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What's in Your Office Survival Kit? [Office]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 21, 2008
A lot of unexpected things can happen in the course of a day at the office, so the SimpleProductivityBlog recommends putting together an office survival kit in preparation for the unforeseen. The author's must-have tools include a sewing kit to mitigate a popped button or tear and a stain remover for those times you bring lunch back with your clothes. The author's toolkit is rather small,...
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Emily Gould - Exposed - Blog-Post Confidential - Gawker - NYTimes.com
via www.nytimes.com by (author unknown) on May 25, 2008
Shared by David Some of the downfalls of personal blogging.What I gained — and lost — by writing about my intimate life online.
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Man trains rat to sit on cat to sit on dog
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 21, 2008
Empty Gesture says: "CNN Story of guy that walks around with a rat on top of a cat on top of a dog. The guy is pretty funny and goofy, takes in donations, but in general does it to show that people should be able to get along if a dog, cat, and rat are able to." Link
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Gen Y and Gen X - just deal with it
via FP Legal Post by (author unknown) on May 22, 2008
... Hull comments on an invite he received for a seminar that purports to help employers motivate and manage Gen Yers and Gen Xers. His comment is as follows: "It's your problem, Gen-X and Gen-Y. Not ours. Work, figure it out, ask questions, and we'll help you--but it's your job to adjust to "us" and the often hard adventure of learning to solve problems for your employer and its cl...
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Give a Man a Fish
via XUP by noreply@blogger.com (XUP) on May 21, 2008
The Food Bank's, (Ottawa) website says it “provides 40,000 people each month with emergency food assistance, 40% of whom are children.” Food banks are now worried because rising food and gas prices are making it harder to keep their shelves stocked.The whole food bank concept makes me crazy. Food banks, care packages, soup kitchens were meant as stop-gap emergency measures -- for...
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Why Money is Part of Human Nature: Money as Both Tool and Drug
via PsyBlog by Jeremy (PsyBlog author) on May 21, 2008
Human behaviour towards money can't solely be explained by its utility, it has a more addictive quality - like a drug.It's no surprise that people want money - we've all got bills to pay. It's also no surprise that money is useful - it would be irritating to pay the electricity bill in corn, goats or some other non-monetary quid pro quo. Originally economists argued that the fact...
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Chad Vader strikes back!
via [Geeks Are Sexy] Technology News by Mark O'Neill on May 19, 2008
By Mark O’NeillChad Vader is back in part one of a new series of “customer service training videos for supermarkets”. Absolutely brilliant.
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SF City Dump's artist-in-residence shows off garbage-built carny games
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 19, 2008
Danny sez, "My pal, Paul Cesewski is "artist in residence"at the San Francisco City Dump. He's spent the last few months picking throughthe city's detritus and turning it all into interactive carnival games: there'sa rimshot bicycle, a human-powered ball run, and more. They're opening up thedump to show off the giant toys this Friday and Saturday, May 23-24. It lookslike...
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Does your brain have a mind of its own? - Los Angeles Times
via www.latimes.com by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
Shared by Erin Interesting article. Also trying out Note in Reader bookmark.How many times has this happened to you? You leave work, decide that you need to get groceries on the way home, take a cellphone call and forget all about your plan. Next thing you know, you've driven home and forgotten all about the groceries.
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Why Your Future Self is an Emotional Mystery: The Projection Bias
via PsyBlog by Jeremy (PsyBlog author) on May 11, 2008
Going to the supermarket when I'm really hungry, and without a shopping list, is a recipe for disaster. It will take an act of iron will to avoid returning without some kind of junk food. Later, after eating, I'll wonder how I could have bought junk food but forgotten healthy staples like rice and pasta.Why should this be? After all, I know very well what sort of food I should buy;...
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