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2007-12-19

Did You Know ...

Did You Know? Enlightenment Awaits You!

In an argument when your heart rate goes over 100 beats a minute, you are incapable of hearing what your partner is trying to tell you.

The average man sees five women a day he would like to sleep with.

One Hour: The time it takes for a woman to determine whether or not she wants to see a man again.

15 Minutes: The time it takes for a man to determine whether or not he wants to see a woman again.

What is called a “French Kiss” in the English speaking world is known as an “English Kiss” in France.

Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine (PEA), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.

On an average women say 7,000 words per day. Men manage just over 2,000.

The largest cell in the human body is the female ovum, or egg cell. It is about 1/180 inch in diameter. The smallest cell in the human body is the male sperm. It takes about 1,75,000 sperm cells to weigh as much as a single egg cell.

2007-12-08

Future Scanner

The Digg of future-focused content

[...] the Future Scanner, essentially scans the web for the best future-focused content (predictions by experts, discoveries that will impact future events, product prototypes, industry forecasts, useful resources, etc.) and then sorts it by future Year and Category. When Community members locate these types of cool links, they tag them accordingly and submit them to site via their personal accounts. Other users then vote on the material they find most interesting or beneficial and the best content ends up being featured on the front page. Users are also encouraged to link together related scans and resources, so that it becomes easier to find more information on a given topic.

Future Scanner

2007-12-02

New NASA Website - Some Highlights

NASA: Inspiration, Innovation, Discovery

NASA powers inspiration that encourages future generations to explore, learn, and build a better future.
NASA powers inspiration that encourages future generations to explore, learn, and build a better future.
NASA powers discovery that enables us to learn more about ourselves, our world, and how to manage and protect it.

clipped from www.nasa.gov

Popular Content

nasa
nasa tv
space shuttle
mars
iss
international space station
neil armstrong
moon
saturn
jupiter
venus
nasa pictures
pluto
planets
neptune
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clipped from www.nasa.gov

Multimedia
Featured Images and Galleries
Featured Images and Galleries
Image of the Day Gallery
Featured Videos
Featured Videos
HD Videos
Related Downloads
Podcasts
Interactive Features

clipped from www.nasa.gov

NASA - Home

Gift Guide: Personal Computers (video)

A Gift Guide to PCs for the Holiday Season

2007-11-20

The EGBG Counterscript

Telemarketers make use of a telescript - a guideline for a telephone conversation. This script creates an imbalance in the conversation between the marketer and the consumer.

anti-telemarketing EGBG counterscript

via: clusterflock: anti-telemarketing EGBG counterscript
related: LinkNotes: Tegenscript

2007-11-18

Who is Sinterklaas (2)

Sinterklaas

The Feast of Sinterklaas, or St. Nicholas, is an annual event which has been uniquely Dutch and Flemish for centuries. St. Nicholas' Feast Day, December 6th, is observed in most Roman Catholic countries primarily as a feast for small children. But it is only in the Low Countries - especially in the Netherlands - that the eve of his feast day (December 5th) is celebrated nationwide by young and old, christian and non-christian, and without any religious overtones.

More info:

Sinterklaas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sinternet

~ De stoompage van Sinterklaas ~

LinkNotes: Who is Sinterklaas?

2007-11-01

PC Magazine's Choice: Top Web Sites

Top Web Sites - Special Feature from PC Magazine

Top 100 Classic Websites
Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites

2007-10-29

Wikitravel

The Travel Wikipedia

clipped from wikitravel.org

Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide. So far we have 16,819 destination guides and other articles written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. Check out the Help page to see how you can edit any page right now, or the Project page for more information about Wikitravel and getting involved.

Africa
Asia
Australasia & Oceania
Europe
Middle East

North America
South America
Central America & Caribbean
Other destinations
Travel topics & Phrasebooks

Free Worldwide Travel Guides - Wikitravel

via: 25 Unexpectedly Useful Websites for the Uncommonly Curious

2007-10-28

World Freedom Atlas

World statistics on the map

World Freedom Atlas

via: 25 Unexpectedly Useful Websites for the Uncommonly Curious

2007-10-27

Ubuntu 7.10 Reviews

Introduction to Ubuntu 7.10 Beta

The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software that the open source and free software communities have to offer. This is the Ubuntu 7.10 beta release, which brings a host of excellent new features.

and here are some reviews:

2007-10-24

LinuxMCE 0704 - Free Media Center (video)

The complete whole-house media solution

clipped from linuxmce.com

LinuxMCE 0704 is now released CLICK HERE

LinuxMCE is a free, open source add-on to Kubuntu including a 10' UI, complete whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available. It is stable, easy to use, and requires no knowledge of Linux and only basic computer skills.

clipped from wiki.linuxmce.org

Screenshots: Using Linux MCE

UI1 or Basic UI

UI2 with alpha blending / transparency

File Browser

UI1 or Basic UI

UI2 with alpha blending / transparency

Videos

Watch the new walk-through video that shows all the major features in LinuxMCE, including setup, instantly on Google Video, or download it in high-def from the Mirrors, or read more about the it including a full equipment list at Video.

LinuxMCE

2007-10-19

Navizon - Transform your Cell Phone into a GPS Device

clipped from www.navizon.com

Navizon is a software-only wireless positioning system that triangulates signals broadcasted from Wi-Fi access points and Cellular towers to help the users find their way in most major metropolitan areas worldwide.

The Navizon network is based on a collaborative database. Members with a GPS device can use Navizon to map the Wi-Fi and cellular landscape in their neighborhoods. Once they synchronize their data, it is made available to all the other users of the network. This way, users who don't have a GPS device can benefit from a positioning system. And it's free for personal use!

Navizon works on any Pocket PC equipped with Wi-Fi and/or cellular phone (GSM)

Navizon - Peer-to-Peer Wireless Positioning

Handvertising - Your Ad, Their Hands

Put your ads where they can't be missed

A new marketing concept:

Hadvertising USA representatives will travel anywhere in the US and get your Handvertising campaign started. [...] Participating locations receive compensation in addition to the stamps. The amount depends on the campaign period and the average number of visitors.

clipped from www.handvertisingusa.com

The examples mentioned above are all Photo shop files and therefore not real. The represented brands have conducted no campaign by means of Handvertising and only serve for illustration purposes.