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• 08.24.07
  Out-of-body experiences are all in the mind
  Science, Bizarre (0)

  Scientists have figured out a way to induce out-of-body experiences - by using cameras to fool people into thinking they are standing somewhere else in the room. "The brain can trick itself, and when it is trying to interpret sensory information, the image it produces doesn't have to be a real representation," says Henrik Ehrsson, of the Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK, who designed the first experiment. To trick his subjects, Ehrsson had them wear a head-mounted display that showed them footage of themselves filmed from behind, while preventing them from seeing anything else. He then used a plastic rod ...
  
  
• 08.24.07
  Carve a Life-Size Skeleton From Pumpkins
  Cooking/Food, Bizarre (0)

  Why carve a jack-o-lantern when you can carve a full skeleton from a pumpkin? Check out Instructables for step-by-step instructions - you'll need 5 separate pumpkins and some wire and a lot of time on your hands, but you'll have the coolest Halloween decorations in your neighborhood!
  
  
• 08.24.07
  7 Ways to Get Things Done
  Productivity (0)

  PickTheBrain offers 7 ways to take action and get things done. Advice includes "Don't wait until conditions are perfect," "Use action to cure fear," and Be a doer - Practice doing things rather than thinking about them. Do you want to start exercising? Do you have a great idea to pitch your boss? Do it today. The longer an idea sits in your head without being acted on, the weaker it becomes. After a few days the details gets hazy. After a week it’s forgotten completely. By becoming a doer you’ll get more done and stimulate new ideas in the process.
  
  
• 08.23.07
  Can You Make Money Without a Niche?
  Online Marketing (0)

  Maki from Dosh Dosh answers a reader's question about whether it's possible to make money online without a niche. First, he debunks the notion that a site can be niche-less. Every site has a niche. Even the personal blogs which are full of random content about everything. You’re not niche-less. You’re just at the far end of the Long Tail. Then he talks about the two key ingredients to making money: Traffic building and Audience Loyalty.
  
  
• 08.23.07
  Twelve SEO Mistakes Most Bloggers Make
  Search Engines, Online Marketing (0)

  Stephan Spencer offers 12 SEO mistakes most bloggers make and how to correct them. Tips include "Having multiple homes for your blog" and "Putting your blog's URL or your RSS feed's URL on a domain you don't own."
  
  
• 08.23.07
  How to Write a Book
  Writing, Art (0)

  Scott Berkun discusses the "short honest truth" about how to write a book including what people are really asking when they ask "how do you write a book?" Some issues he addresses include: what it takes to write a book (work), how to get published (effort), and how to become famous and wealthy (most people write books after they're famous/wealthy, not before). All aspiring authors should read this - and hey, National Novel Writing Month is just around the corner.
  
  
• 08.23.07
  Chinese Buddhists Need Government Permission to Reincarnate
  Politics (0)

  China has banned Tibetan monks from reincarnating without government permission. Yes, you read that correctly. Why? So that Chinese authorities can have the power to choose the next Dalai Lama. Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is "an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation." But beyond the irony lies China's true motive: to cut off the influence of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual and political leader, and to quell the region's Buddhist religious establishment more than 50 years after China invaded the ...
  
  
• 08.22.07
  Hello Kitty Bento Box
  Anime, Cooking/Food (0)

  Awesome Hello Kitty bento box picture. This is one of the cutest I've seen. (via Fashionably Cute)
  
  
• 08.22.07
  Benefits of a Grassy Roof
  Lifestyle (0)

  MentalFloss points out the benefits of a green roof (a roof with grass on it) which include keeping the roof cooler, extending the roof's life, reducing storm water runoff, and extra yard space. Check out more picture of goats grazing on the rooftop. (via driftlessMedia)
  
  
• 08.22.07
  Loch Ness Monster - 1442 Years Later
  Bizarre (0)

  According to Wired, this marks the 1442nd anniversary of the first Nessie sighting. According to legend, the Irish monk, St. Columba spotted the monster on Aug 22, 565 while helping to establish Christianity in Scotland.
  
  

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