50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a Presence on

If your business limits its online presence to advertising banners and blogging, it's missing out. The Internet provides powerful networking opportunities that allow users to effectively target their audience by logging on to social sites like LinkedIn, Digg and more.
50 Social Sites That Every Business Needs a Presence on

Everyday Environmentalist

Remember when "environmentalist" meant…recycling?
It's not so simple anymore. Being an environmentalist today calls for a whole new level of greener thinking — from what you choose at the grocery store to how you commute to work every day.
Everyday Environmentalist

11 Power Tips for Gmail

Considering that real Gmail users didn’t know about these options, I’m going to call them power tips.
11 Power Tips for Gmail

10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong

Our brains are terrible at assessing modern risks. Here's how to think straight about dangers in your midst.
10 Ways We Get the Odds Wrong

Consumer Hero Investigates Toilet Paper "Sheet Shorting" Conspiracy

Leo Hill figures that every single roll of toilet paper he's bought since 2006 has shorted him at least one "sitting," says the Denver Post.
Mr. Hill has been counting the sheets included in his rolls of toilet paper since his wife noticed something odd. The rolls in the 4-pack lasted longer than the ones in the 12-pack.
Consumer Hero Investigates Toilet Paper "Sheet Shorting" Conspiracy

6 Not-So-Secret Secret Societies

List of some of the most popular, and therefore not very secret, secret societies.
6 Not-So-Secret Secret Societies

Australian Wine and Grape Industry, 2007

This publication presents a summary of statistics on grape and wine production and related activities collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and from other sources.
Australian Wine and Grape Industry, 2007

Aussie cities among world's most livable

Melbourne - Number two in the world, number one in Oz....never been to Vancouver but it must be good....
Aussie cities among world's most livable: survey

Work It out: More Activity = Slower Aging

Warning, couch potatoes: resting on your laurels may be hazardous to your health, not to mention make you old before your time.
Work It out: More Activity = Slower Aging

50 things I've learned in 50 years

I’m (Eric Zorn) turning 50 next week. So I thought I’d take the opportunity here to list 50 things I’ve learned in 50 years—truths gleaned from experience and the words of others that guide, inspire and sometimes haunt me:
50 things I've learned in 50 years

Six Services to Send and Share Large Files

A common question sent to ResourceShelf, what tools or services can I use to send/share large files to others without having to use an FTP client?
Here are six of them. Most are free. Try them all and see which one(s) work best for you. Most should have you up and running in a matter of minutes.
Six Services to Send and Share Large Files

10 ways to make meetings more effective

"That meeting wasted my time." How often have you made this statement? Like you, I've attended many unproductive meetings, but a recent one topped them all. I had been talking about my consulting and training work with an employee of a company in central New Jersey. Things had gotten to the point that, after receiving information about me, the person suggested that I come to his New Jersey office for a meeting he would set up that would include him and his boss, the director of a training program for new professional hires.

10 ways to make meetings more effective

Consumer Price Index, Australia, Dec 2007

THE ALL GROUPS CPI rose 0.9% in the December quarter 2007, compared with a rise of 0.7% in the September quarter and rose 3.0% through the year to December quarter 2007.
Consumer Price Index, Australia, Dec 2007

How to Stay Awake at Work or School

Have you ever been so tired you almost fell asleep at work? Did you ever wish you could just crawl under your desk and take a nap like George Costanza?
Whether you were partying too hard the night before, up late feeding a newborn baby, or some other energy draining activity, you've got an emergency that needs to be addressed pronto!
How to Stay Awake at Work or School

Spectacular hidden treasures online for the first time

Five hidden treasures from public library collections across the UK are now accessible to an online audience of millions. Selected as the winning texts in a nationwide competition, pages of each have been digitised and transformed into Turning the Pages 2.0™ ‘virtual texts'. Visitors to the British Library's website can enjoy these magnificent items for free.

The winning treasures include:
a 12th century legal work from Medway, Kent, which contains the earliest record of the English language;
a fascinating first-hand account of life in mid 19th century rural Caernarfonshire, as experienced by an unusually observant 14-year-old;
a stunning 15th century illuminated missal from Renfrewshire, which features a blood-curdling rite of excommunication;
a beautifully illustrated war record book produced by the Dorset Federation of Women's Institutes, containing stories of evacuees, enemy airmen, the coming of the American army and even jam making!
Spectacular hidden treasures online for the first time

The Art of Verbal Intimidation : Learn it and fight back!

