<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690</id><updated>2011-11-27T15:58:41.224-08:00</updated><category term='How to'/><category term='Time Management'/><category term='Better Living'/><category term='save money'/><category term='Life Tips'/><category term='money'/><category term='financial planning'/><title type='text'>I Copied And Pasted</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690.post-5004562025928778107</id><published>2010-02-21T08:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T08:51:33.918-08:00</updated><title type='text'>How Sensitive are you?</title><content type='html'> &lt;p&gt;People are sensitive to different things  for various reasons. A Jew  will get pissed if you make a joke about the Holocaust, obese people  will get offended by fat humor, and a female on PMS will  take  everything you say and twist it around until you are not only a sexist  Nazi, but have also killed a black man and slept with three hookers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This examination will give you an accurate judgement of how sensitive  of a person you are. Total up your points at the end of each section  and when you're finished, add them together to get your final score. For  each section, there is 100 possible points.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;p class="head"&gt;Section #1: Relationships&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you're a female, give yourself 5000 points and skip to section #2.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you have a girlfriend.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Add 10 points if you put the toilet seat down at her house.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Add 10 points if you pretend to care about her feelings.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Add 20 points if you actually do care about her feelings.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Add 30 points if it's an online relationship. Then eat a handful of  gravel.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;5 points if you've called a girl:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;blockquote class="c"&gt;- honey&lt;br /&gt;- snookums&lt;br /&gt;- tootsie&lt;br /&gt;- widdle honey bucket of WUV! (add an additional 20 points)&lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;em&gt;Subtract&lt;/em&gt; 10 points if you've ditched a female to smoke weed or  get drunk.  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subtract&lt;/em&gt; 20 points if you've ever walked away from your  girlfriend while she was talking to you.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subtract&lt;/em&gt; 30 points if you've ever told a crying girl to shut  up.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="head"&gt;Section #2: Animals&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you're a vegetarian.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you've ever lifted a finger to save the rainforests.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; 10 points if you've tried to save a wounded bird.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you own an alley maggot.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/alley-maggot.jpg" width="300" height="309" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Add 10 points if it's a kitten.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Add 10 points if it's de-clawed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Add 20 points if its name is Snowball, Princess, Pumpkin, or anything  ending with an "ee" sound.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you've ever spared an animal because it was cute.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; 10 points if you think hunting is "wrong."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subtract&lt;/em&gt; 10 points if you own a rottweiler or a pitbull.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="head"&gt;Section #3: Racism&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you consider yourself an ethnic minority.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; 30 points if you get pissed when someone makes a joke about your  heritage.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points for each statement that you think is racist:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote class="C"&gt;- Fat Mexicans need to lose some damn weight.&lt;br /&gt;- He knew a stupid Mexican Jew.&lt;br /&gt;- The KKK kicks ass.&lt;br /&gt;- Mexicans eat salsa, and I hate salsa.&lt;br /&gt;- Whites hate nickers, kites, and spickets.&lt;br /&gt;- I hate bean dip.&lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p class="head"&gt;Section #4: Images&lt;br /&gt;20 points for every image that offends you.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/offensive1.jpg" width="308" height="354" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/offensive2.jpg" width="303" height="327" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/offensive3.jpg" width="347" height="394" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/offensive4.jpg" width="304" height="312" /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/offensive5.jpg" width="280" height="381" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="head"&gt;Section #5: People&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;20 points if you don't like it when someone says the word "fag."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;20 points if don't find retards hilarious.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;20 points if you've never laughed at a midget.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you're an artist.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points for each word that describes you:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote class="c"&gt;- Emotional&lt;br /&gt;- Understanding&lt;br /&gt;- High-strung&lt;br /&gt;- Tender&lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;p&gt;10 points if you are/were a boy/girlscout.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="head"&gt;Section #6: Entertainment&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;20 points if you've cried in a movie theatre.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;30 if it was during "Maid in Manhattan."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10  points if you've memorized a song from "The Sound of Music."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if the dead girl in the closet from "The Ring" made you  jump.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you don't play rugby.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points if you've taken a yoga class.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="head"&gt;Section #7: Websites&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;10 points for each website you wouldn't show to your girlfriend&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote class="c"&gt;- rotten.com&lt;br /&gt;- ogrish.com&lt;br /&gt;- poopsex.com&lt;br /&gt;- horsebang.com&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;20 points if you're grossed out by pornography.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;40 points if you get angry when a webpage steals its layout from  another site.