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The Myth of Multi-Tasking.

The Myth of Multi-Tasking. The studies cited are old but then newer studies show the same thing, that it’s not really possible to truly focus on more than one thing at once.

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Top 10 Most Annoying Things Other Drivers Do – Cars.com

Top 10 Most Annoying Things Other Drivers Do – Cars.com. My pet peeve – high beam in bumper to bumper traffic in Bangalore(/Chennai/India in general). Fine the idiots I say – and if they continue to drive with high beam … Continue reading

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Top 29 Laptop Apps, Downloads, and Services | PCWorld

Top 29 Laptop Apps, Downloads, and Services | PCWorld. The latest from PC World – some of the regulars plus a new tool to track laptops called Prey (open source), given that I’ve not been able to get Adeona to … Continue reading

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OECD Better Life Initiative

OECD Better Life Initiative – looks like Australia and Canada top the lists.

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Cats Are Birds’ No. 1 Enemy – NYT

Cats Are Birds’ No. 1 Enemy, Study Says – NYTimes.com – Here’s the permanent link – http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/science/21birds.html and here’s a stunning number 500 million “The American Bird Conservancy estimates that up to 500 million birds are killed each year by cats — … Continue reading

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How to Handle Facebook, Twitter Accounts After Your Gone

Last one for the day – Always tough to think about things this and also do some estate planning (like having a will or at least beneficiaries on your accounts). Now there’s also all that online data to think about. … Continue reading

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Coconut Oil Benefits

I keep hearing consistently that coconut oil is the best for deep frying and that it has a lot of benefits despite being high in fat: Dr. Joseph Mercola: Coconut Oil Benefits: When Fat Is Good For You. Wonder how … Continue reading

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Egypt: The Distance Between Enthusiasm and Reality | STRATFOR

As always, Stratfor has a different take on what happened in Egypt. Essentially that the military is the regime and in fact by ousting Mubarak, they are protecting their turf. Egypt: The Distance Between Enthusiasm and Reality | STRATFOR. Also … Continue reading

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Starving the Regulators – BusinessWeek

How does the US Congress plan on avoiding another financial crisis, starve the regulators:Starving the Regulators – BusinessWeek. If no one’s there to spot fraud, no problem, no crisis – brilliant idea!

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New Caledonian Crows Owe Their Toolmaking Skills to a Nourishing Nest – NYT

This is one smart bird, given all the debate about parenting, there are some parenting tips from the crow world to ours New Caledonian Crows Owe Their Toolmaking Skills to a Nourishing Nest – NYTimes.com.

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