24 Mar
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Behavior and Ethics, Sex and Relationships
With the risk of LifeSpy being a man’s blog, I went about bugging female friends for a piece of their minds regarding a few things. And one of the favorite topics of conversation over coffee - relationships. So let me share you one of the fruits of our discussion.
We can be overprotective, possessive and territorial [...]
Yikes! Many English teachers bemoan the fact that kids nowadays refuse to read. Technology may factor in as children would rather watch TV, or play video games rather than do some good old-fashioned reading. Parents should encourage their children to read at home, as this habit (or hobby) will carry over to the classroom.
24 Mar
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Behavior and Ethics, Business, Productivity, Work and Career
Let’s face it. We cannot always keep our personal lives from interfering from our professional ones no matter how hard we try. Problems such as a divorce, a death in the family, a break-up in a relationship, illness of a family member, and financial difficulties cannot be helped. To downplay any one of them is [...]
23 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web
This is a pretty handy tool for those who love to make money from buying (hoarding) and selling domains. A lot of people are really into the business that most of the good names are taken. But many prospectors are still rewarded by their efforts.Say you’re browsing and suddenly a string of letters or words [...]
23 Mar
Posted by Alex as Behavior and Ethics, Home and Garden, Politics and Society, Real Estate, Sex and Relationships
When you’re looking for a new place to live and you have a budget to work with, you might have a trouble finding a suitable place which satisfies all your requirements and is affordable at the same time. Before you move out of your dorm, decide on what kind of house setup you’ll have. If [...]
23 Mar
Posted by Alex as Home and Garden, Real Estate, Sex and Relationships
A lot of my friends are either moving in with their partners or getting hitched. Either way, it’s still an issue of sharing one roof, and more or less, on bed. Sharing one roof is surely one of your future plans you want to do with your partner, but the thing is, he or she’s [...]
22 Mar
Posted by Alex as Home and Garden, Real Estate
Eureka! You’ve found a place and you want to move in as quickly as possible! But before you do this, let go of the luggage and do some utility checks first so there’ll be no regrets later on.
22 Mar
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Sex and Relationships
In every relationship, you always come to a point where you ask yourself if your chosen partner is right for you or not. Say you like strawberry ice cream and your partner like vanilla. And since neither would want to stock the fridge up, World War 3 breaks lose every time at the supermarket. Hehe. [...]
Men don’t have to turn metrosexuals just to bag a girl. You can still keep that normal guy-next-door image. All you have to do is to take note of the following tips.
Yes, it’s that time of the year again when you have to wear grubby clothes and arm yourselves with a dust cloth and a broom. Yup, it’s time for spring cleaning. But what do you do if you’re a little more sensitive to chemicals than dirt and dust? Easy!
Attempted to bake a fruit pie but only to find out that it was a dessert disaster? Don’t worry. A little ingenuity and some innocent-looking smiles afterwards can turn your disaster into dynamite!
20 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Windows Tips
My friend and I were discussing Vista SP1’s performance since we both run Vista for our rigs. We’re on both ends of the spectrum though, with me running on Home Basic, and he, running on Ultimate. Not the same specs though since his rigs a juiced up gaming box and mine’s a workhorse lappie. [...]
20 Mar
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Cars, Productivity, Vacation and Travel, Work and Career
While a lot of people love the wonders of public transport, you just have to admit that rubbing against people during rush hour is quite a stressful thing. And this even applies to those who have to negotiate hour-long (or more) drives just to get to work and back. I have to admit that the [...]
19 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Screencast, Windows Tips
This is a screencast featuring our recommended download - Vista Shortcut Manager.
Installing Vista SP1 just a few hours ago, and my rig hasn’t crashed so it might be worth something. Not that my rig has crashed a lot running Vista. Anyway, that prompted me to look at other tweaks that you can do with Vista.
Some hate the drop shadow effect on icons but we’ve already solved [...]