The JAFT Journal

"Can you explain why a misting system can cool a patio up to 20 degrees, but when the atmosphere has its own moisture - high humidity - it doesn't have that effect, and in fact it feels hotter instead of cooler?"

Good succinct answer. Note that it says "evaporate immediately", which isn't the case in a lot of cheap systems around Phoenix. You know the ones, you step by them and are promptly soaked to the skin. Amazing, we're in a drought and we're spraying drinking water into the air...

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"Do you have an effective way to process and organize your e-mail so that you can get to an empty Inbox on a routine basis? If you have lots of e-mail in your Inbox—we know people with as many as 7,000 messages—you might want to rethink your processing methods. Really, it is possible to empty your Inbox. The key is to evaluate how you are processing and organizing your e-mail and make some changes."

Good article.

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"An Emoticon (or Smiley) is a sequence of ordinary characters you can find on your computer keyboard. Emoticons are used in e-mail, chat, SMS and other forms of communication using computers. Over hundreds of these Emoticons are being used, some of the most common and funny can be found here."

A basic guide for newbies.

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"The books which defined the way The West thinks now. Condensed and abridged to keep the substance, the style and the quotes, but ditching all that irritating verbiage."

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"Free Cliff Notes just in time for the fall semester."

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"The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public."

Quite a few gems tucked away on this site.

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"I have an image I'd like to have printed. It's 2272 pixels by 1704 pixels at 180dpi. How big can I get this printed before it starts looking bad?"

Answer

I was having this discussion with a friend the other day as we talked about digital camera resolution and how pictures turn out when printed, so this seemed rather timely.

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"This tutorial grew out of the experience of the Teaching Library at UC Berkeley in offering beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses on using the Internet's resources to find information. From this experience we came to believe that the investment of time to learn to effectively and efficiently find information on the Internet using complex search strategies is worthwhile."

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Link

Appropriately titled "Why Not", this site allows individuals to pitch ideas and receive feedback from other individuals. There're a lot of neat ideas here. (Thanks Drew!)

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"College classes that make one think - it's a basic concept assumed as a given. But many grads walk away with a diploma yet still lack critical-thinking skills. That's why some educators are asking students to close their textbooks and do a little more reflecting."

Start early, parents!

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"As important as the continual search for new concepts is to a company, the task of helping those ideas gain traction is just as critical. Everyone who has seen a corporate change initiative wither on the vine knows that there is often a yawning gap between brilliant new ideas and concrete business results."

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"What follows are a few little known facts about the American Revolutionary War era. Most Americans think they know all about the Revolution simply because they are Americans. In fact, the real story -- not the one in most textbooks -- is crammed with little known facts. Information has been drawn from multiple sources for this report. The main source being information compiled by Mr. Thomas Fleming, a noted historian." - 12 quick facts that you probably didn't know.

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A little light reading. Seriously, this is pretty cool. They've taken Einstein's handwritten notes, scanned them and put them online for all to see. There's nothing like going to the source when you're researching. 'Course, the bulk of this is beyond me, but I'm sure some of you will be able to read and understand more of it than me. Enjoy!

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