Brain Drain

Ever felt like your brain wasn’t exactly your best friend? Well, you’re probably not simply paranoid. Over at Lifehacker, Kevin Purdy has compiled a list of the Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It), which should be required reading for, um, anyone with half a brain. My personal bugbear? “You Let Negative Feelings About Putting … 

The Red Table

I told some class I’d post this info.—I just don’t remember who. (3rd period, was that you?) Anyway, we were talking about memory techniques, and I mentioned one I’d seen for specifically memorizing numbers. Here’s the link I promised: The Red Table. Like I said in class, the basic principle is that each number from 0–9 is assigned to a … 

Got brains?

Alvaro Fernandez, CEO of SharpBrains.com posted 10 Habits of Highly Effective Brains at The Huffington Post. How does yours stack up?

You Rite Liek A Theef

I just took the McAffee SiteAdvisor Phishing Quiz. I got an 8 out of 10— go give it a try yourself! If you’re not familiar with the term yet, phishing is when crooks send people to bogus web pages disguised as banks, or credit card companies, or whatever, hoping to collect valuable information from them. Anyway, as I reviewed the answers, … 

Imaginary Influencers

This is an interesting idea — a new book by Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan, and Jeremy Salter takes a look at the top 101 most influential fictional characters in history. The book’s subtitle, “How characters of myth, legends, television, and movies have shaped our society, changed our behavior, and set the course of history,” is a compelling reminder of the …