Some people buy too much, some people buy too little. That’s the overbuyer / underbuyer split.
11 tips cutting down the number of things you buy
Thursday, April 10, 2008
11 tips cutting down the number of things you buy
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7 Simple Ways To Burst Out of Bed Each Morning
Way before the sun peeks over the horizon, a few chosen people awaken from their slumber and dive head first into their day. These chosen few accomplish a ton before the rest of us would ever consider rising from our nice warm beds.
7 Simple Ways To Burst Out of Bed Each Morning
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Rescue Lost or Damaged Photos with Zero Assumption
Windows only: Zero Assumption Recovery is a simple tool that can be a serious lifesaver, especially if you've just accidentally formatted a memory card or came home from vacation to a supposedly empty camera. The free download does what many professional (and costly) image recovery programs do, running through memory blocks and piecing together scattered pictures, then dumping them in a folder of your choosing.
Rescue Lost or Damaged Photos with Zero Assumption
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Baby born with 2 faces in Northern India
A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday.
Baby born with 2 faces in Northern India
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Gurgles and growls? Decode your body noises
Your jaw pops like a bowl of Rice Krispies, in meetings, at mealtime, even during candlelight moments. Is it a joint that needs fixing, or just an annoying sound you can live with? Most body noises, although embarrassing, are harmless. Occasionally, they’re a signal that something’s not quite right. Health Magazine decodes what your body is telling you, from top to bottom, and what to do about it.
Gurgles and growls? Decode your body noises
Posted by Blacky at 9:08 pm 0 comments
Randy Pausch's Time Management Tricks
According to his doctors, computer science professor Randy Pausch has three to six months to live due to cancer, and in this video lecture he shares his tips for making the most of your time, "the most precious commodity you have."
Randy Pausch's Time Management Tricks
Posted by Blacky at 9:02 pm 0 comments
10 ways to explain things more effectively
In the course of your work, you may sometimes need to explain technical concepts to your customers. Having them understand you is important not only for technical reasons, but also to ensure customer satisfaction.
10 ways to explain things more effectively
Posted by Blacky at 9:00 pm 0 comments
Easter Egg: Firefox 3 Beta 5 Easter Egg
Intrepid testers using Firefox 3 beta 5: type about:robots into the address bar to get a fun page of robotic references.
Easter Egg: Firefox 3 Beta 5 Easter Egg
Posted by Blacky at 9:11 am 0 comments
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
The Top 25 Blogs - Time.com's First Annual Blog Index - TIME
From millions of blogs about nothing, we've selected the 25 best about something—from politics and global affairs to shopping and sports. And, yes, we've got a few about nothing, too.
The Top 25 Blogs - Time.com's First Annual Blog Index - TIME
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Top 10 Wired Reader Night Photos
Unlike vampires, photos rarely come out at night. After two weeks of steady battle, these 10 photos have emerged victorious. Jason J. Corneveaux won the contest with his photo "The Needles at Night".
Top 10 Wired Reader Night Photos
Posted by Blacky at 6:46 am 0 comments
12 Tips to Create a Sleep Haven
Don't just fall into bed. Use these guidelines to make your bedroom a place of utter respite.
12 Tips to Create a Sleep Haven
Posted by Blacky at 6:41 am 0 comments
Monday, April 07, 2008
My Essential Twitter Tools
Many conversations are shifting to Twitter. Twitter is extensible, and many third-party developers are creating tools around the simple data being exported for a variety of unique applications.
My Essential Twitter Tools
Posted by Blacky at 6:37 am 0 comments
10 Things You Can Do to Cheer Yourself Up
Whether you have the winter blues, you're suffering from a disappointment, or you're just feeling a little down, we all have times when we could use a little lift. Here are 10 ideas to get you back on the upswing.
10 Things You Can Do to Cheer Yourself Up
Posted by Blacky at 6:36 am 0 comments
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Those lazy husbands
A University of Michigan study concludes that the average U.S. husband makes seven more hours of housework for the average wife; while wives save husbands an hour of housework each week.
iTWire - Those lazy husbands: Michigan study proves it, kinda!
