A Great Flight Search
by Jonas Blake on Dec.29, 2010, under Life Upgrade
Hipmunk, a great flight search website.
Get Free Education
by Jonas Blake on Dec.29, 2010, under Mind Upgrade
This is a great list of sites that offer free university level classes.
Lifehacker’s Texter
by Jonas Blake on Nov.05, 2010, under Uncategorized
Texter is a great little utility program from Lifehacker that lets you define a set of replacement text strings. For example, rather than writing “Please contact me if you have any questions” every time you end an email, you could put a script in Texter where all you have to do is type “ques”, hit [...]
Lifehacker Pack for Linux
by Jonas Blake on Oct.28, 2010, under Life Upgrade
For those of you who use Linux (and soon I will be one of you) Lifehacker has a great package of useful programs. They are customized for Ubuntu, but they probably work for other Linux distributions.
http://lifehacker.com/5590624/lifehacker-pack-for-linux-our-list-of-the-best-linux-downloads
Organize Your Life by Starting with a Clean Slate
by Jonas Blake on Sep.01, 2010, under Life Upgrade
I have been trying to get my life organized for quite some time now, and some how I have never quite seemed to make it happen. The ultimate goal, of course, is to make my life a little more mobile. The last time I moved I filled an entire Uhaul, but when my roommate Lili moved to Kurdistan, she did it with only a few suitcases.
5 Best Book Recommendation Services
by Jonas Blake on Aug.27, 2010, under Life Upgrade
If your summer reading list is starting to get a little short, and your favorite author’s next book wont be out for months, you might be looking for recommendations for great books to read.
Super Reading
by Jonas Blake on Aug.23, 2010, under Mind Upgrade
I have not tried this yet, but only because I have not had to study for anything in a while. However, with school starting around the country, this may be very useful to some of you.
This is a great article on how your brain works, and how to take advantage of it in order to study more effectively, especially when it comes to studying information gathered from the internet.
Better Creativity Through Exercise
by Jonas Blake on Aug.02, 2010, under Mind Upgrade
If you have ever felt like you get all your best ideas while going for a run or a swim, it turns out you may be right. According to Newsweek magazine, small bursts of exercise can boost your creativity for hours afterward.
Its a Bird, Its a Plane, Its a Superphone!
by Jonas Blake on Jul.30, 2010, under Life Upgrade
Maybe we haven’t quite made it to the technology of “Beam me up Scotty,” but we do carry around little computers in our pockets. Little computers with GPS pinpointing, wireless internet connectivity, and a computing capacity that would have filled a small warehouse twenty years ago.
Universal Packing List
by Jonas Blake on Jul.02, 2010, under Life Upgrade
This may come a little late to help my housemate who just moved to Kurdistan, with a trip through Tanzania, but I wish I had found this before she left.
In case you happen to be planning a trip in the future, take a look at this great universal packing list. You enter your destination, and some details about the trip, and it generates a great packing list for you to check off. It even has a map feature, so you can click on the countries you are visiting.
