Increasing Your Imagination – Ways To Open Your Mind: Part 2 I have already given some tips on how I allow myself to think differently to come up with new and different thought patterns. I thought I would extend this, and give even more ways to extend your imagination. 5. Look at things differently –…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (2): Practise vs Practice
Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (2): Practise vs Practice This is a very common mistake, one that I had to relearn myself. Unfortunately, it seems that this has been lost in the “progression” of the English language. practise verb: be involved in a rehearsal, rehearse, practice, repeat an activity several times in order to improve…
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The longest word in the English language This is a tough one, as there are many extremely long words which just aren’t words and have been created just to be ridiculously long. The longest word which actually has a meaning is: antidisestablishmentarianism. (28 letters) Which means “opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England”.…
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Excel Worksheet Tips: convert numbers to text and text to numbers
Excel Worksheet Tips: convert numbers to text and text to numbers I use excel on a daily basis and as I come across things that I have needed to look up, I will post them here. The first thing I have come across is converting numbers stored as text into actual numbers and vice versa.…
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Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (1): compliment vs complement
Writing Tips: Spot the Difference (1): compliment vs complement I’ve noticed that there are many words that people have trouble telling the difference between. I thought it would be useful to help people with some of the common ones. compliment vs complement – Adam complimented Sarah on her new hair colour. “That colour complements your face, it…
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The Shortest Song In The World
Following on from my previous post (the longest song in the world), I wanted to find the shortest song in the world. This title goes to the band Napalm Death, with the song You Suffer. The song is 1.316 seconds. Check it out on youtube. If you like this post, check out my others –…
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The Longest Song In The World
So I was wondering what the longest song in the world is. You would think that this would be a simple question to answer, but no. There is dispute as to what actually constitutes a song. After a bit of searching, there are many possible answers.Dream Theater – Octavarium (23:59)Mike Oldfield – Amarok (1:00:02)Green Carnation…
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Sleep soundtrack
Sleep soundtrack I mentioned a couple of days ago how to organise your iPod to allow you to fall asleep listening to music, so I realised I had to create a playlist with the songs that I would fall asleep/relax to. I have gone through my collection using Genius to find the songs that would…
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Falling asleep to music
Falling asleep to music This is something I haven’t needed to ever do, as I can usually fall asleep within ten to fifteen minutes of turning off the lights and laying down. However, there are times when my brain is still processing, and it would be nice to use music to turn my brain off.…
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DJing Pictures
DJing pictures For some reason, many people are searching for DJing pictures. So I thought I would add in a post containing such pictures. A second collection of real and created pictures follow. Click on the photo to get a larger version or see some other DJing pictures These images were found at: http://djkidclay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/djing.bmp Submeg…
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