How stuff works

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Visit the site and see this very interesting work before you go shopping again !

Tags: Interesting

We all need to make more money. How to do it is usually the hardest thing, but what if you could make money playing a game? Sound good? Well, then penny stocks might be for you.

Step 1

You will need to sign up with a stock trading site such as zecco.com, sharebuilder.com, just2trade.com, or tradeking.com. They offer stock trades for $2.50-$6 per trade. That is reasonable if you plan to only trade to make big profits (for us). The sign up process where they validate your bank and what not may take up to a week. Be patient.

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Shortly I came across an mp3, titled the “Virtual Hair cut”, and believe me I was bewitched by the level of hearing illusion. By the time I finished the mp3, I got hold of my hair to assure that they are ‘there’ and It was just an illusion!!

It worths listening this… it’s very realistic.

So highly recommended, download and play it with the Headphones on!! (Headphones are a must).

Virtual Haircut

A Matchbox:

A Woman’s Voice:

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The Uberman sleep schedule is a method of organizing your sleeping time to maximize your REM sleep and minimize your non-REM sleep. The goal of the sleep cycle is that you are actively in REM sleep within a couple of minutes of falling asleep and remain in that state until you awaken. I originally read about the schedule on everything2.

In essence, someone utilizing the Uberman sleep schedule is actively modifying their sleeping habits so that they can immediately jump from waking to a few minutes worth of stage 1 sleep straight to stage 5 REM sleep, as described in this discussion of sleep stages.

It is important to note that there are no studies as to the long-term physical or physiological impact of this sleep cycle. I really don’t know if this cycle is causing long-term damage to myself or not, and if this concerns you, I wouldn’t attempt the cycle. However, the benefits are fantastic.

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We are sure you’ve seen a lot of wonderful tattoos, but here’s a collection with 3D Tattoos. They look sooooo real.
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