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Firefox “Speed up” tricks… This article helps you boost your browser's speed. Try it and get yourself a ride.... In the filter bar, type network.http.proxy.pipelining . To immobilize this, type network.dns.disableIPv6 in the filter bar. Right-click (Apple users ctrl-click ) anywhere in the about:config window. In the pop-up window, enter content.notify.interval . In the new pop-up window, enter content.switch.threshold . In the new pop-up window, enter browser.cache.memory.capacity . How to customize your searches in Firefox Ten tips and tricks for Firefox beginners Troubleshooting Firefox hanging issues Upgrade the Firefox browser with the most recent updates. I hate to see those dots rotating on the right hand side upper corner whenever I open a web-page. Posted by: Ray the Freak at 21 Feb 01:05 permalink you need to type about:config in the address bar of your firefox browser and right click. Posted by: Ray the Freak at 21 Feb 01:06 permalink I mean after you key in about:config press enter.
How to reduce the memory usage on Firefox? This article gives you simple steps to optimize your PC memory usage Just select the options displayed and if you click " Make Changes and Restart ", Firefox applies changes and restarts in normal mode. If you choose to select " Continue in Safe Mode " no settings will be applied. If you choose to " Exit " the browser will just exit without saving any settings. You'll see a new window called " Firefox Safe Mode ".
Delete the " downloads.rdf " file to clear the download history. You need to make a little change to the browser setting. Click Privacy . Consider restarting your browser periodically so that it can maintain a constant memory usage. Download and Install Session Manager Extension, which would save the current text data, history and cookies. Key in browser.cache.memory.enable in the Filter field. Ensure the value of the above item is set it true, if not, double-click on it to set it to true. Right-click in the browser and select New -> Integer from the pop-up.
Item 6. How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Fa. Deconstructing Arabic in 45 Minutes Conversational Russian in 60 minutes? This post is by request. How long does it take to learn Chinese or Japanese vs. Spanish or Irish Gaelic? I would argue less than an hour. Here’s the reasoning… Before you invest (or waste) hundreds and thousands of hours on a language, you should deconstruct it. So far, I’ve deconstructed Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic, Korean, and perhaps a dozen others.
How is it possible to become conversationally fluent in one of these languages in 2-12 months? Consider a new language like a new sport. There are certain physical prerequisites (height is an advantage in basketball), rules (a runner must touch the bases in baseball), and so on that determine if you can become proficient at all, and—if so—how long it will take. Languages are no different.
Six Lines of Gold Here are a few questions that I apply from the outset. 1. 2. 3. 4. The apple is red. 125th Anniversary Issue: Science Online Special Feature. Quick Online Tips : Technology, Blogging, SEO, Make Money Online. Top 15 Great Science Fiction Books - The List Universe. Books There are so many astounding science fiction books out there that this has been one of the hardest lists for me to put together.
I have added and culled but finally I have a list of the most important 15 Science Fiction Books of all time. I realise that not everyone will be satisfied with this list – so please use the comments to add the books that I couldn’t due to space and time. In no particular order… 1. The Time Machine was first published in 1895, making it the oldest book on this list. Buy it at Amazon 2. Stranger in a strange land tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human raised by Martians on the planet Mars, upon his return to Earth in early adulthood. Buy it at Amazon 3. I remember one summer in my childhood when all the other kids were busy hanging out at the movies and playing video games, that I spent every day lying in the backyard all day reading every book that E E Smith wrote (luckily my dad is a keen Sci-Fi fan so he had them all).
Buy it at Amazon 5. 6. 40 - Why smart people defend bad ideas. [First published April 2005] We all know someone who’s intelligent, but who occasionally defends obviously bad ideas. Why does this happen? How can smart people take up positions that defy any reasonable logic? Having spent many years working with smart people I’ve cataloged many of the ways this happens, and I have advice on what to do about it.
Success at defending bad ideas I’m not entirely proud to admit that I have a degree in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University. The problem with smart people is that they like to be right and sometimes will defend ideas to the death rather than admit they’re wrong. Until they come face to face with someone who is tenacious enough to dissect their logic, and resilient enough to endure the thinly veiled intellectual abuse they dish out during debate (e.g. For example, just because you can’t prove that I’m not the king of France reincarnated doesn’t make it so.
