20 Apr
Posted by Michael as Attitude and Outlook, Behavior and Ethics, Sex and Relationships
It’s not easy to end a relationship…any relationship. Even the ones where you just can’t wait to get away from the other person…it’s still hard to break up with them. The Break up is probably the hardest part of most relationships…especially if one of you still has feelings for the other. [...]
Dull and boring conversations are get-together killers. So don’t be a party pooper by being a dull conversationalist. You can be good at it. Here are some tips you might want to follow the next time you’re engaged in conversation.
Sometime, when you’re in a creative slump, it’s really hard to come up with ideas. For someone who needs it for a living (writers, bloggers, and other people in creative work), it’s like hitting a solid brick wall. And it’s quite frustrating most of the time. Overcoming that block is quite tough too. Some argue [...]
19 Apr
Posted by Michael as Attitude and Outlook, Behavior and Ethics, Communication, Fitness and Health, Food for Thought, Sex and Relationships
Every relationship has its problems. There are two ways to deal with these problems. One way, it to bottle them up until you explode. That’s not a good idea, but the one people choose a surprising number of times. The second option, is to talk about your problems, and try [...]
A while back, I featured a couple of password managers. AI Roboform’s a great idea but having a limited “lite” version kind of turned me off. Access Manager’s done it quite well for me. Not until I’ve tried out KeyPass.
It’s a pretty robust and secure password manager that even allows multiple user keys. It’s [...]
19 Apr
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web
Okay, so maybe I was too harsh with the Go button. But I do have to apologize to people who find it useful. It’s just that my circle of friends who are really advanced users never use it (being keyboard ninjas all). Seems like some people over at Forever Geek love the Go button.
In [...]
There are several school of thought on arguing. Some want to call it “debating”, but we’re not talking about grabbing notecards, writing down your talking points, and letting a panel determine who was victorious. We’re talking about arguing…with your wife, with your parents, with your imaginary friend who won’t stop tickling your [...]
Brainstorming is an essential step on generating new ideas for just about anything. Need a new product? An activity? A way to weasel out of trouble? Two or more heads are better than one. So get your group together, bring out your thinking caps and brainstorm.
It’s time we think a little more for our environment. And one call that we’ve heard about all these years is to reduce trash through the proverbial 3Rs - reuse, reduce and recycling.
One of my observations with regard to this matter is that consumerism has affected the environment. Now that’s a grand claim [...]
NOTE: This is a tip for beginners
Learning how to tune your guitar is one of the most basic things a budding guitarist must know. It’s quite easy to learn as long as you give proper focus in learning it. Besides, playing an out-of-tune guitar doesn’t help anyway.
A lot of people suffer from the lack of belief in oneself that prevents them from achieving their goals. It’s some sort of mental and emotional quagmire that holds them back. There’s a way to pull oneself out of that ditch and it all starts by putting value back to oneself and building up self-confidence.
Ever wonder what your name means? Or are you a soon-to-be parent looking for a name for your child? Here’s a neat tool that lets you in on what’s in a name.
Pesonaemicon is a simple offline version of the Personaemicon website which has access to 4000+ names in its database.
It has a simple interface [...]
18 Apr
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web
Honestly, how many of the more advanced Firefox users use the Go button? I don’t. I think I never did. Hitting the Enter key never failed to work for me. So why not get rid of it? It saves up some space for all those other add-on buttons that you might have there. Here’s [...]
I love Macs. I spend a good portion of my day, every day, talking about Macs over at Apple Gazette.com, so I’m happy to write this short “How To” for all of you Windows users thinking of making the switch.
It’s never been easier, because now that Apple has switched to Intel processors you [...]
Yes, dishwashers can only go as far as, well, dishes that can’t go in them. So for your fine crystals and what have you, face it, your hands are getting wet. But don’t worry. Here are some tips on washing dishes by hand.