» 55 Ways to Get More Energy

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Greg Go, co-author of Wise Bread‘s new book, 10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget. Buy the book today (by Monday 11:59pm PDT) and get a $15 Ebates bonus and a chance to win a brand new Flip Cam. If you’re tired all the time, a change in what you eat (diet) or what you do all day (activity pattern) may be all you need to turn things around 180°. You won’t be able to do everything on this list all the time — you’d tire yourself out trying to get more energy — but do try them all to see which ones work for you and your schedule. Add a few of these tips to your regular routine. Or mix them up to keep things interesting. 1. It’s an amazing trick. 2. Whether you work alone or in a room with coworkers, a quick one-song rock out loud session is an effective way to beat back exhaustion. In a cube farm? 3. If allergies have your sinuses blocked, you may be feeling more tired and cranky. 4. There is a natural ebb and flow of energy throughout the day.

The storm inside I know all about the "whats" of depression. I'm alert to the mundane side effects of medications and put up with them, mostly. Sometimes I can predict trajectories and undulations and happy breakthroughs. But the whys? Without the hindrances of happiness or hedonistic temptation your concentration allegedly improves. The depressed mind is a locus stubbornly resistant to free-thinking or the expansion of ideas. Depression is a state of lovelessness. EFFECTIVE treatment and understanding of depression is to some extent mired in the '60s. The issue of stigma, I believe, is over-inflated. I'm quite well at the moment and think I may be for a while. A lot of people reading this will be doing so while very unwell. For those living with depression and their friends and family, I would recommend two books. Ironically, it's sad that fewer people need to read about depression to try to understand it these days because so many are experiencing it or know someone who is.

Connect Mac to TV *Mini Review - PC to Video EZ* _*It works!*_ ! I, and many others, have been looking for a way to output video (composite and s-video) from the NEW Macbooks and MacBook Pro's sporting the Mini DisplayPort since Apple as yet to release such adapter. While searching the web for a adapter, converter or whatever could help get video out of the new MacBook I quickly learned ($10 later) that a simple VGA to s-video cable would not work.! I soon came across the PC to Video EZ. Bottom line, the PC to Video EZ from GrandTec outputs video (both composite and s-video) at equal quality to Apple's own video adapters used on previous (pre-DisplayPort) computers. The device itself is small. ! ! ! ! The back of the unit has two VGA ports, one in and one out. Also on the back is the video ("yellow" composite) and s-video out. ! ! On the right side of the unit you will find a place to plug in the power adapter. ! ! The unit comes with every cable you would need which is a huge plus! ! ! !

Upside-Down-Ternet My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun. I'm starting here by splitting the network into two parts, the trusted half and the untrusted half. The trusted half has one netblock, the untrusted a different netblock. We use the DHCP server to identify mac addresses to give out the relevant addresses. /etc/dhcpd.conf IPtables is Fun! Suddenly everything is kittens! /sbin/iptables -A PREROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 -p tcp -j DNAT --to-destination 64.111.96.38 For the uninitiated, this redirects all traffic to kittenwar. For more fun, we set iptables to forward everything to a transparent squid proxy running on port 80 on the machine. /sbin/iptables -A PREROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.0.1 That machine runs squid with a trivial redirector that downloads images, uses mogrify to turn them upside down and serves them out of its local webserver. The redirection script

12 Things Happy People Do Differently post written by: Marc Chernoff Email by Jacob Sokol of Sensophy “I’d always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed. Studies conducted by positivity psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky point to 12 things happy people do differently to increase their levels of happiness. I want to honor and discuss each of these 12 points, because no matter what part of life’s path we’re currently traveling on, these ‘happiness habits’ will always be applicable. Express gratitude. – When you appreciate what you have, what you have appreciates in value. Jacob Sokol is committed to living an extraordinary life. Photo by: Aurelio Asiain If you enjoyed this article, check out our new best-selling book. And get inspiring life tips and quotes in your inbox (it's free)...

Orange Crate Art Hushmail – Free Email with Privacy I hope this is the right subr: I've discovered a simple but odd sort of relaxation exercise and want to know if anyone else has done something similar. : self I have $50 to spend on food for the next two weeks. What are some cheap, nourishing meals I can make? : food