Provides a statistical overview of culture in Australia. Contains information on a range of topics including employment in culture, time spent on cultural activities, attendances at cultural venues and events, expenditure on culture, and imports and exports of cultural goods and services. Also provides profiles of the cultural sectors, grouped according to the Australian Culture and Leisure Industry Classification.
Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview
Monday, May 26, 2008
Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview
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Fix a stripped screw hole with a golf tee
Don't you just hate it when a hinge on a door or cabinet just won't stay put because the screw hole is stripped out? Sure, you can use a bigger or longer screw, but then it won't match.
Fix a stripped screw hole with a golf tee
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Subliminal Advertising: KFC Wants You To Think There's Money In Your Sandwich
Subliminal messages in advertising has been a controversial topic for years. Is it underhanded? Does it even work?
Subliminal Advertising: KFC Wants You To Think There's Money In Your Sandwich
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Does a Site Have Malware? Google Provides Diagnosis
Google put up a new* malware diagnosis service; just append any domain – your domain or another site you want to check on – to the end of the URL “google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=".
Does a Site Have Malware? Google Provides Diagnosis
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Email Etiquette Pages Explain So You Don't Have To
Why waste time schooling clueless email senders one by one when you can build a web site to do it for you? A recent trend among email-overloaded web developers who don't want to explain the basics of email etiquette to frequent senders is to set up a web page that does it instead—then reply to senders with a link to the page, or just include it in their signature.
Email Etiquette Pages Explain So You Don't Have To
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Six 'uniquely' human traits now found in animals
So you think humans are unique? Six articles from the New Scientist archive that tell a similar story and six videos of animals displaying 'human' abilities.
Six 'uniquely' human traits now found in animals
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Starving yourself may fend off jet lag
Starving yourself before a long flight may help prevent jet lag, according to US researchers.
Starving yourself may fend off jet lag
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Web banking: It's time to write down your password
Banks should stop forcing customers to create long, alphanumeric passwords because they can't protect against today's threats, according to AT&T computing researcher William Cheswick.
Web banking: It's time to write down your password
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Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit
“The Offer.” Zappos, which works hard to recruit people to join, says to its newest employees: “If you quit today, we will pay you for the amount of time you’ve worked, plus we will offer you a $1,000 bonus.” Zappos actually bribes its new employees to quit!
Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit
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How to Make a Color Image Look Like a Sketch in Photoshop
A sketch is a free hand drawing. In Adobe Photoshop, you can add a sketch effect to any color image or photograph and give it an artistic feel, or perhaps trick your friends into thinking you've suddenly become an amazing sketcher.
How to Make a Color Image Look Like a Sketch in Photoshop
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HomeCamera Turns Your Webcam into a Surveillance Camera
Web site and software HomeCamera turns your desktop webcam into a web-enabled surveillance camera. Just sign up and download their desktop software to get started. In just a few minutes, you can check an image or video from your webcam in real-time from any browser. Even better, you can set up motion-detecting alerts that will email you with a shot or short clip of what triggered the alert.
HomeCamera Turns Your Webcam into a Surveillance Camera
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
11 tips for sticking to a schedule of regular exercise
Exercise is a KEY to happiness. Research shows that people who exercise are healthier, more energetic, think more clearly, sleep better, and have delayed onset of dementia. They get relief from anxiety and mild depression, comparable to medication and therapy. They perform better at work.
11 tips for sticking to a schedule of regular exercise
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Cool Tool: Knot Tying Cards
These cards are handy for those who already know how to tie proper knots, but don't do so every day and need a quick reminder.
Cool Tool: Knot Tying Cards
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Why We Humans Behave So Strangely
MIT's Dan Ariely discusses his research in behavioral economics and explains how to deal with our brain's flawed decision-making process.
The Science of Irrationality: Why We Humans Behave So Strangely
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Privacy: Best Free Ways to Protect Your Private Files
When you're saving sensitive files on your computer meant for your eyes only, make sure you've got the right tools on hand to keep them private. Whether you want to shield your brilliant startup business plan from the Pointy Haired Boss, or hide your stash of Gillian Anderson photos from the kids, there are several free tools that can encrypt, password-protect, or obscure files and folders from others who might use your computer. Let's take a look at various methods, tools, and levels of privacy and security you can use to lock up your sensitive data.
Privacy: Best Free Ways to Protect Your Private Files
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Do Infants See Colors Differently
Infants, unlike adults, store color categories in the brain's right hemisphere. This new finding reveals the surprising power of language over perception.
Do Infants See Colors Differently
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17 Tips to Help You Get Leaner and Fitter
We don’t want to lose weight, although that’s often stated as the goal — we want to get leaner. We want to shed the fat and leave just the lean muscle (some of us want to increase the muscle, others just want to lose the fat). We want to be healthy and in good shape and able to be physically active.
17 Tips to Help You Get Leaner and Fitter
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Monday, May 19, 2008
5 Tips to Help You Live a Well-Balanced Life
With the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, we often find ourselves yearning for a quieter, more balanced life. If your life has come to resemble an endless race to the finish line, take a look at the suggestions below to bring a greater sense of peace, calm, and even simplicity back into your life.
5 Tips to Help You Live a Well-Balanced Life
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10 Healthy Foods Under 1 Dollar
Even with rising food prices, it's possible to shop for healthy foods without spending a fortune.
10 Healthy Foods Under 1 Dollar
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Punctuality: More Than Showing Up on Time
When you think of what values you seek from co-workers, colleagues, and clients, punctuality is probably one that wouldn’t immediately come to mind. Being web workers, parents, co-workers, spouses and just about every other role you can imagine, we have many demands for our attention and sometimes these time frames overlap.
Punctuality: More Than Showing Up on Time
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