If you live in a part of the world where you are fortunate enough to actually have a climate, ie. distinct seasons, and not ‘weather’ then you should consider creating an outdoor room. Some people like to bring the outside in by incorporating large expanses of glass in their homes, flooding the interior with light [...]
Previously on Thrivecore I had discussed a site that tracked the number of layoffs on a daily basis. Given there is so much depressing news at this time on the economic front, you may need some cheering up. Here are some daily joke sites to help put a smile back on your face. At least [...]
Our global economy is hardly performing at its peak. Some reports suggest 50 million more people will become unemployed in 2009. 50 million! That’s as many people as there are living in South Korea or Spain. So this site should be kept busy tracking layoffs.
When I first read this comparison of Australian property prices I was actually shocked. No, scratch that. I was jealous. For Australia, that sun-blessed continent down under, is also a land of incredibly affordable property (outside the inner cities that is). What would AUD $500,000 / USD $320,000 buy in the USA? Well, that depends [...]
You’ve got to had it to Microsoft: they really know how to complicate a perfectly good file extension. For the average user like me .doc and .xls didn’t ever pose a problem. To coin a phrase frequently attributed to arch rival and CEO extraordinaire, Steve Jobs: it just worked. Well try saying that the next [...]
I didn’t know what to make of this. Initially I reacted with disbelief. A politician president apologizing? Absurd. Unheard of! Well, actually that’s exactly what Obama just did over the whole Daschle affair. To quote him: ‘I made a mistake‘.
So you’ve got a broadband connection to the internet, but you still use your regular phone to make calls. Well, that’s not the way it has to be. With Voice over IP technology you can save yourself a bunch of cash each month because calls are made over the internet instead of using the traditional [...]
You’d have to live in a cave to miss the economic crisis we’re currently facing. As things get worse, household budgets will inevitably get tighter. Check out this list of money management tools to help you get your personal finances ironed out and maybe even get your money working for you.
Yep, there’s the new iPhone coming soon but look past all the marketing hype and you’ll find that it may actually cost you more than you current 1G iPhone. Here are some iPhone VoIP apps and services (some available now for jailbroken phones) that will at least help you negate the cost of making calls.
We throw too much stuff out, that’s a given. I try my best to minimise what gets dumped in landfill, but it’s impossible to recycle everything. Some people look at the problem differently though: check out this cool recycled garbage art.
One of the things I aspire to do during my lifetime is to go and see Victoria Falls, one of the most impressive waterfalls in the world. This list of the highest waterfalls is just beguiling, some of them are truly spectacular!
Just in case you have been living the life as a hermitic troglodyte, Firefox 3 has been released and is in the wild. Go and download it.
Skype has had person-to-person video calls for some time now, but what is really missing is a proper implementation of video conferencing where more than 2 people can meet and have a conversation. So what can you do while Skype works on this? A company called MeBeam have just announced multi-person video conferencing for Skypethat can [...]
A long long time ago, in a land I wish was far far away, was a trend to wear heat sensitive Tshirts that would change colour depending on your body temperature. Suffice to say this ‘trend’ (for want of a better, more derogatory word) soon petered out as people realised just how stupid they really looked. However, [...]
Video conferencing is more than just a useful tool for home-based teleworkers: it’s an absolute necessity. If you are looking to video conference with friends or just don’t want to spend the money on a full-blown professional video conferencing application (many of which are bloated with extraneous and features you’ll never need), then it would [...]
I studied English Literature at university so for me, literature has been forever tainted by those oft bad memories of long-winded debates on subjects that weren’t worth looking at. This collection of fun, but very crazy books made me laugh. I particularly liked the one on how to start your own country. I mean, who [...]
When you think about it, that’s quite a broad statement but there is a kernel of truth in there at least from my point of view. Ever been in London? Most of the people who live in the center of that city, while well-to-do, don’t own a car and rely on public transport or their [...]
As you may, or may not, have picked up from previous thrives, I like to travel. I do get a little fed up with the standard, bland and often soul-destroying experience of staying at a chain hotel. The boring rooms, impersonal service and general atmosphere seems to sterilise the senses. This list of hotel suites [...]
When I take a break I like to spend time relaxing, probably on the beach and just taking time to do very little. But some people don’t see travel like that, some people go on the most insane journeys! One guy has been walking the world since 1983, and he’s 82 years old. Another guy [...]
It’s everywhere on the interwebs now: Microsoft and Yahoo! are back at the table. This time Microsoft aren’t out to buy the company, rather they want to buy into it an retain an option to buy the entire company. Well, at least that’s what is rumoured. Seriously, I really like that Yahoo! are planning to [...]