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt; &lt;p class="head"&gt;Grading&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="50%"&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;Men&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Women&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top"&gt; &lt;table class="c" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="90"&gt; &lt;0&gt;&lt;td&gt;You are a self-centered asshole who doesn't  let anyone or  anything affect you. Keep up the good work. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;0-150 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You are slightly sensitive but it probably doesn't get in the  way of being a selfish prick. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;151-300 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You are moderately sensitive but most people won't notice. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;301-500 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Something is wrong. You need to start killing innocent things  and insulting females for no reason. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;501-700 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You make everyone sick. You probably stalk girls and get mad at  people when they step on an ant. Smoke some pot and lighten up. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;700&lt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You are either gay or can't count. Retake the test. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table class="C" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="120"&gt; &lt;5000&gt;&lt;td&gt;Either you're a lesbian or do a lot of drugs. Women shouldn't  be this insensitive. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;0-5150 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You hold most of your emotions in. One day you will either  shoot up a school or hack your family to pieces. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;5151-5352 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You are the kind of girl that hangs out with all males and  thinks of yourself as "one of the guys." You're a girl, start acting  like one. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;5353-5354 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You are at the perfect sensitivity level for a girl. You  let  people have an opinion but know where to draw the line. We need more  women like you. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;5355-5700 &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You whine about everything and get offended whenever someone  opens their mouth. Stop being such a feminazi bitch. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;5700&lt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;You belong in a sound-proof bubble 200 miles from all living  human beings. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8700034249893301690-5004562025928778107?l=icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/5004562025928778107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-sensitive-are-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/5004562025928778107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/5004562025928778107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-sensitive-are-you.html' title='How Sensitive are you?'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690.post-7030648431701494716</id><published>2010-02-21T08:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T08:45:06.770-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fuck You in Different Languages</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S4Fi8jW6lOI/AAAAAAAAAA8/aYdzxoaPKww/s1600-h/F-k-You-In-100-Different-Languages-full.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S4Fi8jW6lOI/AAAAAAAAAA8/aYdzxoaPKww/s400/F-k-You-In-100-Different-Languages-full.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440738617263297762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8700034249893301690-7030648431701494716?l=icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/7030648431701494716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/fuck-you-in-different-languages.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/7030648431701494716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/7030648431701494716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/fuck-you-in-different-languages.html' title='Fuck You in Different Languages'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S4Fi8jW6lOI/AAAAAAAAAA8/aYdzxoaPKww/s72-c/F-k-You-In-100-Different-Languages-full.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690.post-3058953990803154643</id><published>2010-02-21T08:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T08:44:04.003-08:00</updated><title type='text'>An American girl has a webcam chat with a starving boy from Africa.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;I just think it would be such an awesome opportunity for Americans to  be able to reach out to the world and have incredibly eye opening  conversations with people from third world countries. Wouldn't that be  incredible?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville2.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"I am soo excited to meet an &lt;b style="color: black; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"&gt;American&lt;/b&gt;!! I have  heard so much good things! Tell me what life is like in America!"&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"Well.. I wake up and eat breakfast.. then I  usually go on my computer for a bit. Check my Facebook, play some  Farmville..and then...."&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville2.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"Farmville? What is that?"&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"Well it's a computer app where you have your own  farm and you grow food and harvest it. It's really fun."&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville2.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"Cool!! Then you eat it?"&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"Er.. no.. you can't eat it. LOL."&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville2.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville2.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"You farm food that you cannot eat? I don't  understand.  Is it poisonous? "&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"Well. no.. I guess you could. Don't know how much  protein is in a computer LOL. But no, the food just doesn't actually  exist. It's not edible. Ya know?"&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="33%"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville6.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td width="67%"&gt;"You spend your time growing inedible food that  doesn't exist?"&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;p&gt;"...Yeah?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville2.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;"If you're going to spend your time growing food,  why not grow &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; food that people can actually eat? Think of  all the lives you'd save! &lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;   &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;     &lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville4.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;   &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;         &lt;table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;     &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.ninjapirate.com/content/images/farmville3.