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This week we have excellent hacks on using Microsoft Outlook, boosting concentration (involves chewing gum) and managing your tasks. On the innovation front, worlds first fully autonomous ship will make sail next spring. Also, scientists may have found evidence of alien life in Venus.
Finally, on a lighter note, we bring you videos of vintage items being restored – it is captivating oddly! If that isn’t your cup of tea, maybe 8 of the best tattoos in literature, we presented, will intrigue you.
Enjoy!
Bilal
Chew Gum To Boost Concentration (1000 life hacks, 1 min read) Apparently it stimulates brain activity and enhances focus.
5 Microsoft Outlook Tips That Will Let You Focus On Your Work, Not Your Email (Asian Efficiency, 8 min read)
How To Prioritise Tasks, Projects and Goals With This Prioritisation Matrix and Framework (Asian Efficiency, 9 min read) Construct an ICE matrix. You can score your project on a scale 1-5 ( 5= highest priority) depending on its Impact, Confidence and Ease. Prioritise top 3 scored tasks.
How to Best Comfort Someone Who’s Grieving (Tiny Buddha, 5 min read)
Emotion vocabulary reflects state of well-being, study suggests (EurekAlert, 3 min read) A more extensive negative emotion vocabulary correlates with mental distress and poorer physical health.
The best thing for back pain is actually more movement (Popular Science, 4 min read) Contrary to popular prescription of – rest.
The new neuroscience of stuttering (Knowable, 10 min read) Fascinating read – clarifies century of misunderstanding.
AI, Captain: A Robot-Driven Boat Will Recreate the Mayflower’s Historic Voyage—Without a Single Crew Member (Robb Report, 2 min read) Last week we featured an essay written by AI and now this. Who knows, in the future, our Hive Life may be written by a robot – Yikes!
iOS 14 is available to download on iPhone (Popular Mechanics, 2 min read) Brings in all-new widget experience, updated Siri, picture-in-picture mode, messaging improvements and enhance privacy.
Gas spotted in Venus’s clouds could be a sign of alien life (MIT Technology Review, 4 min read) Venus’s clouds contained traces of phosphine. Which indicates biological life either once was or currently is present – in an otherwise inhospitable planet.
8 of the best tattoos in literature (Lithub, 5 min read) Examples, drawn from 150-years of tattooing descriptions in literature. I am not inspired enough to get a literary quote, or a character inked on my body – just yet!
Check The WiFi At Hotels (1000 life hacks, 1 min read) Need fast and robust WiFi signal in your hotel? This website allows you to check WiFi strength before booking.
An Ultra-Rare Flawless Diamond that Weighs Over 100 Carats Is Coming to Auction (Robb Report, 2 min read) It could raise up to $30 million in bid, and only seven white diamonds of more than 100 carats have been sold at auction before.
5 Basic Photography Techniques Every Beginner Should Know (PetaPixel) Build solid photography foundation in less than 30 minutes. Video tutorial includes sub-framing, colour theory, colour blocking negative space and composition.
The Joy of Watching Old, Damaged Things Get Restored: Why the World is Captivated by Restoration Videos (Open Culture) Oddly satisfying.
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