Ten games that make you think about life At the start of this year, we decided to come up with a list of Flash casual games with a philosophical bent. To be honest, we struggled. After days of research, we could only find a handful of games that had the thought-provoking depth we were looking for. Fast forward to now, and it is remarkable how much difference a few months can make. In a wonderful twist, it seems it is the Flash gaming space - until now known more for the throwaway nature of its games rather than depth - that is leading the way in this exciting new area of gaming, as we hope the following games prove. One you have finished playing these games, check out our follow-up lists: Ten More Games That Make You Think About Life and Another 20 Games That Make You Think About Life. 1Immortall The game starts with you crash landing on a planet. 2Loved Take a cursory look at Alexander Ocias's Loved, and you could mistake it for a pretty basic platformer. 3I Can Hold My Breath Forever 4The Company of Myself 5Coma 6Loondon
51 Things That Will Make You Smile Some days, it’s easy to smile. You wake up to the sounds of birds chirping, with the warm glow of the morning sun cradling your face. You take several deep, cleansing breaths standing beneath a perfectly cascading shower, just before drawing a smiley face on the steamed-up glass with your index finger. Your roommate or significant other makes your coffee, just the way you like it. You hit every traffic light. But not every day starts this way. You struggle, you fight yourself and other people, and you find yourself wishing you could stop the world so you could get off for a while. But there is an alternative. 1. 2. 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. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. Video Credits: Editing/Song: “Moving Towards Love” by Cheryl B. Readers who contributed: Thank you to everyone who contributed!
50 Things You Can Control Right Now “Why worry about things you can’t control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?” ~Unknown CNN reports that psychic businesses are thriving in this challenging economy, and the clientele has expanded to include more business professionals who are worried about their financial future. According to Columbia Business School’s Professor Gita Johar, who studies consumer behavior, the greatest motivation for visiting a psychic is to feel a sense of control. Sure, there are lots of things we can’t control: businesses may fold, stocks may plummet, relationships may end—the list is infinite, really. Right now, you can control: 1. Odds are, some of these resonate with you more than others; so what? When I start fixating on something I can’t control, I pick just one of these to think about instead. Photo by Steve Dean See a typo, an inaccuracy, or something offensive?
30 Useful (and Unknown) Web Apps You Need to Bookmark At Maximum PC, computer hardware is our bread and butter. We review it, preview it, and just generally love to talk about it. Unfortunately, hardware becomes less important with each passing day, as more and more software moves onto the internet. We're not looking forward to the day that our PC's become Chrome OS-style thin client, but we have to admit, some web apps are pretty awesome. So to help you prepare for a future in the cloud, we've put together a list of 30 of our favorite web apps and services. ScreenToaster ScreenToaster is a web app designed to make life a whole lot easier for every family’s “computer expert.” OpenTable If you like to eat out, you’ve probably heard of OpenTable. Readitlater Have you ever found yourself wanting to read an online article or blog post, but without the time to actually read it? ConvertCenter Did you know that one bushel is equal to 101.9716 hectoliters? Issuu We may be a print magazine, but we all know the future is digital.
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Chocolate Pumpkin Cake with Salted Caramel Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting OK. Please bear with me because not only did I go picture crazy with this post, but there is one whopping heck of a lot of recipes at the bottom. This is a post of mammoth proportions, but I promise, it’s worth it! Seriously though, I very, very rarely do something fancy in the decorating department and I was so ridiculously happy with how this turned out that I can’t seem to help myself, so I hope you don’t mind too much! For this month’s Secret Recipe Club I received Ms. I decided, in honor of Amanda and all the hard work she does for us (and because she was recently orphaned in one of the month’s reveal dates and I felt like I needed to pull out all the stops here) that I would not only get my craftiness groove on (what there is of it) but that I would also dig through her archives and come up with something extra, extra special. I then found this recipe for Amanda’s 4-Layer Chocolate Dappled Pumpkin Cake that she had had featured in Mixing Bowl magazine last Fall. So. And!!! So.
Nine Things Successful People Do Differently Learn more about the science of success with Heidi Grant Halvorson’s HBR Single, based on this blog post. Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle. 1. To seize the moment, decide when and where you will take each action you want to take, in advance. 3. Fortunately, decades of research suggest that the belief in fixed ability is completely wrong — abilities of all kinds are profoundly malleable. The good news is, if you aren’t particularly gritty now, there is something you can do about it. 7. To build willpower, take on a challenge that requires you to do something you’d honestly rather not do. 8. 9.
18 Useful Web Based Code Editors for Developers The main tool for developers is of course code editors.Mostly it is a standalone application but you know there are also many online code editors around the internet.There may be times which you are not with your computer so the below web based or let’s say browser based online editors will help you to do almost every coding like editing,sharing,debugging etc. Today we selected most preferred online code editors by developers.If you know anyother which you think really useful just drop a comment. CodePen CodePen is an HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code editor right in your browser with instant previews of the code you see and write.CodePen is a playground for the front end side of the web. CodeAnyWhere Coderun CodeRun Studio is a cross-platform Integrated Development Environment (IDE), designed for the cloud. Cloud9ide Cloud9 is a state-of-the-art IDE that runs in your browser and lives in the cloud, allowing you to run, debug and deploy applications from anywhere, anytime. Kodingen ecoder Ideone
New Tab Developing good habits is the basic of personal development and growth. Everything we do is the result of a habit that was previously taught to us. Unfortunately, not all the habits that we have are good, that’s why we are constantly trying to improve. The following is a list of 30 practical habits that can make a huge difference in your life. You should treat this list as a reference, and implement just one habit per month. Health habits Exercise 30 minutes every day. Productivity habits Use an inbox system. Personal Development habits Read 1 book per week. Career habits Start a blog. What do you think? Update: A reader put together a downloadable copy of all these habits.
Chocolate-Covered Cherry Cupcakes Recipe I’ve purchased a few bags of cherries this season but you probably wouldn’t know it. The Toddler and I are big fans of just eating them straight out of the bag. But what we did actually cook with, none of those recipes made it to our blog. Oh, they were good (especially the cherry margarita!). But when it came down to Eat or Shoot, we ate. So while I only have one single cherry recipe to show for all the cherries we’ve consumed, I made sure that it was a good one. These cupcakes combine a few absolutely wonderful things: Chocolate Cake – I’ve flip-flopped over the last few years on a favorite chocolate cake recipe. Fresh Cherries – They’re covered in chocolate and baked into the center of the cupcake. Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting - it’s frosting. The recipe reads a mile long but it’s not as bad as it seems: You just have to make the chocolate-covered cherry centers, the cupcake batter, the frosting, and the chocolate-covered cherry toppers. Ingredients Instructions Notes
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. 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.