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8700034249893301690-3058953990803154643?l=icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/3058953990803154643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/american-girl-has-webcam-chat-with.html#comment-form' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/3058953990803154643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/3058953990803154643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/american-girl-has-webcam-chat-with.html' title='An American girl has a webcam chat with a starving boy from Africa.'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690.post-7401281379837402790</id><published>2010-02-21T00:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T00:55:53.896-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory</title><content type='html'>&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://io9.com/5306489/a-drug-that-could-give-you-perfect-visual-memory"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;       &lt;!-- google_ad_section_start --&gt;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2009/07/340x_RGS14A_2jnu_big.jpg" class="left image340" style="display: block;" width="340" /&gt;Imagine if  you could look at something once and remember it forever. You would  never have to ask for directions again. Now a group of scientists has  isolated a protein that mega-boosts your ability to remember what you  see.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p&gt;A group of Spanish researchers reported today in Science that they  may have stumbled upon a substance that could become the ultimate  memory-enhancer. The group was studying a poorly-understood region of  the visual cortex. They found that if they boosted production of a  protein called RGS-14 (pictured) in that area of the visual cortex in  mice, it dramatically affected the animals' ability to remember objects  they had seen.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mice with the RGS-14 boost could remember objects they had seen for  up to two months. Ordinarily the same mice would only be able to  remember these objects for about an hour.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The researchers concluded that this region of the visual cortex,  known as layer six of region V2, is responsible for creating visual  memories. When the region is removed, mice can no longer remember any  object they see.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If this protein boosts visual memory in humans, the implications are  staggering. In their paper, the researchers say that it could be used as  a memory-enhancer – which seems like an understatement. What's  particularly intriguing is the fact that this protein works on visual  memory only. So as I mentioned earlier, it would be perfect for mapping.  It would also be useful for engineers and architects who need to hold a  lot of visual images in their minds at once. And it would also be a  great drug for detectives and spies.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Could it also be a way to gain photographic memory? For example, if I  look at a page of text will I remember the words perfectly? Or will I  simply remember how the page looked?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I can't see much of a downside for this potential drug, unless the  act of not forgetting what you see causes problems or trauma.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8700034249893301690-7401281379837402790?l=icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/7401281379837402790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/drug-that-could-give-you-perfect-visual.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/7401281379837402790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/7401281379837402790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/drug-that-could-give-you-perfect-visual.html' title='A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690.post-6550983650805032277</id><published>2010-02-19T00:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-20T23:58:57.211-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Music On Phone</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:tCbo2-36pWMVZM:/url?source=imgres&amp;amp;ct=tbn&amp;amp;q=http://www.oatsoft.org/images/571px-Telephone-keypad2.svg.png&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFjpkExuqqXlLgtui9MgLYDS-RWOQ"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 109px;" src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:tCbo2-36pWMVZM:/url?source=imgres&amp;amp;ct=tbn&amp;amp;q=http://www.oatsoft.org/images/571px-Telephone-keypad2.svg.png&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFjpkExuqqXlLgtui9MgLYDS-RWOQ" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can play music on your phone by pressing the buttons  (1,2,3)...and along the side (6,9,#).  But don't play the 4,5,7,8,*, or 0. They sound even worse than the others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few I searched on the net....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Birthday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;112163&lt;br /&gt;112196&lt;br /&gt;11#9632&lt;br /&gt;969363&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Auld Lang Syne&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11113212&lt;br /&gt;321139#&lt;br /&gt;#9331212&lt;br /&gt;321##91&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frere Jacques&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12311231&lt;br /&gt;369369&lt;br /&gt;9#9631,9#9631&lt;br /&gt;191,191&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mary Had a Little Lamb&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3212333&lt;br /&gt;222,399&lt;br /&gt;3212333&lt;br /&gt;322321&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;If You're Happy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;|1  1  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  3|  6  (clap)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;|1  1  6  6  6  6  6  6  3  6|  9  (clap)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;|9  9  #  #  #  #  1  1  #  #|&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1   1   9   9   #    #   9-   6   6   3   3   2   2   1-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9   9   6   6   3   3   2-   9   9   6    6   3   3   2-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1   1   9   9   #    #   9-   6   6   3   3   2   2   1-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;|6  6  6  3  2  2  6  6  3  3  3  3  2  2  1  3|  2  (clap)  (clap)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;data:post.body/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8700034249893301690-6550983650805032277?l=icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/6550983650805032277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/music-on-phone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/6550983650805032277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/6550983650805032277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/music-on-phone.html' title='Music On Phone'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690.post-1606370227035761249</id><published>2010-02-18T02:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T02:09:20.730-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Did You Know? 