Thursday, August 21, 2008

How con-men make their faces look trustworthy

Drake Bennett of the Boston Globe wrote an article on the various ways con men gain their marks' trust, including body language, verbal language, and facial expressions.
How con-men make their faces look trustworthy

YouTube: Top 10 YouTube Hacks

Summer's ending, and with it goes a certain sense of taking it easier, relaxing a bit at the office—you know, caching up on all that YouTube browsing you skip when there's real work to be done. The popular video sharing site is a great resource (and source of entertainment) that gets better with the right add-ons, plug-ins, third-party tools, and clever usage. Let's take a look at the best ways to get better video, download clips, and just find the video you're looking for at YouTube, so you can get more from your guilty pleasure.
YouTube: Top 10 YouTube Hacks

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Nine tips for staying motivated to exercise.

Everyone knows that exercise is a KEY element to good health. The trick is keeping yourself motivated to exercise, if you’re a person who naturally relapses into the couch-potato pose.
Nine tips for staying motivated to exercise.

Melbourne's rated Australia's most liveable city

MELBOURNE has been rated Australia's most liveable city, but its central business district is almost the worst place in the country. Victoria's number one local government area of Nillumbik - which includes Eltham (hey! - home of The Black Stump!), Diamond Creek, Hurstbridge and St Andrews - enjoys the highest level of people in good health.
Melbourne's best, but quality of life index gives CBD the thumbs-down

Three Months, 3,000 Miles Or Longer?: The Truth about Oil Changes

There is much debate in the automotive world over how often drivers of typical passenger cars or light trucks should change their oil.
Three Months, 3,000 Miles Or Longer?: The Truth about Oil Changes

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

What is the best free email account? - Google's Gmail

Do you still use Microsoft Outlook or Eudora for your emails, or maybe something else? If you do, you probably are not having the most productive and user friendly experience that you could be having.
What is the best free email account? - Google's Gmail

The diet that really works

Bryan Appleyard thinks he has found a diet that really works: it took him three weeks to shed 14lb with healthy ease. But he had to go back 5,000 years to discover the science behind it.
The diet that really works

Do they really think the earth is flat?

In the 21st Century, the term "flat-earther" is used to describe someone who is spectacularly - and seemingly wilfully - ignorant. But there is a group of people who claim they believe the planet really is flat. Are they really out there or is it all an elaborate prank?
Do they really think the earth is flat?

Monday, August 18, 2008

Why Australia Is Dominating the Olympics

The medal competition between China and USA really masks extremely impressive national Olympic achievement by smaller countries. If we're going to pick winners in the national medal count -- and we are -- I think we should use a system that comes closer to fairly rewarding real national achievement.
Why Australia Is Dominating the Olympics

User anger: iPhone 3G problems emerging

The launch of the iPhone 3G has been embarrassing for Apple in many respects: its rocky MobileMe push email service experienced outage after outage and has been widely regarded as a public relations disaster. Now, purchasers of the iPhone 3G are reporting a wide range of problems from 'glitchy 3G reception' to hairline cracks in the plastic casing of their phones.
User anger: iPhone 3G problems emerging

Best value Australian iPhone plans revealed!

Want to buy an iPhone 3G? We've gone through all the plans from all the telcos to find the best of the best.
Best value Australian iPhone plans revealed!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

What Does Michael Phelps Eat for Breakfast?

How 'bout that Michael Phelps last night? Wondering what he eats to fuel the kind of performance we've been witnessing? Well, on Monday night NBC's Bob Costas reported a tidbit of jaw-dropping info: Michael Phelps recommended calorie intake is 8,000 to 10,000 calories.
What Does Michael Phelps Eat for Breakfast? More Stuff Than You Eat All Day

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?