Category: Knowledge Management
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Doomsday preppers: Americans stockpiling beans and bullets
“Doomsday Preppers”: Living like you’re gonna die tomorrow – Salon.com By Roger Catlin, salon.com Forget “The Walking Dead” and “Revolution.” These National Geographic characters are truly ready for doomsday The envy was fairly palpable among the gathered “Doomsday Preppers” as the 25-ton, 10-foot-tall, 18-inch-thick doors swung open,… RT @NYTjamescobb: Doomsday preppers “imagine they’ll have the…
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Sushi now makes you dim
Sushi really does kill your brain – Salon.com By Paul Ames, GlobalPost, salon.com A new report warns that mercury contamination can cause restricted cerebral development and other health problems BRUSSELS, Belgium — Can eating too much sushi reduce your brain power? Mercury contamination in big fish such as sharks… RT @Salon: Put down that tuna…
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Fox News tries to ditch conservative propaganda
Fox News adjusts to new reality as it faces four more years of Obama Paul Harris in New York, guardian.co.uk It’s the go-to network for outraged conservatives – but now Fox News has benched two high-profile pundits, and shown signs of retreat. Is the US’s biggest cable news network going moderate? For America’s liberals, it…
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Tiny house living on the road
My Traveling Tiny House Site by Sophic, tinyhouselistings.com Posted by Steven on November 26, 2012 // 34 Comments By Christy Dean Four months ago I moved out of my 2 bedroom home and into this tiny (mobile) house. I’m traveling the country in my little nest and I love it! It gets a lot of……
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Designing your life
How To Design a Lucky Life Trent Hamm, lifehacker.com Is luck a supernatural thing that we have no control over, represented by four leaf clovers and gold pots at the end of the rainbow? For The Simple Dollar’s Trent Hamm, luck is defined as the result of some of the many random events in life……
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Creativity and social science critical to reform government gridlock
Innovating Policy with Creativity and Social Sciences core77.com Today’s global financial and social crises demand innovation not only in public services, but within the whole bureaucratic, administrative system of public governance. In order to respond effectively to a changing context of… RT @core77: Innovating Policy with Creativity and Social Sciences – Paper by @Nesta_UK &…
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Google gDrive and Gmail take on Dropbox
Gmail Facelift: New Features of Gmail Steve Dotto, lifehack.org Google is taking dead aim at Web 2.0 services like Dropbox as they expand the capabilities of Google Drive and integrate it more tightly with their other services like Gmail. There is a new refined Gmail compose screen, which opens the door to… RT @lifehackorg: Gmail…
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The reason societies become less productive with industrialization
Seven Productivity Myths, Debunked by Science (and Common Sense) Alan Henry, lifehacker.com The end goal of “productivity” is to spend less time doing the things you have to do so you have more time for the things you want to do. Of course, if you follow every morsel of productivity advice out there, you probably…
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How not to destroy for gadgets: temperature and humidity
Can I Leave My Gadgets In a Cold or Hot Car? Whitson Gordon, lifehacker.com Dear Lifehacker, I almost always have my laptop, iPod, and smartphone with me, but don’t always want to lug them around. Is it okay to leave them in my car if it’s particularly cold outside? What about in the summer heat?…
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