The Human Body is an amazing thing. Check out these 15 things that I bet you didn't know about the human body.

Oh, and your epidermus is showing...

Source: Online Education

The worst sound in the world is not nails on a chalk board or Kathy Griffin's voice, but its the sound of the alarm clock in the morning. There is nothing worse than being woken up from an awesome dream by the horrible electronic squawk of your alarm clock.

Going Green in the new black. And that is a good thing, whether you care about saving the environment, or just want to save a buck, being environmentally conservative can benefit you and everyone around you.

Phil Heiple (pictured above....really) from Rain.org has put together a how to guide on how to make your own solar powered generator. Although the inital cost of this  generator will run you around $250-$300, in the big picture this generator will pay for it self and then some in no time.

Check out this great guide HERE

Do you have any DIY ways that you are going Green? Let us know!

Don't you hate it when you have a word that you can't quite think of, but is on the tip of your tongue? Well next time you are in that situation, check out Chir.ag 's site Tip of My Tongue

I have found it to be pretty effective. The best results I have found is to search the first and/or last letter and a meaning. Try it out for your self.

About Tip of my Tounge: (From Chir.ag)

   * I use a mix of dictionaries, primarily WordNet 2 (MySQL). The problem with just WordNet is that it doesn't include all words so I have to rely on other sources.
   * This is not an extremely thorough dictionary search application and is instead aimed to provide very fast results to help you narrow down to the word you are looking for.
   * Currently only one meaning per word is shown. The word 'set' may have 52 meanings in the dictionary but since the goal of this tool is to find the word and not define it thoroughly, only meaning is shown.
   * The 'Word Meaning' search looks for the criteria in the meaning of every word in the dictionary. It is not an synonym search though it is possible to build that feature too if enough people ask me to.

Next time you are stuck with that word on the Tip of Your Tongue, check it out HERE

I have never worked in the Corporate world, but I have heard many stories from the world of ties and cubicles.

Tales of Corporate Oppression is the F My Life of the Corporate world, with stories of shady dealings, heartless firings, and other tales of corporates no-goodness.

Check it out, and be glad you don't work for some of these guys. And if you do, share a tale or two.

Tales of Corporate Oppression

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, How Lovely Are Your Branches.

This Christmas, you can sing it like you mean it! The guys over at Fresh 99 made a Christmas Tree completely out of Mountain Dew Cans (topped off with a 2 liter Angel). You make this tree out of any can of your favorite soda or fermented beverage, but nothing says Christmas like the green and red of a Mountain Dew can.

And if you can drink that many cans of Dew, you deserve to show it off.

Check out the pictorial guide HERE

Everyone has seen a hollowed out book on a movie or on TV. And everyone at some point has wished they had such book. Or I least I always did. Blogger Heather Rivers has made a great step by step guide on how to make a hollowed out book of your very own.


Check out her guide (along with lots of picures and cute comments) HERE

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We often take the power and the magnitude of the internet for granted. Check out this infographic from Online Education about what the internet does on a daily basis.


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 I hate shaving. And I am a man-child who can hardly grow any facial hair. I can't imagine what it is like for you lumberjack types. Another thing I hate is the racket that is the face razor industry.

If you had your 18th birthday within the last 10 years, chances are you got a free Mach razor from Gillette. Thats how they get you. You think, "Wow, what a great gift! A free razor! What a bunch of great guys."

But really you will blow through that cheap razor in 3 shaves, and then you have to fork out $15 bucks for a refill pack of more cheap razors. Well not anymore. Check out this great article about how to escape the MACHTURBO cycle and getting back to shaving the way it was meant to be done.

Check it out hereLearn the Economical Art of Wet Shaving and Keep Your Razors Sharp with Mineral Oil

After reading this, I instantly decided to make the change. But if there are any of you sceptical about making the chage, try out the mineral oil tip and let us know how it worked for you.

Happy Shaving!


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Make put out a great article about how to make rockets out of everyday office supplies. This one is turns a normal Sharpie marker into a deadly projectile. Launch one of these at the office Douchebag who is constandly shooting Nerf missle into your cubical, and I bet he will leave you alone.

Original Post via Make:

Google Wave has tons of hype, but still not a lot to back it up yet due to the lack of people who have gotten a Wave invite. Also, loads of people who have it have no idea how to use it. This will all change with time as more people recieve invites and get to play around.

There is a lot of potential with Google Wave, and Mashable put together a list of 5 real world uses for Google Wave. Check them out.

