Stormy Weather Again

Conditions were near perfect again in Sydney this afternoon for more thunderstorms to form across the Blue Mountains. Tomorrow looks even better with most predicting the storms will move into the Sydney basin in the afternoon. This spctacular video was shot by Ben (Weatherzone - www.weatherzone.com.au)

Acer Notebook PC - Aspire 3683WXMi

I bought a new notebook PC yesterday and it's fabulous.

For $950 I got exactly what I was looking for. Several months ago this same class of machine would have cost me three large or more !

I am posting this now via a wireless link to my main machine in the compueter and media centre at home, whilst watching TV in a recliner chair. This is a dream and a classic case of not knowing really if you needed the machine until you actually got it.

I definately needed this !!

Power Napping

From www.mensjournal.com

Research is starting to show what most of us have known all along:
naps are wicked good for you. However, there's a difference between a
"good nap" and a "power nap." Mens Journal has written up a practical
guide on how to achieve the mystical power nap:

• The first consideration is psychological: Recognize that you're not being lazy; napping will make you more productive and more alert after you wake up.

• Try to nap in the morning or just after lunch; human circadian rhythms make late afternoons a more likely time to fall into deep (slow-wave) sleep, which will leave you groggy.

• Avoid consuming large quantities of caffeine as well as foods that are heavy in fat and sugar, which meddle with a person's ability to fall asleep

• Instead, in the hour or two before your nap time, eat foods high in calcium and protein, which promote sleep.

• Find a clean, quiet place where passersby and phones won't disturb you

• Try to darken your nap zone, or wear an eyeshade. Darkness stimulates melatonin, the sleep- inducing hormone.

• Remember that body temperature drops when you fall asleep. Raise the room temperature or use a blanket.

• Once you are relaxed and in position to fall asleep, set your alarm for the desired duration.



Now, the nap time that seems to give the greatest benefits is righthere in the 5 to 20 minutes range; however, up to 50 minutes can still give you a bit of a boost. How about you -are you a power napper? How'd you get that way, and what benefits have you seen?

FBI Adds Iomega Hard Drive To Most Wanted List: Plus There's A Reward

Have you seen this drive? The FBI -- you know, the people in charge of your "permanent record" -- is offering up to $25,000 for information leading to the return of a missing "Iomega hard drive." Apparently, the drive contains personal information on "at least a half-million people." It was reported missing from the Birmingham, Alabama Veterans Adm



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Top 50 Coolest VoIP Gadgets

Here is an overview of the coolest/sexiest/most useful VoIP gadgets for 2007, in the following categories: handsets, wireless, mice, headsets, keyboards, mp3 players, adapters, and 'other fun stuff'.



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BitTorrent.com Launches Video Store

BitTorrent Inc has released the final details of their long awaited video store. The store itself will go live this Monday, and will offer movie rentals at $2.99 - $3.99, and “download to own” TV shows and music videos for $1.99. The "BitTorrent Entertainment Network" will start off with 5000+ titles in their collection.



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Coming Monday: The Merlin Show (From Merlin Mann of Twit)

The Merlin Show arrives Monday, February 26th, at thirty theoretically productive frames per second.



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Google Apps: Should You Switch?

Google's new web-based office software suite, which the company announced Thursday, is a swift kick to the teeth delivered squarely in the direction of Microsoft. Or is it?



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iPod Stolen? Have it call home!

Cool new free service that tracks stolen USB gadgets like MP3 players, cameras and USB flash drives etc. When the device is stolen you log into the server, flag it as stolen and the next time the device is plugged into a computer it sends the owner of the device info about that system like IP address, location, username and computer name and more.



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Photo of 450 million light-years from Earth - AMAZING

This stunning group of galaxies is far, far away - about 450 million light-years from planet Earth - cataloged as galaxy cluster Abell S0740.



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