The more you do it, the worse you get. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/154170,multitasking-doesnt-work-say-researchers.aspx
Antioxidant Data
I just learned something really interesting and I wanted to share it with you. Apparently combining foods high in antioxidants is even more beneficial than eating them separately. From http://www.sunfood.com/MyPages/understanding-antioxidants.aspx comes this: “To be clear, based on the evidence supplied by Hort Research, superfoods like cacao and goji berries or cacao and acai or cacao and camu berry when combined in smoothies or snacks create a synergistic effect thus increasing the utilization of the antioxidants. This is one more piece of evidence indicating that the habit of combining unique superfood ingredients in smoothies or snacks is being increasingly validated by science.”
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox for August 24 is now online
We made a timeline message more punchy, credible, and viral through 5 iterations.http://www.useit.com/alertbox/twitter-iterations.html
Little Kid Parallel Parking
This guy is awesome! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3kmEEWcFQk
Stopping an Application from Starting Automatically
If a program or pop-up appears undesirably in Windows you may try this to stop it; click Start > Run, then type msconfig.exe, click OK. Select the Startup tab to deselect the application you wish to stop.
Microsoft planned to bury XML developer, says federal judge
Microsoft knew of the patent held by i4i as early as 2001, but instead set out to make the Canadian developer’s software “obsolete” by adding a feature to Word, according to court documents. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/315188/microsoft_planned_bury_xml_developer_says_federal_judge?eid=-301
Encyclopedia of Life Provides Clues on Aging, Pests
An online encyclopedia aiming to describe every type of animal and plant on the planet has reached 170,000 entries and is helping research into aging, climate change and even the spread of insect pests. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351906,00.asp
Political Systems
A great video on various political systems. http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/
Microsoft fakes waterslide stunt to promote Project
Notches up the views before being outed. http://newteevee.com/2009/08/11/the-megawoosh-waterslide-viral-how-it-was-really-done/
Your guide to social media etiquette v0.1
Humans have been engaged in social media, known in earlier times as socialising, since they started colluding to influence their surroundings. Well, here are the rules for the latest version of the game. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/153512,your-guide-to-social-media-etiquette-v01.aspx/0