10 most intelligent / least intelligent dogs

5 01 2007


According to S. Coren, author of “The Intelligence of Dogs”, there are three types of dog intelligence:

  • Adaptive Intelligence (learning and problem-solving ability)
  • Instinctive Intelligence
  • Working /Obedience Intelligence

The first two intelligence’s are individual dog specific, whereas Working / Obedience Intelligence can be applied to a whole breed. Below are the top ten and bottom ten dog breeds measured by this intelligence.

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The Rules of Photography

5 01 2007

imageAt this point, you’re getting pretty comfortable with your camera. You know how to operate it and you know how to make use of some of those newfangled professional features such as manual focus, shutter, aperture, and ISO. But you aren’t quite done yet. You’re now at the Point of No Return, the Twilight Zone, or where the magic happens… otherwise known as the place that separates the good photographers from the great photographers. You’re ready to start taking pictures that are not only technically adept but, well, interesting.

What makes a picture interesting? How do you go about taking these pictures? How do you use the things you learned in the last article to your advantage when trying to take a beautiful photograph? That’s what this segment is going to be all about.

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Download, Viewing and Converter Tools For Youtube, etc.

5 01 2007

Video Download and Managing Toolsa) different tools that let you download desired videos from popular video sharing websites(incl. youtube, googlevideo, metacafe, myspace, dailymotion…), b) flash media players to view and manage these files on your desktop and c) tools to convert these files from one format to another so that you can transfer them to your Ipod, PSP, Mobile phone and whatever portable device you want. Ooh, and most of these tools are free, all non-free ones are clearly specified.

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What Does 200 Calories Look Like?

5 01 2007

 

Some foods have significantly more calories than others but what does the difference actually look like. Each of the photographs below represents 200 calories of the particular type of food; the images are sorted from low to high calorie density.

When you consider that an entire plate of broccoli contains the same number of calories as a small spoonful of peanut butter, you might think twice the next time you decide what to eat. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average adult needs to consume about 2000 – 2500 calories to maintain their weight. In other words, you have a fixed amount of calories to “spend” each day; based on the following pictures, which would you eat?

Pictures of 200 Calories of Various Foods

(After the page loads, you can click on thumbnails for full versions)

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20 Tools to Make your Ipod better.

5 01 2007

 

Now that we have published list of tools for Youtube and Myspace it’s time to add another biggie to the lists category and iPod seems to be just the right option. Finding good tools and yet free turned out to be little harder then I expected, and now once I am done I get a feeling something is missing, anyways I’ll get it right over time.

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Beat the Arcade Claw Machines!

5 01 2007

How to win at those toy machines.

Ok, so you’ve just dropped $5 into that claw machine but didn’t win anything, those days could be over after watching this interesting G4TV clip. Watch after the jump.

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