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Archive for March, 2008

Firefox Mouse Gestures add-on

If you want less movements to go back/forward, open/close tabs, and open links with your browser, you’ll need to get this Firefox plugin called Mouse Gestures to do so. Personally, it’s already cut wasted time at work. Here are the commons gestures I use: Closes tab or window: write L Back to previous page: write [...]

Third-person visualization for success

Here’s a great article I highly recommend you read.  It’s only 3 paragraphs long, but is a must-read.  What the article comes down to is when one visualizes his/herself from a third-person perspective (like watching a movie), he/she will more likely achieve greater things.

You’re never too old to rock

Meet Buster Martin.  At 101 years old, he’s a rock star, a marathon runner, and a counselor to the young for FHM magazine.  Check out this video where Pete Townsend’s My Generation song is remaked.

Cool sketch program from MIT

MIT calls it Assist Sketch Understanding System and Operation. As the video description states, you need to see it to understand it. Very cool… It’s not a free program, but there is a free app called Phun that is somewhat similar.

Exponential aging from chronic stress

Sad thing what politics – or for that matter, jobs that cause unhealthy stress – can do to a man…take Tony Blair, for example. From the BBC, here are pictures of him, showing how he has aged in 10 years. Yes, he is successful; yes, he is wealthy, but whoa, he’s aged a lot! In [...]