Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Now entering Bat Country
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Entries from February 2010
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
The truth about teaching and touching. | Goliath Business News
Touching is the most intense channel of nonverbal communication and the one most people are reluctant to discuss. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, giving and receiving love and affection is a foundation element. It is like the sun in the midst of the solar system–everything else revolves around it. Touch is one manifestation of the [...]
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Touch Much: Why is Platonic Affection so Taboo? (BitchBuzz Life)
When we’re hungry, it’s simple — we eat. When we’re thirsty, we drink. But what about when you just want to and need to be touched? There are no touch cafés. Touch doesn’t come as a gift with purchase at the Lancôme counter. And if you’re not in a romantic relationship, how do you fill [...]
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Mind – New Research Focuses on the Power of Physical Contact – NYTimes.com
The evidence that such messages can lead to clear, almost immediate changes in how people think and behave is accumulating fast. Students who received a supportive touch on the back or arm from a teacher were nearly twice as likely to volunteer in class as those who did not, studies have found. A sympathetic touch [...]
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Llamas!
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Breaking right click functionality is evil
The links in Google’s search results are now redirects through Google. Read more about it consumingexperience. In addition to allowing Google to individually track which links you click, this breaks the “right-click copy” function for the link. This is highly annoying. Posted via email from crasch’s posterous
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
ex-Buddhist monk-in-training seeks right livelihood
My friend Robin recently moved here from Oregon. She was studying to become a Buddhist monk at the Great Vow monastery in Clatskanie, but decided that monastery life wasn’t for her. So she’s now looking for work. Her background is in mental health (she has a Master’s in Counseling, and has worked for several mental [...]
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
riot rite right clit clip click -
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Bloom Box: What is it and how does it work? / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com
So what is Bloom Box? It’s a collection of fuel cells – skinny batteries – that use oxygen and fuel to create electricity with no emissions. Fuel cells are the building blocks of the Bloom Box. They’re made of sand that is baked into diskette-sized ceramic squares and painted with green and black ink. Each [...]
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
“The Life Nomadic”, March 2, HackerDojo
via technomad.eventbrite.com “Have you ever dreamed of traveling the world? Do you ever feel burdened by the stuff in your life? Does the call of the gypsy appeal to you? The come to the Technomad social, a gathering of people who either currently live or want to live as nomads/travelers/gypsies. Tynan, author of “Life Nomadic” [...]
