Hushmail – Free Email with Privacy » 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. 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. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
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. 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. Depression is a state of lovelessness.
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
Orange Crate Art 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 Kitchen | On A Dollar A Day Cookbooks We have quite a collection of cookbooks, but the ones listed below are the ones that we use the most frequently. Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope RomeroVegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra MoskowitzVegan Planet by Robin RobertsonVegan Soul Kitchen by Bryant TerryEat, Drink, and Be Vegan by Dreena Burton Recipes Here are a few of the recipes we used during our experimenting: Chana Masala This is adapted from Madhur Jaffrey’s classic. SERVES 6 -8 ( 4 servings) Directions – Heat oil in a large skillet. Cost – Whole recipe: $0.98 / Per serving: $0.25 Polenta Recipe Makes servings 9 Cups water 1 Tsp Salt 3 cups cornmeal 1 tbsp oil to fry Bring water to a boil. Reduce to simmer Add salt Slowly stir in corn meal 1 cup at a time. Stir continuously for 12-15 min. When it starts to pull away from the pot, turn off the heat and pour it into a greased dish or platter. Let cool 10-15 minutes. Slice and fry until golden brown. Variations: Cost Refried Beans
Broke college students, this one is for you! The cheapest, easiest pasta salad ever! : Cooking Language Hacking Guide, written by multilingual Benny Lewis | Fluent in 3 months