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"Fossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now that we're reaching the end of cheap and abundant oil and coal supplies, we're in for an exciting ride. While there's a real risk that we'll fall off a cliff, there's still time to control our transition to a post-carbon future. A deeper analysis of the crises we face, and possible solutions we can work on right now can be found in the http://www.postcarbonreader.com " (yt) posted by paul4dirt
300 years of fossil-fueled addiction in 5 minutes
If you have any opinion on these people and URLs of their pages, or have other candidates who you think should be listed here, please mail them to me! (I do not promise to include them, however. They may be wonderful people, but I may not understand - or agree with - their work, or think that they belong more to Great Scientists or Activists than Visionaries, etc.) Please do not suggest me to represent more women or other physiological groups. This is a page about minds, not flesh!
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The online world has changed dramatically even since we last drew up a list of 100 useful sites in December 2006 . In the interim, there has been a revival of the browser wars - with Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari making surprising inroads into the Windows monopoly, and offering a new vision of what browsing can be like. Many of the sites listed here were not available when we did our last list; although longevity is a mark of pride online, it is difficult for companies set up in the 1990s to reinvent themselves quickly enough to take advantage of new technologies.
100 top sites for the year ahead: our latest selection finds that location-based services, work-anywhere collaboration and video are prominent | Technology
Most people think of Google Maps in terms of finding a place or business, or getting directions from one point to another. Others use the satellite images and terrain mapping features. But there are tons of other uses out there for Google maps.
Google Maps: 100+ Best Tools and Mashups
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13 Things to Avoid When Changing Habits | zen habits
“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” - Mark Twain Post written by Leo Babauta . Follow me on Twitter . I’ve learned a lot about changing habits in the last 2 1/2 years, from quitting smoking to taking up running and GTD and vegetarianism and waking early and all that. I could go on, of course, but you get the picture. I’ve not only learned a lot about what you should do when changing habits, but through my failures, I’ve learned about what not to do.50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily - Stepcase Lifehack
We all want to get stuff done, whether it’s the work we have to do so we can get on with what we want to do, or indeed, the projects we feel are our purpose in life. To that end, here’s a collection of 50 hacks, tips, tricks, and mnemonic devices I’ve collected that can help you work better. Most Important Tasks (MITs): At the start of each day (or the night before) highlight the three or four most important things you have to do in the coming day.
Getting Things Done With Google | Industrious One
Update: I have updated the article in response to the (excellent) comments. In particular, I have added several screenshots and more information on how I get information into Google Notebook. I've been using David Allen's Getting Things Done for a few years now and I can't recommend it highly enough.While there is much to be learned from taking a course or finding a professional tutor, there are many tools out there that can help you learn just about anything you’d like to entirely on your own. With a little elbow grease, trial and error and dedication, these online tools can help guide you through the learning process step-by-step. Whether you want to learn how to renovate your kitchen or the intricacies of calculus, you’ll find the assistance you need through these resources.
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Post written by Albert van Zyl from the blog HeadSpace . The lives of great people give us interesting clues about how to organise our days. All of them attached great value to their daily routines. This is because they saw it as being part of ‘becoming who they are’, as Nietzsche puts it.
10 Ways History’s Finest Kept Their Focus at Work
We spent this past weekend in Madera, California at the 2013 Central Valley FRC Regional , a FIRST robotics competition. We went with Firebird Robotics Team 3501 from Fremont High School, who we are mentoring and sponsoring. The challenge of this year’s game, entitled Ultimate Ascent was to build a robot that could compete to score points on a team with two other robots by shooting frisbees into goals and climbing a pyramid structure while defending against an opposing alliance of three robots.
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VideoJug presents this simple yet effective trick for you to perfect and perform. Impress or trick all your friends with the world's best banana trick. Step 1: You will need A few ripe bananas 1 long sewing needle 1 unsuspecting victim
How To Do The World's Best Banana Trick (Magic For Kids)
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