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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Building good habits
Are you looking for techniques to help you build good habits? I came across an article that addressed that question and suggested a few techniques. Main point: "With the right set up, the most difficult things—like losing weight—may be easier and more...
A way to remember the 5 personality dimensions
A way to remember the components of the 5-factor personality model is via the acronym OCEAN (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, non-negativity). Authors developing characters for their stories can use this as a template.
Robot makers celebrating?
Via Instapundit and Bloomberg: …the decision was celebrated by labor groups and decried by the retail industry, which said it threatens a system that employs millions of Americans. If upheld, the determination may bring McDonald’s to the table during collective...
Here’s An Easy Way To Massively Improve Your Writing
Via Business Insider: You might not be a Jane Austen or a Herman Melville even at the best of times, but if you want to be a much better writer, you need to limit distractions. "Try to reduce external interruptions as best you can," Foroughi told New Republic. "Turn...
Here’s An Easy Way To Massively Improve Your Writing
Via Business Insider: You might not be a Jane Austen or a Herman Melville even at the best of times, but if you want to be a much better writer, you need to limit distractions. "Try to reduce external interruptions as best you can," Foroughi told New Republic. "Turn...
Amazon Opens 3D Printed Products Store
Via Business Insider: Amazon just launched a new store for 3D printed products, which has over 200 listings that can be customized by material, color, style, text, or size. The marketplace includes jewelry, toys, iPhone cases, home-goods, personalized bobble heads,...
Amazon Opens 3D Printed Products Store
Via Business Insider: Amazon just launched a new store for 3D printed products, which has over 200 listings that can be customized by material, color, style, text, or size. The marketplace includes jewelry, toys, iPhone cases, home-goods, personalized bobble heads,...
Supreme beings of leisure
Via Instapundit and USA Today: …the upside is that with robots doing the work, humans will get to be supreme beings of leisure (OK, not actual Supreme Beings of Leisure) living life as they please without, as Philip Larkin wrote, letting "the toad work squat on my...