Posted by Blacky at 8:51 am 0 comments
Saturday, April 05, 2008
3 Resources for Switchers
Of course, for web workers “switcher” generally means one thing: people who used to use Windows PCs who are beginning to use a Mac instead.
Archive 3 Resources for Switchers
Posted by Blacky at 10:23 am 0 comments
Friday, April 04, 2008
HMAS Sydney II - Photo Gallery
First ever underwater pictures of HMAS Sydney II.
HMAS Sydney II, Finding Sydney Foundation - Photo Gallery
Posted by Blacky at 9:29 am 0 comments
The Origin of Menopause: Why Do Women Outlive Fertility?
The origin of menopause has puzzled evolutionary biologists for the last half-century. Three new studies attempt illumination. The real question, though, is probably not: Why menopause? Rather, it is: Why do women long outlive their fertility?
The Origin of Menopause: Why Do Women Outlive Fertility?
Posted by Blacky at 9:26 am 0 comments
Thursday, April 03, 2008
16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School
Sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school.
16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School
Posted by Blacky at 11:22 pm 0 comments
6 Habits To Avoiding And Overcoming Procrastination
In short procrastination is a habit if you will, a very bad habit, that consists in putting off something for the next day. Procrastination is to blame for most of our productivity problems and yet it seems that very few people actually do something about it.
6 Habits To Avoiding And Overcoming Procrastination
Posted by Blacky at 10:16 am 0 comments
25 Wonderful Places To Visit In Your Lifetime!
Have you ever dreamt of visiting any of your favorite places? Most often, you will hear these words from your friends, family members or any others. Every one of us desire to visit our favorite places in the lifetime. It is the dream of every human being.
25 Wonderful Places To Visit In Your Lifetime!
Posted by Blacky at 7:33 am 0 comments
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
The Mythical Daily Water Requirement
No studies indicate that people should drink eight glasses of water a day. Where that number came from no one seems to know. But in the end, it turns out to be all wet.
The Mythical Daily Water Requirement
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April Fools’ Day Roundup
April Fools’ Day jokes have a long tradition on the Internet, dating back to at least RFC1149, “A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers” in 1990. Depending on your temperament, you may see these as either an amusing diversion, a great nuisance, or something in between.
April Fools’ Day Roundup
Posted by Blacky at 10:18 am 0 comments
Sunday, March 30, 2008
British Airways loses 15-20,000 bags since Thursday at supremely b0rked Heathrow Terminal 5
The much-ballyhooed opening of Heathrow's £4 billion Terminal 5 has been a debacle. British Airways has canceled 208 flights since Thursday, and has "stranded" between 15,000 and 20,000 bags. Area hotels are crammed with stuck BA passengers and are gouging on pricing, prompting BA to lift its stingy (and possibly illegal) £100 limit on hotels for stuck passengers. This is the terminal with the that just cancelled its crackpot fingerprinting procedure -- passengers are fingerprinted at check-in and at boarding.
British Airways loses 15-20,000 bags since Thursday at supremely b0rked Heathrow Terminal 5
Posted by Blacky at 8:22 am 0 comments
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Top 5 reasons why “The Customer Is Always Right” is wrong
The phrase “The customer is always right” was originally coined by Harry Gordon Selfridge, the founder of Selfridge’s department store in London in 1909, and is typically used by businesses to:
Convince customers that they will get good service at this company
Convince employees to give customers good service
Fortunately more and more businesses are abandoning this maxim - ironically because it leads to bad customer service.
Top 5 reasons why “The Customer Is Always Right” is wrong
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Free web-based Photoshop arrives
It took a year rather than six months, but Adobe Photoshop Express has finally arrived - at least in beta. Photoshop Express is a web-based photo storage, editing and sharing service. Adobe is presenting it as a tool for the masses.
Free web-based Photoshop arrives
Posted by Blacky at 12:12 pm 0 comments
Ten reasons to turn off automatic email checking on your phone
Six months ago I turned off automatic email downloading on my phone; it was one of the best decisions I’ve made. Having access to email on the go is helpful (as is web access), but downloading email automatically does more harm than good.
