Monday, August 27, 2007

Things I Learned From Movies

Meh!
Things I Learned From Movies

How to Spot a Fake Rolex

They say there’s a “sucker born every minute” but you're not a sucker if you intentionally know what you’re getting into.
How to Spot a Fake Rolex

The Manager's Cheat Sheet: Body Language

Like it or not, your body speaks volumes, even when you are silent. Here's how to express an attitude that's appropriate for a leader.
The Manager's Cheat Sheet: Body Language

All the things not to do

Breathing ?
All the things not to do

Saturday, August 25, 2007

14 Foods that Lower Cholesterol

1. Whole grains and oats - a five-year Insulin Resistance Athersclerosis Study showed that people whose diets contain the most whole grains “had the thinnest carotid artery walls and showed the slowest progression in artery wall thickness.” etc
14 Foods that Lower Cholesterol

American Airlines and Wikipedia Edits

September 11 - their Wikipedia page clearly stating that Flights 11 & 77 were not scheduled on 9/11/2001. Huh ?
American Airlines - Wikipedia Edits

How to Overcome Jet Lag

Prepare Before Your Flight
Melatonin: Often Used But Unproven
Be Healthy In Flight
Reset Your Internal Clock At Your Destination
How to Overcome Jet Lag

Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith

Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.
— Mother Teresa to the Rev. Michael Van Der Peet, September 1979
Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith

Searcharazzi: Salacious Wiki Edits to FAST Search & Transfer

Ever since Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith launched Wiki Scanner, it has been nonstop fun freaking out PR people everywhere. While Wired’s list of salacious edits has everyone abuzz, Searcharazzi still enjoys good, old-fashioned wiki sleuthing, as brought to our attention yesterday.
Searcharazzi: Salacious Wiki Edits to FAST Search & Transfer

Friday, August 24, 2007

Square Watermelon

Farmers in the southern Japanese town of Zentsuji have figured out how to grow their watermelons so they turn out square.
Square Watermelon

How to Stop Complaining

It’s good to take responsibility for your thoughts, but you don’t want to identify with those thoughts to the point you end up blaming yourself and feeling even worse.
How to Stop Complaining

Least Religious Countries

When you travel to Europe , don't be surprised to find that many Europeans don't believe in God.
Least Religious Countries

China Airlines Repaints Its Toasted 737

China Airlines has painted over its name and logo on the wreckage of a passenger jet that exploded in flames at Naha Airport in Okinawa moments after passengers slid down emergency chutes to escape.
China Airlines Repaints Its Toasted 737, Translates "Chutzpah" into Chinese

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Measures of Australia's Progress: Summary Indicators, 2007

The Measures of Australia's Progress products aim to provide a digestible set of statistical evidence to allow Australians to make their own assessment of whether life in Australia is getting better.
Measures of Australia's Progress: Summary Indicators, 2007 (Ed. 2)

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

How to Hide Files inside JPGs

Jimmy Ruska demonstrates how you can hide any file into a JPEG image using the free 7-Zip and the Windows command line.
How to Hide Files inside JPGs

Hurtling Toward Mars

August 21, 2007: By the time you finish reading this sentence, you'll be 25 miles closer to the planet Mars.
Hurtling Toward Mars

In Google Earth, a New Sky Service

Google is unveiling within Google Earth today a new service called Sky that will allow users to view the skies as seen from Earth. Like Google Earth, Sky will let users fly around and zoom in, exposing increasingly detailed imagery of some 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies.
In Google Earth, a New Sky Service

Australia's Key National Indicators, 2007

A summary of Australia's key economic and social indicators.
Key National Indicators, 2007

Hack a Toilet for free Water

This Instructable is a step by step description of the process of adding a sink to the top of a toilet allowing the use of the clean water before it goes into the bowl.
Hack a Toilet for Free Water

Diet Coke is 99% Water (And That Is Now a Good Thing)

Back in the day, when people noted that Diet Coke was 99% water, it was an insult. The point was that water was free, and Diet Coke was just free water plus a little bit of artificial this and that — so you would have to be a fool to pay so much for it.
Diet Coke is 99% Water (And That Is Now a Good Thing)