Sunday, August 17, 2008

How to Work Better

How to Work Better by Fischli/Weiss (1991). It’s a tongue-in-cheek work using a motivational statement.
How to Work Better

Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Danger of Stress

You probably think you're doing everything you can to stay healthy: you get lots of sleep, exercise regularly and try to avoid fried foods. But you may be forgetting one important thing. Relax! Stress has a bigger impact on your health than you might realize.
The Danger of Stress

Top 10 Creative Ways To Display Time

Clocks don’t have to be boring. Of course, clocks need need to remain usable and display current time; however, they can do it in a number of creative ways. You are about to see some of the most creative examples out there. Take some time and enjoy.
Top 10 Creative Ways To Display Time

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Crime and Justice News, 2008

Crime and Justice News is the annual newsletter of the National Centre for Crime and Justice Statistics (NCCJS) at the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Crime and Justice News provides information on current and upcoming projects, snapshot data from recent NCCJS publications, and information about current issues in the crime and justice sector.
Crime and Justice News, 2008

Six tips for enjoying a vacation

How can I do things better, next time?
The Six tips for enjoying a vacation

Top 10 How To Videos

Featuring 10 of our favorites, chosen for the tricks they teach as well as their watchable quality. Get ready to fill some weekend project time.
Top 10 How To Videos

21 iPhone Food Apps to Eat Your Heart Out

Here are 21 food-related iPhone apps, both free and paid, that will let you eat your heart out.
21 iPhone Food Apps to Eat Your Heart Out

Never Mind Social Media, How About Social Hacking?

Long before things like social networks and social media were the hot buzzwords used to spark VC feeding frenzies, things like Web forums and newsgroups were the main social communication tool. People would go from Web forum to Web forum to spread news about people or products, good or bad. The overall effect of this type of promotion was usually limited, but it was still possible to get people riled up over something on a much larger scale.
Never Mind Social Media, How About Social Hacking?

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing

Call it the Facebook World Tour. Even though Facebook is now the largest social network in the world,—with 132 million unique visitors in June—it is also still the fastest growing.
Facebook Is Not Only The World’s Largest Social Network, It Is Also The Fastest Growing

8 More iPhone Tricks You Might Not Have Known

We recently showed you "12 iPhone Tricks You Might Not Know", and we're back to give you more.
8 More iPhone Tricks You Might Not Have Known

8 Cool Tools for a Different Photo Viewing Experience

Sometimes viewing pictures in rows and columns can be dull. Luckily, there are a number of services dedicated to making the photo search and viewing experience more interesting. Here are 8 resources that provide a new approach to searching and looking at pictures online.
8 Cool Tools for a Different Photo Viewing Experience

iPhone: One Month Later

iPhone: One Month Later

9 mind tricks to get what you want

There’s a subtle tactic to make things go your way in your career, love life, and social world —one that has nothing to do with effort or luck. It’s called priming.
9 mind tricks to get what you want

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

How to Open a Jar With a Spoon

It's frustrating when a jar lid is exceptionally hard to remove. Here's what you do.
How to Open a Jar With a Spoon

CGI faked-fireworks feature in Olympics opening ceremony footage

Around 1 billion people around the globe are estimated to have tuned in to watch the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. I wonder how many of them realised that some of those fantastic fireworks they were watching had been created by a computer visual effects team?
CGI faked-fireworks feature in Olympics opening ceremony footage

11 Things We Hate About iTunes

iPod and iPhone owners know that Apple's iTunes is the dominant software for managing digital media. But some aspects of iTunes drive us nuts.
11 Things We Hate About iTunes

Blue Screen of Death During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting

Well this is just perfect. At the exact moment Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird's Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax, someone snapped this photo of our good friend the BSOD nestled amongst the Nest's steel twigs. Perhaps an Opening Cermonies IT dude spit out his coffee on the machines in the server room when Li took to the sky?
Olympic Fail: Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting

World Universities' ranking on the Web

This ranking has the largest coverage with more than 16,000 Higher Education Institutions worldwide listed in the Directory. Web presence measures the activity and visibility of the institutions and it is a good indicator of impact and prestige of universities.
World Universities' ranking on the Web

Why Do People Say "Yes?" The "6 Weapons of Influence"

Why do people say 'yes'? How can we get them to comply with our requests?
Why Do People Say "Yes?" The "6 Weapons of Influence"

32 Ways to Make Someone Happy Today

Making others happy is one of the best ways to have a great day yourself. It can brighten the world around you.
Make someone happy today!
32 Ways to Make Someone Happy Today