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From Wired Top Stories: 32-Year Study Shows how Geeky Kids Become Happy Adults
Academic success in school doesn’t necessarily translate into adult wellbeing. If you want your kids to grow up into happy adults, a new study suggests what you may want to help them aim for.
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From Lifehacker: Make Your Job Feel Less Like Work with “20% Time”
When you’re hired at Google, you only have to do the job you were hired for 80% of the time. The other 20% of the time, you can work on whatever you like—provided it advances Google in some way. At least, that’s the theory. More »
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From Lifehacker: The Science Behind Why Power Naps Help You Stay Productive and Creative
If you’ve tried taking naps in the afternoon and found yourself feeling groggy after waking—if you manage to force yourself back out of bed—you may just be going about them all wrong. Even if you don’t work in a job where napping is acceptable, there’s a very clear reason why the best naps are the ones that are usually around the half-hour mark. Here’s why. More »
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From Lifehacker: Protect Anything from Theft with this $2, DIY Motion Alarm
There are a lot of ways to keep your stuff from getting stolen, but legendary DIYer Kip Kay shows us a $2 alarm that will fit on just about anything. More »
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From Gizmodo: Apple Really Doesn’t Know How to Fix Its Massive Security Exploit
When Gizmodo alumnus and wonderful human Mat Honan got hacked, the point of entry for the hackers was through Amazon and Apple’s lax security policies. Amazon immediately admitted its fault in the situation and updated its security policy accordingly. Apple? Well, Apple still doesn’t know what do yet. More »
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From Engadget: Throwaway NFC keyboard improves productivity, reduces bank balance
NFC is used primarily for enjoyable activities, like buying things, sharing content and making QR codes feel old. But Japanese company Elecom is looking to change all that with a compact keyboard that exploits NFC for productivity. The silicon menace requires a companion app and is compatible with Android phones running Gingerbread (2.3.4) and up. If the bundled case had you sold on the peripheral, you may want to reconsider. The retail price is a sizeable 18,690 yen (approximately $240), and what’s worse, the battery is neither rechargeable nor replaceable, so you’ll have to bin it after the stated six months to a year 18 months (eight hours a day) of life. Still interested? Then head over the break for a video demo from Norwegian co-development company one2TOUCH.
Gallery: Elecom NFC keyboard press shots
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