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IdeaPaint

Via Fast Company, turn any surface into a whiteboard. Dry Erase Paint for Work, School and Home White Boards | IdeaPaint

Out of LSD?

Out of LSD? Just 15 Minutes of Sensory Deprivation Triggers Hallucinations | Wired.com

Was our oldest ancestor a proton-powered rock?

Absolutely bizarre but still one of the best things I’ve read on the origins of life in a long time… Was our oldest ancestor a proton-powered rock? | New Scientist

“The picture painted by Russell and Martin is striking indeed. The last common ancestor of all life was not a free-living cell at all, but a porous rock riddled with bubbly iron-sulphur membranes that catalysed primordial biochemical reactions. Powered by hydrogen and proton gradients, this natural flow reactor filled up with organic chemicals, giving rise to proto-life that eventually broke out as the first living cells – not once but twice, giving rise to the bacteria and the archaea.

Many details have yet to be filled in, and it may never be possible to prove beyond any doubt that life evolved by this mechanism. The evidence, however, is growing. This scenario matches the known properties of all life on Earth, is energetically plausible – and returns Mitchell’s great theory to its rightful place at the very centre of biology.”

The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity

Marc Andreessen’s productivity porn… The Pmarca Guide to Personal Productivity | pmarca Archive

What problems does Google Wave solve?

What problems does Google Wave solve? | danieltenner.com

Learning from Lai Changxing?

Learning from Lai Changxing? | The China Beat

Be lucky – it’s an easy skill to learn

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My research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four basic principles. They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

Be lucky – it’s an easy skill to learn | Telegraph

SEO Snake Oil – Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists

And so, like the goat sacrificers and snake oil salesmen before them, a new breed of con man was born, the Search Engine Optimizer. These scammers claim that they can dance the magic dance that will please the Google Gods and make eyeballs rain down upon you.

Do. Not. Trust. Them.

Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists | Derek Powazek

How Long to Form a Habit?

Generally my worst habits didn’t seem to take too long to form at all… How Long to Form a Habit? | PsyBlog

Ugliest Tattoos: A Gallery of Regrets

Say no more… Ugliest Tattoos: A Gallery of Regrets