Ten reasons to turn off automatic email checking on your phone
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
How to embellish your life story without getting caught
The past month has not been kind to literary fabricators. The self-proclaimed half-Native American/foster child/South Central gangster Margaret B. Jones turned out to be Margaret Seltzer, a white girl from the leafy suburb Sherman Oaks. Misha Defonseca confessed that her Holocaust memoir, in which she traversed Europe, escaped Nazis, and lived with a pack of wolves, was a fantasy. Both revelations recall the fallout after James Frey's 2003 addiction memoir A Million Little Pieces turned out to be partially fabricated.
How to embellish your life story without getting caught
Posted by Blacky at 7:56 pm 0 comments
Best Digital Photo Organizer?
Today, the debut of the Hive Five Call for Contenders puts out the question: What's the best way to organize your digital photos?
Best Digital Photo Organizer?
Posted by Blacky at 1:54 pm 0 comments
Ten very idiosyncratic tips for having fun on a family vacation
Was it Jerry Seinfeld who said, “There’s no such thing as fun for the whole family?”
I disagree—but I’ve hit on certain tips that do help keep things fun. I’m not sure they’re universally helpful, but they’ve helped me.
Ten very idiosyncratic tips for having fun on a family vacation
Posted by Blacky at 1:51 pm 0 comments
25 Ways to Simplify Your Life with Kids
Anyone who has kids knows that any life with kids is going to be complicated, at least to some degree. From extra laundry to bathing and cooking and shopping and driving and school and chores and crises and sports and dance and toys and tantrums, there is no shortage of complications.
25 Ways to Simplify Your Life with Kids
Posted by Blacky at 8:16 am 0 comments
Free Ways to Synchronize Folders Between Computers
Nothing sucks worse than getting to the office in the morning and realizing you left the most recent copy of an important file—whether it's your to-do list or a PowerPoint presentation—on your home computer. No matter where you are and what computer you're using, you always want the most updated set of documents and files you've got without having to carry 'em around on a thumb drive.
Free Ways to Synchronize Folders Between Computers
Posted by Blacky at 8:14 am 0 comments
The Door to Hell
This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years.
The Door to Hell
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You’ll Never Moonwalk Alone
On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon. He didn’t moonwalk alone – ‘Buzz’ Aldrin joined him on the surface – and he didn’t walk far.
After travelling hundreds of thousands of kilometers, the landing crew of the Apollo 11 lunar mission barely covered an area the size of a football pitch.
You’ll Never Moonwalk Alone
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Carnival Scams of 1930
This June, 1930 Modern Mechanix article on the cheats used in carny midway games is great -- it's amazing how many of these cons are still in use today.
Carnival Scams of 1930
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Migration, Australia, 2006-07
Young adults proved to be the most mobile segment of the population during 2006-07, topping the figures for both overseas migration as well as interstate moves, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Overall, net overseas migration added 177,600 people to Australia's population during 2006-07.
Migration, Australia, 2006-07
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The Power of Power Naps
Sleep is such a fundamental biological drive that it's shared by practically every species, from fruit flies to humans. Indeed, sleep is so essential that animals will die as quickly from sleep deprivation as they will from food deprivation.
The Power of Power Naps
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The cost of food: Facts and figures
Explore the facts and figures behind the rising price of food across the globe.
The cost of food: Facts and figures
Posted by Blacky at 10:26 pm 0 comments
Smart Eating at Work
Top 10 all-around picks, in no specific order, to stash at your desk or in your office fridge.
Smart Eating at Work
Posted by Blacky at 10:19 pm 0 comments
Monday, March 24, 2008
Causes of Death, Australia, 2006
Presents statistics on the number of deaths for year of registration by state or territory of Australia, sex, selected age groups, and cause of death classified to the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
Causes of Death, Australia, 2006
Posted by Blacky at 10:54 pm 0 comments
Climate facts to warm to
CATASTROPHIC predictions of global warming usually conjure with the notion of a tipping point, a point of no return.
