Six-Word Memoirs

Poetry: Six-word memoirs: Describe life in six words. Some inspiring, compact accumulations of words with meaning.

Ready...

"Dad, when do you think you'd be ready to die?" And he said: "When I stop being curious." (Libby Wallfisch, Australian Baroque violinist).

Success

SUCCESS = KNOWLEDGE * SKILL * PRESENTATION * FUDGE

The fudge factor FUDGE includes aspects like timing (i.e. being in the right place at the right time), demand, instinct and luck.

Happiness

HAPPINESS = HAVEs - WANTs. 

HAPPINESS can be material or immaterial. HAPPINESS can be negative, when WANTs > HAVEs. There are people who are (almost) always happy and such that are (more or less) always unhappy. To increase HAPPINESS, HAVE more or WANT less. Absolute LEVELs of HAVEs and WANTs may range from very low to very high, to an extent that the increase in HAVEs or the decrease in WANTs may not be trivial to achieve.

HAPPINESS(overall) = a * HAPPINESS(health) + b * HAPPINESS(success) +  c * HAPPINESS(social) + d * HAPPINESS(inspiration) + e * HAPPINESS(time) +  f * HAPPINESS(other)

Coefficients (a, b, c ...) may differ between individuals and also may change over time.

Death is the most important day in life

"Death is the most important day in life" (Der Tod ist der wichtigste Tag im Leben, dradio-Hintergrund, about death and mourning in West Africa).

Lizi's Granola

Lizi's Granola: Toasted muesli, originated in Oxfordshire B&B in the 1990s. Low glycemic load (GL). Mostly available in UK. Best flavors are Treacle, Pecan and Organic.

Body's Billboard

"[...] around the world, the t-shirt has become the body’s billboard". Richard Armstrong, Engines of our Ingenuity No. 2836: Bumping into Signs.

Educational Animated Short Clips

Educational animated short clips by Jeremiah Warren, Dallas, TX, on Youtube: Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, History of the Calendar, Naming of Hurricanes, and Steve Jobs. Creative and informative.

Snippets 2011-08-08

Computer: Virus online scanners for single files: VirusTotal. Checks a file against 30+ virus scanners. Useful, when you want to counter check the alert received by your local virus scanner. Alternatively, it is possible to check with individual scanners online: Avast Online (max. size 16MB) or Kaspersky (max. size 1MB)
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Medicine: Drugs.com:. Info on drugs and drug companies, including sales figures
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Music: Rapid Library: Search engine for downloadable MP3s
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Music: Spectrasonics: Virtual musiclal instruments. Synthesized sounds out of a computer. Cool. Has interview with and music by Lyle Mays
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Life: Wetterkontor.de: Weather in Germany, including historical data
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Music: Wolfgang's Vault: Concert recordings to stream.
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Patents: Patent Retriever: Full text PDF versions of patents
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Physics: The name electron for the negatively charged subatomic particle originates from the greek word 'electron', which means amber. Amber attracts small objects by electrostatic forces after being rubbed with fur
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Movies: La Vallee (1972). Written and directed by Barbet Schroeder (b. 1941) who also directed the movie 'More' (1969). With Bulle Ogier (Viviane). Four hippies on a journey in search of paradise in the Papua New Guinea bush. Sountrack by Pink Floyd, released as the album 'Obscured by Clouds'. Rating 7 out of 10
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Movies: Mal de Mer (2005). Short film with Bulle Ogier, Michel Piccoli. Retired couple meets two guys by the sea. Rating 7 out of 10
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Computers: FileDropper: Simple way to share/distribute files up to 5GB. No sign-up required. If the files are not downloaded even once within 30 days post upload they are removed
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Movies: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). w/ Kevin McCarthy (Dr. Miles J. Bennell), Dana Wynter (Becky Driscoll). Directed by Don Siegel (Dirty Harry). Doctor in a fight to prevent an alien race's attempt to secretly replace people by identical copies that lack emotions. Good pace. Seems somewhat dated today, but keeps the suspense up. Overall rating 7 out of 10.
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Aphorsims: Collection of quotes in the Liss-Kompendium (in German)
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