Death by homogeny Thinking at the wrong level First, nothing is obvious. The Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher - John Taylor Gatto. HHO Generators on a running vehicle. 11 Great Online Tools for Students. Craft and Musings: Google reader and notebook. Maybe I am a bit behind on this but have you used Google reader? You need to create a google account for yourself, but that is easy and just requires your email address and a password.
Go to This nifty app lets you keep track of all the blogs or websites that you like to visit and updates you when they change - kindof like an email inbox for the web. Even cooler is Google notebook at This lets you Clip useful information. You can add clippings of text, images and links from web pages to your Google Notebook without ever leaving your browser window. I have just used it for a project that I am working on - what a pleasure! Very, very nice... Amazon rainforest shrinking again - Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Brazil accuses Amazon scientists of theft. Intelligence agency claims that environmentalists are committing biopiracy by selling indigenous knowledge to pharmaceutical firms, while one religious group is said to be endangering the ethnic identity of Indians. BRAZIL'S intelligence service has accused non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the Amazon rainforest of biopiracy – the theft of yet-to-be catalogued species for commercial profit.
The Brazilian Intelligence Agency monitored 25 NGOs during the last six months of 2007 and said it had found evidence that they had transferred indigenous people's knowledge of plants and animals to pharmaceutical companies. It also said there was evidence of groups affiliated to NGOs being involved in the illegal extraction of diamonds on indigenous land, and it accused religious groups of activities that endanger the ethnic identity of Indian communities. Brazil has long been concerned about protecting intellectual property rights over the Amazon forest. Feedonomics » Blog Archive » Indian Stock Markets. Are You ALSO Groaning Under Expensive Fuel Prices? Josefblind: What's on my mind. 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know published by Ho. Best of craigslist : Advice to Young Men from an Old Man. How to Do What You Love. January 2006 To do something well you have to like it.
That idea is not exactly novel. We've got it down to four words: "Do what you love. " But it's not enough just to tell people that. The very idea is foreign to what most of us learn as kids. And it did not seem to be an accident. The world then was divided into two groups, grownups and kids.
Teachers in particular all seemed to believe implicitly that work was not fun. I'm not saying we should let little kids do whatever they want. Once, when I was about 9 or 10, my father told me I could be whatever I wanted when I grew up, so long as I enjoyed it. Jobs By high school, the prospect of an actual job was on the horizon. The main reason they all acted as if they enjoyed their work was presumably the upper-middle class convention that you're supposed to.
Why is it conventional to pretend to like what you do? What a recipe for alienation. The most dangerous liars can be the kids' own parents. Bounds Unproductive pleasures pall eventually. The Best Links 2006 (kottke.org) Psychology Today: How to Get Great Sleep. Blame it on the Industrial Revolution. Or maybe on the light bulb. But ever since man met machine, sleep has been on the skids. In 2001, 38 percent of U.S. adults said they were sleeping less than they were just five years earlier.
Americans now average seven hours in bed per night, and close to 60 percent now report they have trouble sleeping at least a few nights every week. Seduced by 24-hour casinos, reruns and the Internet, Americans have plenty of diversions to keep them wired and alert. The biggest sleep robber of all, however, is work—the puritan ethic gone haywire in an era of global markets. To some degree, we can sacrifice sleep to oblige other demands on our time, but we pay a high price for the privilege.
What we do at night affects everything we do during the day—our ability to learn, our skills, our memory , stamina, health and safety. Everyone has a troubled night sometimes, or even a run of them, which happens to the average person about once a year. How America Lost the War on Drugs : Rolling Stone. Crash course in learning theory. « If pets could design user experiences... | Main | Crash Course in Learning Summary » Crash course in learning theory One formula (of many) for a successful blog is to create a "learning blog".
