritised for Conservation, in the Arctic
Ecoregions represent large areas with geographically characteristic fauna, flora and climate - both marine and terrestrial. This graphic presents the ecoregion definitions identified by the World Wildlife Fund and associated experts, and specifically those ecoregions that have been designated as priority areas (Global 200 database) for conservation. This means that these ecoregions represent unique biodiversity characteristics, and also that there is a threat from human activities.
Ecoregions prioritised for conservation, in the Arctic
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10 Ways Your Resume Irks Hiring Managers
Job seekers do themselves a disservice when they send out resumes with more information than they need. Most employers don't have the time or patience to sift through the irrelevant details. Here are 10 things your resume could do without:
10 Ways Your Resume Irks Hiring Managers
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13 Step Method For Buying A Car
It works only if you truly are willing to walk away...and then refuse to bend when they try to put you off or change the terms. Stay civil, do not let any emotion in.
13 Step Method For Buying A Car While Controlling The Sale And The Price
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21 Ways to Add More Hours to the Day
A twenty five hour day isn’t coming any time soon. As long as your feet stay planted on the ground here, twenty four is all you’re going to get. However, with a bit of skill you can squeeze out a couple more hours to add to your day. Here’s how:
21 Ways to Add More Hours to the Day
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Sunday, September 09, 2007
How to Recover from a Fumble at Work
Let’s be honest: we all make the occasional mistake at work. Some of us, more than others.
Some people say things “fell through the cracks” or they “dropped the ball”. Whatever you call it, making a mistake at work is a stressful, frustrating experience. Yes, it happens to all of us from time to time. The important thing to remember is that mistakes can not simply be ignored. They must be dealt with.
How to Recover from a Fumble at Work
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Secrets & Features of iTunes 7.4
Coinciding with yesterday’s major product announcement, Apple has now also released its latest version of iTunes. This new version provides the necessary device support for the new iPod nano, iPod classic, and iPod touch, as well as a number of other new features.
Secrets & Features of iTunes 7.4
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12 Things to Do with Coca Cola
Coca Cola (the real one) is not only great to drink, it also has many uses around the home.
This list of uses was tested on ordinary, original Coca Cola, not the diet kind, or any of the variations there are available.
12 Things to Do with Coca Cola
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Saturday, September 08, 2007
Dumb Bank Robber
09-06-2007 Little Rock , Arkansas
Security cam shows a man walking into a bank and handing a note to the teller that said this is a robbery , give me the money. What the robber didn't notice was a Police officer "in uniform" to his left.
Dumb Bank Robber Video
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The Hamburger Method of Constructive Criticism
When offering a critique, you begin with a constructive compliment on something the person does well (Otherwise known as the fluffy bun part). You then get to the meat of the matter, which of course is the constructive criticism part. Finally, you end with another constructive compliment (i.e. the other half of the fluffy bun).
Hamburger Method of Constructive Criticism … Works for Vegetarians Too!
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Bush confuses Austria and Australia in latest gaffe
The US president thanked Australian premier John Howard for visiting 'Austrian troops' in Iraq.
Bush confuses Austria and Australia in latest gaffe
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Funny typo on Greeting Card Catalog Cover
"Reliability ...always upholding the highest standards for every detal."
Funny typo on greeting card Catalog Cover
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Eight Steps to Thriving on Information Overload
“So how do I keep on top of everything that’s happening?” In a world in which the pace of developments and amount of information available in any given domain is soaring out of sight, it’s a very valid question.
Eight steps to thriving on information overload
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Power Your Gadgets From An Airplane Headphone Jack
The Inflight USB Power Unit connects directly to the headphone jack found in the armrests of most commercial airplane seats and passes power to your gadgets via a USB connection. It would be convenient as hell to have outlets at every seat instead of headphone jacks, but now you can get the best of both worlds.
Power Your Gadgets From An Airplane Headphone Jack
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Friday, September 07, 2007
Aust Bees blamed for missing US Colonies
It has being suggested that Australian bee exports to the United States could have contributed to the disappearance of billions of bees.
