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Improve your Self Esteem
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Improve your Self Esteem
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How to be Clean
What better way to spruce up a potentially boring subject than through film! The archive has several films that all find different ways – sometimes bizarre, sometimes clever but always entertaining – to attack the subject of cleanliness and personal hygiene.
How to be Clean
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404 Error Pages
From Smashing Magazine here are over 40 working examples of user-friendly, creative and outstanding 404 error pages.
404 Error Pages
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The King: Dead and Well on Ask.com
Yesterday marked the 30th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, and while we don't normally commemorate the anniversary of someone's death…well, he's the king. If you want to remember him today from your desk, here's a little help courtesy of Ask 3D.
The King: Dead and Well on Ask.com
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Elvis Presley And The Events Of 1977
Elvis Presley & the events of 1977 as we remember Elvis on the 30th anniversary of his tragic death.
Elvis Presley And The Events Of 1977
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Friday, August 17, 2007
Bad Habits to Stop Now
Here are nine stressful and common habits that entrepreneurs and office workers should strive to eliminate. Focus on one or two at a time, just as you would with high-priority to-do items.
The Not-To-Do List: Bad Habits to Stop Now
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Free your music from iTunes with iTunes Export
Out of the box, iTunes can't transfer the song files of individual playlists out of your library for playing anywhere other than your iPod. But an open source Windows utility, iTunes Export, can do just that.
Free your music from iTunes with iTunes Export
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8 Surprising Household Deodorizers
When smells turn a room sour, it may be time for an intervention. Try these gentle home remedies for the most off-putting odours.
8 Surprising Household Deodorizers
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How Long Foods Stay Fresh In Fridge
Foods don't stay fresh in the fridge forever, and the day will come when you take something out and wonder if it's still good to eat or has gone bad.
How Long Foods Stay Fresh In Fridge
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21 Tips to Deal with Info Overload
The problem with being constantly bombarded by information, as we web workers are, is not so much that we can’t deal with it, or that it distracts us from our work, or that it shortens our attention spans or stresses us out.
It’s that we have allowed that information to control our lives.
21 Tips to Deal with Info Overload
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10 Surprising Uses For Aspirin
Aspirin is an excellent painkiller and anti-inflammatory, but it also has many other household uses.
10 Surprising Uses For Aspirin
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Airplane Crash - Safest Seat
In the wake of nearly 200 passenger deaths in a Brazilian airliner accident, we take an exclusive look at 36 years’ worth of NTSB reports and seating charts. The best way to live through a disaster in the sky? Move to the back of the Airbus.
Airplane Crash - Safest Seat
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Worst Slogan Translations Ever
1) The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the Wax Tadpole" or "Female Horse Stuffed with Wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent "kokoukole", translating into "Happiness in the Mouth." etc
Top 13 Worst Slogan Translations Ever
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Ten Free Security Utilities
Here's a list of ten free security tools you can and should be using to help protect, disinfect and manage your Windows computer.
Ten free security utilities you should already be using
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9 Ways To Make Your Portrait Subjects Look Thinner
If you take enough photos of people, eventually you’ll photograph someone who is either a little heavier or thinks that they are. This is especially true for those of us in the U.S., where obesity rates are sky high. The good news for you is that there are a few tricks you can add to your bag to help make your subject look thinner. You’ll get the photo, your subject will be happy with it, and everyone wins.
9 Ways To Make Your Portrait Subjects Look Thinner
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Best of July 2007
Every month Smashing Magazine takes a look around and selects some of the most interesting web-development-related web-sites. They read articles, check out tools, analyze the advantages of new resources. Below you’ll find useful references, tutorials, services, tools, techniques and articles they’ve found over the last 30 days - an overview of web-sites you shouldn’t have missed in July.
Best of July 2007
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100 Great Tips to Improve Your Life
Most of us are interested in improving something about ourselves: our productivity, our sanity, our organization, our happiness, our effectiveness, our impact on the environment, our minds, our dreams.
And you can spend hundreds of dollars on books and thousands of hours on websites looking for your answers.
Or you can look no further.
100 Great Tips to Improve Your Life
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Top 10 PDF Tricks - Lifehacker
Top 10 list of techniques for converting, exchanging, sharing, managing and editing PDF documents.
Top 10 PDF Tricks
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Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, May 2007
This publication contains quarterly estimates of average weekly earnings based on information obtained from a sample survey of employers.
Average Weekly Earnings, Australia, May 2007
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Straight from the Celeb's Mouth
Most celebrities are not known for their intellectual prowess, but they have provided words that wowed us, from insight or sheer audacity. The USA TODAY People staff picks some stunning sound bites from stars over the past 25 years.
Straight from the Celeb's Mouth
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