Evolution accounts for a lot of our strange ideas about finances.
Why people believe weird things about money
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Why people believe weird things about money
Monday, January 14, 2008
Secrets In Websites II
This post is a follow up to the first Secrets In Websites. For those who don’t remember the first time, I point out odd, interesting, funny things in other websites’ code. Yes it takes some time to put a post like this together, that’s why it’s just about a year since the last time. Enough with the intro, read on for the code.
Secrets In Websites II
The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Diets
People will do almost anything to lose weight. While the most logical, sustainable means of doing so hasn’t really changed—eat less and exercise—every day it seems there are a host of new and outlandish methods to lose those love handles. Most of these ill-fated regimes will help you lose pounds, at least in the short term, but sometimes it’s at the expense of an organ or your sanity.
The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Diets
How to Slow Down Now (Please Read Slowly)
Humans need rests, relaxation, and recreation. We need time to think about things, to clear the mind, and to have fun. But to a person overburdened with claims on her time, fun seems only a distant remembered state of mind.
How to Slow Down Now (Please Read Slowly)
Cold-Fighting Foods
A team headed by lung specialist Stephen Rennard at the Nebraska Medical Center found that in a test tube chicken soup suppressed inflammation, which causes many cold symptoms. But chicken soup isn’t the only food that might help. Here’s a daily menu based on experts’ recommendations.
Cold-Fighting Foods
Saturday, January 12, 2008
10 Fail Proof Tips for Delivering a Powerful Speech
We've all heard the statistic that says people fear public speaking more than just about anything else. The good news is if you can focus on these 10 tips you'll be on your way to breaking past the fear and onto delivering a powerful speech that engages your audience.
10 Fail Proof Tips for Delivering a Powerful Speech
Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship
Many entrepreneurs believe a bunch of myths about entrepreneurship, so here are ten of the most common and the realities that bust them.
Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship
Friday, January 11, 2008
4 Ways to Improve Your Password Management and Stay Secure
It’s very common, for example, for people to respond to the problem of password list bloat by using the same passwords over and over at numberous sites–a security no-no. Or, even in the cases of very tech-savvy people, it’s not uncommon for passwords to be stored on a business card in, say, a wallet–also a no-no.
4 Ways to Improve Your Password Management and Stay Secure
The $2500 Tata Nano, Unveiled in India
After months of rumors and tantalizing leaks Indian automaker Tata Motors has finally unveiled the Tata Nano -- its already legendary $2,500 car. As expected, the car that Tata claims will change the face of not only the Indian car market, but the global auto industry will be a four door, five seat hatch, powered by a 30 HP Bosch 624 cc four stroke engine mounted out back and mated to a CVT.
The $2500 Tata Nano, Unveiled in India
Download and Listen to Free Music on the Web
Hey, I know you. RIAA lawsuits have scared you off P2P, but the iTunes DRM is both too expensive and too restrictive for your tastes, right? Then it's time you head to the web. In the past year the number of web sites linking to free downloads and streaming music has exploded, meaning there are more ways than ever to get your music fix.
Download and Listen to Free Music on the Web
New Year 2008
Sydney-Rio-Amsterdam-London-Hongkong-Taipei - 360 degree Panoramas.
New Year 2008-Sydney-Rio-Amsterdam-London-Hongkong-Taipei
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Australian Economic Indicators, Jan 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 and includes statistics that can be applied to both macro-economic and sectoral analyses.
Australian Economic Indicators, Jan 2008
Read Text from a Scanned Document into Word with OCR
There are a number of OCR products on the market, but don’t go for your wallet just yet. If you own Microsoft Office, you already own software capable of Optical Character Recognition: Microsoft Office Document Imaging. You can use Microsoft Office Document Imaging to grab text from a scanned document and convert it into a usable Word document.
Read Text from a Scanned Document into Word with OCR
CIA’s Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases and Top 25 Searched Documents
CIA’s Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases (Nov. & Dec. 2007) and Top 25 Searched Documents (Dec. 2007)
CIA’s Electronic Reading Room Releases Top 25 Searched Phrases and Top 25 Searched Documents
The Origins of Buzzwords
Everybody seems to resent buzzwords, and everybody uses them. It may therefore be of some interest to look at the origin of those universally reviled favorites.
The Origins of Buzzwords
Top 10 Underhyped Webapps
Even in this golden age of Big Internet Companies Acquiring Everything In Sight, there are still a few independent, small webapps out there that don't get the attention they should for their useful functionality.
Top 10 Underhyped Webapps
Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed!
I am appalled at the concept of taking people’s domain ideas and registering it before the consumer has the ability to manually register the domain.
Network Solutions steals domain ideas; Confirmed!
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Shop around to get the cheapest petrol prices
If you want to save money on your petrol costs, you need to shop around to find which of your local service stations is the cheapest. And plan ahead to make sure you buy at the cheap time of the week too.
Shop around to get the cheapest petrol prices
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
FaxBox: the latest in password scams
Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting.
FaxBox: the latest in password scams
10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You
1. "I'm a specialist — in marketing myself as a health expert."
etc
10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You
10 Things Your Fitness Club Won't Tell You
1. "If you're still here in April, it'll be a miracle."
etc
10 Things Your Fitness Club Won't Tell You
The secret of two hidden messages in Google 2008 Logo
The secrete messages in Google's 2008 logo revealed. Google put silently two hidden messages in its 2008 logo. Google is celebrating 25 years of TCP/IP and the New Year.