Original Post via Mashable

1. SAP Gravity: Modeling within Google Wave

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Understanding the power of real-time collaboration and its relevance to clients, SAP Research in Australia has developed a business process modeling tool called Gravity that works within Google Wave.


The sophisticated tool, which can be embedded within a Wave as a gadget, allows for team members to remotely build complex models in unison, or after catching up via playback, without having to leave Google Wave.

Gravity and Google Wave work together harmoniously to create a modeling environment that appears to be just as robust as, if not more flexible than, expensive desktop software built for the same purpose.
We think SAP is certainly on to something here, and we encourage you to watch the video demonstration of Gravity in Google Wave in action.

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2. Salesforce: Google Wave for Customer Service

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Salesforce, like SAP, has figured out that they can use the Google Wave platform to support client needs and tackle real-life problems. As such, Salesforce has created a Google Wave extension that clients can use to help automate, and even personalize, the customer service experience.


Watch the demonstration video to see how the Salesforce extension gives customers the ability to use Google Wave to interact with an automated support robot. Of course, customers can request assistance from a human within the Wave as well.

What makes this example stand out is the fact that not only is the Google Wave dialogue being stored as a case record within Salesforce, but, because the robot is connected to the Salesforce Service Cloud, the robot can access previously stored customer data for tailored service. Ultimately, Salesforce has found a way to potentially save clients money on customer service efforts, all the while maintaining active records, with the assistance of Google Wave.

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3. Mingle: Integrated Project Collaboration

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Mingle is a project management and team collaboration tool developed by ThoughtWorks Studios, who realized that they could add Mingle’s project management metadata to conversations in Google Wave.

The integration is still a work in progress, but a demonstration of the concept was highlighted at Enterprise 2.0, and the basic idea is to give Google Wave users/Mingle clients the ability to bring their Mingle task data, which takes the form of cards, into Google Wave. Existing Mingle cards can be embedded into Wave conversation threads, and new Mingle cards/tasks can be created within Google Wave.

This particular use case highlights how Google Wave can work with existing project management systems for more streamlined and cohesive communication, creating parity regardless of where the user is accessing project data.

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4. Ecomm Conference: Annotating a Live Event

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Just last week our CEO, Pete Cashmore, wrote about how the savvy people behind the Ecomm conference doled out Wave accounts to attendees so that they could collaborate, in real-time, to annotate presentation content. The result was arguably a much better way to consume conference content than attempting to follow hashtag tweets on Twitter.

You can read the full account, which was documented by Charlie Osmond, on the FreshNetworks blog, but here’s an excerpt that we think drives home the utility of the use case.

“Here’s what happened: an audience member would create a Google Wave and others in the audience would edit the wave during the presentation. The result would be a crowd-sourced write-up of the presentation: a transcript of key points and a record of audience comments.”

We happen to think this particular use case is genius, especially for content-rich seminars and events where attendees are typically taking their own individual notes. With the shared Google Wave experience they can combine forces to create a more meaningful and accurate recounting of information shared in conference sessions.

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5. Gamers: Google Wave RPGs

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A very detailed Ars Technica post highlights that there’s a growing collection of Google Wave users who are using the medium to play wave-borne RPGs (role playing games). As mentioned in the post, there’s a even a Wave dedicated to serving as an index for all the Wave RPGs currently in existence, and the last time we counted it included upwards of 300 contributing members, and a combination of 30 different ideas or full-fledged games.
According to Jon Stokes, the author of the post, Google Wave is adequate for some RPGs, but it could certainly be improved to allow for a more enjoyable experience. In the excerpt below, Stokes describes the current RPG () experience within Google Wave:

“The few games I’m following typically have at least three waves: one for recruiting and general discussion, another for out-of-character interactions (”table talk”), and the main wave where the actual in-character gaming takes place. Individual players are also encouraged to start waves between themselves for any conversations that the GM shouldn’t be privy to. Character sheets can be posted in a private wave between a player and the GM, and character biographies can go anywhere where the other players can get access to them.

The waves are persistent, accessible to anyone who’s added to them, and include the ability to track changes, so they ultimately work quite well as a medium for the non-tactical parts of an RPG. A newcomer can jump right in and get up-to-speed on past interactions, and a GM or industrious player can constantly maintain the official record of play by going back and fixing errors, formatting text, adding and deleting material, and reorganizing posts. Character generation seems to work quite well in Wave, since players can develop the shared character sheet at their own pace with periodic feedback from the GM.”

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It is that time of the year when everyone is sick, and those people who are not sick either think they are or are terrified they will be. Lifehacker put together a great list of home remedies for many common ailments. 

