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We May be Living in a Black Hole. And You Didn’t Know it

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No, I’m not talking about my place. I’m talking about real black holes. What you are about to read, if you dare stick around what could be a very boring post, is no science fiction. One of the biggest mysteries of our times is what happens inside a black hole. According to a researcher from [...]

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Houston, We Have a Problem

Hi everyone, The site is experiencing technical difficulties. It has been up and down all weekend. Apparently, there’s a plugin (WP Super Cache) that has gone rogue and is eating as much memory as it is given. One solution would be to delete everything and start from scratch but getting back to where I am [...]

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Health Care Workers Rejoice: Scientists Invent Paint that Kills Deadly MRSA Bacteria

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MRSA is a bacteria that breeds in hospitals, nursing homes and residential treatment facilities. Every year 880.000 people in the US become infected and 5% of them die -between 20,000  - 40,000-. Per year, MRSA infections generate losses for $8 billion US dollars to both the private sector and government. Between 1993 and 2002 the [...]

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The Blog’s 10 Most Popular Posts of All Time

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Almost an year has passed since the blog moved from its former -and now defunct- home at WordPress.com.  Although  some of the most popular articles from Psi Xperience survived the migration, they never caught as much traction as those born in this domain due to the lost PR (page rank) juice. That may be a [...]

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The 5 Free Essential Android Apps for the XXI Century Professional

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Android has just surpassed iOS (iPhone’s OS) in the US and it’s on its way to be the top dog in the world’s mobile scene. In 2 years, Android went from being a promising underdog to becoming a mobile juggernaut with a bursting app community. These are the essential apps every professional  should have in [...]

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Comments policy – Fighting Comment Spam

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Along with traffic, comes spam. Since there’s been a surge in spam comments lately, I’ve added a few guidelines for comment posting in the About this Blog section to help maintain a healthy atmosphere within the blog and protect those of us who enjoy having mature, constructive and decent conversations.

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Help Devereux Pocono Win a 250K Grant to Help People with Autism and Disabilities

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Pepsi is giving away $1,300,000 each month to fund great ideas. The Devereux Pocono Center is competing for a $250.000 grant to develop the project School to Community Transition for Autistic & Dev. Disabled Students. the project’s goals are to: Transition students from school to a work setting. To offer hands on vocational experiences To [...]

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500 Business Cards with Free Shipping for $10 at Vistaprint

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Vista print is like a Mecca for personal and business branding, at an affordable price. It’s perfect for small businesses and people like you and I. Today, I was taking a look at  Vistaprint without any intention of buying anything. Same thing I do at Staples and Bestbuy. I ended up purchasing. Same thing I [...]

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5 Easy Tips to Save Lots of Money

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My bank account has been bleeding money for the past couple of months. I’m not a compulsive shopper, I don’t buy gadgets unless I really need (crave) them, I don’t like going shopping for clothes, I don’t gamble and I’m not a party animal (any more). On the other hand I do spend too much [...]

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The Reason Why I Haven’t Posted This Week – an entry full of (good) excuses

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It’s not that I’ve been lazy. Apart from having very busy week at work (I spent all 5 days putting out fires) I’ve been also preparing a couple of guest posts for other blogs and magazines. I took my time because I wanted to get those posts right. The first one is titled “The 10 [...]

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Bringing More Order to Chaos: Blog Update

This is something I’ve wanted to do for some time but couldn’t do to WordPress limitations. I finally found a plugin that allows me to turn every category in a page. The blog’s homepage won’t change, but in the in the navigation bar (top of your screen) you will find the content organized by categories. [...]

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Shy People Have a More Intense Brain Activity

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Shy people perceive the world in a different manner and display a more intense cerebral activity when faced to certain stimuli. It appears that this lets them analyze information  in a more profound way. Introvert individuals are also more attentive to detail, which differentiates them from extroverts. Scientists from Stony Brook University from New York, [...]

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Deciding Your Professional Career: Not a Matter of Life or Death

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You are 17 and already thinking about what to do in college and where. Clap! Clap! You belong to a statistical minority. Deciding what to do for the rest of your life can be a bit overwhelming, specially during a time when your main and most pressing concern is deciding where to go for spring [...]

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Alzheimer’s Disease: When Memories are Gone, Emotions Still Linger

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People with Alzheimer’s disease often have trouble remembering recent events but are able to recall distant memories. This is due to the damage produced to the hippocampus, a seahorse shaped structure located in the core of the brain. This area is usually the first to be affected by Alzheimer, which is why the  disease is [...]

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4 Different Ways to Read this Blog

If you are reading this then you already know the first way to access the blog’s content. Through the webpage. The other two are RSS, Twitter and Newsletters. RSS: maybe one of the most popular mediums for content distribution. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS works by creating a feed from any given webpage [...]

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