In the long run, people tend to regret having missed out on opportunities for pleasure — and they wish they hadn’t been so diligent about working. Based on research at Columbia University. Clive has a nice article about it titled In the long run, we regret virtue more than vice.
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Are video games going the TV show route? Will we have game mega serials? Is this the next wave?
Personally it would be a welcome relief. I don’t often have the time to complete a full session of Age of Kings these days. Chunks of half-hour scenarios would be great.
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McDonald’s video game is a full-fledged business simulation game (like SimCity) based on McDonald’s. It’s written entirely in Flash. You don’t need to download it — just play the game on your browser.
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Fred Gratzon’s advice on work
I just do what I want to do and learn what I want to learn and enjoy what I want to enjoy and sometimes I get so wonderfully and powerfully caught up in some project and I start dreaming expansive daydreams and I go for it with every ounce of energy and enthusiasm and love that I can muster.
And the money . . . it just takes care of itself.
How to remove carpet impressions. Just steam iron the carpet.
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Mathematics, marriage and finding somewhere to eat has a simple solution to all these problems. Whether you’re hiring someone, or picking a partner, or finding a house — or any problem that requires you to pick the best among N choices — here’s the rule.
Scan the first 37% of choices. Then pick the first one that’s better than anything you’ve seen so far.
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According to the hygiene hypothesis, exposure early in life to infections from household dust, germy siblings or surfaces may reduce the risk of developing disease in adulthood.
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New in Picasa‘s beta:
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Google has released Picasa Web Albums and I managed to sign up. See my web albums.
The bad part about Picasa Web is that it’s a long way from Flickr in terms of tagging and sharing. But it probably wasn’t built for that.
The good part is that it’s integrated with Picasa (integration with Flickr was my top wishlist item for Picasa) and best of all, with Google Earth. You can geotag photos on the new Beta version of Picasa.
