How to Build Your First Surfboard Deciding on shape is probably the most important part of making a surfboard. Thrusters and longboards have their place, but many surfers are riding designs which do not maximize the fun possible on the type of waves being ridden. Often it seems the image a surfer thinks he will portray is affecting his design decision. The best way to simplify the decision is to ride as many different surfboards as possible. This is important. I love seeing all types of surfboards, but I feel that the biggest design drawback is simply building too small. Generally accepted truths about surfboard design: A relatively wide, thick, long, flat shape is generally better for small or slow waves. If new to surfing, ride mostly small, or slow waves, or just enjoy early wave entry gliding, use the following guidelines: 1/2" thickness for each 25 lb. of body wt. and 2' longer than height. There are many alternatives to the standard thruster and longboard shapes. Make an outline template by doing the following:
The 10 Best Games for Learning About the Stock Market Much like skydiving, playing the stock market is not an activity you want to learn through your mistakes. Fortunes are made and lost all the time by people who think (or thought) they had a handle on stock trading. If you have a few million you can afford to lose, or you're investing with someone else's money (you're a bank, in other words), by all means, jump right in. But for the other 99%, we recommend simulating the experience of stock market investing first, to learn what to do and not do with your hard-earned cash. Here are the 10 best games to help you do that. WeSeed:While some of the games on this list may be more concerned with purveying entertainment than education, WeSeed's No. 1 goal is to teach people about the stock market and take the fear out of investing.
Moto-Mucci Learning How to Code Has Never Been Easier Get the FlatPix UI Kit for only $7 - Learn More or Buy Now Programming isn’t just a niche specialization anymore, rather a necessity for tech-professionals regardless of the industry in which they work. Thankfully for them, it couldn’t be any easier.As such, there’s a big push lately to make coding literacy more widespread among the general populace. Even Mayor Bloomberg is getting in on the act, pledging to learn basic coding in 2012 as his New Year’s resolution. Codecademy Probably the most popular website at the moment for those looking to learn coding is Codecademy, a platform that emphasizes doing while learning. Treehouse Though it doesn’t have the name recognition of Codecademy just yet, Team Tree House is nevertheless a powerful way to learn coding. Code Year Rounding out the pack is Code Year, which is actually offered by the same folks behind Codecademy. Final Thoughts What are some of your favorite sites to learn coding from?
100 of the Most Inspiring Business Videos on YouTube YouTube is filled with inspirational videos of all types, including those created by businesses or individuals looking to inspire others to succeed. Let’s look at 100 of the most inspiring business videos ever placed on this site. Great Inspirational Tips for Business Success Take a look at these cool business inspiration clips. 1. 9 Steps to Achieve Any Goal – Isn’t it great to know that you can make your business and personal dreams come true in nine steps? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Home Business Inspiration Starting a home business can be a scary prospect. 16. 3HourWorkDay.com – Awesome inspiration to create your own work-from-home business. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Humorous Business Inspiration Sometimes a good laugh can be all the business inspiration you need, especially when that laugh is related to business! 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Inspirational Business Quotes and Poems 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52.
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Tahifehifa Island - Tonga, South Pacific The island's name is "Tahifehifa". It is located 15 km south of the town of Neiafu in the Vava'u island group of Tonga. The town of Neiafu is a small and very quaint town with a natural harbour (not really a commercial harbour or port, but rather a very protected natural bay. The island Tahifehifa is in an absolutely pristine natural condition and is ideal for an eco-tourism bungalow resort development, and it would provide a wonderful lifestyle. Permission can be obtained to build in the tidal zone, or even to build bungalows over the water, subject to application. Tonga is a prime whale watching destination and is one of the only countries in the world to allow swimming with the whales. There are a few options, besides buying the entire island as is, such as investnment and developement.
Barcelona's Most Famous Building, Sagrada Familia, Gets Spectacularly Illuminated Sagrada Familia (Ode à la vie) - Démo officiel from Moment Factory on Vimeo. If you’ve ever travelled to Barcelona, you’ll know that you can’t go for a stroll around the city without encountering the work of its most famous architectural son Antoni Gaudí, especially his most famous work: the spindly, towering church Sagrada Família. Its gnarled, inside-of-a-cave-style experimental architecture isn’t what you’d immediately think of as the perfect canvas for some projection mapping, but then you’re not Montreal-based new media designers Moment Factory. They were tasked with creating a seven-act multimedia show for the La Mercè festival in Barcelona and set about projection mapping the Nativity façade of Sagrada Familia. Using 16 video projectors, 13 computers, 25 moving lights, and a canvas of 150m x 30m the team created a tale of rebirth and hope inspired by Gaudí’s color sketches. Photos courtesy of Moment Factory. @stewart23rd
Sydney Heritage Fleet Do you like the idea of a hammock for the stable ride it gives on a rolling ship, but don't like sleeping bent in a curve? This design of hammock is based on the principle of a suspension bridge - the suspension wires (hammock ropes) are curved, supporting a straight roadway (the part where you sleep). If the hammock is tensioned correctly, it allows you to sleep on your back, side or front, with a straight spine. Hammock Design I chose the length below simply because 1900 mm was the width of the cloth I could buy, and it was long enough for me. Cut your piece of cloth to the size below (or bigger). Cut the triangular corner reinforcing pieces from the side offcuts and sew them on (I used a domestic sewing machine for all except the edge roping, with no problems). Add an outside pocket or two for your torch, water bottle etc. Possible modifications:- 1. Bosun, James Craig Pdf version of instructions here (9kB). Last modified on
30 Best Earth Pictures of the Week - July 10th to July 17th, 2012 1. The Blue Dragon by Steve Richards 2. Shore in Seychelles 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. How to Use a [BUSTED] Cell Phone to Meet 5 Basic Survival Needs Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Creek Stewart. Last week we talked about the many survival uses of the tampon. But unless he specifically packed one in a bag or car, a man’s unlikely to have one on him in a pinch. So today we’re going to explore the survival uses of an everyday item you’re much more likely to have with you in an emergency: your cell phone. Ever leave home without your cell phone? For most of us, the answer these days is no. Whether in a boat, on a plane, traveling through Africa, taking a road trip, or backpacking the Rockies, our cell phone has become a regular piece of Every Day Carry (EDC). Survival Signal Mirror Each of the cell phones I cracked open had metallic, mirror-like layers of material behind the screens. Aiming an improvised signal mirror requires a little finesse. Navigation Most speakers (if not all of them) contain a magnet. Sweep the magnet across the metal wire in the SAME direction 10 or so times. Spear Points & Cutting Tools Fishing Lures