List of Academic Lecture Podcasts – [Productive Strategies] You can subscribe to a class and set iTunes to download new lectures, sync them with your iPod, automatically delete them once you’ve listened to them. This is a great way to expand your education without spending the time required in a traditional class…
So what is Google Earth? It is a Google service providing a 3D view of the whole Earth and every place on this wonderful planet. And not just that. Google Earth is something like a very detailed map, on steroids. Let’s have a look, what Google cooked for us. Terrain and 3D buildings With the layer “3D Buildings” you can watch museums, fountains, art… All of that as 3D models....
“Don’t allow your situation to become your world.” – Bishop T.D. Jakes from Oprah’s Life Class We all have a story. Sometimes it explains why we can’t do something and other times our story propels us forward. I’ve heard cases where people have the same story — such as lack of money, resources, or knowledge — and one person eventually starts a successful business while the other is out of work and depressed....
Instead of just skirting by when it comes to creative pressure, you have to stand out and create ideas to make things happen in your career and life. That’s why it’s important to start thinking outside the box today. This mini guide will show you how to create ideas with minimal effort and frustration. What this is and what it can help you with First off, what is “thinking outside the box”?...
It is important to spend time focusing on making yourself feel happy and content. Many people spend too much time worrying about if they are achieving enough, or if they are successful enough. They frequently compare themselves to others and find themselves lacking. However, this attitude is unhealthy – and more importantly, it is a waste of your time. It is more important to spend time making yourself happy and improving yourself so your life improves without you even realizing it....
Wi-Fi Networks never seem to operate at it’s maximum potential. Though it projects a full signal bar, you never actually enjoy the use of completely fast connections however in this post, I will take you through a few steps to optimize WiFi Network on your Mac OS X. Step 1: Select the AirPort icon in the menu bar with your keyboard or mouse click. Step 2: Towards the bottom of the menu, select Wireless Diagnostics....
Sugar for brown sugar or apple sauce cocoa powder for high percentage of cocoa (at least 50%) Milk with coconut milk Instead of using the microwave simply bake cake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C / 350 degrees F for about 20-25 minutes or until the cake is cooked all the way through. Please use a cake holder that is suitable for the oven! Try this simple, quick and delicious recipe!...
MeetingBurner has released their fast, elegant, and free webinar platform to the public today, and I’ve had a chance to use the service while it was in its beta stage. During that time, MeetingBurner saw overwhelming demand, registering more than 20,000 small business users and hosting over 100,000 meeting attendees — including yours truly. How MeetingBurner Came to Be The company was founded by John and Paul Rydell, two brothers who were fed up watching the world waste billions of dollars a year in inefficient and ineffective online meetings....
Many skeptics say that Valentine’s Day is just another sales ploy – and, in all fairness, the reason chocolates and roses have become the V-day cliché is that each year people continue to buy them. But if we want to celebrate what the holiday claims to be about – love – shouldn’t we think outside five minutes’ effort at the store? For boyfriends, girlfriends, the married and the dating: if you want to show your significant other that you care, try investing a little more time (and perhaps less money) in one of these meaningful romantic gestures....
Mark Fletcher presentation at Startup SIG – [Niall Kennedy’s Weblog] The key to outsourcing to these companies is: be very specific on what your project’s going to be; outline it in as much detail as possible so that there’s very little uncertainty involved. And that takes some practice, because I’ve outsourced some things where it hasn’t gone so well because I hadn’t specified the project exactly. So spend the extra time to specify your project before you put it up for bid....
Even though natural instincts do play a significant role in this, it certainly helps if the person has an innovative way of preparing and memorizing the speech. Being able to memorize the speech in a fun, creative and innovative way that stays with the speaker, helps in boosting the confidence and morale of the speaker, while also ensuring the stage fright is reduced drastically. This infographic by Essay Tigers illustrates innovative and creative ways to turn a speech into conceptual images that link to each other creatively....
Lucky for you and me, someone out there’s got a wiki loaded with math information, including math screencasts and the like. What’s really cool is that lots of this stuff (all of it?) are done by kids and teachers. Here’s a sampling of the casts: Algebra and Functions Plotting Points Compound Interest Problems PreCalc If your eyes just glazed over, you’re like me. Don’t worry. These folks make it make a LOT more sense....
Bottomline from Reg? We need to take care of ourselves and prepare any negative and crisis situations. What do you think? One of Five Americans is Mentally Ill – [Elemental Truths]
I am not judging you. If you are used to watching television on your sofa for the whole day, munching on popcorn and nuggets – that may just be your default setting, your very own lifestyle. If you are working day in day out with no time for your family, that may just be how you want it to be. You may live this life for years without any regret....
1. Practice Tube Etiquette On the escalators, walk on the left and stand on the right, when in rush hour walk off the escalator, and don’t be overly friendly or make unnecessary eye contact with anyone on public transport. 2. Expect to be Lost in Translation Western phrases don’t translate well at all but the local slang will become apparent with time. Misunderstandings are to be expected. 3. Don’t Travel by Tube Only In addition to the Underground, there are also trains and buses that are beneficial to travel to smaller neighborhoods and will help to get a better feel of the layout of the city....
Issues: Sometimes my concentration is not there at night, after I have worked whole day in the office. Unexpected things, like phone calls from my love one. Fall asleep, because of tiredness. Deal with day-job work, because things have to be done in different timezones. On-going solutions: Move on and Relax: When I lack of concentration to do my projects, I will take some time off at night to get some rest – perform some relax activities and share your time with others, such as chatting or watching TV with my family....
Bedtime routines are not popular, as sticking to a healthy routine isn’t easy, especially at night after a whole day of work. Let’s be honest, all we’d really like to do after work is relax. Routines? Not so much! I understand your feelings about this issue as I used to think this way, too. But after reading this article, I’m confident you’ll change your mind – as you’ll learn about the fantastic benefits of a bedtime routine (e....
Technology that addresses basic needs incredibly well is what the world needs. That’s why the AirTAME wireless HDMI gadget hit over $1.2 million in funding. HDMI dongles are nothing new. Google and Apple have their own versions out in the market right now. But AirTAME is different. It’s easy to setup and it doesn’t do anything else but transmit clear information between your TV and electronic devices. Apart from streaming functionality, this tool allows you to extend your computer screen onto a monitor....
1 – Cleanliness Is Close to Confidence When you wake up, cleaning yourself up should be among your first priorities. A routine of heading to the bathroom to wash up starts your day off right; you’re the star of your own personal movie, and a trip to the green room will make you feel like a million bucks inside, no matter what your bank account says. Keeping clean will also make you less self-conscious around other people, as your thoughts won’t be lingering on whether or not your breath smells, or there’s an odor coming from your armpits, feet, etc....
And today, no one is going to listen to you. Think of the last time that you had this great, incredible, amazing idea and you invested a significant amount of effort to setup a meeting, prepare a presentation, practiced your pitch, etc, etc, only to have it fall on deaf ears because no one wanted to listen to it. This isn’t about how you could have crafted your pitch better, this is about how, in that moment of solemness and dejection, you need to pick yourself up and learn to be okay with the fact that not everyone is going to want to listen to you and move forward....
