This Week In Links, 7/13/07

July 12, 2007 in Weekly Links

Bust out your favorite good luck charms, guys and gals, it’s Friday the 13th!

Hangover Prevention and Remedies – I’m sure many of you out there have had to deal with your fair share of hangovers (if not, consider yourself lucky!). I know I have. I can’t help you deal with the ugly girl sleeping next to you the morning after, and also I can’t guarantee that any of these ideas from Health Mad will work (eat a bag of chips before drinking?). Remember: the most important thing is to drink water, because a hangover means you are dehydrated.

Nine Brain Quirks You Didn’t Realize You Had – Or maybe you did. But if you didn’t, thank lifehack.org for giving you some insight into that gray matter. Did you know that your short-term memory has a max capacity of seven? Phone numbers are only seven numbers, think about it.

Supersaturated Solution Crystallizing – Try saying that three times fast. Maybe Ilker over atthe thinking blog can. This is just a damn cool science trick. You can probably try it at home, just don’t ingest any of it, because it would probably bore a hole through your stomach.

Getting Off the Treadmill of Life & 12 Ways to Jumpstart Your Life – I’m always on the lookout for new ideas on how to make the most out of my days and my life. These two articles, brought to you by Dumb Little Man and lifehack.org, respectively, deal with pretty similar ideas. Once you learn how to jump of life’s hamster wheel, you can figure out how to kick things into gear and get your life back on a good track. Good for all of us stick in the post-graduate wasteland of the “real world.”

Feeling Stressed? Here Are Some Recipes For Slowing Down – I probably could have thrown this in with the prior two links for the triple threat, but I think it deserves its own position. We all get stressed, and we really don’t need to. I’ve realized that a lot of things that stress me out are totally unnecessary, and if you go try to follow some of these simple tips, I think you will be much more happy with your life. I especially like the idea of enjoying the ride as much as you can.

Apostrophe Catastrophe – Remember, apostrophe’s are you’re friend’s.  Do you know what’s wrong with the previous sentence?  If not, go check out this lesson from the lady of literature, Grammar Girl.  Although, it would probably be a good idea to check it out even if you do know your contractions from your possessives.