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Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database - Special Report
2008-07-12 09:02:00 Does your sunscreen work? An investigation of nearly 1,000 brand-name sunscreen products finds that 4 out of 5 contain chemicals that may pose health hazards or don't adequately protect skin from the sun's damaging rays. Some of the worst offenders are leading brands like Coppertone, Banana Boat, and Neutrogena. The new EWG database allows consumers to compare sunscreens on different characteristics--without scanning labels for complex chemicals. Overall, Badger SPF 30, Peter Thomas Roth Titanium SPF 30, and Lavera Sunscreen Neutral SPF 40, received top marks. This does not that mean they are perfect, cautions Houlihan, but that they will do the best in keeping you sun safe. Read More... More About: Safety , Cosmetic , Skin , Report , Database
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU on Vimeo
2008-07-11 10:02:00 MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo .This is such a cool video/animation. I can't imagine how much time it must have taken to make it. Read More... More About: Animation , Wall
How To Use Celine Dion As a Productivity Tool
2008-07-11 02:10:00 I feel it important to point out this productivyt trick works for many other musicians as well, not just Celine Read More... More About: Celine Dion , Productivity , Tool , Dion
Windows Software Engineer - Montreal
2008-07-10 18:31:00 Look at the bottom - I think the point is the part at the bottom where to apply you have to have a sense of humor ! Has anyone else ever has this requirement on a job application, or do we put it on our resumes? Read More... More About: Software , Windows , Montreal , Engineer
Switch from Beer to Wine with Wine-in-a-Can - Wine To The Face
2008-07-10 18:18:00 Why drink beer when you get get your wine in a can ! Read More... More About: Wine , Beer , Switch , Face
Internet from old days
2008-07-08 12:18:00 Here is a great CBC news video from early back in the days when the internet was just in its beginning. A great bit of nostalgia. I remember my first experiance with the internet. I wrote a report about emoticons in school, before that it was all bulliten board systems (BBS). I once did an interview myself for a class report as well. I can't wait until my kids are older and I can say things like, "Back in my day, we were excited to have 14.4k modems" Read More... More About: Internet , Days
The Website is down
2008-07-07 11:20:00 So here's the story. A few geeky guys created this video and a cool website to go with it. www.thewebsiteisdown.com/salesguy.html It is a sales guy and web guy and it is hilarious. The irony being that the site itself looks like it is down already ! So I'm posting the Youtube version for people who have missed it. Hope you enjoy it ! Read More... More About: Website
Boarding the bus quiz
2008-07-07 10:47:00 Often when aplying to a job one of the key requirements is to be able to work in a fast paced environment. In today's quiz we will see how many details you can keep track of and what information distracts you. Just listen to the audio carefully below and see if you can answer the quiz at the end. It's an oldie but one of my favorites. Read More... More About: Quiz
The Power of Suggestion?
2008-07-04 18:26:00 So I was browsing some videos, and I came across this one called "Covert Hypnosis". Now, I know a little bit about hypnosis and one of the "cardinal rules" is that you can't be hypnotized unless you want to. So I blew this off almost as fast as I read it. Especially when I went to the website and it was one of those "submit your email here" to learn more type of things *Then I watched the video* and my opinion changed almost immediatly. Did the hypnosis work on me? Hmm.. I felt quite enlightened after watching this video, though I'm not sure I would call it hypnosis, as much as manipulation. I know it has happened to me. I would get all frustrated about something (or someone) and walk in to talk to him/her about it. Within 20 minutes I would start feeling re-assured and better so I would walk back to my desk. Then 20 minutes after that I would think, wait a minute - what just happened here? Not only did I not get my problem resolved, I was actually... More About: Power , Suggestion
About Concussions - What they are and how to watch out from them
2008-07-03 12:48:00 Here is a nice reference piece on concussions and symptoms to keep an eye on if you think you or someone you know may have suffered a recuent head injury A concussion occurs when the head hits or is hit by an object, or when the brain is jarred against the skull, with sufficient force to cause temporary loss of function in the higher centers of the brain. The injured person may remain conscious or lose consciousness briefly, and is disoriented for some minutes after the blow. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 300,000 people sustain mild to moderate sports-related brain injuries each year, most of them young men between 16 and 25. Read More... More About: Watch
Bored? - Try StumbleUpon
