Good article from Yahoo! Health on finding time for daily exercise:
This article is for those of you who have very limited time to devote to exercise, but are serious about getting or staying in shape. Most fitness experts agree that even devoting 30 minutes to strength training two or three times a week is sufficient for strength and muscle development. Many people make the mistake of adding more exercises and sets to their program to make it harder. To increase intensity, do not look for ways to do more exercise, look for ways to do the same or even less, by efficiency.
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Wired News talks about the hybrid enthusiasts that place an additional pack of electric batteries in their hybrid vehicles:
Plug-in hybrids aren’t yet cost-efficient, but some of the dozen known experimental models have gotten up to 250 mpg.
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With increased offshore outsourcing and continuing simplification of such tasks as writing a trivial application, Computer Science degrees are not as attractive for college students anymore, NYT finds. Students prefer interdisciplinary majors, where the programming skills are combined with solid scientific backgrounds in biotech, chemistry or business.
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Yahoo! News Tech Tuesday this week is dedicated to open source software for the home user. Open source for all spells out the open source ideas for a regular PC user, while providing some helpful links to some popular software. The open source PC is a guide on most popular open source apps that would be common for a home user to have. Is open source for you? discusses shortcomings of open source software and cases when it’s not recommended.
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Want to see a VOIP over 802.11b human-powered phone in action? Visit Uganda:
The VoIP bicycle works like this: Someone sits on the bike and pedals to generate power. That drives power for the low-power computer. A regular telephone handset is connected to a circuit board that plugs into the computer. A caller can use the phone to place a call over a wireless Internet connection using the 802.11b WiFi radio standard.
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When given a choice between steady rewards and the chance for more, monkeys will gamble, a new study found.
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Yahoo! Travel deals has a pretty good selection of travel promotions, although they seem to be especially big on cruises. However, some of the deals, like this stay at Reno Eldorado just seem a bit overpriced, showing as $99,999,999.00 on Yahoo! Travel. However, you get a $50 certificate if you stay more than two nights.
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