2009年6月30日火曜日

Garnished ice

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5303024/jazz-up-your-summer-drinks-with-garnished-ice-cubes

This blog said that using garnished ice cube which has frozen fruits enhance your summer party beverages.
It's interesting!!
My friend who works for coffee shop use coffee ice cube to chill ice coffee and I think it's good idea!! Summer will come soon so we should find good way to enjoy it!!

2009年6月29日月曜日

Sky 2009 06 28


Application for your PC wallpaper

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5293796/wallpapa-mixes-up-your-desktop-wallpaper

This blog said if you use this application, you can schedule the rotation of your PC wallpaper.
It's interesting !!
I set my cell-phone wallpaper that show my goal's image to keep my motivation highly and it's really helpful for me. I should use this application to improve my motivation more :)

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Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5293796/wallpapa-mixes-up-your-desktop-wallpaper

This blog said if you use this application, you can schedule the rotation of your PC wallpaper.
It's interesting !!
I set my cellphone wallpaper that would show my goal's image to keep my motivation high and it would be really helpful for me. I should use this application to improve my motivation more  :)


2009年6月28日日曜日

Who is slightly overweight

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5303009/being-slightly-overweight-could-lead-to-longer-life

This blog said that people who is slightly overweight could have longer life than others.
It's interesting !!
In Japan, there are many people who want to be slim too much owing to the effect of TV program, CM and so on.
I hope this news will stop this bad trend.

2009年6月27日土曜日

Small flowers



Everyday short nap improve your sleeping quality

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5302591/implement-advanced-siestas-for-improved-sleep

This blog said that if you can get everyday short nap, your night sleep quality would be improved a lot.
It's interesting!!
A little while ago, I read that most of the animals take sleep more than two times a day and this way is very effective.
So I think that human beings should find the best way of sleeping in this busy society.

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Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5302591/implement-advanced-siestas-for-improved-sleep

This blog said that if you can get everyday short nap, your night sleep quality would be improved a lot.
It's interesting!!
A little while ago, I read that most of the animals take sleep more than two times a day and this way is very effective so I think that human beings should find the best way of sleeping in this busy society.

2009年6月26日金曜日

Team task manager called "Colabolo"

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5302119/colabolo-manages-your-teams-task-delegation

This blog said team task manager called "Colabolo" is very useful.
It's similar to e-mail soft ware so you can easily assign tasks for your teammate. In addition that, it's light and simple so you can use it more comfortable than other application.
It's interesting !!
And this blog said that iPhone version would be released soon so I want to try :)

2009年6月25日木曜日

Bud and leaves of lotus



Sleeping posture

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5301314/improve-your-sleep-posture

This blog said you should pay attention about sleeping posture as much as having the right PC posture.
It's interesting!!
Actually, I had bad back pain so I started to lie on blanket.
After that, my back pain was reduced.
We spend a lot of time in bed everyday so we should rethink on how to get good quality sleep.

2009年6月24日水曜日

Google Document backup application

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5299844/gdocbackup-makes-an-offline-backup-of-google-docs

This blog said that application called "GDocBackup" can backup your Google Document as PDF format automatically.
It's very helpful.
I usually take a note of my important appointment not only my PC but also my paperback notebook.
I think too much relay on PC is not good for scheduling so I should use it :)


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Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5299844/gdocbackup-makes-an-offline-backup-of-google-docs

This blog said that application called "GDocBackup" can backup your Google Document as PDF format automatically.
It's very helpful.
I usually take note of my important appointments not only in my PC but also in my paperback notebook.
I think too much reliance (or dependence) on PC is not good for organizing my schedule because I sometimes encounter technical problems. I think I should use the application so I can have backup anytime  :)

2009年6月23日火曜日

The importance of weekly review

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5298573/re+establish-the-weekly-review-habit

Since about three years ago, I have been using business skill called "Getting Things Don" and I think it's really useful for me.
First, I enter all tasks what I should do into website called "Remember The Milk" and I should decide deadlines of them.
Second, I decide priority of these tasks and I do my tasks in that order.

This blog said importance of weekly review of tasks.
It's interesting !!
I think I should prepare some useful questions for my brainstorming when I check weekly review.
If I use these questions, it would arrange my thinking clearer than before.


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Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5298573/re+establish-the-weekly-review-habit

Since about three years ago, I have been using this business skill
called "Getting Things Done" and I think that it's really useful for me.
First, I enter all tasks or things-to-do into this website called "Remember The Milk" and then set their deadlines.
Second, I prioritize these tasks and get them done in that same order.

This blog wrote about the importance of weekly review of tasks.
It's interesting !!
I think I should prepare some useful questions for brainstorming when I check the weekly review.
If I use these questions, it would organize my thoughts clearer than before.

