GeekLikeMe.net

GeekLikeMe

Your daily cup of pixelated coffee.

Thursday: February 4, 2010

Popular Today:
Fifty brain facts that you may not have previously known about.
Fifty brain facts that you may not have previously known about.

One study looked at students in New York and showed that those who ate lunches that did not include artificial flavors, preservatives, and dyes did 14% better on IQ tests than the students who ate lunches with these additives.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interesting @ 6:00 AM | Tags (9) | brain | facts | educatotion | additives | food | nutrition | bilingual | development | learning |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 60 Clicks


Wednesday: November 4, 2009

Popular Today:
Fifteen podcasts that may or may not make you richer.
Fifteen podcasts that may or may not make you richer.

Unless you’re a child prodigy like Warren Buffett, or you have a trust fund, this stuff doesn’t come on its own. It takes years of learning and experience. And what better way to learn than to throw on a podcast in the car, at the gym, or in another convenient setting?

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Life @ 6:42 AM | Tags (9) | money | podcasts | trust | fund | learning | experience | marketing | stocks | financial |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 12 Clicks


Monday: November 2, 2009

Popular Today:
New study accidentally finds out that dreaming may increase ability to learn.
New study accidentally finds out that dreaming may increase ability to learn.

They found that the more Doom-dreaming a player did, the more likely he or she was to improve on these measures – but only up to a point. Volunteers who dreamed most about Doom didn't see the biggest gains.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interesting @ 6:45 AM | Tags (8) | study | science | dreaming | gaming | videogames | learning | abcnews | doom |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 8 Clicks


Thursday: July 23, 2009

Popular Today:
Eighteen great sites for learning a new language.
Eighteen great sites for learning a new language.

Good luck and may the Babelfish be with you.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Self Improvement @ 6:22 AM | Tags (3) | babelfish | language | learning |  | Discuss (0) |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 38 Clicks


1 Last »»