Last Monday - on ABC Radio National, of all places - there was a tipping point of a different kind in the debate on climate change. It was a remarkable interview involving the co-host of Counterpoint, Michael Duffy and Jennifer Marohasy, a biologist and senior fellow of Melbourne-based think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Anyone in public life who takes a position on the greenhouse gas hypothesis will ignore it at their peril.
Duffy asked Marohasy: "Is the Earth stillwarming?"
Climate facts to warm to
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Top 10 Software Easter Eggs
Sure we like our chocolate bunny ears, but around these parts the best easter eggs aren't painted pink and stuffed with jelly beans—they're the undocumented and unexpected fun features hidden deep inside various software apps.
Top 10 Software Easter Eggs
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Could Aging Mirror Scare You Straight?
Persuasive Mirror and Web Site Shows People How They Will Age Based on Lifestyle.
Could Aging Mirror Scare You Straight?
Posted by Blacky at 8:28 pm 0 comments
Get Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos with a URL Hack
YouTube announced in November that they would be testing out encoding videos at higher resolutions (and with higher-quality audio encoding). Now it appears that a small sampling of uploaded videos can already be seen at their higher resolutions, simply by adding a little tag to the end of the video's URL.
Get Higher-Resolution YouTube Videos with a URL Hack
Posted by Blacky at 11:44 am 0 comments
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Read DOCX Files in Internet Explorer
Question: How do you quickly read a docx document on some computer that has no Microsoft Office Word 2007 and is neither connected to the Internet (online conversion is therefore ruled out).
Read DOCX Files in Internet Explorer"
Posted by Blacky at 3:46 pm 0 comments
Low-cost ways to conserve water at home
If you live in an area where water shortages are not an issue, consider yourself lucky. Nearly 450 million people in 29 countries face severe water shortages.
Low-cost ways to conserve water at home
Posted by Blacky at 10:31 am 0 comments
Getting to Good Enough
Do you strive for perfection? Do you spend hours obsessing over the tiniest details of your life until they’re exactly right? Do you feel uncomfortable when everything in your life isn’t “just so”? Are you prepared for every eventuality, even the most unlikely?
Getting to Good Enough
Posted by Blacky at 10:28 am 0 comments
Friday, March 21, 2008
Absurd Entries in the OED
All dictionaries have mistakes. Ghost words creep in, there are occasional misspellings, or perhaps the printer was hung over one day and misplaced some punctuation. In addition to these normal forms of human error there are others that are created by language, as it continues its inexorable change, rendering definitions and spellings obsolete. Furthermore, as the science of lexicography itself advances, certain things, such as etymologies, that made sense a hundred years ago, begin to look suspect in a modern light.
Absurd Entries in the OED
Posted by Blacky at 8:22 pm 0 comments
Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries
Every self-respecting geek loves gadgets. I'm no exception. And so many of my favorite gadgets have a voracious appetite for batteries. I don't know why all the other battery types fell so far out of favor, but between AA and AAA, I could probably power 95% of my household gadget needs.
Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries
Posted by Blacky at 8:16 pm 0 comments
Finished Installing Windows Vista SP1 ? Now Remove All The Junk Files
When you install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on your computer, the SP1 installer will not remove the older versions of Vista files from the hard drive. This is because the older files may be required in case you decide to uninstall SP1 later from the system.
Finished Installing Windows Vista SP1 ? Now Remove All The Junk Files
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A Near-Free, Great Alternative to Microsoft Office
If you and your colleagues use the Microsoft Office suite of productivity applications, you’re probably very familiar with how much the suite costs and perhaps the high cost of licensing the applications. Of course, there are completely free alternatives to the Office suite, such as the open source suite OpenOffice, but my favorite alternative falls just between costly Microsoft Office and free OpenOffice: Software 602’s PC Suite.
A Near-Free, Great Alternative to Microsoft Office
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
How To Get People Addicted To You And Take Control
There is a special little secret ingredient which is responsible for getting people addicted to you, to love you, and to think of you as an irreplaceable person in their life. Right away you are thinking of how valuable it would be to have such power in romance, friendship and business.
