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Cut Out Conversational Placeholders for Better Persuasion
Some of us, uh, speak with a lot of, you know, hesitating phrases that are usually, well, unintentional, or a result of being, like, nervous. If that sounds like you, New Scientist magazine has some solid evidence that you need to work on getting them out of your system: Researchers asked 118 undergraduates to read…
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Underbelly legally available online
As you probably already know, Channel Nine’s drama Underbelly was banned from screening in Victoria because many of the central characters and incidents are the subject of ongoing trials in that state. The same prohibition also applied to selling the DVD version in Victoria, and the hassles involved in filtering those sales appears to have…
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Meet Lifehacker AU’s New Editor
Yes, it’s all change here at Lifehacker Towers. Sarah Stokely has headed off to do strange things on web sites with Stephen Mayne, so it’s time for a new editor. Who am I and what the heck do I think I’m doing here?