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, but I’d rather be blind than see a coward in the mirror. In our evolutionary history, intimidation was a direct result of physical size. One human being would be intimidated by a larger creature, and even a larger human being. This formula is still in play, you need look only to night-club bouncers, celebrity security guards and biker gangs. As the tolerance for physical violence in our community diminishes, verbal intimidation has found itself a new home in our lives.
The Art of Verbal Intimidation

5 Boundary-Setting Tips for the Work Obsessed.

If you are so passionate about your work that you border on obsessed, you might find it near impossible to turn work off.
This is especially so in the web age, when you can stay connected no matter where you are, who you’re with, or what you’re doing. What do you do when suggestions like “work only during certain hours” and “don’t check email on evenings and weekends” just don’t seem to be enough?
Here are five more powerful tricks for keeping work in its place…
5 Boundary-Setting Tips for the Work Obsessed

Keeping Children Safe Online

Children present unique security risks when they use a computer—not only do you have to keep them safe, you have to protect the data on your computer. By taking some simple steps, you can dramatically reduce the threats.
Keeping Children Safe Online

More Ways to Fight the Spam Plague

Last year, Judi Sohn did an excellent roundup of anti-spam solutions, breaking them down by web-based, client-side and server-side solutions. As she noted there, research shows that about 80 percent of e-mail is spam, and that number has not changed much. It’s a big problem. Lately, I’ve been experimenting with a couple of solutions in addition to the ones Judi cited.
More Ways to Fight the Spam Plague

Clean Like a Maid for Better Results

Ever get the feeling after an hour spent cleaning that your place still doesn't quite look spic and span? The Curbly blog uses a bit of wisdom from one writer's work as a housekeeper to offer a few methods of ensuring a room looks presentable and less cluttered.
Clean Like a Maid for Better Results

20 Foods To Snack On For Enhanced Productivity

Most people eat to lose weight, get healthy and build muscle. There are some people, however, who snack correctly in order to enhance their productivity. The following is a list of 20 foods you can eat to improve your eye-sight, improve your performance, energize your brain and keep your day on track.
20 Foods To Snack On For Enhanced Productivity

Darkness At Noon And At All Other Times

People always try to learn the origin of things, but the world and even most human institutions arose so long ago that our reconstruction can seldom be secure. Language is also old, and we know next to nothing about the circumstances in which it arose.
Darkness At Noon And At All Other Times

A Positioning System That Goes Where GPS Can't

Indoor positioning system technology uses radio, ultrasound or infrared signals to more precisely track locations where GPS signals are blocked.
A Positioning System That Goes Where GPS Can't

Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus

Ever lose patience waiting for a bus and decided to walk instead? Next time, stick around, it's nearly always the best strategy.
Lazy option is best when waiting for the bus

Five Essential Tools for Moving

There are little things you can do and tools you should have plenty of on hand to make things go smoothly. Boxing up every single one of your possessions and transporting them to your new residence to set them all up again is a huge pain. Here are a few items beyond your standard boxes, tape, and blankets that can streamline your move.
Five Essential Tools for Moving

Space Station Launches 10th Anniversary with 2008 Calendar

Space Station Launches 10th Anniversary with 2008 Calendar.
Calendar

10 Traits To Be Perceived As A Winner!

In order to have a winning personality, it is of utmost importance to have everyone’s best interest in mind.
10 Traits To Be Perceived As A Winner!

5 Embarrassing Grammatical Mistakes

The thing with bad grammar. It's the intellectual equivalent of spinach in your teeth, especially when you're at work or looking for a better job. With that in mind, here are five errors that are easy to prevent. Think of them as mental floss.

5 Embarrassing Grammatical Mistakes

5 Free Online Pie Chart Utilities

Ever needed a pie chart for a report? Did you not feel like spending a couple of hours in Photoshop trying to make one? Look no further than the web for quick and simple pie chart makers.
5 Free Online Pie Chart Utilities

What’s Stopping You from Getting Started

If you’re like most people, you have a lot of projects on your back burner that you hope to get to someday but aren’t quite ready for.
What’s Stopping You from Getting Started (and What to Do About It)

How to Find Work That You Love

Most of us spend 60-80% of our waking hours doing something work-related. If you don’t enjoy that work, then it means you’re unhappy 60-80% of the time. Logical, right?
How to Find Work That You Love — A Logical Guide

75 Tips to Keep Your Car in Top-Notch Condition

We've compiled our best expert advice, surprising tricks, and maintenance and fix-it tips to prolong the life of your car!
75 Tips to Keep Your Car in Top-Notch Condition

