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Historical Podcasts: A Collection of History Podcasts

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI found a great new resource thanks to a comment on my post Digital Enlightenment: Using the Internet for Research, Learning, and Education. History Podcasts: Looking for a History podcast? history Mp3 audio? Ipod mp3 history podcasts? Welcome to the History Podcast page! On this page you will find links to the best History Podcasts…
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Comprehensive Listing of Semantic Web and Related Tools

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m starting to dig back into the semantic web, and recently came across an uber-comprehensive list of semantic web applications on Michael Berman’s site. Michael has a total of 578 applications listed using Simile’s Exhibit.

Improve Reading Comprehension with a Mental Framework

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJohn Wesley at Pick the Brain has posted a great article on improving your reading comprehension with a mental framework. Reading is all about information. It’s not about the number of words you read, but the amount of value you extract from them. The key to improved reading comprehension isn’t moving your eyes across a…
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Fifteen Last.fm Power Tweaks

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom LifeHacker: One of the best ways to discover new music online is with Last.fm, a music recommendation community. Last.fm serves you up new tunes based on a marriage of your unique preferences and the rest of the huge Last.fm community. Last.fm is a pretty simple way to listen to tunes, but there are a…
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Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI just finished reading Chuck Frey‘s ebook: Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software. From Chuck’s ebook website: “I’ve made it my mission to gather the best applications, techniques and resources into one place – a definitive guide to getting the most out of mind mapping software in business. I have talked with leading…
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Mind Maps as Personal Dashboards

Reading Time: 3 minutesUp until now, I’ve used mind maps for a variety of things: brainstorming, study aid, goal setting, note taking, and product research.   Recently, I’ve been exploring the idea of using mind maps to help consolidate all of my information related to time management, task management, and knowledge management into a single place… a personal mind…
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The Undiscovered Self

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJung on the state and religion: “All mass movements, as one might expect, slip with the greatest ease down an inclined plane made up of large numbers.  Where the many are, there is security; what the many believe must of course be true; what the  many want must be worth striving for, and necessary, and…
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The Conjunction

Reading Time: < 1 minute“In the beginning God created one world (unus mundus).  This he divided into two – heaven and earth.  Beneath this spiritual and corporeal binarius lieth hid a third thing, which is the bond of holy matrimony.  This same is the medium enduring until now in all things, partaking of both their extremes, without which it…
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Extreme Videos: Kiwi and Rollerman

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo videos from YouTube, both extreme in their own way. The first video is from Jean-Yves Blondeau, a.k.a Rollerman, the owner and inventor of the world’s only 31-wheel roller super suit. Link to video on YouTube, here. The second video “Kiwi” is an animation about a Kiwi – a type of bird that cannot fly,…
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Potentialities: Borne Along the Stream of Time

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJung’s commentary on The Golden Flower: “Now and then it happened in my practice that a patient grew beyond himself because of unknown potentialities, and this became an experience of prime importance to me.  In the meantime, I had learned that all the greatest and most important problems of life are fundamentally insoluble.  They must…
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