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I've been writing, blogging and marketing online for more than 15 years.

This page offers snippets of what I find interesting, and what I'm working on.

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Rent my Budapest flat

I'm traveling in Asia through May 2012. You can rent my flat in downtown Budapest while I'm away.

Current projects

TheRealPashmina.com
Hand-woven pashmina (cashmere) shawls, made to order for you in Nepal


SeaGypsyAdventures.com
Blogging my way through Southeast Asia to Nepal


nowEurope.com
Tech entrepreneurship in Central Europe since 1995


Kaskosan.com
Earth's largest Gypsy social networking site


BudapestToastmasters.com
I'm a founder and past president of the club


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Virtually all listeners, whether or not they owned a cat themselves, identified the solicitation purring sounds as being more urgent than others. Sensitivity to this type of purring may even be innate in humans, drawing from a primal drive to respond to crying babies. “Cats have about the right size of vocal folds to produce a cry that is similar to a baby’s, so there is a coincidental element,” explained McComb. “In fact, the meow can sound remarkably like a crying child, which will be particularly effective with humans.” (via Cats Use Special Purr to Manipulate Humans: Discovery News )

Virtually all listeners, whether or not they owned a cat themselves, identified the solicitation purring sounds as being more urgent than others. Sensitivity to this type of purring may even be innate in humans, drawing from a primal drive to respond to crying babies. “Cats have about the right size of vocal folds to produce a cry that is similar to a baby’s, so there is a coincidental element,” explained McComb. “In fact, the meow can sound remarkably like a crying child, which will be particularly effective with humans.” (via Cats Use Special Purr to Manipulate Humans: Discovery News

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