The secret of two hidden messages in Google 2008 Logo
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Netscape. Specifically, version 0.9b
Ah, memories! This is the first browser I can remember using back in either late 1994 or early 1995....I still remember the joy of the first screen appearing (the dawn of the age of Internet discovery!) and actually getting this and that Trumpet Winsock thing to work....
Netscape. Specifically, version 0.9b
Saturday, January 05, 2008
American Dialect Society Word of the Year
In its 18th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted “subprime” as the word of the year.
American Dialect Society Word of the Year
Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools
Whether you do some blogging, operate an e-commerce site, or simply have moving pictures in the back of your mind to work with, web-based video and animation should probably be on your radar. Many marketing departments are setting up their own video and animation studios for everything from product demonstrations to webinars, and an increasing number of companies such as Brightcove are helping to deliver and syndicate video on the web. The good news is there are also lots of free applications for video and animation on the web.
Essential Free Online Video and Animation Tools
Friday, January 04, 2008
General Travel Advice to Australian Travellers
This advice has been reviewed and reissued. It contains new information in the Summary and under Safety and Security: Terrorism (update), Civil Unrest/Political Tension (update), Crime (update), Local Travel (new section), Airline Safety (update), Natural Disasters (update), Local Customs (update) and Health Issues (update).
General Travel Advice to Australian Travellers
5 New Year's Resolutions You Owe Yourself
We questioned health professionals and plumbed the scientific literature in a quest for the most life-enhancing New Year's resolutions possible.
5 New Year's Resolutions You Owe Yourself
World's Top 10 Most Polluted Places
Where toxic pollution and human habitation collide with devastating effects.
World's Top 10 Most Polluted Places
Should "Decimate" be Annihilated?
For the past few decades, Lake Superior State University has issued an annual “List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness.” Candidates for “banished words” are nominated by the public at large, and then a committee decides on the final selection, which is released every year on New Year’s Day. The 2008 list is a typical mix of terms deemed by the committee to be clichéd, improperly used, or objectionable in some other way.
Should "Decimate" be Annihilated?
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Top 15 Amazing Coincidences
Life is full of coincidences, some very minor, but occasionally - extraordinary. This is a list of 15 of the most incredible, unbelievable coincidences.
Top 15 Amazing Coincidences
Australian Government Equates Freedom Of Speech To Liking Kiddie Porn
It will not only take all of two minutes to bypass the great firewall of Australia, and worse still it will actually provide a false sense of security to parents who will wrongly believe that the internet is now a safe place for their children, when it still isn’t. 'Nuff said...
Australian Government Equates Freedom Of Speech To Liking Kiddie Porn
Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions
Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions after the zeal of 1/1/08 has worn off.
Twelve tips for keeping your resolutions
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Darwin Awards: 2007 Darwin Awards
Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
Darwin Awards: 2007 Darwin Awards
19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions
We’ve come up with 19 photo-related New Year’s resolutions that’ll have you learning more, practicing more, and taking more risks in two thousand and awesome. So here they are: 19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions. Pick even one, and you’re likely to leave 2008 with vastly improved photographic skills.
19 New Year’s Photo Resolutions
100 things we didn't know last year
The most interesting and unexpected facts can emerge from the daily news stories and the Magazine documents some of them in its weekly feature, 10 things we didn't know last week. To kick off 2008, here are some of the best of last year.
100 things we didn't know last year
Free Tools to Manage New Year's Resolutions
Lots of you are kicking off 2008 with New Year's resolutions, but they won't keep themselves. To reach the goals you've set out for yourself in '08, follow through each and every one of the next 365 days—several free tools can help you with just that. Track your progress and help motivate yourself to stick to your New Year's resolutions with our favorite goal tracking webapps and tools.
Free Tools to Manage New Year's Resolutions
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
The year's ten best films
It was a time of wonders, an autumn of miracles, one of the best years in recent movie history. One great film after another opened, and movie lovers found there were two or three, sometimes more, must-see films opening on a weekend. I gave up rationing my four-star ratings and went with the flow.
The year's ten best films and other shenanigans
The 53 Places to Go in 2008
Where to go in 2008 - the travel choices for global nomads have never been more varied.
The 53 Places to Go in 2008
Celebrity Deaths in 2007
List of cultural and entertainment names that are no longer with us.
Here, a roll call of some of the notables in the arts and popular culture who died in 2007. (Cause of death cited for younger people if available.)
Celebrity Deaths in 2007
2007 Year in Review - ABC News Australia
Change seemed to be the buzzword for 2007 - from climate change, workplace relations change to the change of government and our nation's leaders.
2007 Year in Review - ABC News Australia
Great birthday gifts for your girlfriend
What you get your girlfriend for her birthday is going to depend on how long you have been together, at what stage of the relationship you are in, and how well you know her. The hardest gift to figure out is always the first one.
Great birthday gifts for your girlfriend
Best of 2007 and predictions for 2008
2007: we'll always remember it as the year of the... well, year of the what, exactly? So much happened in tech this year that we can't sum up the year with a single label. So we asked the Ars staff to reflect on the event, product, or trend that defined 2007, a year that saw both the announcement and introduction of the iPhone, the growth of 700MHz "spectrum fever," and the Jammie Thomas trial.
Best of 2007 and predictions for 2008
7 Ways to Track Your Goals
Are you writing resolutions for 2008? Even if you’re not, you probably have some goals or at the very least some projects that capture your dreams for the future. Here are 7 ways to keep track of the things you want to make happen in your life — which one suits you?
7 Ways to Track Your Goals
Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet
The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet.
Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet
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