From Lifehacker:
Feeling under the weather? Thinking—as you look around your office—that you might be soon? Hone your home remedy skill set with a look at 10 of our favorite DIY cures for illnesses and your body's annoyances.

10. Honey for rough coughs

9. Toothpaste for bee stings

8. Olive oil for children's earaches

7. Vick's VapoRub or thyme oil for toenail fungus

6. Vinegar, oatmeal, and others for sunburns

5. DIY elixirs for colds and flu

4. Duct tape for warts

3. Clear nail polish or hot water for bug bites

2. Baby or talcum powder for greasy hair

1. Bacon sandwich for hangovers

To read the full list, check it out at Lifehacker HERE

Do you guys have any great home remedies that aren't on this list? Share them with us!



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Lets be honest. When is the last time you got a letter from someone in the mail. Like a legit one. Ok now think about the last time you got stupid junk mail.

Thanks to postal spammers and the Publisher's Clearning House, our US Postal system stays afloat. But don't you wish there was a way to stop all the crap from piling up?

A new service from Tonic offers to stop all of your junk mail (and they will throw in some high efficiency lightblubs and a Green shopping bag). They call it Precycling (like recycling, but stopping it before it happens.) It is a solid idea, and if you want to cough up the $35 +$7 shipping they will even plant 5 trees to make you feel even better about yourself.

It seems like a solid service, and having an empty mailbox is so much better then having an overflowing one of crap you don't want.

Check it out HERE

As you well know, the US economy is in the toliet, and (to stick with the potty analogies) the average taxpayer is the urinal cake. So to make you feel worse about your meager earnings, check out ESPN's Salary Crunch.

It's simple. You just type in your salary, and it shows you how long it takes different Pro Athletes to earn your salary. For mine, it didn't take any of them very long. I believe it was 1.5 sneezes for DeMarcus Ware

Check it out, and share how long it would take for these guys to pass you up. 


Thanks to The Everythingist Tipster TJ Gaylord


ESPN Salary Crunch

The ominously named Black Friday is approaching quickly, but all you bargan hunters don't have to wait until then to get some amazing deals. Wal-mart is having a Black Saturday of sorts on November 7.

Some of the deals include a *$100 Xbox 360. The price of the Xbox is actually 199.99 but you get a 100 Wal-mart gift card upon purchase, making your total technically 100.

The sale starts at 8 a.m. Nov. 7 and is suppose to last until November 13th. But you had better ge there early because there is no way these will last more than a day in most cities.

Other deals include:

• $298 HP Notebook Computer – 3GB memory, 160GB hard drive, Windows 7 Premium
• Sharp 1080p HDTVs – 42" for $498, 46" for $698 (120 Hz), 52" for $898 (120 Hz)
• Panasonic 46" 1080p plasma HDTV for $78
• $148 Sony Blu-ray player (model #BDP-S360)
• $29 Magnavox Upconvert DVD player (model #DP170MGXF, 1080p)






Just please don't end up like this person


If you hear about any great deals we want to hear about them. theeverythingist@gmail.com.

via Gizmodo

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All you have to do is come to a Chipotle on Halloween between 6pm and Close dressed as a Chipotle Burrito, Taco, Bowl, or Salad, and you will get a free Burrito.

Easy way to do this, wrap yourself in aluminum foil and collect on this great deal!

Chipotle Website

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You know it is getting close to Halloween when you can't go to the Disney Channel without seeing the Halloweentown Triolgy.

In honor of this great holiday, The Everythingist is having it's 1st annual Halloween awesome costume contest. This Halloween, get a picture of your awesome costume, and email it to us at theeverythingist@gmail.com before November 7th. In the email you must include your name, shipping address, shirt size, and how you heard about the contest.



If you are having trouble getting ideas for an awesome costume, check out this GREAT LIST


Also, if you send us anything like this, you lose. And not just at this contest, but at everything.




Contest Details:
Photo must be submitted by Saturday, November 7th.
In your email you must include your name, shipping address, shirt size, and how you heard about the contest.
The Everythingist team will decide the winner based on awesomeness of costume alone. No favorites.
Please allow 2-4 weeks for shipping and handling. 


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I am a big fan of free stuff. But usally stuff on free stuff websites is small. Like sample packs of Fiber One cereal or mini shampoo bottles. But this is huge. Snuggie huge.

This isn't one of those weird deals either, where you have to buy something. Just give them a junk email address that you don't use any more because it will for sure get spammed, and don't give your real phone number.

You even get to choose a between Royal Blue, Burgundy, and Sage Green. (I'm a burgundy man myself.)

FREE SNUGGIE!



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