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id="IL_AD3"&gt;Saving&lt;/span&gt;. It’s never going to be  the most thrilling word in the world, is it? Perhaps you’d like to start  or increase your savings – but you somehow never have quite enough left  at the end of the month. Plus, however great it would be to have a lump  sum in the bank, the process of getting there is distinctly unsexy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We’ve  all heard of (and probably struggled with) &lt;a href="http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/09/how-to-stop-your-impulse-spending.html"&gt;impulse  spending&lt;/a&gt;; don’t you just wish that there was such a thing as  impulse saving? Alas, I doubt that anyone ever has the sudden urge to  transfer a wad of cash into their savings account!&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So  how can you make saving a bit more exciting? How can you work towards  getting the same thrill from saving &lt;span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4"&gt;money&lt;/span&gt;  as you do from spending it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have a Goal in Mind&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Firstly,  I’m definitely more eager &lt;span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6"&gt;to save&lt;/span&gt;  when there’s something I really want to use the money for. Most  recently, this was my postgraduate &lt;span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2"&gt;creative  writing course&lt;/span&gt;: I knew what it was going to cost, I had about  eight months to set the money aside, and I was determined enough to do  it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your goal could be a fun one or a serious one. Perhaps:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;You’re  saving up to take a course that could launch you into the career of  your dreams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;You’re saving for a foreign vacation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;You’re  saving for a special occasion, like a wedding&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;You’re saving  for a new car or house&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;You’re saving so that you have an  emergency fund and peace of mind (this goal could actually bring you a  lot more day-to-day happiness than the others)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Talk to other  people about your goal, or write it down: this helps to make it real and  concrete &lt;span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD7"&gt;in your mind&lt;/span&gt;. Try  imagining how you’ll feel when you’ve accomplished that goal – probably  happy, proud of yourself, and maybe even relieved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Set a Total  and Track Your Progress&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As well as having a clear  goal for your savings in mind, give yourself a target to aim for – an  actual figure in dollars (or whatever your currency is). Sometimes, this  will arise naturally from your goal: you’ll know how much the course or  holiday you want is. Other times, you might have to think a bit,  perhaps establishing an appropriate amount for your emergency fund.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If  you don’t really have an idea how much you want to save, start with a  target of $1,000: challenging, but not unrealistic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, you can  track your progress towards your total amount. Each time you put a  deposit into your savings account, enjoy that great feeling of getting a  bit closer to your goal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You might even want to make a visual  tracker for yourself, like one of those fund-raising thermometers that  charities and churches use. You could use something as simple as a piece  of card divided into squares, with each square representing, say, $50  or $100. Keep the bit of card in your daily planner, on the fridge or  even in your wallet – somewhere you’ll see it daily. This can really  help to keep you motivated when you’re tempted to spend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Give  Yourself Mini-Challenges – And Rewards&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you’ve got a  big target, like saving for the cost of a course, or for the deposit on  a new home, it might seem like it’s taking forever to reach your goal.  To stay motivated and disciplined along the way, give yourself  mini-challenges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These could just be specific targets (perhaps at  $200 or $500 intervals). Alternatively, you could be more creative in  challenging yourself:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Take a packed lunch to work every day  for two weeks, and save the money you’d otherwise have spent on buying  lunch out&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Keep a spending log for a month and see if there  are any big items there which you can cut down on&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Find a way  to earn an extra $200 this month (perhaps spending a few evenings  childminding, or a couple of Saturdays doing odd jobs) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sell  things you no longer use (like DVDs, books, gadgets) and put the money  into your savings account&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m sure you can think of lots  more! Try to make it a bit fun – turn saving into a game. And when you  successfully accomplish one of your challenges, give yourself a reward.  (Make it something that costs nothing or next to nothing, though!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are  you saving for anything? Do you have a target that you’re trying to  reach? How do you stay motivated along the way?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8700034249893301690-3704362473933320842?l=icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/3704362473933320842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-make-savings-more-exciting-than.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/3704362473933320842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/3704362473933320842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-make-savings-more-exciting-than.html' title='How to Make Savings More Exciting than Spending'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690.post-4794438238664595047</id><published>2010-02-18T00:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T00:18:51.824-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life Tips'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Better Living'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Time Management'/><title type='text'>7 Ways to Squeese Out Extra Time In Your Day</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mybadpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/squeezing-lemon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 282px;" src="http://www.mybadpad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/squeezing-lemon.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you ever feel like you have way too much time on your hands, and far  too little work and life to fit into it? Unless you're a teen on summer  break, I reckon it's unlikely! Most of us would love to have an extra  couple of hours in each day. With two more hours, we could find time to  exercise, to read some of the books that are gathering dust on our  shelves, to spend time with the kids...