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A cocktail of personality traits hard to digest for some but ultimately soothing for those who can. I observe, enjoy, travel, interact, photograph, dance, contemplate, write and love my way through this life's countless occurrences. This blog is a way to share with the world and its people some of the treasures they give me every day.
Category Archives: Useful
How to lose a client in 10 seconds
Sometimes people shoot themselves in the foot when they think they are shooting others. This little story is from two Tango parties, but it will relate to any type of customer-seller relationship, you’ll see :). A few weeks ago I … Continue reading
Posted in All about me, Dance, Useful
Tagged advertisement, customer, PR, publicity, sales, Tango
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Social Fixer for Facebook fixes annoyances, adds features, and enhances existing functionality to make Facebook more fun and efficient
“Social Fixer for Facebook” (formerly known as Better Facebook) is a free browser extension that improves the Facebook site by eliminating annoyances and adding lots of great enhancements and functionality. It runs in most browsers and installs in just a … Continue reading
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Happy 2012 – be vulnerable!!!
Greetings to everyone from the first day of 2012! I was wondering what type of a message to release into the world at the new symbolic beginning cornerstone and the message actually fell into my hands all by itself. Thus, … Continue reading
Light up your plastic bottle!
Ever thought of switching electric light bulbs to used plastic bottles and saving on electricity bills? Maybe you should! 🙂 It is amazing how resourceful and creative people can be under conditions of scarcity… We are quick to forget that … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational, Useful, Videos
Tagged Isang Litrong Liwanag, plastic bottle light bulb, sun powered light bulb
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Captchas are awesome!
Ever had to ‘waste’ your time typing in those computer-generated words called ‘captchas’? Little did you know, you were contributing by your efforts to the spread of human knowledge!!! Another project by that same guy explains how you can learn … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational, Useful, Videos
Tagged Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration, TED
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The price of ignorance
Those of us enjoying prosperity, peace and the internet in today’s world are forgetting something crucial: that we are not to be given the credit for the current state of affairs. All our achievements, advancements and comforts are rooted in … Continue reading
Incredibly moving speech: Mental Illness and Why The Skeptic Community Should Give a Shit, JT Eberhard Skepticon 4
You may think mental illness does not concern you, but you are mistaken. Right the very now you have a friend who suffers from some form of mental disorder. Or maybe you do but you think there is something wrong … Continue reading
I AM FUCKING ANGRY, YES! I am ENRAGED! Here is WHY
Next time you ask me this retarded question of why I am so mad with believers – re-watch this video to save me the typing time. I rest my case. Or not… You see, someone watched it and could not … Continue reading
Posted in All about me, Inspirational, Mind queries, Thoughts, Useful, Videos
Tagged angry atheist, Atheism, atheist, danger of belief, hitchens, militant atheist, why fight religion
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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place
Holiday season is approaching… Maybe do something different this year? “Many of us will purchase hundreds of dollars in holiday gifts over the next six weeks, and with some conscious consumerism those dollars could also help some of your favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational, Useful
Tagged gift, Holiday, make world a better place, non-profit
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Declaration of the war on global terrorism
One more rapture safely behind us, I decided on this memorable (yet another) first day after the (yet another) end of the world to declare a war… While I may not be a world government or any similar legally fictitious entity, I … Continue reading
Posted in All about me, Inspirational, Mind queries, Thoughts, Useful, Videos
Tagged anti-religion, Atheism, belief, Believing the unbelievable, danger of belief, danger of religion, gogreen18, inconsistencies of religion, morality, religion, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Science can answer moral questions, TED, The Magic of Reality
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The ultimate guide to dish-washing
If you are naive enough to think that washing dishes is no rocket science, maybe you are one of those people who does it all wrong :). I accept that maybe I am under some mysterious spell that only allows … Continue reading
Posted in In my spare time..., The LOL factor, Useful
Tagged dish-washing, tips, washing dishes
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You can install a free plugin for Chrome and Mozilla (currently just those two) that will enable you to get the old FB chat back here. Tried and tested – it works! On Chrome, I can currently see all online … Continue reading
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