Author: ericblue

52 Stress Reducers

Reading Time: < 1 minute52 Proven Stress Reducers from the American Lung Association. http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=40327 I immediately took the advice of tip 10: “Don’t put up with something that doesn’t work right. If your alarm clock wallet, shoe laces, windshield wipers-whatever-are a constant aggravation, get them fixed or get new ones.” I’ve literally had *enough* of my annoying, loud alarm…
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Psychedelic Perspectives

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI lucked out yesterday and stumbled across a new Trance album via Rhapsody’s just added RSS feed. The album is Psychadelic Perspectives from GOE a.k.a. Lukas Keller (@ Psychedelic Systems). I got into PsyTrance a couple years ago and have been a huge fan of Astral Projection, Infected Mushroom, and Juno Reactor. I definitely have…
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Tiny Earth

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis video helps put things into perspective.

World History Timeline – WOW!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNow this is an amazing timeline poster! I’d like to see somebody try to create a digital version of this using Simile Timeline. ๐Ÿ˜‰

Vision Statement: The Power of Goal Visualization

Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdate: I’ve created my own vision statement, and posted here. I found an amazing video this evening on MindHacks.org. A gentleman from Australia named Malcolm Cohan has put together a fantastic production titled “Think It So” that illustrates the power of goal visualization. You can visit his website here. Or, his YouTube page here. His…
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Morphing Faces of Beauty

Reading Time: 3 minutesBack in October, I read an article from Seed Magazine titled Beauty is in the Processing Time of the Beholder. The article discussed how studies have indicated that people find prototypical faces (those with average features) to be the most attractive. A paper published in Psychological Science proposes that these prototypical faces are found attractive…
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Congressional Aide Hires Hacker to "Adjust" GPA

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a truly funny email thread and story. Read here for the new story. And, here for the email thread on attrition.org.

Visual History of Religion

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaps of War has created a visual timeline of the History of Religion. It’s interesting to see 5,000 years of history in 90 seconds. Check it out.

Mind Mapping, Organization and GTD

Reading Time: < 1 minute… these are a few of my favorite things! ๐Ÿ˜‰ David Allen (Mr. GTD) apparently had a webinar back in October discussing mind mapping and GTD. I stumbled across the link this afternoon, and watched the replay. David Allenโ€™s MindManager Webex on Getting Things Done http://www.davidco.com/MindManager_event.php David discusses tips and strategies using MindJet’s MindManager to…
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Mind Mapping and the Software Development Life Cycle

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve recently started looking into how mind mapping is used in the software/system development life cycle. One of my passions (and profession) is software design and development. Since I started mind mapping a few years ago, I’ve been slowly introducing mind maps at my current job. I began using mind maps (courtesy of Mindjet’s MindManager…
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