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, unless you're lucky  enough to find a magic genie who can stretch your days to twenty-six  hours long, you're stuck with the same twenty-four hours per day as the  rest of the world. So how can you create more time in your day? Here are  seven magic ways:&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get Up  Earlier&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, this one's not exactly genius (or even  genie) level. Get up fifteen minutes earlier. If you're like most folk,  your morning probably feels rushed: you drag yourself out of bed at the  last possible minute, grab a hasty shower, maybe get some breakfast if  you're lucky, sort out the kids/cat/partner and dash off to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Getting  up just a bit earlier can give you some breathing space. Perhaps it'll  give you time to actually sit down and enjoy your breakfast for once.  Maybe you can use that fifteen minutes a day to read through that book  or stack of journals that you keep meaning to get to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Create a Plan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At  the start of your workday, before you even check your emails, make a  plan. Jot down the three most important tasks you want to accomplish  that day. Put a big star next to the most important. Now, before you get  into the busy work of emails and photocopying and tidying your desk,  start on that important task and see it through to the end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surprisingly  few people take the time to plan their workday, and end up spinning  their wheels on a number of low-priority tasks without really  accomplishing anything big.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Batch Tasks Together&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When  you're going through the workday, try to keep similar tasks together.  When you switch from one thing to another, your brain takes a few  minutes to catch up and settle in: constantly jumping between answering  emails and writing a report and tidying up your desk just means you'll  lose track of where you'd got to. You might &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt; like you're  working super-efficiently (because your mind is buzzing all over the  place), but you'll actually be wasting a lot of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you need  to answer a number of emails, do them all at once. The same goes for  phone calls, filing, photocopying and other similar tasks.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Block Out  Chunks of Time&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have some big project that  you'd love to get round to? Maybe it's writing a novel, starting a  business, training for a marathon, &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;decluttering your home ...whatever your particular venture or goal, you never  get around to making progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best way to tackle big  projects like this is to &lt;em&gt;force&lt;/em&gt; them into your schedule. Spare  time doesn't just appear from nowhere – you need to make a conscious  effort to create it. Block out a weekend afternoon, for instance: tell  family and friends you have another engagement that day. Then storm on  ahead with that project. Trust me, you'll feel great for having made a  start.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't  Multitask&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although multitasking &lt;em&gt;feels&lt;/em&gt;  efficient – because it feels busy – it actually loses you time. By  sticking to doing one thing at a time, you'll be much more focused and  able to produce your best work: there's nothing efficient about rushing a  job which you then end up having to redo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stay Focused&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When  you are working on a task, make a conscious effort to remain focused.  Sure, you'll have intrusive thoughts like &lt;em&gt;maybe I should check my  email&lt;/em&gt; or&lt;em&gt; this desk could really do with tidying&lt;/em&gt;. Just  recognize that those thoughts are impulses which you don't need to give  into. If you think of something while you're working on your task like &lt;em&gt;I  really must phone Joe&lt;/em&gt;, then just make a note on a bit of paper or  in your diary so you don't forget – and get on with the task at hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You'll  accomplish much more by working in a deliberately focused way than if  you let yourself jump around from task to task as things come to mind.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Finish Work  On Time&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, one of the best ways to make more  time in your life is to finish your work on time! If you work for an  employer, make an effort to leave the office on time – at least a couple  of days each week. (I know this is difficult if your workplace has a  long-hours culture).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you work for yourself, you need to be  even more self-disciplined, as your work is likely to be very easily  accessible when you're at home! Some good ways to create a boundary at  the end of the day are to keep your work separate from the rooms in your  house where you relax. You could also schedule something social in the  evening (perhaps meeting friends for a drink) so that you can't get  caught up in "just one more email"...&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8700034249893301690-4794438238664595047?l=icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/4794438238664595047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/7-ways-to-squeese-out-extra-time-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/4794438238664595047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/4794438238664595047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/7-ways-to-squeese-out-extra-time-in.html' title='7 Ways to Squeese Out Extra Time In Your Day'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8700034249893301690.post-2383242797008939207</id><published>2010-02-17T23:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-17T23:41:16.562-08:00</updated><title type='text'>My 1st and last Original Post</title><content type='html'>Hi Friends.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site consists of random articles on random topics from around the web which have been copied and pasted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So....Enjoy..&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8700034249893301690-2383242797008939207?l=icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/feeds/2383242797008939207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-1st-and-last-original-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/2383242797008939207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8700034249893301690/posts/default/2383242797008939207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://icopiedandpasted.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-1st-and-last-original-post.html' title='My 1st and last Original Post'/><author><name>Anurag Singhi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05282604998972003486</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='30' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gPN6lWssKWc/S2wBZkUhSdI/AAAAAAAAAAM/v3NXFeSFN-0/S220/Me+At+21+degree+Farenheight+Ice+Lounge.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
