Covid-19 – new Coronavirus prevention measures

Update 2020.10.23 – Today one new study (from 25’th of May 2020) has come to my attention ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7255289/ ) that once again confirms the effectiveness of using NaCl (table salt) to create a virus-fighting layer on your existing face mask.  As such I do now recommend once more the procedure for transforming your DYI […]

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Another Chapter of Human Involution

Advertising and it’s role in our society Every day i watch better and better commercials. The advertising industry does a better job as anytime in our history and this is only normal taking into consideration that they are building their advertisments based on a deeper and deper understanding of our human nature and our why […]

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Q&A: Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water?

Seemed to me like a question long answered. This is my shortened answer: Heat is a macroscopic characteristic of ‘microscopic’ events. In our case we have 2 bodies of water with different temperatures. The higher the temperature the higher the kinetic energy of the particles. It is a fact that hot water freeze faster than […]

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Between Evolution and Involution

History When i was young i learned in school about humans and the Darwin’s theory. At that time the implications of this theory together with what i learned about natural selection and later about genes and the genetic material meant little to me. Yet i was intrigued by one idea that my anthropology teacher presented […]

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The evolution of the Internet and articles only good at combating their own rhetoric

One of the most popular stories today on Forbes.com was  “Google’s Big Problem They Don’t Want You To Know About”  written by Forbes’s contributor Eric Jackson. The story – While in the first part the Forbes contributor is not happy at Google’s almost script like way to talk to the media, we finally are exposed to […]

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Misinterpreting a TED Talk – How to make choosing easier = How to increase sales = How to destroy earth faster

Recently i have come across this TED Talk – Sheena Iyengar: How to make choosing easier. While the informations presented are no doubt valuable and can be put to use in a good manner this TED Talk is also misleading people to think that choosing the easy way is better for them. Overall this TED Talk is […]

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The garden of tomorrow – LED grow light panels

Here is something i do for a living. I produce and sell LED grow lights. What are LED grow lights ? LED grow lights are special panels that contain LED diodes and can be used to promote the growth of plants without the presence of the sun. Why are LED grow light panels so useful […]

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The wrong ways of “GREEN Energy”

Lately “Green Energy” has become more than an simple annoyance to my ears. Everybody is talking about that, people on the streets, companies and even governments. People believe that “Green Energy” will solve their energy needs. Companies are banking on this term to sell their products. Governments are using it to reshape the global economy. […]

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Improve your transportation habits

Transportation it’s one of the main pollutant sources on a global scale and one of the biggest CO2 sources. This is mainly because we rely on non renewable, polluting sources to power our cars and other means of transport. You can also consider the short lifetime of a car, that has become even shorter nowadays, […]

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“El laberinto del fauno” and what history tells us

I usually don’t watch movies and I almost never watch Spanish, French or any other non-English movies. Yet i think El laberinto del fauno is one of the best movies ever made. I won’t review it as words are to poor to better express the feelings i have felt. Sometimes, somebody needs to remind us […]

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