Music | 50 essential cds from around the world
roundup of some music you might not know
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Sleep, Attention, and Memory: Not (Maybe) What You Thought-- Blogs Scientific American Community
"sleep can make memories more stable, so that they are more resistant to interference and decay"; and coffee-loaded all-night studying can make the information just slide away
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Cell Phone Number Portability - Here's What You Need To Know
how to keep your old cell phone number when you switch carriers
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10 from Cannes, with love - Beyond the Multiplex - Salon.com
May 28, 08. Festival reports are always good places to find films to put on a mail order DVD rental list a few months from now. I have a long wish list, mostly international, that I keep on my computer.
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PDF to Word Converter. Convert PDF to Word DOC or Excel XLS Online, Extract Images from PDF.
you send document, can send it zip compressed; they send it back to you as word, excel, or image files.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Powerpoint
the author's own ideas plus links to other major Powerpoint strategies; he says, and I agree, do not have things you will end up reading to audience; think about how to engage audience
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The Web Habits of Highly Effective People | Online Only | Granta
Ask everyone you know what their web habits are: it reveals a lot you won't have known before, about them and about Internet use. Here some authors and folks in publishing talk about what they do, with links.
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Software Secret Weapons: 20 Basic Plots For Story Generators
for screenwriters, storytellers, and public speakers; these are attention grabbers
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Amazon Kindle Review
most thorough reader's review I have yet read; largely enthusiastic, especially about reading newspapers and journals online
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EFF: Signs are NBC triggered block of 'American Gladiator' | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
consumers should know before buying a DVR or recording system like Microsoft's Media Center
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YouTube - Being an Unperson
surprising and profound video essay from self-advocate for people with cognitive disabilities; make sure to see all videos in this series; contribution to autobiographical media
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"Gagging librarians is horrendous." The Internet V. FBI: Net Wins - John Battelle's Searchblog
"The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn a secret demand that the Internet Archive, an online library, provide the agency with a user's personal information after the Web site challenged the records request in court. "
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Copy Music Off Your iPod
how to use a helper application to copy your music to a hard drive or restore music on your computer after a crash
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A Whole Lotta Nothing – Podcasts are officially better than radio, thanks to user experience
why listen to podcasts in the car, no commercials, pause button, start up where you left off
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Gomestic
readers tips for all aspects of domestic life; well organized and easy to use site; interesting new ways to use household items and do tasks
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Treating Acne: Two Different Acid Peels Are Both Effective, Study Finds
new hope for common teenage malaise
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Technology Review: Blogs: Ed Boyden's blog: How to Think
people working in media and tech need to retool all their professional skills careerwise about every six months; this tells how to do that; one's cognitive framework has to be maximized for constant new learning
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Is Oprah Going to Save the Internet? - ReadWriteWeb
Oprah's live streaming video book reviews deliver up .5 million simultaneous streams in a two-week period; later available as podcasts on iTunes; breathes new life both into book sales and podcasts
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BBC NEWS | Health | Three-parent embryo formed in lab
in vitro technique could cure inherited diseases of the mitochondria, including epilepsy; a deformed embryo was "cured" by this technique.
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The Joplin Globe - Online Edition
"Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone"; I might pay a lump fee to download all that music!
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