2009年6月22日月曜日

Useful application called "WakeupOnStandby"

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5296727/wakeuponstandby-pulls-your-computer-out-of-standby-on-schedule

This blog said that the useful application called "WakeupOnStandby" allow you to schedule waking up your PC from standby.
In addition to that, it can run application after that.
It's interesting!!
Every day, I install English news podcasting program so I should run iTunes.
If I use it, I would be able to save my time !!

2009年6月21日日曜日

E-mail inbox as a to-do list

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5296937/treat-your-inbox-as-a-to+do-list

This blog said that using e-mail inbox as a to-do list is very helpful and it suggest that you should rethink about your "inbox zero
philosophy".
It's interesting!!
Actually, I use my iphone inbox as a to-do list so I don't forget what I should do.
Now, I was wondering that I should decide some rule of classify emails in folders to improve this way.

2009年6月20日土曜日

Google book's new functions

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5295618/google-books-adds-thumbnail-view-and-other-navigation-features

This post said Google Books have just got many useful function such as new page-turning button,thumbnail and so on.
It's really helpful!!
Actually, I was wondering what is best English material for a long time. Because if students have strong interest in English material, They would be able to study English more seriously.

In addition to that,I think useing Google books as English material has many pros.
First, by sending URL  to students, teacher easily use same meterial even they don't stay together.
Second, students easily review English material, if they buy it.

How do you think? Tell me.

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Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5295618/google-books-adds-thumbnail-view-and-other-navigation-features

This post said Google Books have just got many useful functions such as new page-turning button, thumbnail and so on.
It's really helpful!!
Actually, I was wondering what is the best English material for a long time because if students have strong interest in English material, they would be able to study English more seriously.

In addition to that,I think using Google books as English material has many pros.
First, by sending URL  to students, teachers can easily use the same material even if they don't stay together.
Second, students can easily review English material if they decide to buy it.

How do you think? Tell me.



2009年6月19日金曜日

How to easily slip back after taking short break

Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5293865/focus-faster-by-preparing-your-next-task-before-taking-a-break

This blog said even light preparation such as opening application for next task is really helpful for you to easily slip back your workflow after taking break.
It's interesting!!
Actually, I sometime waste my time by watching interesting website such as You Tube instead of learning English. So I decided to open website of English online dictionary even I don't know wheather I use it or not before taking break.
How do you think? Tell me!!

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Today's blog from below URL.

http://lifehacker.com/5293865/focus-faster-by-preparing-your-next-task-before-taking-a-break

This blog said that even light preparation such as opening an application for the next task is really helpful for you to easily slip back into your workflow after taking a break.
It's interesting!!
Actually, I sometimes waste my time by watching interesting website such as YouTube instead of learning English. So I decided to open website of English online dictionary even I don't know whether I'll use it or not before taking a break.
What do you think? Tell me!!

2009年6月18日木曜日

Best recipe manager

A few days ago, many people voted to decide best recipe manager.

http://lifehacker.com/5293098/hive-five-winner-for-best-recipe-manager-paper

According to this blog, most popular things is paper such as index
cards, notebooks,three ring binders and so on.
In Japan, there are many useful gadget to show recipe and you can
easily decide todays' dinner by that.
Actually, it's very useful but I think this trend would reduce the
chance of cooking traditional family foods.

2009年6月17日水曜日

Right Time to Buy New Products.

Yesterday, I read the blog called "Life Hacker" and it said about "When's the Right Time to Buy New Products?".

http://lifehacker.com/5291675/whens-the-right-time-to-buy-new-products

I totally agree tech blogger Harry McCracken's opinion. New product may has some bugs and it would cause uncomfortable to use new gadget.
A few weeks ago, I bought iphone because I could get big discount. I guess the shop want to sell it before new iphone will be released. In my opinion, I could get best buy because the price is reasonable and it has few bugs.

2009年6月16日火曜日

Since 7 months ago, I have been train...

  Since 7 months ago, I have been training accelerated reading at website "Spreed news". There are many kinds of articles to train speed reading and I always choose "life hacker". Because I like reading tips about how to improve my daily life and I can more concentrate than when I read other articles.



 Last Sunday, I took English Language Proficiency Test to know my English level. At the time I was surprised that my reading speed was improved rapidly thanks to this website. So I was wondering that I should write journals about "life hacker" to improve my concentration of accelerated reading. If I write about it, I would be able to improve my reading speed and writing ability at the same time. I will post about it on weekday.

How do you think? Please tell me !!



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 Since 7 months ago, I have been training accelerated reading at a website called "Spreed news". There are many kinds of articles to train speed reading and I always choose "life hacker" because I like reading tips on how to improve my everyday life and I can concentrate more on this than when I read other articles.


 
Last Sunday, I took English Language Proficiency Test for me to know my English level. At that time, I was surprised that my reading speed has improved rapidly owing to the said website. So I was wondering that I should write journals about "life hacker" to improve my concentration on accelerated reading. If I write about it, I would be able to improve my reading speed and writing ability at the same time. I will post about it on weekdays.
What do you think? Please tell me !!