Some helpful lads in Queen Mary’s University in London have come up with a clever piece of software which “de-Vuvuzelates” your telly signal, rendering impotent that irritating drone which accompanies all world cup matches. In case you’ve managed to somehow avoid all the excitement, the drone is caused by an incredibly loud and irrating plastic [...]
By admin | August 27, 2009
Claire Forshaw of Manchester has changed her name by deed poll to Princess-Rainbow.com, in the process become the first person ever to change his/her name to a website. Claire, 24, decided to change her name when she was drunk one night and because “it would be a laugh and it only costs a tenner”. She plans to [...]
By admin | August 10, 2009
“Facebook performed an illegal operation and should be shut down” said Bill Gates speaking on a recent tour to India. Bill signed up and promptly got 10,000 requests to be his “friend”, which he admits overwhelmed him. He especially found the process of reviewing new friend requests too arduous. I wonder how far he got? [...]
By admin | August 6, 2009
A startling statistic from Common Sense Media. Other “Media Mythbusters” published include: 80% of TV commercials are for fast food, candy, cereal and toys. Kids see more than a quarter of a million commercials aimed at their appearance by age 17, with the result that The number one wish for girls ages 11 to 17 [...]
By admin | April 20, 2009
Written by Clay Collins on his inspiring blog www.financeyourfreedom.com/blog/ Read the full post here: http://www.financeyourfreedom.com/blog/it-is-your-fault/ One of the most “successful” phrases in the history of direct sales copywriting is this: “it’s not your fault.” Fortunes have been made with this phrase. Billions of dollars have been collected by telling people that their obesity, their poverty, their [...]
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By admin | April 17, 2009
An excerpt from one of my favourit blogs, www.fluentself.com. Havi, the author, works with her own sore arms. This sort of engaging with physical symptoms using dialog and logical reasoning was a breakthrough in modern psychotherapy and can yield dramatic results. Often found in the world of hypnotherapy. The Fluent Self Tension. Attention. [...]
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By admin | April 17, 2009
Can’t help but get a good buzz going when I have a listen of this:
By admin | March 24, 2009
This was written by Janet Bailey of the Mindful Time Management Blog - a brilliant idea! The power of the split screen Posted on March 20, 2009, 6:55 pm, by Janet Bailey, under Mindfulness and noticing. Years ago, when I was making my living mainly from freelance writing, I tried an experiment to help me cope with [...]
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By admin | November 18, 2008
This post was written by Naomi of www.IttyBiz.com – a highly recommended blog IttyBiz If You Build It, They Won’t Come Posted: 17 Nov 2008 01:43 PM CST ….. If you run a service business — and in service I include coaching and consulting — and to a degree if you run any other kind [...]
By admin | November 2, 2008
CafePress.com : About Us A brilliantly put together video about CafePress, would make you want to change the world. Also, a good model for selling customised products at over the odds as a fundraising tool.