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The difference between aggressive and assertive

2008-03-07T00:49:54Z

Just for future reference - I was having a conversation with someone the other day who made it clear that they didn't know the difference even though they ought to. Assertive is not taking any shit from other people. Aggressive is handing out...

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Mad Keen Wowzers

2008-02-25T09:58:22Z

It has come to my attention that if you google for the term "mad keen wowzers" you get no results, so I thought I'd provide a link to a famous image of some mad keen wowzers:

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Stupid exam answers #359

2007-11-08T10:52:28Z

Yes, this is a real answer. Another student scraping the bottom of the barrel. Fortunately this is school level, not university ;-)

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How to make windows suck less part 2 - multimedia.

2007-11-03T11:06:12Z

Right, for whatever reason, you've chosen to buy a windows PC. Bad choice if you ask me, but hell, I'm not you, thankfully. First up, you've hardened your computer against spyware by following this advice. Next up you need to be able to play mul...

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Bread Maker Advice.

2007-10-02T12:13:59Z

I've made a lot of bread in a home bread maker for the last 5 years. I've burned through 2 machines (I'm on my third). The second cheapest Breville Baker's Oven bread maker has been perfectly good for me. My second bread maker was the cheapest ...

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Securing your new windows computer

2007-09-23T11:42:08Z

Here are some instructions I believe will help you make your new Windows computer more secure as a home user. The source of most of this is from here. So you're going to have to maintainin your own computer and for whatever reason you've chose...

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Toxic Boss Syndrome

2007-08-15T00:52:40Z

Note: You can point your friends and colleagues to this page with the web address http://xrl.us/35qk (easier to write down or spell out loud). A very good friend of mine is having problems with their boss. In my opinion as an ex-psychologist and...

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Lightly baked dc-in board

2007-08-08T03:41:25Z

So my laptop had some trouble with the DC in board - the cable neds to be jiggled so that the battery knows to charge. So I ordered a 2nd hand one for $35 from the ibook scrap yard. Meanwhile I have a temporary fix that works but immobilises me ...

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QotD: Celebrity Look-Alike

2007-08-01T08:18:32Z

What celebrity do you most often get told you resemble? Submitted by Leets. It's a toss up between Malcom McLaren, Mick Hucknall, Lou Reed, Leo Sayer and Harpo Marx depending on when I last got my hair cut and how hard I've been living. [Up...

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Test post

2007-07-07T23:24:49Z

testing the new group... delete this later

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