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Watch "An Inconvenient Truth" for free

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:03:50 GMT

clipped by: kankamuso

There's nothing like a free movie

Ever think, "That movie is so bad, I wouldn't see it if they paid me?"

An Inconvenient Truth tends to have the opposite effect: it is so grounded, so filled with integrity that even a lifelong republican who despised Al Gore in 2000 concludes that it's "simply great" (cite). And our generous donors will buy you the DVD. Oddly enough, this is probably the last movie on Earth that you need to be paid to see.

There's no catch. Fill out the following boxes to request a free DVD:

Tags: dvd, free, movie

Verbotomy: The create-a-word game

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:18:42 GMT

clipped by: kankamuso
clipper's remarks: I'm totally into this.

Clip Source: www.verbotomy.com

Verbotomy: How to Play

Verbotomy is about creating words.

Every day we create a new definition and matching cartoon. Your challenge is to create a word -- a verboticism -- that matches the definition. After you create your verboticism, you can vote for, or against, other player's words to help select the winning verboticism for the definition.

If you want more details, click on each step listed below.

1. Read the definition

Each day we publish a new definition and cartoon on the site.

2. Create a new word

After you read the definition, try to think of a new word — a verboticism — that would be a perfect fit.

The new verboticism must be all letters (a-z), all-one-word, with no spaces, dashes, numbers, or special characters.

Ideally your new verboticism will not match any existing dictionary-words (i.e., it is new and different), but this is not an absolute requirement.

The best verboticisms are pronounceable, and hint at the meaning.

3. Save your word

When you submit your verboticism, you will get an instant verbotometry. This rates your verboticism based on its spelling, match to existing dictionary-words, and uniqueness.

Your verboticism may be a unique. Or, it may match a verboticism already submitted by another player. Authors of matching verboticism will automatically be joined together as co-creators of the word. (Each co-creator will get equal credit.)

Once you are happy with your verboticism, save it.

VERBOTOMICS:
After you save your verboticism, you can add notes to clairify the pronounciation, show sample use in a sentence, and explain its etymology — the root words or creative inspiration. (Each creator of the verboticism can edit these notes.)

4. Vote for your favorite words

Each player gets two votes, but you cannot vote for your own word.

DEFINITION: An often debilitating condition characterized by compulsive, repetitive and obsessive reading of product documentation and warranties.

Create | Vote

Tags: game, funny, fun, humor, words, writers

Best 50 hacks for your Life

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:50:33 GMT

clipped by: kankamuso

Clip Source: www.lifehack.org

Communication, Writing, Studying

My Best Presentation Tricks

The Business Card Game

Persuasive Writing for Students, Webmasters, Bloggers, and Everyone Else

7 tips of handling your Emails without feeling overwhelmed

Writing as a Form of Self Healing

Advice for students: Writing by hand

Yes, But Do People Like You?

Writing – Just do it!

A good place to study

Blog your way through Writer’s Block

14 Tips for Communicating Ideas

Productivity, Creativity, Motivation

9 Top Secrets of Naturally Born Organizers

Fight The Flab!

More Fight The Flab!

Limit Creativity, Get Innovation

Precious Moments

5 Ways to Improve Your Productivity in the Office

A Geek’s Best Lifehack

What Kind of Paranoid Are You?

Being A Creative

There’s No Time!

The Mysteries Behind Motivation and How To Manipulate Them

Time Management: Handling Disruptions in Daily Schedules

Productivity Hack: Write Mini Process Flows

Design an Online Workflow

Management, Self-Management, Entrepreneurship

Bare Bones Project Hacks

The 10 Beliefs of Great Managers

The Simplest Path to Success

Letting Things Go

Closet Entrepreneur

Time To Discard The Portmanteau

5 Important Keys to Bootstrap Your Entrepreneurship

The Most Underutilized Tool for Effective Communication

Everyday Performance Reviews

Meetings, @&!!$*@ Meetings!

What Are You Worried About?

