The goal of this blog is to provide information, inspiration, and motivation to manage life. It will evolve and grow as I do, marking my thoughts and insights for where I am with my personal growth. I intend to document my own growth here and share the experience to help others who are searching for self-improvement techniques.

Here are some of the topics you’ll see covered here: Motivation, Personal Development, Problem Solving, LifeHacks, Consciousness, Time Management, Productivity tips, Passion and Creativity.

2008 Most Fuel Efficient Vehicles

Here is the list of most fuel efficient vehicles in 2008:



#1: Toyota Prius Hybrid / City: 48 mpg / Highway: 45 mpg

#2: Honda Civic Hybrid / City: 40 mpg / Highway: 45 mpg

#3: Nissan Altima Hybrid / City: 35 mpg / Highway: 33 mpg

#4: Ford Escape Hybrid / City: 34 mpg / Highway: 30 mpg

#5: Mazda Tribute Hybrid / City: 34 mpg / Highway: 30 mpg

#6: Mercury Mariner Hybrid / City: 34 mpg / Highway: 30 mpg

#7: Toyota Camry Hybrid / City: 33 mpg / Highway: 34 mpg

#8: Toyota Yaris / City: 29 mpg / Highway: 36 mpg


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Procrastination

Have you ever wondered what is the true meaning of Procrastination? Well, here it is ;-)



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Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Here is a great article on The Atlantic about how we are adopting to the Internet.



It is clear that users are not reading online in the traditional sense; indeed there are signs that new forms of “reading” are emerging as users “power browse” horizontally through titles, contents pages and abstracts going for quick wins. It almost seems that they go online to avoid reading in the traditional sense.

Read the complete article: The Atlantic


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Wisconsin Under Water

Flooding in Wisconsin has been devastating ;-(



By cartoonist Stuart Carlson.



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iPhone 3G

Apple new iPhone 3G is finally official! Starting at $199 for 16GB version, and available on July 11th, 2008.



Read: iPhone 3G


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Tim Ferriss & Marci Alboher at Google

Authors of The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich and One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success at a recent Authors@Google presentation. This is a long video, but I think it's well worth watching.



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Wells Fargo ATM Design changes

Wells Fargo hired Pentagram in the fall of 2005 to begin work on a new user interface for their ATMs. Wells Fargo was in the process of upgrading their ATMs with touchscreen monitors. This was a relatively slow process, since there are about 7,000 ATMs in the field, and any upgrades are expensive. But with the vast majority to be converted during 2007, this was the perfect time to create a fresh UI that would fully utilize the touchscreen capability.



Read: Physical Interface


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Disney World 3D walk through


The video was captured straight from Google Earth. "Disney's new additions are now one of the most densely packed 3D model collections now available in Google Earth."

Read: Google Earth Blog


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French Spiderman Climbs New York Times Building

Alian Robert knaown as "French Spiderman" decided to climb 52 stories of New York Times building !

After reaching the top, and getting arrested he showed a banner that read "Global warming kills more people than 9/11 every week."

The New York Times describes Robert as a:

46-year-old stuntman famous for scaling structures like the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, the Sydney Opera House in Australia and the Eiffel Tower and Montparnasse Tower in Paris. He wore a T-shirt with his name and the address of a Web site (thesolutionissimple.org), exercise pants and climbing shoes. He had long blond hair.



An here are the videos:



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View: The Solution is Simple
His Website: Alian Robert


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