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50 Lessons I wish I had learned earlier. Welcome to our blog!

50 Lessons I wish I had learned earlier

Here you'll find bits and pieces of wisdom learned from cycling 17,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina together as a family. Hope it inspires you to live your dream! My book about our journey, Changing Gears, is now released! Read a preview here. 8 Effects Every Photographer Should Know About. Uzi Tactical Pen. 105 Writing Tips from Professional Writers.

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Funny... © gillesvidal - photographe. Shakespeare Insult Kit. Shakespeare Insult Kit Since 1996, the origin of this kit was listed as anonymous.

Shakespeare Insult Kit

It came to me on a piece of paper in the 90's with no attribution, and I thought it would make a cool web page. Though I searched for the origin, I could never find it. In 2014, Lara M informed found the originating author. It appears to be an English teacher at Center Grove High School in Greenwood Indiana named Jerry Maguire. Combine one word from each of the three columns below, prefaced with "Thou": My additions: cullionly whoreson knave fusty malmsey-nosed blind-worm caluminous rampallian popinjay wimpled lily-livered scullian burly-boned scurvy-valiant jolt-head misbegotten brazen-faced malcontent odiferous unwash'd devil-monk poisonous bunch-back'd toad fishified leaden-footed rascal Wart-necked muddy-mettled Basket-Cockle pigeon-liver'd scale-sided Back to the insulter. Chris Seidel. The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers. This is a repository of the most up-to-date versions of Deviant's lock diagrams and animations.

The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers

Seen in all of the TOOOL educational materials and slide decks, these files are all released under the Creative Commons license. You are free to use any of them for non-commercial purposes, as long as they are properly attributed and the same freedom for others is maintained in all derivative works. Please note that these diagrams have evolved and developed over time. While Deviant is still proud of the older versions of his images, if you still have copies of legacy material they should all be replaced with the latest versions available here. Each image shown below in thumbnail form can be accessed in high resolution individually, or you can obtain the full set from the zip archive at the bottom of this page.

Lock Basics and Mechanical Operation How pin tumblers are arranged and how locks operate (or fail to) with conventional keys. Top 6 Sites that Inspire and Educate. If you’re a professional who likes to be intellectually stimulated and you enjoy keeping up with the latest news and breaking trends, the internet provides you with an endless choice of carefully curated sites to visit.

Top 6 Sites that Inspire and Educate

Today, we bring you six of them that we believe are leaps and bounds above the rest. These sites will not only educate you on topics ranging from business and technology to art and design, they’ll motivate you to find your own, original ideas and see them through. They’re culturally relevant, they’re idea driven and most of all, they’re deeply inspirational. TED is short for three incredibly important subjects in our modern world; technology, entertainment and design. Started in 1984, TED brings together the most brilliant minds to teach us about issues that matter. One year worth of images give some amazing videos.

Update:I made three new videos of 2009 with my 5D Mark II last year.

One year worth of images give some amazing videos

One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo. So far I’ve made two videos of the images I describe in this article. The one here at the top and another two minutes version. Read on to learn how I did this, to see the other video and to download the videos and images in high quality. And if you want to watch this video here at the top in HD quality you have to click through to Vimeo. The story Back in 2005 I did an experiment shooting images out of my window for one year. So I started shooting images with my Canon 400D. Each time I snapped the following images: 3 exposures @10mm (Canon EF-S 10-22 F3.5-4.5 USM) 3 exposures @17mm (Canon EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS USM) 3 exposures @55mm (Canon EF-S 17-55 f2.8 IS USM) All images shot in RAW. In addition to the images I decided to record some audio at the same place. All together giving me a pretty decent range of material to put together some experiments. Then what? Whats’s next? Latest.