Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.

How to be Happy: Put into work what you want to get out of it

Seeded on Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:29 PM EST (Independent.co.uk)

It is a common misconception that giving up work will make us feel better if we are feeling stressed or low. Those without work or meaningful endeavours are usually far more unhappy and unhealthy than those with.

business, happiness, work, stress, creativity, psychology

Facebook Source Code Leaked

Seeded on Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:40 AM EDT (TechCrunch)

Seeded by Fenian (Clipped by Minerva)

This leak is not good news for Facebook, as it raises the question of how secure a Facebook users private data really is. If the main source code for a site can be leaked, then it can be said that almost anything is possible.

technology, internet, social-networks, facebook

Ask.com unveils anti-Google tool and shows they care about privacy

Seeded on Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:29 PM EDT (The Register)

From the article:

technology, ask, privacy, search, us, uk, internet, internet-search, google, search-engine

Let a hundred languages bloom

Seeded on Thu Jul 5, 2007 4:47 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

The potential material benefits for those who learn Mandarin are self-evident. China represents an enormous business opportunity. It is on course to become the world's largest economy by the middle of the century.

education, chinese, mandarin, languages

Take off your suit pants and jacket -- It's Web 2.0

Seeded on Tue Jul 3, 2007 5:00 PM EDT (builderau.com.au)

It's time to take off that uncomfortable suit and put on those comfy jeans you left at home during the dot-com crash.

technology, tech, it, jobs, google

BBC threatened by European Commission complaint for forcing viewers to use Microsoft OS

Seeded on Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:12 PM EDT (BBC News)

The BBC has been accused of forcing people to use Microsoft operating systems and has been threatened with a complaint to the European Commission. The charge concerns the use of Microsoft technology in the corporation's forthcoming iPlayer. .....

technology, bbc, microsoft, iplayer, open-source, tv, video, drm

The Zen of Folding Laundry and Other Thoughts on Happiness

Seeded on Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:29 PM EDT (scotthyoung.com)

I hate folding laundry. So, when I recently had to fold some laundry, I was feeling impatient and irritated. The laundry wasn't going to fold itself, and I was running out of clothes. Despite my internal protests, it would have to get done.

health, zen, happiness, depression, mind-set

Interview with the creator of SQLite

Seeded on Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:23 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

In a world of people obsessed by turning the tiniest idea into something profitable, Dr Richard Hipp's best-known software stands out for two reasons - he actively disclaims copyright in it; and at a time when multi-megabyte installations are booming, he has a self-imposed limit …

technology, sqlite, database, software, databases, google-gears, symbian, richard-higgs, apple

Will chocolate go the way of cigarettes?

Seeded on Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:17 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

I wonder how long it will be before they carry a health warning:"Danger, these sweets make you fat" ...

health, chocolate, cadburys, weight, confectionery

Commercial developer reports 35% of coding time spent on IE/FireFox incompatibilities

Seeded on Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:03 PM EDT (ZDNET.com)

Asynchronous Javascript and XML programming — otherwise known as AJAX — may be bringing an entire new level of interactivity to today's Web applications (often bringing otherwise lifeless user interfaces to life).

technology, web, web-development, browsers, ie, firefox, ajax, productivity, developer, web-developer

100 best restaurants in the UK

Seeded on Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:46 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

List of top restaurants in the UK broken down in lists of 10 such as ten sea food restaurants, top 10 for wine, 10 cheap eats etc.

food, uk, restaurants

Why are the Brits always so negative?

Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:11 PM EDT

Is it me or is it a British pasttime to moan? It's as though Brits can't live a day without making some complaint or another.

Continue reading this entry ...

world-news, uk, uk-news, british, britishness, nhs, economy, satire, irony

Recycling - How different countries deal with their waste

Seeded on Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:30 PM EDT (The Economist)

RUBBISH generation and recycling rates vary among rich countries. Americans are the most wasteful. They churned out 740kg of rubbish per person in 2003. Of this, 31% was recycled or composted. Densely populated Japan, on the other hand, threw out a mere 410kg per person.

world-news, britain, waste, recycling, us, rubbish, trash, green, environment, japan

Apple's Safari Browser on Windows: Initial Impressions

Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:16 PM EDT

Yesterday, Apple joined the browser wars by announcing the availability of a beta version of their Safari browser for Windows XP. So have Windows users been missing out? Does Firefox, Opera, Flock etc. not cater for those who loath Internet Explorer?

