Topkapi Palace from across the Bosporus, Istanbul. Connected to the harem but tucked away behind a high wall was the chamber of the Ottoman princes. Its a single story building handsomely decorated on the inside with high ceiling, tiled walls and carpeted floors. Ornate stained glass windows looked out across the high terrace and the garden of the pool below. These chambers were known as kafes, whose literal translation is cage....
Every week, we share the shortcuts, workspaces, and productivity tips of our favorite experts. This week, were going behind the scenes at Lifehacker. Im Abu Zafar, and this is how I work. I went to school for journalism in Ohio. I think I also started a short-lived podcast in there somewhere too. Eventually, I decided I hated Ohio and promptly moved to New York after graduation. From there, I made the jump to a video producer position here at Lifehacker....
Do you have people in your lives that you cant stand? A co-worker perhaps, or a family member, or a grumpy neighbor. Her name was Gloria Ramirez. Ramirez, a patient with terminal cervical cancer, was complaining of irregular heartbeat and difficulty breathing. En route to the hospital, Ramirez was administered oxygen and given intravenous fluids. When those failed to produce any change, the staff tried to defibrillate her heart with electricity....
Its me, Claire. to make it maintain the conversational flow ofHow I Eat, I had my boyfriend conduct the interview. Most work days I dont eat breakfast. When I wake up Im too nervous to eat breakfast, and I usually start working right away. So I roll out of bed, do that, and then usually write my second article. Sometimes that requires cooking something, but its usually not breakfast food....
Every week, we share the shortcuts, workspaces, and productivity tips of our favorite experts. This week, were going behind the scenes at Lifehacker. Im Tim Mulkerin, and this is how I work. I got my start in media a couple of years out of college. I was ready to work. From there, I got a full-time gig as a staff writerand then a social editorat Mic. (May she rest in peace....
Your first few years after college are like getting thrown into a bad game show. Its not all bad. If theres an annual fee, are there enough benefits to make the fee worth it? Are there bonus offers that can accelerate your initial earnings? Capital One Journey Student Credit Card Rewards:Earn 1% cash back on all purchases. If you pay on time, you increase your cash back to 1.25% for that month....
Theres a reason theNew York Timescalls them The Minecraft Generation. But Minecrafts vast community (112 million people log on per month!) are doing more than playing a game. Heres how to use your childs Minecraft obsession for educational gain. The quality varies from project to project, but some are truly impressive. Although you cancheck it out for free, there sadly isnt a version of Education Edition for parents. Destruction and education in one place!...
Human memory is as fascinating as it is fallible. You arecertainyou got a 730 Verbal on your SATs, but your actual scores say otherwise. Science is still figuring out all kinds of new things about our brains and memory. In fact, even if you think your memory is perfect, chances are it isnt. Why you remember what you remember Human memory is complicated. Consider how you remember visual images: It seems straightforwardyou see something, and you remember it....
Maybe you want to leave something behind for your children that tells your story and what you accomplished. Maybe youre more practical, and want a way to harness your creativity. Maybe you just want the cathartic release that comes with regular writing. Whatever it is, these are all great reasons. Heres why you might want to sit down regularly to jot down your thoughts. Regular writing has mental health benefits Writing can do wonders for your mental health....
And for me, one style reigns supreme: the humble nonnaor grandmapie. Ive become a nonna pie devotee over the years and Im here to convert you. For one thing, my homemade pizza is rectangular, not circular. Some will find this delightful (me!) and others will find it distasteful or perhaps pedestrian. Those people are definitelynotinvitedto my pizza party. For the rest of us, I have great news. The sauce takes 20 minutes max, and can be made while the dough rises or several days ahead....
But their peace is routinely shattered by debris from rocket parts that fall from the sky. Villagers collecting scrap from a crashed spacecraft, surrounded by thousands of white butterflies. Residents are warned 24 hour before each launch so that they can get themselves to safety. In 2008, a 10-foot-long chunk of metal from a rocketfell on a villageand narrowly missed a house. A launch failure or an explosion can have far more serious consequences....
The Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex. Each building has been carefully dismantled, transported from its original site, and painstakingly reconstructed here. There are homes, farmhouses, workers cottages, shops, barns, schools, churches and more. They come from all over South East England. The site was donated by the philanthropic British poet Edward James. It was a landmark building for the embryonic project and appeared on the first Museum logo....
Its economy is dominated by oil, followed by timber and manganese exports. A billet of highly enriched uranium-235. The most common form is uranium-238, which accounts for 99 percent of all uranium on earth. About 0.72 percent is uranium-235 and a very small amount, about 0.006 percent, is uranium-234. However, this concentration is too low to induce nuclear fission. There must also be a moderator, something that can slow down the neutrons produced when uranium fissions....