2008-07-02 18:19:00 So I've never been a big fan of all these toolbars you add your your browsers, I recently blogged about the Alexa toolbar, and now I'm about to blog about StumbleUpon. It's Weird, I know The StumbleUpon toolbar is very interesting. You sign up for an account, and download the toolbar for firefox or IE. It adds a "Stubmle" button. As you press it you are taken to (initally) random websites. However as you rank each site, it seems to keep track of your preferences and starts sending you to more pesonalized sites. Plus you can add your own intersting sites as well which is then shared with others. Definitly something worth trying, if you just don't know where to go on the Web. If you add it, please add me to your friends. I'm TheStumbleKing.stumbleupon.com Happy Stumbling Read More... More About: Bored , Stumbleupon
Real Time Satellite Tracking
2008-07-02 18:12:00 Here's an interesting site if your into Satellite s. It appears to track in real time various satellites and positions them on a google map. You can actually see the little satellite icon moving across the earth. I'm not sure how there getting the data to do this, but you can check several items over the earth including the international space station. So next time you see one of those fast moving stars in the sky, you can check this site out and see which satellite is passing over your area. Read More... More About: Time , Real , Tracking , Real Time
An Engineers Guide to Cats
2008-07-01 01:32:00 Here's a great video for all us geeks out there thinking of buying cats. I, of course, have 2 cats of my own and I never really considered myself a cat person, but today I don't know how life was without them. Anyway, kinda funny hope you like it Read More... More About: Cats , Guide , Engineers
The Elvish Name Generator
2008-06-29 14:25:00 What is your elfish name? Here's a cool generator from Chris Wetherell. He also has one to determine your hobbit name. My Elf Name: Mablung Vanimedlë My Hobbit Name: Togo Millstone of Bywater What's yours? Read More... More About: Generator , Name generator
Towards a Greener Work Environment
2008-06-27 10:54:00 Small, simple changes can have a big impact on our life, and the world we live in. This statement is true for many things, especially our environment. Using re-usable cups, having a blue bin at work, and yes even working from home once in a while instead of commuting in our car to work can make a big difference, if we all work together for a common goal. Here are a few ideas from bp.com 'The greencurve' on how to have a greener workplace. Read More... More About: Environment , Work
The Basics Of Getting Things Done
2008-06-26 15:41:00 GTD or Getting Things Done is a set of strategies designed to help improve your daily Productivity. In this article by the MacIntosh weblog, we see a nice summary of ideas as presented from David Allen's book "Getting Things Done" A very interesting set of ideas indeed. Read More... More About: Basics , The Basics
The Basics Of Getting Things Done
2008-06-26 10:41:00 GTD or Getting Things Done is a set of strategies designed to help improve your daily Productivity. In this article by the MacIntosh weblog, we see a nice summary of ideas as presented from David Allen's book "Getting Things Done" A very interesting set of ideas indeed. Read More... More About: Basics , The Basics
Using Rikai.com to help read Japanese websites - JELL
2008-06-25 01:42:00 reading Japanese websites is a good way to improve your Japanese. A very good dictionary/translation tool we recommend is Rikai.com. Read More... More About: Websites
Using Rikai.com to help read Japanese websites - JELL
2008-06-24 20:42:00 reading Japanese websites is a good way to improve your Japanese. A very good dictionary/translation tool we recommend is Rikai.com. Read More... More About: Websites
Try our new toolbar
2008-06-24 09:56:00 BWebCentral and have Alexa.com come together to provide you with a custom toolbar for your Internet explorer and firefox (Sparky) browsing experience. This Dynamic Toolbar updates in real-time to offer you information about the sites you visit. This can be used to protect against phishing and similar Scamm attempts. Don't be fooled ever again! Smarter Surfing Get traffic ranking, related sites, and tell a friend links, as well as use the "Way Back Machine" to see how a website has looked in the past. Alexa is a community based system providing useful information about site statistics and traffic. Help support BWebCentral.com and Alexa and give this free no spyware tool a try today ! Read More...
Try our new toolbar
2008-06-24 04:56:00 BWebCentral and have Alexa.com come together to provide you with a custom toolbar for your Internet explorer and firefox (Sparky) browsing experience. This Dynamic Toolbar updates in real-time to offer you information about the sites you visit. This can be used to protect against phishing and similar Scamm attempts. Don't be fooled ever again! Smarter Surfing Get traffic ranking, related sites, and tell a friend links, as well as use the "Way Back Machine" to see how a website has looked in the past. Alexa is a community based system providing useful information about site statistics and traffic. Help support BWebCentral.com and Alexa and give this free no spyware tool a try today ! Read More...