How To Get People Addicted To You And Take Control
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Photography and The Law: Know Your Rights
Say you’re out for a photographic stroll, taking pictures of that cool old power plant on the edge of town. Suddenly seventy security guards swarm you and demand you hand over your camera.
Photography and The Law: Know Your Rights
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
10 Ways to Control Your Cravings
You can lose weight by overcoming your cravings now. Here are the latest tricks of the trade from researchers and experts.
10 Ways to Control Your Cravings
Posted by Blacky at 5:35 pm 0 comments
Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card
Space epics almost always play fast and loose with science, treating the laws of physics like suggestions. Sound in space, unprotected bodies splatting in vacuum, and alien planets that all look just like Calabasas. But some movies dismember Newton and Einstein with way more gusto than others.
Bad Movie Physics: A Report Card
Posted by Blacky at 11:40 am 0 comments
4 Things You Should Never Say to the CEO
If a "nice guy" runs your company, you might be able to say whatever's on your mind in the boardroom and get away with it. But most successful CEOs aren't nice guys -- they're very serious people, often edgy to the point of mania.
4 Things You Should Never Say to the CEO
Posted by Blacky at 11:39 am 0 comments
Monday, March 17, 2008
Rudd confirms HMAS Sydney find
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has confirmed searchers have found the wreck of HMAS Sydney off the West Australian coast, solving Australia's greatest naval mystery.
The Sydney sunk in November 1941 after a battle with the German raider the Kormoran, killing all 645 crew on board.
Rudd confirms HMAS Sydney find
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Complete Set of Social Atlases, 2006
The Social Atlas complements the products that are made available on the ABS website by providing an at-a-glance view of the major characteristics of all Australian capital city areas, and (for the first time) selected regional centres, providing a visually informative alternative to traditional tables and statistical spreadsheets.
The Social Atlas' use of easy to read thematic maps of capital cities, featuring new analysis of 2006 Census data, makes data easier to interpret and provides the groundwork for a wide variety of stories on current and emerging issues. A wide range of topics are covered relating to: population, cultural diversity, work, housing, families, education and training and economic resources.
Complete Set of Social Atlases, 2006
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
If you don’t exercise, at least stand up a lot!
A U.S. study has found that whether people exercise or not on a regular basis, simply standing up frequently throughout the day helps to increase the burning of fat and cholesterol within the body.
If you don’t exercise, at least stand up a lot!
Posted by Blacky at 7:17 am 0 comments
Friday, March 14, 2008
Music 1000 albums
1000 albums to hear before you die...
Music 1000 albums
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
File Sharing: Share Large Files Instantly with EatLime
Brilliant new file sharing web site EatLime expedites online file sharing by allowing your friends to begin downloading the file as soon as you start uploading it, meaning you don't have to wait for the file to finish uploading before they begin downloading.
File Sharing: Share Large Files Instantly with EatLime
Posted by Blacky at 11:09 pm 1 comments
Bad luck at the casino? Blame your brain
Ever wondered why the horse you back never wins a race, or why any shares you buy promptly fall in value? It's not bad luck, researchers say. It's bad brainwaves.
Bad luck at the casino? Blame your brain
Posted by Blacky at 11:08 pm 0 comments
Latest new entries - Oxford English Dictionary
On 13 March 2008 the New Edition was updated with revised entries in a series of discrete alphabetical ranges, as well the addition of new entries from across the alphabet. In some ranges, not every entry was revised, as editorial effort was concentrated on the most significant groups of related words. In addition, about 30 virus names were revised across the alphabet.
Latest new entries - Oxford English Dictionary
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Australian Newspaper Plan
The Australian Newspaper Plan is an ambitious, ongoing project designed to collect and preserve every newspaper published in Australia, guaranteeing public access to these important historical records.