Colonies have been vanishing en masse in the US, and a report published in the online edition of the Science magazine says the bees might have been struck by a virus unknowingly imported from Australia.
Aust Bees blamed for missing US Colonies
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Dive Into the Wired How To Wiki
The Wired How To Wiki, a collaborative site dedicated to the burgeoning DIY culture. Here you'll find all kinds of projects, hacks, tricks and tips on how to live, work and play better.
Wired How To's
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10 Big Lessons from Little Kids
Have you ever watched a child completely engrossed in a project? They have the unusual ability to be serious about what they’re doing without taking it too seriously. You can do the same with your life. You can live every day with more focus, and every week with more motivation.
10 Big Lessons from Little Kids
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Science Elements
Science elements is a weekly podcast from the American Chemical Society which covers a wide range of topics such as cholesterol, bitterness in coffee, biofuels, drug delivery, fluorescent sensors and plastics recycling.
Science Elements
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20 Tools to Get the Junk Off Your PC
All that crud on your system is slowing it down and, likely as not, producing mysterious problems. Here are some great tools you can use to take out the trash!
20 Tools to Get the Junk Off Your PC
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Powerful Ads from Around the World
It appears that some of the most creative and inventive advertising is coming from nonprofits these days. Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign and work towards the international recognition and support of human rights. Take a look at some of their most creative and attention getting advertising campaigns.
Stopping Torture, Murder and Mayhem - Powerful Ads from Around the World
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How Much Booze Is Good For You?
Light Drinking Helps Health, But A Little Too Much Is Far Worse Than None.
Light drinking helps heart health. But more than one drink a day for women and more than two daily drinks for men are harmful.
How Much Booze Is Good For You?
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Early to Bed, early to Rise: That’s Bad!
According to a Japanese research study, people who regularly awaken before 5 a.m. had an increase in the chance of developing serious medical conditions such as heart attack, high blood pressure/hypertension, and stroke.
iTWire - Early to bed, early to rise: that’s bad!
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Thursday, September 06, 2007
Industrial Disputes, Australia
Statistics on the number of industrial disputes, workings days lost and employees involved in industrial disputes.
Industrial Disputes, Australia, June 2007
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Science of Boomerangs - How to Throw - How to Make
Science of Boomerangs: How to Make & Throw the Aussie Magic. Throwing a boomerang is part science, part magic — and, as Eric Darnell knows, so is making one.
Science of Boomerangs - How to Throw - How to Make
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How to Write Faster, Better, and Easier
If you are a writer, you’ve probably wished that you could write faster, better, and easier. This system is about being organized and prepared. This will allow your ideas to flow at their fastest rate.
How to Write Faster, Better, and Easier
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Psychological "torture bible" published in 1961 Reappears
If you were to begin researching interrogation, interviewing, and brainwashing techniques, you would eventually notice that one particular interesting-sounding volume appears over and over again in the relevant bibliographies: something called The Manipulation of Human Behavior, published in 1961 [by John Wiley & Sons].
Psychological "torture bible" published in 1961 reappears online
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The First Photograph
Long before the first public announcements of photographic processes in 1839, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a scientifically-minded gentleman living on his country estate near Chalon-sur-Saône, France, began experimenting with photography. Fascinated with the craze for the newly-invented art of lithography which swept over France in 1813, he began his initial experiments by 1816.
The First Photograph
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Smashing 1st Anniversary Giveaway
Smashing Magazine has contacted designers and developers and asked them to celebrate their anniversary with them — giving away some software packages, licenses, accounts and credits. What came out of it is 48 presents they are happy to give you for free.
How can I participate?"
Smashing 1st Anniversary Giveaway
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The Critical 7 Rules To Understand People
Most people tend to make the same mistakes. These mistakes are frequent enough that they create conflicts later. Remembering these seven rules will help you avoid these mistakes.
The Critical 7 Rules To Understand People
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007
How Fast Does Language Change?
Language changes through variation. Some people say sneaked, others say snuck. The two forms may coexist for a long time, almost forever, or one of them may be considered snobbish, and, once the snobs die out, the form will go to rest with them.
