Monday, August 27, 2007
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
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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
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All the things not to do
Breathing ?
All the things not to do
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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Australia's Key National Indicators, 2007
A summary of Australia's key economic and social indicators.
Key National Indicators, 2007
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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
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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)
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