The Australian Newspaper Plan
Posted by Blacky at 7:58 am 0 comments
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Recycle or go to Hell, warns Vatican
Failing to recycle plastic bags could find you spending eternity in Hell, the Vatican said after drawing up a list of seven deadly sins for our times.
Recycle or go to Hell, warns Vatican
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Make Yourself Stick With These First Impression Tips
When you’re interviewing for a job, one of the keys to success is your first impression. If you’re about to go in for an interview, maybe its time to re-evaluate the first impression you give off. Do you come off as likable? Do you exude professionalism and charm?
Make Yourself Stick With These First Impression Tips
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Sunday, March 09, 2008
ADrive: Big Bucket of Free Storage
There’s another way to compete in online file storage besides offering unique features: just offer a lot of storage. That’s the plan of ADrive, a new entrant in the market (currently in beta) giving out a whopping 50GB of online storage for free.
ADrive: Big Bucket of Free Storage
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Saturday, March 08, 2008
How to Cram for a College Exam
If you haven't cracked a book before now or if you just want to be as prepared as possible, cramming the night before an exam is a must. This how-to will guide you through the process.
How to Cram for a College Exam
Posted by Blacky at 10:27 pm 0 comments
How to Meditate
There are many different meditation methods, but at the core is the ability to focus and eventually quiet your mind. As you progress, you will find that you can meditate anywhere and at any time, accessing an inner calm no matter what's going on around you. But first, you have to learn to tame your mind.
How to Meditate
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Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control
When you finally decide it's time to do something about that rat's nest of cables that's spreading like kudzu, you don't have to spend a lot of time and money to get it under control. Whether you're looking to stow your headphone wires tangle-free in your gym bag, hide the ugly wire spaghetti you keep kicking further under your desk, or organize your gadget chargers and power plugs, we've got some cord management tricks for you.
Top 10 Ways to Get Cables Under Control
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Flip Your Karma: 8 Tricks to Turn the Bad Into the Awesome
It’s inevitable: sometimes, life just doesn’t go your way.
Your schedule gets all messed up. You fail to follow your exercise plan. Someone is mean to you. You feel like quitting something. You want to curl into a little ball and cry.
Flip Your Karma: 8 Tricks to Turn the Bad Into the Awesome
Posted by Blacky at 9:25 pm 0 comments
The Shy Person's Guide to Talking to Strangers
One of the easiest ways to improve your networking ability and invigorate your social life is to develop the skill of talking to strangers.
The Shy Person's Guide to Talking to Strangers
Posted by Blacky at 9:11 pm 0 comments
Friday, March 07, 2008
Tech Support Gets a Reprieve While Users Take a Hit
It’s time to place half of the tech-support blame where it belongs: at the feet of Them. The Users.
Tech Support Gets a Reprieve While Users Take a Hit
Posted by Blacky at 7:51 am 0 comments
Thursday, March 06, 2008
20 very easy tips for lowering your daily stress level
When we’re stressed, we tend to become more stressed. That’s because when we’re rushed and harried, we cut corners. We don’t take the time to do the little things that, though not difficult or time-consuming themselves, can end up saving enormous amounts of time and trouble.
20 very easy tips for lowering your daily stress level
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Empty Your Inbox with the Trusted Trio
Managing the steady stream of email that gathers in your inbox every day can feel like an impossible task. Not long ago, I kept a lengthening list of folders in my email software to track messages by topic, sender, project, urgency and any other context that seemed relevant that hour. I'd spend lots of time carefully dragging and dropping every message from my inbox into the folder it seemed to belong in that day.
Empty Your Inbox with the Trusted Trio
Posted by Blacky at 1:52 pm 0 comments
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Planning a Kitchen Garden
What’s a “kitchen garden”? A kitchen garden merely refers to a garden that consists almost exclusively of plants intended to be eaten. Although one might put a few decorative plants around the edges of such a garden, the vast majority of the garden is intended for food.
Planning a Kitchen Garden
Posted by Blacky at 3:01 pm 0 comments
Rename Multiple Files Efficiently Using Excel or Google Docs
Renaming multiples files on your Windows computer is easy. Select all the files, press F2 and type some descriptive text. Windows will append a unique sequence number to each of the file names.