How Fast Does Language Change?
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Snapped Before Impact
This is a shot of a yellow plane nose diving into the ground, it was snapped a few microseconds before the impact. Through the window you can see the pilot and co-pilot bracing themselves for the inevitable collision with the ground.
Snapped Before Impact
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Google’s 10 Oddest Patents
Google has a number of patents listed at the USPTO that have little to do with search - things like a waterproof cellular telephone case, or a medical instrument that can be “introduced into an animal or human body.”
Google’s 10 Oddest Patents
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10 Tech Skills you should develop during the next Five Years
If you want a job where you can train in a particular skill set and then never have to learn anything new, IT isn't the field for you. But if you like to be constantly learning new things and developing new skills, you're in the right business. In the late 80s, NetWare and IPX/SPX administration were the skills to have. Today, it's all about TCP/IP and the Internet.
10 Tech Skills you should develop during the next Five Years
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Woman visits her own Heart
Transplant patient Jennifer Sutton paid a visit to an exhibition in London called The Heart today, mainly to check out a particular item on display - her own heart.
Woman visits her own Heart
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Password Policies. Once again.
Recently in the newsgroups (news:microsoft.public.security, to be specific) the question of password polices and the out-of-box defaults came up. The poster lamented a number of things: that Microsoft doesn't enable account lockout by default, that they don't have a built-in mechanism for automatically disabling unused accounts, that the 42-day default expiration is troublesome.
Password Policies. Once again.
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Traffic lights see into the Future
A traffic system that predicts whether two cars will collide could help motorists avoid crashes, especially at intersections that lack lights or signs.
Traffic lights see into the future
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Jul 2007
In trend terms, short-term visitor arrivals to Australia during July 2007 (468,300 movements) decreased 0.5% compared with June 2007 (470,600 movements). Currently, short-term visitor arrivals are 3.0% higher than in July 2006.
Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia, Jul 2007
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"Storm worm" adds millions of Computers to Botnet
The authors behind a specific strain of malware are trying every trick in the book to get users to succumb to their ill-meaning plans. You name it, they've used it: weather news, personal greetings, reports that Saddam Hussein is still alive, reports that Fidel Castro is dead, sexy women, YouTube, and even blogs. The group seems hellbent on creating the largest botnet to date, and they just might do it.
"Storm worm" adds millions of computers to botnet
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How to Learn More and Study Less
Time spent studying does not equal learning.
More studying time won’t help if the way you are studying is flawed to begin with.
How to Learn More and Study Less
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From Egg To Chicken… The Cycle of Life…
Two neat articles from Quedat.
From Egg To Chicken… The Cycle of Life…
and
25 of The World’s Most Interesting Animals
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Monday, September 03, 2007
Air Show Collision
(Sept. 1) - Two small planes collided during an acrobatic display at an air show in Poland on Saturday, killing both pilots. Photos and Video follow.
Air Show Collision
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Longest Word in the Dictionary
“What’s the longest word in the dictionary?”
“It depends on what counts as a ‘word,’ and it depends on the dictionary.” That answer doesn’t satisfy most people, since the follow-up question is typically something like, “No, really, is it antidisestablishmentarianism or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?”
Longest Word in the Dictionary
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Muslim Journeys in Australia
From the Afghan camel drivers who helped open the Australian continent's vast interior, to the Turkish families who answered a call for willing workers in the 1970s, Muslims have contributed much to Australian life. They journeyed to an unfamiliar land, bravely seeking opportunities in a culture inclined to view them with suspicion. Their surprising stories of adventure and adversity can be explored through the rich collections of the National Archives.
Muslim Journeys in Australia
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Pussy in the Well?
Jennifer and Jim kept getting huge water bills. They knew beyond a doubt that the bills weren't representative of their actual usage. But no matter how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued. Although they could see nothing wrong, they had everything checked for leaks or problems: first the water meter, then outdoor pipes, indoor pipes, underground pipes, taps, toilets, washing machine and dishwasher - all to no avail.
Pussy in the Well ?
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