Lifehacker had a good post today about Suprise.com – a website that provided recommendations for gift giving based on personality traits. I haven’t gone through all of the sections yet, but it’s at the very least a good start – I sure never know what to buy anyone. The list of hobbies and traits is very long, so you’re bound to find something.
From Lifehacker
Do you think internships are just for college students? They aren’t. If you are thinking about changing careers, but aren’t sure you’ll like your next choice, why not give it a test drive? Check out a site called Vocation Vacations. The site has hundreds of vacations where you can try out another career and see how it takes, from boot maker to TV producer.
Heard on The Market Guys podcast.
I read a blog post recently on a website called Work.com. It’s basic function is that of a blog, but it has over one thousand how-to guides on many different topics for small businesses and entrepreneurs. This includes everything from government basics to advertising to employee management.
Thanks to Small Business Trends for the post!
Well, he has always been one of my favorite radio hosts, and now he is back on Washington Post Radio (1500AM). If you can’t catch him between 8:30 and 10:30, you can listen to his entire show through a stream on their website or by downloading the podcast.
If you have a lot of music on your hard drive, it’s probably a good idea to back it up. If you already use iTunes, as good idea might be to back it up as it is stored there, including playlists, album art and other settings. Lifehacker had a good post on doing just that.
I saw this posted at Lifehacker and found it to be enlightening – especially since I spend the vast majority of every work day at my computer.
Programmable Web had an interesting site posted that showed a geographical representation of college football recruiting. You can quickly see where your team and/or conference recruits from on a Google Map. Pretty slick.
Great new music video by Bare Naked Ladies. Very original, they took some characters from famous youtube.com videos and had them sing their song. Well, lip-sync it anyway.
From Boing Boing
You’ll soon realize I like the work of the two gentlemen who wrote Freakonomics. I have a link to their blog on my site and I’m certain I’ll post many comments from it. In this post, Steven Levitt talks about betting on home underdogs in the NFL. An interesting read. He also refers back to a paper he talks about a paradox in sports betting, which is also an interesting read despite its age (2004).
Need a new background for your desktop? Or do you just enjoy star gazing? I never get tired of looking at pictures of galaxies, supernovas, and other astronomical phenomena. Now you can enjoy a cool new picture from NASA each day, with an good explanation of what you are looking at.
