http://www.learnons4c.co.uk/mobile_courses.php
2007-07-08
William Kamkwamba's Malawi Windmill Blog
"improvised rusty propellers and the natural resource, wind, he is able to generate electricity to light his home and power his transistor radio during which he saves K600 a month."http://williamkamkwamba.typepad.com/williamkamkwamba/
Sun's OpenDocument filter for MS office is finished
"The 30 MB installation package adds a document type to Word's file dialog so that users can access ODF files directly and use OpenDocument as a standard format."
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/92193
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/92193
The Propeller Trike
"MIT student Damon Vander Lind wheels his human-powered, propeller-driven 300-rpm tricycle out for a test drive."http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4218427.html?series=27
Warning of data ticking time bomb
"Technology companies, such as Microsoft, used file formats which were not only incompatible with pieces of software from rival firms, but also between different iterations of the same program."http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6265976.stm
Linux Jedi
"Windows is the path to the darkside...Windows leads to Blue Screen. Blue Screen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering..."
http://www.linuxjedi.co.uk/
9 Great Reasons to Drink Water, and How to Form the Water Habit
"We all know that water is good for us, but often the reasons are a little fuzzy. And even if we know why we should drink water, it's not a habit that many people form..."http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/07/9-great-reasons-to-drink-water-and-how.html
Time Management, Simplified: How to Be Productive With No Worries
"The fewer tasks you have, the less you have to do to organize them. Focus only on those tasks that give you the absolute most return on your time investment, and you will become more productive and have less to do. You will need only the simplest tools and system, and you will be much less stressed. I think that’s a winning combination."http://lifedev.net/2007/07/time-management-simplified-how-to-be-productive-with-no-worries/
Stress
In today's excerpt--the consequences of stress.
Researchers are identifying an increasing number of ways in which stress causes irreversible
physiological damage in people. In the example below, the effect is on DNA itself. The study involved women who were caretaking chronically ill children, though similar results would
presumably be found in other instances of long-term stress:
"The toll of relentless stress also seems to strike the very DNA of caretakers, speeding the rate at which cells age and adding years to their biological age. ... [R]esearchers doing genetic studies in mothers caring for a chronically ill child found that the longer they had been so burdened, the more they had aged at the cellular level.
"The rate of aging was determined by measuring the length of telomeres on the mother's white blood cells. Telomeres are a piece of DNA at the end of a cell's chromosome that shrinks a bit each time the cell divides to duplicate itself. Cells reproduce repeatedly throughout their lifespan to repair tissue or, in the case of white blood cells, to fight disease. Somewhere after ten to fifty divisions (depending on the type of cell), the telomere becomes too short to replicate anymore, and the cell 'retires'--a genetic measure of loss of vitality.
"By this measure, the mothers caring for chronically ill children were, on average, ten years older biologically than others of their same chronological age. Among the exceptions were those women who, despite feeling overwhelmed in their lives, felt well supported by
others. They had younger cells, even if they were caring for a disabled loved one."
Daniel Goleman, Social Intelligence, Bantam, 2006, pp. 236-7.
http://delanceyplace.com/
Researchers are identifying an increasing number of ways in which stress causes irreversible
physiological damage in people. In the example below, the effect is on DNA itself. The study involved women who were caretaking chronically ill children, though similar results would
presumably be found in other instances of long-term stress:
"The toll of relentless stress also seems to strike the very DNA of caretakers, speeding the rate at which cells age and adding years to their biological age. ... [R]esearchers doing genetic studies in mothers caring for a chronically ill child found that the longer they had been so burdened, the more they had aged at the cellular level.
"The rate of aging was determined by measuring the length of telomeres on the mother's white blood cells. Telomeres are a piece of DNA at the end of a cell's chromosome that shrinks a bit each time the cell divides to duplicate itself. Cells reproduce repeatedly throughout their lifespan to repair tissue or, in the case of white blood cells, to fight disease. Somewhere after ten to fifty divisions (depending on the type of cell), the telomere becomes too short to replicate anymore, and the cell 'retires'--a genetic measure of loss of vitality.
"By this measure, the mothers caring for chronically ill children were, on average, ten years older biologically than others of their same chronological age. Among the exceptions were those women who, despite feeling overwhelmed in their lives, felt well supported by
others. They had younger cells, even if they were caring for a disabled loved one."
Daniel Goleman, Social Intelligence, Bantam, 2006, pp. 236-7.
http://delanceyplace.com/
Pink Floyd
"Pink Floyd are an English rock band that earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. They are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and elaborate live shows which required the assistance of additional musicians. One of rock music's most successful and influential acts, the group has sold over 250 million albums worldwide, and an estimated 73.5 million albums in the United States alone."http://pinkfloydtv.blogspot.com/
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