If you’ve ever been to a place that has a lot of conferences like a corporate headquarters or some hotels, you might notice that the conference room has movable walls. It’s one giant room, but there is a track where you can slide walls in to divide the room into smaller rooms. What if you […]
Starcraft: How to Have Fun and Mess with People
I have never been a competitive person. When I play games, including sports, my main purpose is to have fun, not to win. That has always put me at a disadvantage when playing games against more competitive personalities. But I don’t care. Especially in those anonymous online games, I love coming up with weird […]
Become Perfect This Year
The battlefield at Manassas New Year’s resolutions don’t stick because people are not proactive by nature. It’s something that takes work and motivation. Individuals who aren’t proactive tend to follow the path of least resistance. They do nothing until necessary. So how can you be proactive and make your resolutions stick? Drop the usual excuses. No time? […]
How to Become a Millionaire This Year
There is at least one habit all successful people have in common. They are all avid learners. They are not necessarily traditionally educated, and they don’t necessarily read books to learn, but they all make learning a priority. The easiest way to learn is to develop a habit of reading. Read every day. Read […]
Ideas: Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Cars
What happened to a family in New Jersey after a blizzard was heartbreaking. A couple and their two children, ages 1 and 3, were trying to stay warm. The mom and the children stayed in the car with the engine running while the dad cleared snow outside. Nobody realized that the tailpipe was clogged with […]
How to Rescue Accidentally Deleted Pictures from Your Camera
This post was originally published on January 2, 2008, but is still useful and relevant today: We had a little get-together on New Year’s Eve to celebrate the coming of 2008. Naturally, we wanted to take some pictures, so we brought out the new Canon Powershot SD850 IS we got for Christmas and snapped a […]