Jun
30
Nick Cernis has a post over at Put Things Off titled The Challenge: Read One Book a Week. I love reading but it goes up and down, I do not stick to any regular reading pace. The challenge is interesting and it can be done.
Nick gives 5 tips to become a regular reader:
1. Learn to [...]
Jun
30
I recently found Foodluvin which has this presentation:
Foodluvin reports on all things food. We dig up and review the newest and best gourmet food, gadgets,appliances, events, food related travel, recipes and anything else that may come across our paths and palates!
Foodluvin has great photos and interesting recipees.
Jun
29
I love this quote from The 5-minute Meditator, a book about ’spot meditations’:
A person in a Buddhist centre, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed for an hour, may be completely unfocused and not meditating at all. He could be daydreaming, falling asleep or thinking about everything at random. Conversely, someone who is fully present while [...]
Jun
25
GoEnglish.com Pocket English Idioms is a nice site and the site has an Idioms index. I like the way the site looks, take a look at Birds of a feather flock together or You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover.
Jun
23
Chris Garrett writes about Top Software Tools: Readers Recommendations where he lists software for Windows, Mac, Linux and cross-platform.
DailyWritingTips has PC Vitals for Every Freelance Writer, actually it is great advice for anyone using a computer.
DailyBits has a post about The Worst PC Disasters and Their Solution.
Jun
22
I got a tip to use pranayama as preparation for meditation. That of course pushed me to refresh my knowledge about pranayama and I went to Yoga Journal. In the Pranayama practice section of their website you find articles, in Pranayama Poses you find exercises.
I prefer short meditations and practice spot meditations.
Image from YogaJournal.
Jun
18
I am testing Zemanta which shows related articles while you are blogging. When blogging about meditation it showed an article at Time titled How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time. In the article Walter Zimmermann attributes his brain’s enduring sharpness to 40 minutes of meditation each morning and evening. The practice helps him [...]
Jun
18
Firefox 3 is finally released, the Mozilla site - Getfirefox.com - is overladed at the moment. Mozilla Zine writes about Mozilla Firefox 3 Released.
CNET has a review at Firefox 3. In summary they say:
The good: Firefox 3 touts faster rendering, vastly reduced use of system resources, clever new data-mining tools for your bookmarks and browser [...]
Jun
17
When browsing the net about meditation I came across an article at BBC: Scientists probe meditation secrets. The article says that scientists are beginning to uncover evidence that meditation has a tangible effect on the brain.
Research into the health claims made for meditation has limitations and few conclusions can be reached, partly because meditation is [...]
Jun
8
I browsed YogaDirect.com and found a Yoga T-Shirt with text about meditation. The text made me smile: “Meditation - Better than sitting around all day doing nothing…”
