Stalking Venus

Well now here’s a pretty nifty idea. Palabea.net is a social networking site designed to foster the learning of a new language.
It’s a free service that hooks people up internationally so that everyone becomes both a student and a teacher to someone else. In other words, if someone wants to learn English, I can become [...]

I came across this site recently, with an article about how to go from sedentary to running in 5 steps. It talks about doing 30 to 40 minutes of running four times per week. After reading it, I posted a MiniRant in the comments, because like just about every exercise plan in existence, it’s designed [...]

Lifehacker has a fantastic post about the ins and outs of the VLC media player (known as the Swiss army knife of digital media players). Learn how to:

Rip any DVD
Copy any video to your iPod or iPhone with a drag ‘n drop batch script
Stream media to other computers
Play ripped DVD’s

Lifehacker is a brilliant site that [...]

A lot of Zen-type philosophy (an unsuitable word, but one I’ll use for now) can seem like egotistical posturing by self-absorbed language-wankers - and to be honest, a lot of it is. The annoying thing with Zen kōans - the often nonsensical riddles and word plays of that school of being - is that they directly contravene the structured rules of logic that we require so that our perception of reality doesn’t disintegrate. This means that we have an instant aversion to them that ranges from the mildly amused, to the outraged.

1. If you’re choking on an ice cube, simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.
2. Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold the veggies while you chop.
3. Avoid arguments with girls about lifting the toilet seat. Piss in the sink.
4. [...]