personal development
What It Takes To Make Us Thrive or Happy
A new look at the famous Harvard study of what makes people happy Are you mom’s enemy (like me)? Chances are your health will suffer ‘Vaillant revisited the data he had been studying since the 1960s for his book, an experience that further convinced him that what matters most in life are relationships. For instance, […]
Disable Auto Programs When Vehicles are Moving
US DOT: Auto makers should disable in-dash electronics when cars are moving A totally bullet-proof computerized van killed 2 FBI agents instead of saving them. The doors of the van are programmed to open when van makes sudden stops. The agents did that to confront drug goons. When the van doors opened, the goons massacred […]
Why Some Dentists are Health Hazards
You could be one of those infected Panic Spreads After Dentist, Dr. Scott Harrington, Possibly Exposes Patients To HIV, Hepatitis C ‘Oklahoma health officials recommended on Thursday that 7,000 patients of a Tulsa dentist undergo tests for HIV and hepatitis, after a complaint against the dentist led investigators to discover faulty sterilizing equipment. The state […]
What Social Engineering Is
How to influence society See if you will agree with these definitions ‘I know the official definitions of Social Engineering. According to Wikipedia, there are two: ‘”Social engineering (political science), influencing society on a large scale.” ‘”Social engineering (security), obtaining confidential information by manipulating and/or deceiving people.” ‘This always felt off to me, so I’d […]
Joe McNally’s Adventures in Manila
Joe is an internationally acclaimed photographer and contributor to National Geographic ‘When I went to the Philippines earlier this year, my friend and fellow shooter JoJo Mamangun contacted me. Would I like to work with his wife, Kris, a ballerina and Cirque du Soleil dancer? I think I simply wrote back something like, “En route.” […]
Mexican Eco-Terrorists Attack Nanotechnologists
‘Over the past two years, Mexican scientists involved in bio- and nanotechnology have become targets. They’re not threatened by the nation’s drug cartels. They’re marked for death by a group of bomb-building eco-terrorists with the professed goal of destroying human civilization. ‘The group, which goes by the name Individualidades Tendiendo a lo Salvaje (ITS), posted […]
Facebook is Suppressing Unpaid Content
There will soon be a time when all sane netizens will abandon Facebook ‘Facebook is Unliking any suggestions that it is actively favoring paid content over unpaid content within its News Feed tool, even as such allegations are gaining more volume within the social media sector. ‘The latest set of accusations come from New York […]
Model of Overcrowding
This is crazy Nevada This Chart Will Help You Stop Food Waste ‘This chart, sent over to us by our friends at Visual.ly, does a great job at listing some common foods and how long they’ll stay fresh and safe to eat based on different storage methods (along with a few that you might be […]
Make Life Easier with Your Smartphone Camera
‘With the ubiquity of smartphones today, and the resolution of the cameras they have in them, why does anyone even sell a point-and-shoot digital camera anymore? All you need is a decent smartphone to take your vacation pictures and click a button to upload them to Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, wherever. “But surely,” you ask haughtily,“there […]
Meteorites Hit Russia [Videos]
Coincidence or Conspiracy? But there is ‘No Link’ Between Meteor That Hurt Hundreds And Asteroid About To Fly By? And that is why it’s good to have a dash camera when there are scam artists around. more Learn to Live in the Now [Video] This is one thing I’m still painfully trying to learn ‘Being […]
