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Cover letter in Twitter style

Category:  Job Search
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Scott James tried an unconventional approach to creating a cover letter. He used Twitter-style status updates in his application email.... more »

Setting up networking for Virtual PCs on Windows

Category:  Computer Networking
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There are many articles on the web on this subject. They usually focus on instructions to setup particular type of network. I did not find any comprehensive article that would summarize the most common types of networks for virtual PCs and point out differences among them.... more »

Preventing fog in swimming goggles and diving masks

Category:  Individual Sports
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While still dry, spit into your goggles or mask. Rub the spit with your fingers over the whole inner surface of the goggles/mask. Submerge the goggles/mask into the water for about 10 seconds.... more »

Testing web sites with different versions of Internet Explorer

Category:  Running a Website
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Microsoft Internet Explorer has the biggest market share among web browsers. It is not popular among web developers, which complain about various bugs and incompatibilities.... more »

Preventing hangover

Category:  Health - Other
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Hangover symptoms vary from person to person, and occasion to occasion, usually beginning several hours after drinking.... more »

Why more carbon dioxide is produced while burning wood than the weight of the wood?

Category:  Riddles
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Combustion of wood is a chemical reaction among molecules of wood and oxygen molecules in the air. The result of the reaction is mainly water and carbon dioxide.... more »

Meat Marinade Principles

Category:  Preparing Meat
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There are thousands of recipes for liquid marinades. Many ingredients are used in them. Most frequently it is a mixture of salty ingredients, acid ingredients, oil, herbs and spices.... more »

Why Go Cloth

Category:  Health - Other
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Use cloth diapers made from 100% unbleached cotton. They are soft and cushy against your baby's skin.... more »

Energy saving tips and myths for ovens

Category:  Home Appliances
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Many web sites contain advice on how to save energy while using ovens in the kitchen. This article contains data about energy consumption and the actual savings in case these tips are applied.... more »

Escher and LEGO

Category:  Arts - Other
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Dutch graphic artist M.C.Escher is famous for his pictures displaying impossible 3D constructions. In other words, he managed to create pictures, which display “reality” that contradicts with some physical and geometry laws.

Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu managed to recreate Escher’s impossible constructions in LEGO®. Well…sort of, sometimes they "cheated", but they are honest about it.... more »

Perfect Beef Steak

Category:  Preparing Meat
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Here is the recipe that produces a tender juicy steak with tasty brown crust.

  1. Use beef steaks, which are at least 3 centimeters (1.2 inch) thick.

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Secret language in German letters of reference

Category:  Interviewing
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In Germany, providing hiring managers your letters of reference (Arbeitszeugnis) from all your previous jobs is serious. Inability to present such letters raises the same suspicion as a gap in the CV.... more »

Right combination of pasta and sauce

Category:  Cooking
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The basic rule for choosing pasta for the sauce (or vice versa) is how much sauce the pasta can carry. In general, the more sauce it can carry the better.... more »

Key success factor for tasty and creamy risotto

Category:  Cooking
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Most risotto recipes contain instructions like this:

Add stock in small increments. Stir constantly until the batch has been absorbed, then add another batch. Continue until the rice mixture is creamy.... more »

The Perfect Mojito

Category:  Cocktails
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Take a sling or bamboo or collins glass. 10-12 mint leaves. 20 ml fresh limejuice. 15 ml sugar syrup (2:1 sugar:hot water and cool down) 50 ml light or dark (older) rum.

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Salt as natural weed killer

Category:  Garden - Other
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Salt is actually a natural plant killer. If concentration of salt in the soil is high enough, it can kill almost any plant. Have you ever seen a plant growing right on the beach next to the sea?... more »

How to get the smell of garlic off your fingers after cooking

Category:  Cooking
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To get the smell of garlic off your fingers, rub them on the tap of your kitchen sink, or any other stainless steel surface.... more »

Girls: Look at other girls together with your guy

Category:  Dating
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Guys look at girls all the time, especially at the good looking ones. This feels bit awkward when being together with a girlfriend or wife. At the beginning of one relationship I got a nice offer from my girlfriend: let’s look at girls together and comment on them, e.g. their clothes, hair style, bodies, make up etc.... more »

Removing resin stains from your hands using butter

Category:  Garden - Other
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Butter dissolves resin stains. Especially, when slightly warmed up. Put on your palm about the same amount of butter that you normally put on a toast.... more »

Storing paint brushes between paint jobs in white spirit

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Clean the paint brushes first. Wipe the paint into old newspaper and/or rinse the paint brushes in white spirit. Thorough rinsing is not necessary though.... more »

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