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Are bitter carrots safe to eat?

I recently grew my own home-grown carrots, and the resulting crop was a little bit bitter. It got me wondering: are bitter carrots safe to eat? Bitter Carrots Cause A little google revealed a fantastic paper by Tian et al … Continue reading

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The Search for the Best Vegetable Varieties to Grow: Veg Seed Thoughts

I’ve been growing vegetables for the past few years in my London garden in the South of the UK, and thought it could be useful to keep track of my thoughts on all the vegetable seed varieties I’ve grown so … Continue reading

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Heavy metals in fertilizer? Is fertilizer toxic to humans?

I recently saw a youtube video by “Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens” called “Top 6 Worst and 6 Best Garden Fertilizers” (posted in October 2015). In this video, the presenter, John, says: “In 2002 the EPA started allowing companies to … Continue reading

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RDA Testing for Toothpaste

I’ve recently been on a quest to find a laboratory that does RDA tests for toothpaste to find the Relative Dentin Abrasivity of different brands of toothpaste. This was my second port of call after writing emails to companies asking … Continue reading

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Japanese Hiragana character letters memory aids

Based on Japanesepod101′s videos, here is a helpful list of memory aids for all the Japanese Hiragana characters / symbols: Hiragana mnemonics あ a – looks like an apple い i – 2 “i”s side by side う u – … Continue reading

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Japanese Katakana character letters memory aids

Based on Japanesepod101′s videos, here is a helpful list of memory aids for all the Japanese katakana characters / symbols: ア a – looks like an Axe イ i – looks like i-sel / easel ウ u – looks like … Continue reading

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Doing things for External Rewards vs doing things for deeper reasons

A few thoughts on needing rewards: and whether you can feel good without them: Rewards are always nice. It’s great to get a monetary reward in exchange for doing a job, or to experience someone rewarding you with a compliment … Continue reading

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Let Curiosity overpower Fear: Let Curiosity Drive You

Paraphased from the book Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert: “Creative living… [is] living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.” For example, a 40 year old woman remembered loving figure skating as a teenager and … Continue reading

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What motivates you?

Examples of things that can motivate you to do anything (a job, a hobby, start a business, anything): Curiosity joy of learning about new things = joy of expansion & growth, and the joy & satisfcation of approaching Mastery (=intrinsic … Continue reading

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Idea for alternative school education system

I just had an idea for an alternative education method for schools and thought I’d note it down here, in case someone out there may read it and draw inspiration from it to make a positive change to our education … Continue reading

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