Tag2Find is a simple yet feature-heavy Windows tool that allows you to quickly tag individual or groups of files. Now instead of searching filenames and folders you can easily browse to intuitive tags. Also features automatic tagging, tag clouds and integration with Windows Media Player. Tag2Find Know of a similar program for Mac or PC?
The old way for dogs to learn new tricks was to take them to a trainer and have the professional teach you the commands. This method can be costly, time consuming and lonely. Using the Dogsense Online program, pet owners can teach their dog commands and tricks without the presence of a trainer. The program itself is quite impressive. First, it features an online community of pet owners and professionals who can provide information on complex training procedures and tips....
For example, take that same apple and coat it with orange juice, which is high in Vitamin C, an antioxidant. You will then see that it takes much longer to turn brown. The same thing happens to you when you eat plenty of foods that are high in antioxidants. Free radicals in our body are always looking to become whole, and they will use healthy molecules if necessary. The more free radicals that we have, which are increased in numbers the more processed foods, soft drinks, pollution and stress that we consume or experience, the greater the likelihood that we will experience things such as cancer, heart disease, cataracts in the eyes and reduction of long-term memory and learning ability....
If you like to roller skate or ride a bike, don’t move to Biddeford, Maine, where it is illegal for someone to roller skate or bike-ride bike on the sidewalks. The street is a much safer place for your kids to have fun, right? Of course if you want to risk it and make them skate and ride on the sidewalk, you may be looking at a whopping $10 fine....
Rule 1: Don’t network just to network. Rule 2: Take names. Rule 3: Build it before you need it. Rule 4: Never eat alone. Rule 5: Be interesting. Rule 6: Manage the gatekeeper. Artfully. Rule 7: Always ask. Rule 8: Don’t keep score. Rule 9: Ping constantly. Rule 10: Find anchor tenants. Feed them. I especially like his little tips on how to engage people on the plane: There’s a trick, however, to making it work....
Great Descriptions Do you want to sound more interesting? Then start with your descriptions. The best communicators use more creative names for things – instead of using obvious descriptive names, such as, “here’s some more beer…” try, “here’s some more poison…” or “here’s some more liquid courage…” or reference the commercial, “this Bud’s for you…” You get the idea? Don’t default to the trite word just because you’re used to always saying it that way....
Often compliments are centered around one’s physical appearance, body, clothing, hair, makeup, style. You might compliment a male co-worker on his new suit or a friend on the fragrance of her perfume. And while receiving these physical compliments can give you a quick ego boost, the most resounding and heartfelt compliments tend to focus on your character or the innate inner qualities you possess which make you unique! Receiving a compliment which is spoken with sincerity always ramps up your “feel good” meter....
Human emotions can empower. They can also disable. The key to success is sifting out the emotions that give you strength and throwing away the ones that get in the way of progress. Here are the five emotions that successful entrepreneurs become skilled at getting rid of to protect their ability to create value. 1. Jealousy Entrepreneurs aren’t jealous. They see the success of their colleagues as validation of hard work....
Note taking is as ancient an art as any. There are hefty tomes on the subject of how to best capture and organize information in a swift and legible manner and courses devoted to the subject in colleges. And yet, the most popular suggestion in our Skribit widget , which you can use to suggest articles for Lifehack authors to write, is on the question of whether to use digital or traditional methods of note taking....
In my previous post at Lifehack, I wrote about the different means of finding writing ideas. But what if you already have a lot of great ideas? How will you nurture these ideas so that they will blossom into a fantastic blog post or great content? The key here is you need to know how to organize disparate ideas to write useful and well-written pieces. 1. Store and classify your ideas: There are so many ways to gather ideas – books, blog posts, newsletters, suggestions from friends....
So, without further adieu, here is The Best of Lifehack from January 2012. Searching for the Perfect Productivity Tool One of the newest contributors to Lifehack, Jan Makulec, discusses why it’s not necessarily wrong (or right) to have found your perfect productivity tool…and searching for it isn’t necessarily the time suck that many say that it can be. How I Use GoodReader GoodReader is an incredibly versatile app, and Lifehack editor Chris Smith dives right in and suggests how you can get the most out of what for most is a very under-used app on their iPad or iPhone....
You see, growing up I was told in order to improve or perform something at a high level, the best thing to do was practice. In the context of aspiring to break triple digits on the links, I thought hitting the range and swinging until my hands bleed was the right approach. Sigh. The distinct memory of those blisters isn’t why I now cringe at that approach. I cringe because I realize I could have used my time much more effectively....
As bananas pass the yellow-ripe stage, they develop brown “freckles” on their skin. They are still good to eat, and these riper bananas are sweeter because their internal starch is in the process of converting to sugar. A black banana has converted all its internal starch to sugar and is as sweet as it will get, before spoiling. Bananas are a great source of potassium – good for your heart and blood pressure, and easy on the digestion....
The recent hacking of millions of Gmail accounts and hacking of Apple’s iOS exposing compromising pictures of popular celebrities should certainly serve as warning for all of us. This infographic by WhoIsHostingThis talk about how people can stay anonymous online, encrypt the data they share and keep the private data from getting into the hands of mischievous elements.It lays out details on how using proxies, VPN servers and Tor can help the private data from getting exposed....
However, in 1997, Kasparov lost a game of chess to a computer. A year earlier, he had played against IBM’s Deep Blue chess computer and defeated it. But the computer was to have its revenge, as just one year later, when the rematch took place, Deep Blue defeated Kasparov. Over the next few years, humans and computers traded chess moves and blows. Fast-forward to 2017, and the picture is crystal clear: today’s best chess programs can easily beat the world’s best human chess players....
But researchers say the first 90 minutes are really important. It’s when you have the most energy and willpower. If you do something meaningless, it’s just wasting your willpower. Really? I feel tired in the morning. And if the first 90 minutes are really important what should we do to make sure it is well-spent? Although some people might consider themselves as night owls who perform better at night, research shows we are most active in the morning....
Just add the entries from the home owner’s maintenance calendar to your physical calendar every year and your home will stay in great condition year after year. Perhaps some of the most important chores to remember from the home owner’s maintenance calendar are sealing your tile grout to prevent leakage and mold growth, and to flush your hot water heater to keep it in tip-top shape. Original Source – Apartmenttherapy
Well, there are a few things you can change if you are still not in a long-term career position. For example, 17% more self-employed people report being happy at work than those working in more traditional full-time positions. Additionally, florists report more happiness at work than employees in any other industry. If you’re already in a long-term career position though, you can still improve your happiness at work in a number of ways....
But when a whole bunch of building blocks are put together, suddenly they form something much more interesting and significant. This is the same with what happens to our own lives as well. Too often, we all get a little down if we feel that we have not achieved any of our big goals we set for ourselves. We may see our lives filled with failures. But in reality, we probably have achieved much more than we thought....