A blog that shares what you know, to help others. Even--or especially--if that means giving away your "secrets". It's what I try to do here because--let's face it--you're just not that into me ; ) But I assume (since you're reading this blog) that you ARE into helping your users kick ass. So, as promised in an earlier post, here's a crash course on some of our favorite learning techniques gleaned from cognitive science, learning theory, neuroscience, psychology, and entertainment (including game design).
This is not a comprehensive look at the state of learning theory today, but it does include almost everything we think about in creating our books. Crash Course in Learning Theory The long version... • Talk to the brain first, mind second. Learning is not a one-way "push" model. • Use visuals! From The Magazine : Radar Online : Cory Doctorow imagines a worl. Toread - an email-based bookmark service. 11 steps to a better brain - being-human - 28 May 2005 - New Sci. By Kate Douglas, Alison George, Bob Holmes, Graham Lawton, John McCrone, Alison Motluk and Helen Phillips It doesn’t matter how brainy you are or how much education you’ve had – you can still improve and expand your mind. Boosting your mental faculties doesn’t have to mean studying hard or becoming a reclusive book worm.
There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter and get the best out of your brain cells. And here are 11 of them. Does getting old have to mean worsening memory, slower reactions and fuzzy thinking? AROUND the age of 40, honest folks may already admit to noticing changes in their mental abilities. A few drugs that might do the job, known as “cognitive enhancement”, are already on the market, and a few dozen others are on the way. In fact, with the help of modafinil, sleep-deprived people can perform even better than their well-rested, unmedicated selves. How to Be a Leader in Your Field. How to Be a Leader in Your Field: A Guide for Students in Professional Schools Philip E. Agre Department of Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095-1520 USA pagre@ucla.edu Version of 7 October 2005. 4600 words.
A profession is more than a job -- it is a community and a culture. Every profession has leaders. In a knowledge-intensive world of ceaseless innovation and change, I assert, every professional must be a leader. But how? (1) Pick an issue. (a) Talk to dynamic practitioners and notice a pattern in what they are saying. You will probably want to apply several of these methods, working back and forth between them until you have a clear picture of the issues that are emerging. . (2) Having chosen your issue, start a project to study it. . (3) Find relevant people and talk to them. . (4) Pull together what you've heard.
. (5) Circulate the result. . (6) Build on your work. That's the procedure. 31 Days To Fix Your Finances: A Wrapup. Would you like to download this entire series all at once in a handy PDF format? During the month of January, The Simple Dollar has been running a series entitled “31 Days To Fix Your Finances,” a series of activities that can enable anyone to improve their financial status by centering your financial life around your own core values. Instead of supplying a bunch of budgeting sheets and asking you to commit yourself to a program, this series is about figuring out what you want out of life and reorganizing your finances so that you can have it. What follows is a summary of the entire month’s activities, with links to each individual day. If you’re at all concerned about your personal finances or find yourself often feeling strangely guilty about the money you spend, you’ll find some value in the activities of the month. Let’s get started.
Stage 1: Figuring Out Your Goals And Values Day 1: Your Five Main Values Day 2: Defining Your Goals From Your Values Day 3: Create A Plan For Each Goal. What single book is the best introduction to your field (or spec. Misc - Best Blogs of 2006 that You (Maybe) Aren't Reading. Every year around this time, I attempt to summarize what's been happening online by publishing my list of the best blogs of the year [2002, 2003, 2004]. But I abruptly stopped last year because the list had become annoyingly redundant. Yes, dear blogosphere, after only six (or so) years of existence, you already have your canon, created either through fiat, power laws, or meritocracy -- you decide! Sure, new sites break through (such as Techcrunch and Valleywag did this year), but a glance at the Technorati 100 shows that things aren't really that different than they were a few years ago.
So do you really need me to prattle on about the significance of Kottke and Waxy, Romenesko and Gawker, Engadget and Scoble? I think not. Instead, this year I've gathered 30 blogs that you perhaps aren't reading. And finally, please add your under-appreciated blog suggestions in the comments. 29. 28. 27. 26. 25. 24. 22. 21. 20. 18. 15. 14. 13. 11. 8. 7. 6. 4. Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better | How to Do What You Love. 10 Articles That Changed My Life · LifeReboot.com. v1.525 Beta. Congoo News.