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We Feel Fine / Methodology. Methodology At the core of We Feel Fine is a data collection engine that automatically scours the Internet every ten minutes, harvesting human feelings from a large number of blogs.

We Feel Fine / Methodology

Blog data comes from a variety of online sources, including LiveJournal, MSN Spaces, MySpace, Blogger, Flickr, Technorati, Feedster, Ice Rocket, and Google. We Feel Fine scans blog posts for occurrences of the phrases "I feel" and "I am feeling". This is an approach that was inspired by techniques used in Listening Post, a wonderful project by Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen. Once a sentence containing "I feel" or "I am feeling" is found, the system looks backward to the beginning of the sentence, and forward to the end of the sentence, and then saves the full sentence in a database.

Once saved, the sentence is scanned to see if it includes one of about 5,000 pre-identified "feelings". If a valid feeling is found, the sentence is said to represent one person who feels that way. Wefeelfine. Read Manga Online for Free. Online Manga Reader. 5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness. Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it.

5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness

There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. We can't vouch for any of these, either their effectiveness or safety. All we can say is that they sound awesome, since apparently you can make your brain... #5. So you just picked up the night shift at your local McDonald's, you have class every morning at 8am and you have no idea how you're going to make it through the day without looking like a guy straight out of Dawn of the Dead, minus the blood... hopefully. "SLEEEEEEEEEP... uh... What if we told you there was a way to sleep for little more than two hours a day, and still feel more refreshed than taking a 12-hour siesta on a bed made entirely out of baby kitten fur?

Holy Shit! Famous Quotes at BrainyQuote. Dear Human... How to nap. BeyondWeird Home Page. The Origin of Words and Names. F You, Auto Correct! - iphone funny autocorrect. 15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will. 1.

15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will

"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"The actual advice here is technically a quote from Kurt Vonnegut's "good uncle" Alex, but Vonnegut was nice enough to pass it on at speeches and in A Man Without A Country. Though he was sometimes derided as too gloomy and cynical, Vonnegut's most resonant messages have always been hopeful in the face of almost-certain doom.

And his best advice seems almost ridiculously simple: Give your own happiness a bit of brainspace. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Dear blank, please blank. Starburst Lacing. A second look. Phrases, Expressions & Sayings. Phrases, Expressions & Sayings What phrase is guaranteed to wake up an audience?

Phrases, Expressions & Sayings

Have you ever wondered where some of the phrases, clichés, expressions & sayings used in everyday language come from? Many of the words and phrases common in daily English originate from a wide variety of sources - folklore, history, literature, mythology, language & culture of other countries, old customs & practices, religion, science, and superstition.

Here you will find the Main Index for alphabetized pages of many common phrases, clichés, expressions & sayings, with explanations of their meanings and where they originated. In some instances, we've provided examples for same... some are waiting for your feedback! Anagrams Aptonyms & AptronymsComputer Nerd T-Shirt SlogansDaffynitions EuphemismsFear QuotesInspirational QuotesOxymoronsPalindromesPangramsPhrase Codes from Past Years RiddlesShakespeare SayingsThe Ultimate Phobia List - Real and Imagined Copyright © 2015 joe-ks.com. Everything you ever wanted to know about anarchism. This classic statement of anarchism was written by a diverse group of anarchists in Cardiff around 1980 and it is an interesting historical record of the optimism of mainstream anarchist thought at that time.

Everything you ever wanted to know about anarchism

There is probably more rubbish talked about anarchism than any other political idea. Actually, it has nothing to do with a belief in chaos, death and destruction. Anarchists do not normally carry bombs, nor do they ascribe any virtue to beating up old ladies. It is no accident that the sinister image of the mad anarchist is so accepted. The State, the press and all the assorted authoritarian types, use every means at their disposal to present anarchy as an unthinkable state of carnage and chaos. The alleged necessity of authority is so firmly planted in the average mind that anarchy, which means simply 'no government' is almost unthinkable to most people. Yet there are a limitless range of possible societies without the State. Our rulers claim to be protecting us from each other. The Ultimate Rejection Letter.