How to Ruin Your Career In Five Easy Steps

Procrastination, Goal Settings, Life

9 Steps to Define your Goal Destination and Devise a Plan to Get There

Pro-Active Steps to Prevent Procrastination

Improve Your Life By Following A Schedule

The Causes of Procrastination And How To Conquer Them

How To Make Resolutions You’ll Keep

Literal Life Hack: Cut your window of time in half

New Year’s Resolutions and Deficit Thinking

6 Sleep Tips

Risks versus Rewards Worksheet

5 Tips for Getting Out of Debt (and Why)

Deep Breathing: A Great Health Trick

8 Expenses to Cut and How

Desk-side Fitness

Tags: hacks, lists, life

No One Dies of Old Age

Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:43:17 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: www.livescience.com

There are various ways of shuffling off this mortal coil, but people actually die from injury (such as a fall or car accident) or disease (such as cancer). No one dies of old age. Usually when a person is said to have died "of old age," it means that he or she succumbed to one of the diseases common in our later years.

While many older people do suffer from health problems, disease does not automatically accompany aging, and seniors are living longer and healthier than ever. Just as youth does not guarantee good health, old age does not guarantee poor health.

It is true that living cells have a finite life span, but that doesn't mean that the organism simply dies because the cells are old. Instead, genetic mutations, diseases, and damaging effects of the environment can foster a specific disorder or disease. As people get older, their cells simply don't work as well, and can't stave off disease as easily or heal as well as they once could. As a result, older people may die from injuries or diseases that a younger person would easily survive. But nothing dies from simply being old.

Tags: science, biology, man, environment, medicine, life, health, death, age, body, life span

Oh, Happy Day!

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:20:14 GMT

clipped by: Godfrey Daniel
clipper's remarks: I'm going to try to edit this script to include other excessive punctuation. Can't figure why the author would write this and leave out question marks.

Clip Source: www.zieak.com

Eliminate extra exclamation points!!!

I’m not militant about punctuation but i do find it annoying when people write things with lots of exclamation points. So i created a Greasemonkey script that turns anywhere from 2-42 exclamation points into just one. Greasemonkey has to be installed and you need to be using Firefox in order for this to work. If you have them both already then grab my excessive exclamation points script. There is some excessive punctuation below for you to test. After you have installed the script just refresh this page and you should see the exclamation points disappear from this post’s title and the lines below.

Two exclamation points!!
Ten exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!
Five exclamation points and a number one!!!!!1
Forty Two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can also get this script on userscripts.org here.

Tags: greasemonkey, javascript, userscripts

If You Don’t Have the Balls to be Hated, Then You Don’t Deserve to be Loved

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:43:11 GMT

clipped by: kankamuso
clipper's remarks: Violent Acres, again.

Clip Source: www.violentacres.com

Back in my day, we called them ‘wannabees’ or ‘hanger ons.’ Today, you might call them something else. But those were the people who so desperately wanted to be well liked and popular, that they inadvertently crossed the line and ended up becoming one dimensional and fucking annoying. I’ve actually always had a soft spot in my heart for them. To me, it seemed like their only crime was trying too fucking hard and I couldn’t bring myself to publicly shun someone for being nice to me. Oftentimes, I’d reach out to them, hoping that my guidance would ‘cool them up’ a little. When I was 11, my classmate Megan became my full fledged project.

Megan was widely despised by everyone despite her innate sweetness. She was the type of girl who never really talked about herself. If you asked her what her favorite food was, she’d say, “What’s your favorite food?” If you answered “Pizza,” she’d say, “Oh, that’s my favorite food, too!” If you asked her what she liked to do for fun, she’d ask, “What do you like to do for fun?” If you answered, “I like playing soccer,” she’d say, “That’s exactly what I like to do too!”

I look around the world today and I’ve noticed that it is full of people like Megan.

Everyone has been playing nice-nice with each other. No one wants to accidentally offend anyone else. We’re all so open and accepting of everyone’s thoughts and feelings (Even the fucking dumb ones) and there are no stupid questions. We share. We encourage. We sugar coat. We are tactful and we are pleasant.

And after a day of this, we go home, make ourselves a cocktail and wonder why no one really knows us. We wonder why we never feel really close to our friends and we speculate on how it’s possible to live one third of our lives without bonding or connecting with anyone else. In the midst of so many superficial friendships, we are amazed by the fact that we can feel so alone.

