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Warren C. Moore on How to Make Terminal Follow Aliases Like Symlinks

A pointer to a useful blog post by Warren C. Moore on How to Make Terminal Follow Aliases Like Symlinks.

How to Iron a Dress Shirt

A fun video is shared showing how to iron a dress shirt so that you look sharp and professional.

How to Repair Damaged Ethernet Cable Connectors

A quick note on how to repair damaged Ethernet cable connectors (harnesses).

Tips for Pull Up Technique

It was only in the past 6 months, having been on a raw living food diet and having one intense personal training session with R. James Oliver, that I was finally able to do pull ups, an absolutely awesome bodyweight exercise. In the video below, Adam Steer, co-creator of Bodyweight Exercise Revolution, gives some useful [...]

Food Photo Sites for Food Photographers and Food Bloggers

If you are a food photographer or food blogger, submitting quality photographs to the following food photography websites may help drive additional traffic to your website, blog, or other online presence. I’ve posted some of the photographs related to my articles and recipes on Eat Raw Vegan and have found these kinds of sites useful [...]

Is it possible to heal your own vision? An alternative to corrective lenses or eye surgery.

Several people who know me have noticed that I haven’t been wearing my corrective eye glasses lately. This is in an attempt to heal my eye sight naturally. There are various methods for doing this, but they all trace back to the observations of William Horatio Bates (December 23, 1860 – July 10, 1931) “an [...]

Save Money Using the Non-Refundable Tax Credit for Public Transit Passes (Canada)

Here’s a quick money saving tip for those who regularly use public transit in Canada. Starting around 2006, a non-refundable tax credit was introduced on public transit passes. The rate varies year to year, but has typically been around 15% of the transit pass purchase price. The program doesn’t apply to single fare passes, but [...]