Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

It’s that special time that comes only once each year – New Year’s Eve. And, for those of us who like to make New Year resolutions, there are only a few hours left to get them completed. If you can’t get them written tonight, then make a commitment to complete them during the first week […]

Alternative health remedies gone awry turning a man into Papa Smurf.

From Working Class Cats: Calico is one of at least three cafes that have opened up in Tokyo this year where visitors can mingle with cats as they enjoy a cup of tea. Visitors to Calico pay 800 yen ($7) an hour or 2,000 yen for three hours in a big room where 14 well-brushed […]

I have over ninety invites from friends to add little widgets and thingies to my profile. I really don’t want to junk it all up. But I have to click each one separately. That sucks.

Marketeer and fellow appreciator of MK-ULTRA, Mark Joyner has a clever ruse for getting some back links. You have to pop in a swatch of HTML into a blog post in exchange for access to the course. I’m curious to see what his course is like since it seems similar to courses I’ve done and […]

Alex Saunders illustrates how to datamine Facebook for your own nefarious purposes: “Simply enter the demographic characteristics you are looking for, and Facebook will tell you how many people match those characteristics.”

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From Esquire: I see Us magazine and People magazine and all these tabloids — they have the same story over and over again. It’s the same every week, and I get all kind of smug about it, and I think, Come on, really? You care about this shit? … It’s tough to stay off the […]

Cyan Ta’eed, guest blogging over at Zen Habits wrote an interesting post about Shyness — Eight Essential Tips to Overcoming Shyness and Making a Good Impression. 1. Introduce Yourself 2. Don’t Feel the Need to Qualify Yourself. 3. Ask More, Talk Less. 4. Be Generous. 5. Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover. 6. Remember […]

Andy Wibbels uncovered an interesting post the other day about some unique web communities – in fact, six of them where you can find out about some very interesting things. Take a look: Community 1: Instructables: Looking to make something out of just about anything you can find around the house? This might be the […]