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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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