Nick Smith

Jan 18

Lost: In Translation. Top Facts About This Weird TV Show -

Lost, the hit television series is nearing its end. After 5 fascinating seasons, lovers of this TV drama can once again plunge into the mysterious island in the Pacific Ocean along with the survivors…

Dateline Haiti: 8 World-Shattering Natural Disasters -

The earthquake that occurred in Haiti, although terrifying, is not the only natural disaster in modern history that has killed thousands of people. Have a look at some interesting facts regarding…

Sep 29

Social Media Marketing a.k.a Free Advertising…is it too good to be true? -

At Amuso we have a fantastic group of interns who work tirelessly on a variety of tasks. Here, Jenna Marie Madden reflects on her time conducting outreach for us on a variety of social media…

Sep 05

A very interesting article on sleeping patterns

Heard of Polyphasic sleeping? The idea is that you compress your sleep into around 3 hours worth of power naps during a 24 hour cycle, thus freeing up 5 hours a day during which you will feel more productive, creative and energetic. This article concludes that this concept is total rubbish, however it does mention some other interesting sleeping patterns to experiment with if you are able to. http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm

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Sep 04

Mac Users: Did you know…?

If like me you were wondering why there is an ever-so-slight pause between the moment you click a folder in OSX and the folder showing its contents, then I have an answer. It’s because in OSX (well,at least in Leopard), there is a setting called “Spring-loaded folders and windows”, which actually lets you define the length of this delay. It seems slightly odd to me that anyone would want to artificially slow down their computer, but if you are so inclined (or if you want to turn the feature off altogether), then swoosh your mouse over to Finder / Preferences / General, and play around.