Digenis.org

Here are some nice flash animations about how digestion works for certain foods.

Never mention Hotmail in your CV. The HR department of a company was looking for someone with ample internet experience. From a pool of 50 candidates, they promptly discarded 30 resumes because of hotmail e-mail addresses. Afterall, you can’t be much of an internet specialist and still use Hotmail. It’s all about the Gmail, friends.

Daring Fireball: Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso’s Response to Steve Jobs’s ‘Thoughts on Music’.

Interesting statistics from the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity on the prevalence of obesity in several countries worldwide. Topping the list are: Samoa, Jordan, the United States of America, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.

How many countries can you name in 10 minutes? I was able to get 86. Post your results in the comments.

The Page Paradigm - “On any given Web page, users will either click something that appears to take them closer to the fulfillment of their goal, or click the Back button on their Web browser.”

A Glimpse and a Hook: Rands gives some great pointers on what he looks for in a resume. “A resume will never define who you are… [it] should be designed to give me a glimpse and a hook.”

My Apple iPod earphones have been on the fritz lately. It’s probably fixable with a little soldering and electrical tape, but I don’t have a soldering gun here. I ended up picking up some Philips SHE2610 earphones since I didn’t want to drop another $50 on Apple brand. Less than $20 later I am entirely pleased.