Looking to lose weight?  Those Japanese people are always skinny, try dieting like they do.  Start your day with the Japan Banana Diet! Step 1: Begin the day with bananas Eat up to 4 bananas in the morning. They contain resistant starch, which helps burn fat: Just 2 bananas eaten in the morning can help [...]

Filed under : Life Hacks

Exercise. I hate it, you hate it, it’s just plain boring. Besides, who has time to go to the gym every day anyway? We all know that exercise is important, even for those not looking to lose weight. But it’s hard. DirectLife helps you measure your activity level and add to it with the help [...]

Filed under : Life Hacks, Product Reviews

Since it is December now, there will be lots of people looking for free Christmas desktop wallpaper on the Internet. You can include me in that category as well because I just bought a new HD monitor and would like to get a nice festive xmas or holiday wallpaper to download for free. And I’m [...]

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Besides having that great “Blue Raspberry” flavor, it is likely that Blue Mountain Dew (Officially known as Mountain Dew Voltage) may prevent Alzheimer’s, Spinal Injuries and improve concentration, making it an ideal drink for college kids. Mountain Dew Voltage has Ginseng in addition to Caffeine, both of these are known to boost energy levels, but [...]

Filed under : Hydration & Nutrition

I grew up with Amish neighbors. It never struck me as that odd since I saw them on a daily basis. It never strikes most people to ask why it is that Amish shun technology. I know it took me until high school to ask, and I saw them every day. So for those who [...]

Filed under : Life Hacks

I’m currently interviewing candidates for a personal assistant.  My busy life with a startup, and trying to not lose ranking in my websites takes a lot of time.  I want to share one response I got which demonstrates what not to do, and I’ll tell you why. I saw your post on Craigslist regarding your [...]

Filed under : How To, Life Hacks

From a few years back… "Girls who wax must be insane… In my attempt to be a little more metro, or atleast a little less hick I have been making a concerted effort to do things like make sure I keep my eyebrows groomed, and that the occasional random hair that decides that my adams [...]

Filed under : Life Hacks, Rants and Tangents

I have been in search of a good massage place where the therapists stands on my back and crushes the knots out of me… Well maybe firmly encourages them to leave…  If you saw the Charlie’s Angels Scene where Lucy Liu does this to the unsuspecting bad guy, you can understand the appeal. I visited [...]

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Position: Digital/Online Marketing Manager ZillionTV Corporation (www.zilliontv.tv), headquartered in Santa Clara, is developing a next-generation consumer television service which will change TV as you know it.  We are currently seeking experienced talent to be a part of our rapidly growing team. We have an immediate need for a Manager of Digital/Online Marketing, reporting directly to [...]

Filed under : Life Hacks, Site Announcements

If you hadn’t noticed I’m consumed with ZillionTV stuff at the moment, and many of you still aren’t flooding me with resumes! So get your stuff sent, there are more positions that what I’m even showing but here is another one. Position: PR Manager ZillionTV Corporation (www.zilliontv.tv), headquartered in Santa Clara, is developing a next-generation [...]

Filed under : Life Hacks, Site Announcements

I have two positions which I am looking to fill at ZillionTV.  The first is part IT administrator, part video engineer.  I’m looking for someone who can replicate my capture and encode environment multiple times in multiple facilities.  An ideal candidate will have experience with SDI/HD-SDI, Sony J-Decks, Windows Server, and Windows Vista.  Experience with [...]

Filed under : Industry News, Life Hacks, Money

I don’t get to pull the Sex Ed instructor card all that often, but there is a lot of news surrounding a German Spray on Condom.  I had actually been sent a "dip in" condom demo a few years ago, and both of these products have the same problems. The first is that in order [...]

Filed under : Life Hacks, Technical

I bought a 97 Jeep Wrangler.  4.0 Liter inline 6, a gas guzzler for its size.  This one was eating even more gas than I thought it should 14 miles to the gallon Highway.  So I looked for low hanging fruit.  The Idle didn’t sound quite right, so I assumed the spark plugs, or distributor [...]

Filed under : Hard on the Pocket Book, How To, Life Hacks

Michael Largent used a script to sign up for 58,000 accounts with Google Check out. Every time you validate an account Google Check Out and PayPal put a few cents in to that account so that you can verify that the account is valid. Where Michael went wrong is that he used fake names, and [...]

Filed under : How To, Industry News, Life Hacks

A while back Jason Calacanis said that one way to cut start up costs was to fire your IT guy and get a bunch of Mac’s the other day, he was twittering that he was looking for a Mac IT guy.  Om Malik twittered today that his Time Capsule was destroying his network. I’m fighting [...]

Filed under : Industry News, Life Hacks

Phone not ringing off the hook with the ladies?  Not feeling appreciated at work? Just not satisfied with your job?  You should update your resume at Monster.com Here are some phrases to include in your resume to get extra hits. Want to get found on Monster? you need the top Searches to be in your [...]

Filed under : How To, Life Hacks, Money

I got an e-mail invitation to BlueChipExpert.com ( invite code bwbc1 ) and thought I’d share the love.  The premise seems sound.  And they are worth joining if for no other reason than you can browse other candidates resume’s which is good if you want to know what the competition in your skill areas look [...]

Filed under : Call to Action, Life Hacks, Money, Site Reviews

I’m tempted to drive down the hill and put gas in my car which doesn’t need it, just to annoy the people who organized today’s Gas Strike (which is actually a Gas Boycott, but no need to piss off the idiots who organized it). Gas is subject to supply and demand, and while I suspect [...]

Filed under : Hard on the Pocket Book, Life Hacks

Who wants to live forever? University of Washington scientists have uncovered details about the mechanisms through which dietary restriction slows the aging process. Working in yeast cells, the researchers have linked ribosomes, the protein-making factories in living cells, and Gcn4, a specialized protein that aids in the expression of genetic information, to the pathways related [...]

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I have a very small tattoo it’s blue and it is on my hip, just a small "party dot".  I would consider a tattoo if I was sure I could live with what ever I picked for the next 100 years.  But an Eye ball Tatoo?  Gross.  Why would I want the whites of my [...]

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