Category: Living

  • Why I charge a lot for a website

    Googling “web design price” returns so many price variations it would drive anyone — especially a newbie freelance web designer/developer — up the wall.  It’s not funny.  You’ll see prices like “$299 for a 4-6 page website,” $350 a homepage & $75/page,” etc. This is cheap, but usually they’re also ugly because these websites use…

  • Earth Clock

    Watch the world’s population and environmental stats in (somewhat) real-time. Disclaimer: Found this through the EcoSource Blog and developed by Poodwaddle.com. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.poodwaddle.com/earthclock.swf” height=”350″ width=”440″ /]

  • Red face and bloodshot eyes when drinking alcohol

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    I’m Filipino-American and feel cursed…when it comes to drinking alcohol.  After a bottle of beer, my face turns red and my eyes are bloodshot.  Since I can remember I’ve always been like this, and to tell you the truth, I feel embarrassed when it happens.  This is why I like hanging out in dark places…

  • Third-person visualization for success

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    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

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    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.

  • Exponential aging from chronic stress

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    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…