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Seeking Adventure in Your Life. Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chris Hutcheson.

Seeking Adventure in Your Life

Wake up. Head to work. Work. Head Home. Dinner. Wake up. What happened to living life to the fullest? Sir Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003), an English explorer best known for his adventures throughout Africa and the Middle East and for adopting the lifestyles of the nomadic people he often stayed with, became famous as the first man to cross the Rub’ al Khali, aka “The Empty Quarter.” “For years the Empty Quarter had represented to me the final, unattainable challenge which the desert offered…To others my journey would have little importance.

For Thesiger, and for many other adventurers before and long after, it was the adventure itself that was the prize, and the experience gained from it was worth more than any commemoration. “For me, exploration was a personal venture. Thesiger knew all too well that adventure offered greater rewards for a man than most other things in life. Obviously, adventure isn’t what it used to be. Experience Project - Personal Stories about any Life Experience. Bill Gates' 11 Rules of Life. By David Emery Netlore Archive: Circulating via email, the text of a speech allegedly given by Bill Gates in which he sets out 11 rules for life that kids won't learn in school.

Bill Gates' 11 Rules of Life

Description: Viral text / Forwarded emailCirculating since: Feb. 2000Status: Falsely attributed to Bill Gates (see details below) 2012 example:As posted in an online forum, Aug. 4, 2012: 2003 example:Email contributed by Sarah C., July 12, 2003: 2000 example:Email contributed by Roman S., Feb. 8, 2000: Analysis: Whether you regard the above as a much-needed dose of realism or an unnecessarily vituperative browbeating, the main thing you need to know is that former Microsoft chairman Bill Gates neither wrote those words nor delivered them in a speech to high school students, or anyone else.

I repeat: Bill Gates did not write it or say it. As frequently happens when texts are repeatedly copied and shared over time, something written by one person has come to be attributed to another. . • HOAX QUIZ: Can YOU Spot the Fakes? AIM HIGH Episode 4 on Cambio. Creative Truths. The Coming War on General Purpose Computation. Here's the video of my keynote last night at the 28C3, the Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin, entitled "The coming war on general computation.

The Coming War on General Purpose Computation

" The last 20 years of Internet policy have been dominated by the copyright war, but the war turns out only to have been a skirmish. The coming century will be dominated by war against the general purpose computer, and the stakes are the freedom, fortune and privacy of the entire human race. The problem is twofold: first, there is no known general-purpose computer that can execute all the programs we can think of except the naughty ones; second, general-purpose computers have replaced every other device in our world. There are no airplanes, only computers that fly. There are no cars, only computers we sit in. Update: Here's a transcript, courtesy of Joshua Wise. Update: Christian Wöhrl has produced a German translation, too. The coming war on general computation. Stephen Wildish - Design, Illustration and Art.

Watch how an act of kindness can spread amongst people - The Feed Blog - CBS News. Stereomood - emotional internet radio - music for my mood and activities. Project #29 & 52 Projects. Scholarships - Talent Showcase. HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpace. This series is supported by Webdesigner Depot, a popular web design blog covering tutorials, design trends, blogging and inspirational posts.

HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpace

You can visit WDD at webdesignerdepot.com and follow WDD on Twitter @designerdepot. If you're using your social media profiles to promote your personal brand or business, chances are that pre-made themes and watermarked templates just won't cut it. You need a custom design to make your profile stand apart from the rest and convey important information about who you are. Some of our favorite social networks afford us this customization, but there are a few tricks that may save you some time and frustration when creating a custom profile background.

While none of these can replace the eye of a great graphic designer, they should help you get a sense of the layout you're after. Choose an Image Editor To start, you'll need an image editor. Aviary's Phoenix is another great free tool that is entirely web based. Twitter Maximum File Size: 800 KB YouTube.