Tags: rant, critical thinking, opinion

Stunning portraits by Tom Stone

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:06:21 GMT

clipped by: kankamuso
clipper's remarks: Portraits of homeless people in SF. Amazing quality and shocking personal histories.

Clip Source: www.tomstonegallery.com

Tags: pictures, photography, portraits, art

Why Do Some Mommies Love to Cuddle (part 2)

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:55:22 GMT

clipped by: wurdzgurl
clipper's remarks: Yep that's mine. She already has the coy look down.

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

Tags: picture, baby

Stanislav Petrov: World Hero

Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:15:20 GMT

clipped by: kankamuso

Clip Source: www.brightstarsound.com

He averted a catastrophe that could have shaken the foundation of the Earth
for many centuries to come — and the future of humanity forever . . .

In 1983 in Russia, there was a man who would have been considered an enemy by the people of America. But as it turned out, he would become for them and for the world an unknown hero — perhaps the greatest hero of all time. Because of military secrecy, and political and international differences, most of the world has not heard of this man. He is Stanislav Petrov.

The extraordinary incident leading to his heroism occurred near Moscow, in the former Soviet Union, just past midnight, Sept. 26, 1983. Because of time-zone differences, it was still Sept. 25 in America, a Sunday afternoon.

During the Cold War at this time, the United States and the Soviet Union were bitter adversaries. These two world powers did not trust each other, and this distrust led to a dangerous consequence: They built thousands of nuclear weapons to be used against each other if a war should ever break out between them. If there ever were such a war, these nations would very likely devastate each other and much of the world many times over, resulting in the deaths of perhaps hundreds of millions of people.

It was Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov’s duty to use computers and satellites to warn the Soviet Union if there were ever a nuclear missile attack by the United States. In the event of such an attack, the Soviet Union’s strategy was to launch an immediate all-out nuclear weapons counterattack against the United States.

Tags: hero, ussr, war

Image: President Bush crying at Medal of Honor ceremony.

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:49:32 GMT

clipped by: BitDrifter
clipper's remarks: The soldier the ceremony is honoring threw himself on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers. A true hero.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Tags: bush, president, cry, image, images, emotion, medal of honor, honor, military, jason dunham, dunham, hero

Running Linux Inside of Windows

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:41:44 GMT

clipped by: funana

Clip Source: tips.webdesign10.com

Running Linux Inside of Windows With QEMU

For Linux users who are stuck on Windows at work all day, it's easy to run a copy of Damn Small Linux in a window inside of Windows XP.

Go to the Damn Small Linux download page
Download the current version of dsl-embedded (the current version is Damn Small Linux 3.1 and the file is called dsl-3.1-embedded.zip)
Unzip the downloaded file
Double-click on the file called dsl-windows.bat

Damn Small Linux will then be running in a window on your Windows XP computer. It's really that easy. Check it out:

The window that Linux runs in is an emulator called QEMU. As soon as you click inside of the window, your mouse pointer will be locked inside of the QEMU window. To escape the pointer from the Linux desktop, press Ctrl-Alt. The mouse pointer will then shift back to the Windows XP desktop.

Tags: linux, windows, open source, qemu, damn small linux, emulator

Hairdresser gives client a kidney!

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:04:32 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: most inspiring!

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Hairdresser gives client a kidney

FOR most people, a trip to the hairdresser means getting a new style and blow-dry. But Bernadette Keegan's life changed forever when the woman who has cut her hair for eight years offered to give her a kidney as well.

The Sydney mother-of-two, who endures daily dialysis because of a genetic kidney disease, was facing a wait of up to 10 years for a compatible donor organ.

Her hairdresser, Jennie Maley, who runs a salon in Richmond in Sydney's north-west, was so moved by Ms Keegan's plight that she volunteered to help.

Now the two - who until recently had a normal business-client relationship rather than a friendship - are preparing for a transplant at Westmead Hospital, on January 31.

Ms Maley, 53, first considered donating a kidney after Ms Keegan joked she had a "hot date'' at Nepean Hospital's renal unit after having her hair blow-waved.

