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Do You Answer The Question Or The Person Asking?
I just saw this interesting post titled “How a Self-Fulfilling Stereotype Can Drag Down Performance” by Shankar Vedantam from Washington Post’s Department of Human Behavior….
How Are You Primed Today?
Picture this. You walk from home to the movie theatre which is a block away. You watch a movie that has a very sombre story…
How Eyewitnesses Are Affected By Confessions
I was just browsing through my Google Reader this morning, and this MedicalNewsToday article caught my eye. There is an experiment described in the article. A…
Google Reader Helps You Keep Up With Your Favorite News and Blogs
You have probably stored hundreds of bookmarks in your web browser to store a list of websites and blogs that you liked and planned to…
Gmail Goggles Stops You From Emailing Impulsively
I was trying to catch up with my pending mails in my Gmail account on Saturday night, and every time I was trying to “send”…
Does Yahoo Answer?
When you are researching something, you probably try searching on the web with Google or other search engines. But there are times when you really…
"Who You See Is What You Get."
I have been listening to the audio-book “How Doctors Think” by Dr. Jerome Groopman for the last few days. I will write a review when…
How Pilots Think in the Blink of an Eye
I just completed listening to the audio-book “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell and started listening to “How Doctors Think” by Jerome Groopman (review coming soon). I…
Review: "Wagner Power Tex" Texture Sprayer
Over the end-of-the-year holidays, I have been busy remodeling some rooms in my house. We recently had new flooring installed, and so all the rooms…
Implicit Association Tests: Do You Know What You Really Think?
While listening to the audio book “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell (review coming soon), I came across some examples of IAT tests. These are tests where…
Google SearchWiki: How would you use it?
I just saw a short video by Google about its new SearchWiki feature. If you have a Google account and have logged in to it,…
Copying Text Between VNC Client and Windows
I have been using VNC server on Solaris, and a viewer on Windows for a while and have been able to copy text from the…
Aren't Recessions Inevitable?
I am no expert in economics theory but I wonder if there is anything that can be done to prevent recessions in an open-market kind…
What??? Gmail Doesn't Support Folders?!!
I am guessing that most people who have been using any form of email — personal emails with Yahoo, Hotmail, Google, etc, or work emails…
My Audible Book Collection
Looking at my audio-book library that I have collected from my almost 2-year subscription to audible.com, I am pretty sure that if I had bought…
Audio-Book Listening Tips
Now that I have been listening to audio-books for almost 2 years, here are some tips that might help you enjoy yours. Be patient –…
A Collection of Book Reviews
I just created a Collection of Book Reviews at the portal site, using links to all the book reviews in this blog. Once again, the…
Book Review: "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell After listening to this book twice, I am beginning to appreciate…
"The Power of Free" (Coffee, Ice Cream…) For Great Publicity
Reading about the free coffee, ice cream, doughnuts and other goodies that some companies are giving away on this election day, I was reminded of…
Web Publishing Book: A Collection of Blog Posts
One of the most appealing features of Drupal is the content-type called “book.” If you are planning to develop a book online over time, or…
