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Inner Vision for the Weekend of October 10, 2014


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The 48-Hour Method for Jetlag: My internal clock discombobulated, I'm feeling the effects of jetlag. Next time, I'll heed professional traveler Rick Steve's sage advice: "Plan from the start as if you’re leaving two days before you really are. Keep that last 48-hour period sacred, even if it means being hectic before your false departure date."

We've Been Cooking it All Wrong: On a scale of 1-10, overcooked steamed broccoli rates somewhere above wet tissue paper after a rainy day and just behind an airline dinner. What we all should be doing is roasting the cruciferous vegetable instead of steaming it, as the 10-minute "season and cook" method is practically foolproof.

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The RoomScan app for iOS can provide an accurate answer to the question, "What's the square footage of your home/apartment?"


What's for Dinner? Supercook redirects the question from "What should I eat?" to "What can I cook?" by offering recipes based upon the contents of your refrigerator and pantry.


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You Snooze, You Lose: Before the advent of the light bulb, people didn't sleep for the now-recommended continuous 8 hours. People slept in 4-hour blocks at night with 3 hours of activity sandwiched between. No matter how comfy the pillow, it's worth considering many of our sleep disorders might be rooted in this transition away from segmented sleep patterns.

The Keystroke to Success: Knowing exactly how little we have of something can awaken an appreciation for it, even something seemingly as superficial as the "finite number of keystrokes left in your hands before you die." Type in your age and how fast you can pound the keyboard and you might reconsider wasting the commodity of the keystroke on the small stuff.


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Watching these artists work, it's impossible not to feel a tingle on your own palms and an itch on your fingertips, a form of phantom sensory transfer.