Cooking oil switch produces modest weight loss

Switching to a different type of cooking oil could help people pare off a pound or two, according to new research from Japan.
Cooking oil switch produces modest weight loss

Internet and TV Lead List of Ways Men Pass the Time

We asked consumers of both genders and most ages to identify from a list of activities, their favorite leisure activity. This month we look at the males -- what are their favorite ways to spend leisure time?
Internet and TV Lead List of Ways Men Pass the Time

The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success

Yes, I experienced it, I really did; the intense feeling of true happiness and success. Not just temporarily, but extensively for an uninterrupted period of several months. This was simply the most significant ‘achievement’ of mine: finding clarity, peace and happiness in a hectic and high-demanding life.
The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success

Work-Life Boundaries for the Passionate Worker

The only problem with being super-passionate about your work life is that work can take over your whole life. That’s especially so for web workers since near-ubiquitous connectivity means you can almost always tweak that website, write that blog post, or code that next feature no matter where you are or what time it is.
Work-Life Boundaries for the Passionate Worker

25 Things You Should Never Include on a Resume

Applying for a new job comes with its fair share of rejections, setbacks, frustrations and perhaps even lonely periods of unemployment. If you've been turned down for position after position, you could be getting desperate and may want to shake things up a bit so that your résumé will stand out from the piles of others stacked quietly in HR. Before you decide to get too creative, there are some rules to résumé etiquette that you should follow.
25 Things You Should Never Include on a Resume

Top 10 Telephone Tricks

When getting things done involves making phone calls, you want to spend the least amount of time and money on the horn as possible—and several tricks and services can help you do just that. With the right tones, keypresses, phone numbers, and know-how, you can skip through or cut off long-winded automated voice systems and humans, access web services by voice, and smartly screen incoming calls.
Top 10 Telephone Tricks

Estate Planning: Why Me?

A friend of mine mourned the loss of her husband, who died of a heart attack at age 56. Although most people understand their mortality by the time they reach their fifties, this man didn't believe in insurance or planning for the future, and hence died with no coverage, very few assets, and no will.
Estate Planning: Why Me?

21 phrases to use to help you FIGHT RIGHT with your sweetheart

Almost all couples fight; the secret is to fight right.
21 phrases to use to help you FIGHT RIGHT with your sweetheart

Most Common Last Names

The 10 most common last names in the U.S. The list is based on a count of surnames from the 1990 Census. The U.S. Census Bureau lately released a list of the most common last names from the 2000 Census (the top ten from each Census shown in the link below).
Most Common Last Names

The Oddest English Spellings

For centuries English-speakers have tried to make English spelling less chaotic. These efforts have now come to an end. Most children and adults spell dreadfully, but spellcheckers correct their mistakes.
The Oddest English Spellings

Namexif Batch Renames Digital Photos by Date

Windows only: Photo file utility Namexif renames your digital pictures based on the timestamp they were taken, plus a custom name (like an event description).
Namexif Batch Renames Digital Photos by Date

Train Your Eyes to See Color, Again

There are many reasons why we don’t always get what we want. One of these reasons is because we focus on the opposite of what we want. Sometimes, we just can’t help it. But, if we are conscious of our thoughts, we can intercept these thoughts and shift our frame of mind towards our desired goals.
Train Your Eyes to See Color, Again

"Can't We Talk?"

Condensed from: You Just Don't Understand. Men and women.
"Can't We Talk?"

60 Weirdest Phobias People You Know May Have

A phobia is an intense fear of something that poses no actual danger. While awareness that the fears are irrational, phobics often find that facing, or even thinking about facing the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety.
60 Weirdest Phobias People You Know May Have

37 Stress Management Tips

Stress is a fact of life, but being stressed out is not. We don't always have control over what happens to us.
37 Stress Management Tips

Get free local POI data for your Tom Tom

While Tom Tom only releases updated POI (place of interest) overlays for Australia once a year, the Ozpoi website offers user-created data overlays which are more frequently updated, and can be hacked for use with other GPS devices including Navman, Garmin, and Mitac Mio.
Get free local POI data for your Tom Tom

20 Awesome Images Found In Google Maps

The introduction of satellite images into map search interfaces has excited both virtual sightseers and local app developers. Further innovations like Google's Street View have caused consternation from privacy advocates while further pumping up the buzz about online mapping.
20 Awesome Images Found In Google Maps

The Moral Instinct

Which of the following people would you say is the most admirable: Mother Teresa, Bill Gates or Norman Borlaug? And which do you think is the least admirable?
The Moral Instinct