December 27, 2009
2010 is just around the corner and it’s that time of year when it just feels good to clean up, clear out, and start something new. This year it’s even more exciting as we’re entering a new decade*. Have you made your New Year’s resolutions, yet? This year you can make your pledges for an [...]
December 23, 2009
I’m sure everyone will agree with me when I say that students are literally, amazingly and unbelievably close to living like paupers. Any students in the house? How many of you barely get by, working the late shift in the library or crunching odd hours as the uni’s technical assistant? I hear you. We bottom-feeders [...]
December 21, 2009
Ah! comics”¦conjure up memories of stolen moments of pure pleasure. Comics have been and hopefully will continue to be staple diet for adolescent years and beyond. But our childhood superheroes are changing, some with age and some with dwindling sales. Archie gets married and Superman dies. Playstations are the new, more interactive entertainment consoles. Where [...]
December 20, 2009
One of the last posts I wrote was about Netvibes Wasabi and how it makes an awesome feed reader. In this article, I would like to share a few blogs I think you should add to the collection of feeds that you keep up with. The reason they are so important is because they are [...]
December 14, 2009
One recent weekend, I decided that it would be fun for the family to work on some kind of fun project together. At the same time, I was thinking about the deadline I had coming up for another MakeUseOf article. Tina recently wrote an article about 10 cool uses for old computers, so I decided [...]
December 9, 2009
Have you ever thought to yourself, while watching a movie, how awesome it would be to actually own some of the clothes, gadgets, and accessories you see your favorite actors wearing and using on the big screen? Maybe you were a big fan of the beanie Will Smith wore in Hancock, or the sunglasses Angelina Jolie’s character [...]
December 7, 2009
Every year, as the holidays approach, families around the world gather together to celebrate with festive decorations, feasts of all flavors and varieties and often also an exchange of gifts. What’s very easy to forget during these times of feasting and celebrating is the fact that there are so many families in the world that [...]
December 6, 2009
Recently, the following story headline went through the German media: “Kevin is not a name, it’s a diagnosis” (Freakonomics, NY Times). According to one study, elementary school teachers are prejudiced against pupils based on their first names. Non-traditional names are associated with bad behavior. Previous studies demonstrated that bearers of trendy names are generally from [...]
November 29, 2009
Goals often remain just that. Goals. That’s why so many New Year resolutions never come to life. Procrastination, both a bliss and a curse. Developing new habits and routines and managing away bad habits is often even harder. It’s not a one-time or abstract goal. The clock goes round and round; and every day, you [...]
November 11, 2009
Hiccups are just stupid. I’m certain that hiccups, poison ivy and mosquitoes are evidence that whoever runs this universe sometimes does things for no good reason. When I get hiccups, sometimes I can get rid of them by breathing just so – sort of like a Chi exercise. If I can’t get rid of them [...]
