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

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

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

The Best Free Software

157 software tools. No fees. No expiration dates. No problems. Sometimes even no downloads. No kidding.
The Best Free Software

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

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

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

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

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 «

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

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

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

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

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

February 29 Proposal - The Privilege of Ladies

Custom allows marriage-minded gals to propose to their boyfriends on February 29.
February 29 Proposal

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

Early Easter in 2008

Easter Sunday occurs unusually early in 2008.
Early Easter in 2008

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

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

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