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100 Websites You Should Know and Use. In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH. In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH. AUTO - SALON - SINGEN / virtual tour.

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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Louis Vuitton - Collections - Women - Travel - Stories - The Art of packing. Improve Your Google Search Skills [Infographic] Don’t limit yourself to just plugging in simple search terms to Google; check out this infographic and learn a search string search or two. You don’t need to limit yourself to searching just for simple strings; Google supports all manner of handy search tricks. If you want to search just HowToGeek.com’s archive of XBMC articles, for example, you can plug in site:howtogeek.com XBMC to search our site. Get More Out of Google [HackCollege via Mashable] Jason Fitzpatrick is a warranty-voiding DIYer who spends his days cracking opening cases and wrestling with code so you don't have to.

If it can be modded, optimized, repurposed, or torn apart for fun he's interested (and probably already at the workbench taking it apart). Lifestyle. We will never tire of the positive effects of nature. Its calming, soothing and inspiring influence will never go out of style. The more we rush, the more time we spend indoors staring at our screens and devices, the more urban our lifestyles become, the more we crave and need time away from it all. It has been amazing to follow the newest solutions to the old dilemmas: How to bring more green space to cities; how to reclaim underused urban land for recreational and other "green" uses; how to provide more and more people the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of spending time in nature. Lately, we have seen fantastic examples of how designers and architects, urban planners and citizens' organizations have accomplished both large and small-scale projects, from bringing a bit of greenery, and open space to otherwise bleak surroundings, to large-scale neighborhood-changing undertakings.

Getting back to nature is not a new phenomenon. Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos | StumbleUpon.com. Ringbow thumb controller could revolutionize touchscreen gaming - Cell Phones &Mobile Device Technology News &Updates. A new Kickstarter project has created the perfect compliment to touchscreen gaming. It’s called the Ringbow. Ringbow is a ring you wear on your index finger with a directional pad button that you control with your thumb, adding a new dimension to gaming and making things like navigating your smartphone and tablet easier.

Gaming on phones and tablets has become so popular in recent years it’s surprising no one has thought of this idea sooner. Ringbow is the world’s first touchscreen accessory that acts as a mouse or joystick. It is designed to make any process more intuitive and efficient because it means your finger can now do much more than just touch. It’s not just good for gaming, Ringbow can be used for remote browsing while reading, correcting misspelled emails, as a remote control for your TV, and to answer the phone while you’re driving. The creators of Ringbow, Saar Shai and Efrat Barit, plan to work with major games developers to take the device further. More at Kickstarter.