That’s a fairly quick solution but not very flexible because you don’t get to specify any choices or criteria.
Rename Multiple Files Efficiently Using Excel or Google Docs
Posted by Blacky at 8:23 am 0 comments
Driftr Travel Blog
Driftr is a travel blogging site. The layout is very simplistic and rather elegant and it formats your trips in a uniformed manner. When viewing a trip, you’ll see the location marked on the map (in relation to all of your other visited locations). Further details are shown below, along with images, including suggested places to eat, visit, sleep, how to get around, and additional notes are found in the trip blog section.
Driftr Travel Blog Opens its Public Beta
Posted by Blacky at 8:20 am 1 comments
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
History's Greatest Replies
Any attempt to compile history's greatest replies—or history's greatest anything, for that matter—is fraught with difficulty, so it might be more accurate to refer to the replies that follow as simply my all-time favorites. Most of them come from people whose names will be very familiar to you, and I think you will agree that the comebacks and retorts here are very special.
History's Greatest Replies
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Getting Things Done Traveling Through Southeast Asia
Getting work done on the road when you visit another state for a few days is one thing, but flying halfway around the world with your laptop bag is a whole other ball of wax. The 13-hour flight, foreign power outlets, lack of or spotty Wi-Fi, and the pain that is hauling all your stuff onto ferries, tuk-tuks, and buses every few days can sure put a damper on mobile computing.
Getting Things Done Traveling Through Southeast Asia
Posted by Blacky at 3:28 pm 0 comments
Exercises for Better Focus and Concentration
You can find strong powers of concentration in yourself. When you are decisive and sincerely want to excel in your studies, pass an important exam, or playing one of your favorite games; the power of concentration becomes available to you. This kind of concentration is raised because of some need, or desire. Increasing it in a systematic way, brings it under your control, and grants you the ability to use it easily, with no exertion whenever you need it. Real and good concentration is developed slowly, through daily work, and with special exercises. It has to be approached in a reasonable and practical way.
Exercises for Better Focus and Concentration
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The Best Free Software
157 software tools. No fees. No expiration dates. No problems. Sometimes even no downloads. No kidding.
The Best Free Software
Posted by Blacky at 12:34 pm 0 comments
12 Powerful Ways to Keep Your Online Life Simple and Peaceful
The true challenge of technology: how to get the most out of it without letting it overwhelm us. How to keep things simple but powerful. How to master technology without letting it become our master (to paraphrase Stephen Covey).
12 Powerful Ways to Keep Your Online Life Simple and Peaceful
Posted by Blacky at 12:31 pm 0 comments
All A-twitter
In this Web 2.0 age, we expect information to be immediate and distilled into readily digestible pieces.
I just read something disturbing: When Steve Jobs was asked at the recent Macworld Expo what he thought of Amazon's Kindle eBook reader, he said (as reported by The New York Times), "It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is; the fact is that people don't read anymore."
All A-twitter
Posted by Blacky at 8:09 am 0 comments
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Top 10 Strange Phenomena of the Mind
The mind is a wonderful thing - there is so much about it which remains a mystery to this day. Science is able to describe strange phenomena, but can not account for their origins. While most of us are familiar with one or two on this list, many others are mostly unknown outside of the psychological realm. This is a list of the top ten strange mental phenomena.
Top 10 Strange Phenomena of the Mind
Posted by Blacky at 3:17 pm 0 comments
7 Reasons to Drink Green Tea
The steady stream of good news about green tea is getting so hard to ignore that even java junkies are beginning to sip mugs of the deceptively delicate brew. You'd think the daily dose of disease-fighting, inflammation-squelching antioxidants--long linked with heart protection--would be enough incentive, but wait, there's more! Lots more.
7 Reasons to Drink Green Tea
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Web Worker Daily » Archive 12 Top, Free Ways to Collaborate Online «
Applications that make it easy to share and collaborate are often of much more use to web workers than they are to standard office workers. Especially if you work online with colleagues at disparate locations, some of the best collaboration tools you can choose are free. In this post, I’ll round up several examples that you can count on.
