My mother was incredibly superstitious. She was forever flinging spilt salt over her shoulder, crossing her fingers or chanting incantations for luck. Particularly sharp in my mind are two rhymes that she would say out loud whenever the occasion demanded. The first, on seeing a dropped pin was: “See a pin and pick it up and all day long you’ll have good luck”. This was to be said...

With the price of audio recordings today, theres absolutely nothing like free music. Free MP3 music has been all the rage, heightening music-mania all over the world. Of course there have been some controversies involving the questionable legality of peer-to-peer sharing of free MP3 files, e.g. the issue on Napster, but all that has been remedied when intellectual property laws were modified to cover...

Probably the single greatest asset which anyone can ever have in conversations is the ability to make other people laugh. Whether you are asking your boss for a raise, talking to someone who you like, or just trying to be the popular person who everyone wants to be around, you will get light years ahead if only you can make them laugh. An interesting, but little known fact is that laughter is a response...

Introduction: Its stats are low, its abilities limited. Why should your character, a mighty warrior skilled in both offensive and defensive arts, fear this foe? You strike with confidence, only for a quick augmentation to increase its defense for the action, blocking your attack. It returns the blow, scoring a solid hit and improving its damageand adding in one of its most potent special abilities...

Are you confused about blogs And RSS? Guess what? You’re not alone. Most people are, even if they don’t want to admit it.Well, it’s time to clear up that confusion. It’s time you learned about the awesome potential of blogs and RSS. And once you discover how simple and easy it really is, you’re going to kick yourself for not trying to profit from this technology sooner!First...

Have you ever forgotten where you put your car keys? Have you spent time searching for your sunglasses when they were perched on top of your head? Don’t laugh. Even I have done that! Today’s culture refers to these scenarios as “senior moments”. While these senior moments can be quite entertaining they can also point to the possibility that your mind is not as focused as it...

Did you ever notice that were surrounded by information but hardly ever come across an idea in the media that might help us lead sane and happy lives? Oh, not the usual self-help drivel about how to lose weight or enjoy sex, but answers to the really big questions, like what to think about when you wake up in the morning and how to drink water out of a plastic bottle without burping.Try this experiment....

In the past war fighters have often trained with pop-up enemy targets to shoot at, which for the most part are static in nature. You may have seen such training used by the Army or US Marines where the combat troops come into an urban war zone and have to deal with sniper fire, mortar rounds and pop-up surprise targets to test their skill under extreme stress. The stress they experience include lack...

Imagine, just for a minute that the real world started operatinglike the Internet does.First, we’d have a choice of two brands of everything. Insteadof dozens or even hundreds as we do now. Want soup, it’s eitherbrand A. or brand B. Need a new car, again, A. or B. (feel freeto substitute IE for brand A. and N for brand B.)Sure sounds like things would be simpler, and if things went asthey...