Monday Warm--up: Complete the Pattern
2008-06-23 11:01:00 Beleive it or not - Recognizing patterns is one of the earliest 'intelligent' functions that we develop in early childhood. It forms the basis of how we learn about the world, we expect certain things to remain constant, other things to change, and to be able to function we need to be able to differentiate between the two. We need to make educated guesses of what comes next. When a baby or toddler sees its mom taking its cup to the kitchen sink, he/she learns the answer to "what comes next" In todays warm-up I ask you to complete the pattern. Follow the link below and look at the 4 grids. Can you determine the pattern - How was it created, what would a 4th grid look like? Tip: Those of you with kids just starting school might have a better chance. Show this to your kids and see if they can figure it out ;-) Enjoy ! Read More... More About: Pattern , Monday , Complete
Monday Warm--up: Complete the Pattern
2008-06-23 06:01:00 Beleive it or not - Recognizing patterns is one of the earliest 'intelligent' functions that we develop in early childhood. It forms the basis of how we learn about the world, we expect certain things to remain constant, other things to change, and to be able to function we need to be able to differentiate between the two. We need to make educated guesses of what comes next. When a baby or toddler sees its mom taking its cup to the kitchen sink, he/she learns the answer to "what comes next" In todays warm-up I ask you to complete the pattern. Follow the link below and look at the 4 grids. Can you determine the pattern - How was it created, what would a 4th grid look like? Tip: Those of you with kids just starting school might have a better chance. Show this to your kids and see if they can figure it out ;-) Enjoy ! Read More... More About: Pattern , Monday , Complete
Tiger DIrect in Canada is giving away a Wii
2008-06-19 12:33:00 Tigerdirect.ca is giving a way 2 Wii's each Wednesday. Entry is free and easy. Bookmark this page and enter every date to increase your odds of winning ! Read More... More About: Canada , Direct , Giving , Tiger , Tiger Direct
Tiger DIrect in Canada is giving away a Wii
2008-06-19 07:33:00 Tigerdirect.ca is giving a way 2 Wii's each Wednesday. Entry is free and easy. Bookmark this page and enter every date to increase your odds of winning ! Read More... More About: Canada , Direct , Giving , Tiger , Tiger Direct
An Ecomonics Lesson
2008-06-18 12:55:00 I'm no economics expert, and I admit it, but here is an interest article I wrote about my understand of our economy and the interesting forces at play that make us spend and save. The real question is - is the the so-called financial experts that forecast our economy, or is it more likey their forcasts that create self-fullfilling prophocies. Check out my thoughts, and maybe you will think differently, the next time you hear the word recession ! Read More... More About: Lesson
An Ecomonics Lesson
2008-06-18 07:55:00 I'm no economics expert, and I admit it, but here is an interest article I wrote about my understand of our economy and the interesting forces at play that make us spend and save. The real question is - is the the so-called financial experts that forecast our economy, or is it more likey their forcasts that create self-fullfilling prophocies. Check out my thoughts, and maybe you will think differently, the next time you hear the word recession ! Read More... More About: Lesson
Microsoft Vista - The next generation bloatware
2008-06-17 13:17:00 By now, you should all have realized that Microsoft has released it latest operating system "Vista ". Orginally codenamed "CE-ME-NT". This latest version promises to deliver more decreased productivity then ever before. An operating system so overblow they've chopped it up into 6 different versions, none of which actually work. At least not until you've spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades to your system to make it run (somewhat) The popular new feature is the arrow cursor, that lets you flow through blue screens, red screens, endless pop-ups ad permission questions all in eye-popping 3D ! Just like in previous versions, Every copy of Vista is covered by Microsoft's Gold Standard - Sinkhole of support. Is it any wonder we ask "Where are we going today?" Read More... More About: Generation , The Next Generation
Microsoft Vista - The next generation bloatware
More articles from this author:2008-06-17 08:17:00 By now, you should all have realized that Microsoft has released it latest operating system "Vista ". Orginally codenamed "CE-ME-NT". This latest version promises to deliver more decreased productivity then ever before. An operating system so overblow they've chopped it up into 6 different versions, none of which actually work. At least not until you've spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades to your system to make it run (somewhat) The popular new feature is the arrow cursor, that lets you flow through blue screens, red screens, endless pop-ups ad permission questions all in eye-popping 3D ! Just like in previous versions, Every copy of Vista is covered by Microsoft's Gold Standard - Sinkhole of support. Is it any wonder we ask "Where are we going today?" Read More... More About: Generation , The Next Generation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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