Web Worker Daily » Archive 12 Top, Free Ways to Collaborate Online «
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1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Mar 2008
A monthly compendium of economic statistics, presenting comprehensive tables, graphs, commentaries, feature articles and technical notes. Primarily a reference document, the publication provides a broad basis for analysis and research on the Australian economy.
1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Mar 2008
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4221.0 - Schools, Australia, 2007
There are more school students, more Indigenous students and more teachers in Australian schools than there were ten years ago, according to results from the 2007 Schools Census released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today.
4221.0 - Schools, Australia, 2007
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12 Practical Steps for Learning to Go With the Flow
No matter how much structure we create in our lives, no matter how many good habits we build, there will always be things that we cannot control — and if we let them, these things can be a huge source of anger, frustration and stress.
The simple solution: learn to go with the flow.
12 Practical Steps for Learning to Go With the Flow
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100 Tiny Tips to Improve Your Mood
Even the most happy-go-lucky person in the world has a bad mood now and then, but the difference between moving on and having a bad day all depends on what you do about it. There are plenty of ways to shake off a funky mood, and we’ve listed 100 of the best ways to do it here.
Look on the Bright Side: 100 Tiny Tips to Improve Your Mood
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The Earth Has More Than One North Pole
You may think of the North Pole only as the top of the world—its northernmost point and, if you're younger, Santa's home. But it turns out there are a host of "north (and south) poles" on our planet.
The Earth Has More Than One North Pole
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February 29 Proposal - The Privilege of Ladies
Custom allows marriage-minded gals to propose to their boyfriends on February 29.
February 29 Proposal
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Speed Up Windows Vista
The flash and polish of Windows Vista seduced you, but so far the glamorous interface is just sucking the life out of your PC. Fear not, this guide has everything you need to turn Vista into the beautiful *and* speedy OS you were dreaming of.
Speed Up Windows Vista
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Early Easter in 2008
Easter Sunday occurs unusually early in 2008.
Early Easter in 2008
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Spot the 'invisible' men and women in artist's amazing photographs
In the natural world, the chameleon blends in perfectly with its background.
In the urban jungle, Desiree Palmen decided to attempt the same visual deception.
And as these pictures show, the effect is amazing.
Miss Palmen, a 44-year-old Dutch artist, uses a method that requires a huge amount of effort and attention to detail.
Spot the 'invisible' men and women in artist's amazing photographs
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IE7Pro: Free Improvements to Internet Explorer
IE7pro adds a long list of enhancements to Internet Explorer. These include improved tabbed browsing, spell checking, improved crash recovery (a big bonus!), and mouse gestures.
IE7Pro: Free Improvements to Internet Explorer
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Employment in Culture, Australia, 2006
More men (55%) than women (45%) were employed in cultural occupations as their main job, according to further analysis of the 2006 Census released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
More than 90% of all broadcasting transmitter operators, camera operators, light and sound technicians and television equipment operators were men. In comparison around 85% of all library and archive workers were women.
Employment in Culture, Australia, 2006
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16 Services So Cheap it’s a Shame Not to Pay
We typically make an effort in our lists to bring you free services, but sometimes the ones that do require you to pay are so insanely cheap, it seems silly not to do the upgrade and get the extra benefits. We’ve gathered up 16 from the “If you’re using them, go for the upgrade” column. In most cases, you’ll be happy you spent a couple of measly bucks for a decent upgrade.
16 Services So Cheap it’s a Shame Not to Pay
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
How to Increase Your Metabolism
If you're trying to lose weight and think your metabolism might be the culprit, there are changes you can make to improve it. But with the commercialism surrounding "metabolism-enhancing" products, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction (or advertising) and pin down techniques that are scientifically proven to change one's metabolism.
How to Increase Your Metabolism
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Monday, February 25, 2008
101 New Uses for Everyday Things
Lemon, Newspapers, Coffee Filters, Olive Oil etc
101 New Uses for Everyday Things
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