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Face your fears; they may be nothing at all.
I think the first time someone made a crack about my receding hairline was over the winter break my freshman year of college. That would have been December of 1994 and it was probably my dad who pointed out my “thinning” hairline. When you’re nineteen the last problem you want[...]

One of Those Days (Episode 1)
I had one of those mornings yesterday in which I needed to hire a productivity coach. I got up late, which is always a signal that it’s going to be a rough day. My serious creative time happens from about 6:30am – 11:00, so whenever I get up at 9:30, I’m already behind the curve. I[...]

This Week's Most Popular Posts [Highlights]
Fancy tie-tying, Wi-Fi password cracking, Google Voice, and Firefox 3.5 round out this week's most popular posts. Dress Up Your Ties with the "Merovingian Knot" The realm of dress tie knots is...[...]

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a New Desktop Wallpaper [Friday Fun]
If ever there were a holiday that yields colorful and flashy desktop wallpaper, it's definitely the Fourth of July. Celebrate the Fourth on your desktop with these swanky fireworks wallpapers. If...[...]

How to be the best customer
By Torley Wong We've no shortage of "How to do good customer service" articles designed to be applied from the company's side. But what about customers? We need each other to thrive, and whether you're in front of the sales desk or behind, we're all humans. An obvious point worth rememberin[...]

Productivity Tip #13: Small Steps Taken Regularly…
Productivity Tips: 10 Clever Ideas For Getting Things Done is an updated and expanded collection of the first ten posts in my popular productivity tips series and is now available to all. For full information please view its dedicated page. Regular readers of this blog will no doubt know how keen I[...]

Get Ready For Summer With Homemade Sunblock [Summer]
Choosing the right sunblock is important, but let's say you're more of a DIY type, or maybe your skin is sensitive to many of the common ingredients. The solution is simple: make your own sunblock....[...]

State of the Airline Industry Chart Compares Airline Service Fees [Saving Money]
If you've ever had to change your flight, check additional luggage, or use in-flight Wi-Fi, you know that these services often come with a price. Consumer site BillShrink has created a handy fee...[...]

June 2009's Most Popular Posts [[this Is Good]]
You may already be celebrating the Fourth, but before you leave June behind for good, here's a quick look back at last month's posts you liked best, including essential Windows and Mac downloads, our...[...]

How to Become More Successful
How do you feel about people who are very successful? What’s your attitude toward the movers and shakers in your field? Do you admire and respect them? Do you speak highly of them? Or are you suspicious of them? Do you criticize or attack them? What’s the true role of these people in you[...]

Take Better Photos: Fourth of July Edition [Photography Tip]
Fireworks displays across the U.S. are set to go off all weekend in celebration of the Fourth of July. Take better photos of both the fireworks and the friends and family you've gathered with. Photo...[...]

From the Tips Box: Vanity Phone Numbers, iGoogle, and Tortilla Chips [From The Tips Box]
Google Voice caters to your vanity, t-shirts are spared, birthdays remembered, and we keep those restaurant tortilla chips nice and crispy. Oren, Mark, Jan-David, and Ben wrote in to tell us that...[...]

The WoodTones Desktop [Featured Desktop]
Reader karmat's desktop adds wood paneling to almost everything on the desktop, including a very nice Firefox configuration that combines a slick, dark skin with a wood panel persona. The desktop is...[...]

Best Deals For Friday 7/3/09
By Lynn Truong Today's Wise Buy: Hitachi 1TB SATA Hard Drive w/ Black X Dock $79.99 1TB! 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s. Use coupon code and mail-in rebate. (via dealnews) 1. Stream All Michael Jackson Music and Videos FREE Sony Music's MyPlay.com is allowing st[...]

Get Patriotic in This Week's Open Thread [Open Thread]
Grab your favorite red-, white-, or blue-colored beverage and step inside for a little gabbing in this week's open thread. Photo by thirtyninepercent. That's right, it's your weekly opportunity to...[...]

How to Get Audiobooks Onto Your Zune – and Off Again
Although I am a professional writer and blogger, although I keep up with the latest tech trends, although I am, might I say, something of a geek, I do not iPod. I don’t even iPhone. This is not a political nor even a religious position, it is simply the Way That It Is. When Microsoft releas[...]

How to Blog Like a Beginner …
A few words I’ve said before that I want to share on my birthday … Something blogging has taught me a lot about — not just the beauty of paying attention to one thing at a time — but the fulfillment of offering other people a chance to talk. Half the show is in the comments.[...]

How to Hire A Web Design Firm
How many times have you heard stories of people who hired web firms to design and develop their web sites and either got substandard sites or the developer ran off with their money? Or what about the entrepreneur who “hired” his nephew/friend/daughter to design the site for free, an[...]

Ask the Readers: Save More or See the World?
I’ve written a lot lately about finding balance. It’s important to save for the future, but how do you balance that with enjoying today? Each of us has to address that question in our own way. A reader named Max wrote to share his own dilemma: I’ve been working as a web designer si[...]

Watch Fewer Food Ads for Less Couch Snacking [Diet Hacks]
You're smart enough to know that take-out pizza doesn't look as good as on TV. Same with the chips, the candy bars, and ice cream. But your stomach might disagree, and lead you to eat more when...[...]