Continue reading this entry ...

technology, apple, windows, browser, firefox, safari, windows-xp

Apple announces Windows browser

Seeded on Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:45 PM EDT (BBC News)

Apple has launched a version of its web browser Safari for Windows, competing head to head with Microsoft's Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox.

technology, apple, safari, browser, windows, windows-xp, firefox, mozilla

Ten Open Source Apps You Can't Live Without

Seeded on Sat Jun 9, 2007 5:16 PM EDT ()

A good list of popular open source applications showing how widely used open source technology is used on Windows, Linux and OSX. List includes Firefox, Thunderbird, VLC...

technology, open-source, windows, osx, firefox, thunderbird, linux, software

Europe's Young Entrepreneurs 2007

Seeded on Sat Jun 9, 2007 8:31 AM EDT (Business Week)

An increasing number of Europeans 25 and under are starting their own businesses—and inspiring others to do the same

business, europe, young-entrepreneur, entrepreneur, brussels-opportunities

Trying to filter the internet is ridiculous and dangerous.

Seeded on Fri Jun 8, 2007 3:29 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

People say bad things online. They write vile lies about blameless worthies. They pen disgusting racist jeremiads, post gut-churning photos of sex acts committed against children, and more sexist and homophobic tripe than you could read - or stomach - in a lifetime.

technology, freedom, freedom-of-speech, filtering, content, internet

Ten "inconvenient truths" about file-swapping

Seeded on Tue Jun 5, 2007 3:39 PM EDT (Ars Technica)

...does purchasing one of these discs mean that you could be supporting terrorism? According to the IFPI, it does. The group yesterday released a list of 10 "inconvenient truths" about music, and it makes for interesting reading. Here they are:

technology, piracy, file-sharing, p2p, music, mp3, china, copyright, pirate-bay

Encrypt and sign Gmail messages with FireGPG

Seeded on Mon Jun 4, 2007 3:28 PM EDT (linux.com)

Gmail may be an excellent Web-based email application, but there is no easy way to use it with privacy tools like GnuPG. The FireGPG extension for Firefox is designed to solve this problem.

technology, google, gmail, gpg, encryption, mail, gnu, firegpg

McDonald's begins McJob petition

Seeded on Mon Jun 4, 2007 3:22 PM EDT (BBC News)

Fast-food giant McDonald's has launched a petition to get the dictionary definition of a McJob changed. The Oxford English Dictionary currently describes a McJob as "an unstimulating low-paid job with few prospects".

business, dictionary, mc, mcjob, mcdonalds, oxford-english-dictionary, job, uk

Wags and hoodies enter dictionary

Seeded on Mon Jun 4, 2007 3:19 PM EDT (BBC News)

It is hard to imagine a world without them and now words like "hoodie", "wag" and "man-bag" are to enter the Collins English Dictionary.

odd-news, words, dictionary, hoodie, wag, language, english, collins

"Mushin"- Peak Performance State

Fri Jun 1, 2007 7:19 PM EDT

By Redruby (Clipped by Minerva)

(This article is reprinted here with permission of the author, Charlie Badenhop) In Aikido and Seishindo we practice embodying various "states" or ways of perceiving and being. We practice entering into various ways of experiencing "Life".

Continue reading this entry ...

health, mushin, seishendo, charlie-badenhop, aikido, embodied-presence

Study: More households forbid smoking

Seeded on Thu May 24, 2007 4:06 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)

ATLANTA --Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43 percent of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal government reported Thursday.

health, smoking, us, usa, disease-control

Why money doesn't buy happiness

Seeded on Wed May 23, 2007 4:31 PM EDT (BBC News)

If getting rich makes us happy, then why don't countries as a whole get happier as they grow wealthier?....Instead, rich Western societies are plagued with high levels of depression and envy.

business, happiness, money, wealth, taxes, competition

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