"I went home, had dinner and enjoyed my partner's company - but I couldn't stop thinking about Bernie,'' she said. "So I got my blood tested and I asked Bernie if she might consider me. It took 24 hours for the offer to sink in, but her daughter told me she cried the whole way home.''

The pair want to boost awareness of organ donorship, as Australia has one of the lowest rates in the world.

"There are some 1500 people waiting for a kidney transplant, with an average wait of four years,'' he said.

He said Kidney Health Australia would like to encourage more people to consider kidney donation. About 40 per cent of kidneys come from live donors and between 97 and 98 per cent of those are relatives of the recipient.

The two women have grown close through the experience."Bernie is as private as I am outgoing - we are almost the opposite,'' Ms Maley said. "She didn't even tell me about her illness, I heard through friends,'' she added.

"It will be nice to go out and not have to worry about getting home for dialysis,'' Ms Keegan added.

Tags: inspiring, humanity, disease, kidney, transplant.

What does love mean?

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:32:52 GMT

clipped by: kankamuso

Clip Source: singlesrant.blogspot.com

"What does love mean?"

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds,

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her
toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got
arthritis too. That's love."

Rebecca- age 8

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy - age 4

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."
Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."
Chrissy - age 6

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."
Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."
Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"
Emily - age 8

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."
Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,"
Nikka - age 6

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."
Tommy - age 6

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."
Cindy - age 8

"My mommy loves me more than anybody . You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."
Clare - age 6

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."

Elaine-age 5

Tags: lists, children, love

Stomach flu stinks

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:13:27 GMT

clipped by: debbyski
clipper's remarks: They aren't kidding; I have been violently ill since yesterday and I'm a frequent handwasher. I have no idea where I picked this thing up at; maybe the gym?

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

Stomach viruses tearing through communities from California to the Carolinas wrecked the December holidays for some, and they are getting the new year off to an uncomfortable start for others.

The most likely culprits, experts say, are noroviruses, the most common cause of contagious gastroenteritis, better known as the "stomach flu." Cases occur every winter, but health officials say that in recent weeks they have seen two to three times as many cases as usual.

Norovirus infection usually clears up after two or three days, but medical epidemiologist Marc-Alain Widdowson, a norovirus expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the misery of those days shouldn't be dismissed.

"When you're ill, you're really ill," he says. "People (can) vomit 20 times a day."

Norovirus can be spread through contaminated food or water, causing large outbreaks. About half of food-borne diseases are thought to be caused by norovirus, the CDC says.

But this winter, it is spreading mainly from person to person through communities, and experts believe the majority of cases are unreported.

Once it's in the house, experts say, it's tough to wipe out. It can linger for days on surfaces such as children's toys, keyboards, telephones and doorknobs, and both vomit and stool are highly infectious. It is present in the stool up to three weeks after the patient recovers, so health officials stress the importance of hand-washing, especially after using the bathroom and before preparing food.

Tags: stomach, flu, stinks

Public School Abuse In The News

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:30:40 GMT

clipped by: DizzyDezzi
clipper's remarks: I realize that this is somewhat of an isolated case, but I include this as one of the many reasons why I home-school my own children. I could get in-depth about why I am a home-educator, but I'll just say that if I am required to surrender my kids to faculty, like this guy, risking their physical safety, peace of mind and self-esteem, I'll pass.

But, then, I've been home-schooling for 8 years, so I am in no danger of ever, willingly, giving up my children to the care of the public school system.

Clip Source: apnews.myway.com

Ex-Coach Allegedly Hits Students in Groin

MONUMENT, Colo. (AP) - A former high school basketball coach faces 39 charges for allegedly hitting male students in the groin, showing them pornography and pouring water on his players then driving them to games in the winter with the windows rolled down.

Gregory Lynn Burr, 28, face charges ranging from sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust to child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, according to court documents reviewed by The Gazette of Colorado Springs. One of the students claims to have had scrotal surgery because of Burr's alleged assault.

A student in documents said Burr would ask them, "What is the capital of Thailand?" When they would answer "Bangkok," he would hit them in the groin.

The incidents allegedly took place from September 2005 to March 2006 at The Monument Academy.

Tags: coach, sports, abuse, public school, students, pornography