Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Top 10 Wired Reader Night Photos

Unlike vampires, photos rarely come out at night. After two weeks of steady battle, these 10 photos have emerged victorious. Jason J. Corneveaux won the contest with his photo "The Needles at Night".
Top 10 Wired Reader Night Photos

12 Tips to Create a Sleep Haven

Don't just fall into bed. Use these guidelines to make your bedroom a place of utter respite.
12 Tips to Create a Sleep Haven

Monday, April 07, 2008

My Essential Twitter Tools

Many conversations are shifting to Twitter. Twitter is extensible, and many third-party developers are creating tools around the simple data being exported for a variety of unique applications.
My Essential Twitter Tools

10 Things You Can Do to Cheer Yourself Up

Whether you have the winter blues, you're suffering from a disappointment, or you're just feeling a little down, we all have times when we could use a little lift. Here are 10 ideas to get you back on the upswing.
10 Things You Can Do to Cheer Yourself Up

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Those lazy husbands

A University of Michigan study concludes that the average U.S. husband makes seven more hours of housework for the average wife; while wives save husbands an hour of housework each week.
iTWire - Those lazy husbands: Michigan study proves it, kinda!

Saturday, April 05, 2008

3 Resources for Switchers

Of course, for web workers “switcher” generally means one thing: people who used to use Windows PCs who are beginning to use a Mac instead.
Archive 3 Resources for Switchers

Friday, April 04, 2008

HMAS Sydney II - Photo Gallery

First ever underwater pictures of HMAS Sydney II.
HMAS Sydney II, Finding Sydney Foundation - Photo Gallery

The Origin of Menopause: Why Do Women Outlive Fertility?

The origin of menopause has puzzled evolutionary biologists for the last half-century. Three new studies attempt illumination. The real question, though, is probably not: Why menopause? Rather, it is: Why do women long outlive their fertility?
The Origin of Menopause: Why Do Women Outlive Fertility?

Thursday, April 03, 2008

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!

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

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

Sunday, March 30, 2008

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

Saturday, March 29, 2008

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

Friday, March 28, 2008

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

Thursday, March 27, 2008

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