29 Semi-Productive Things I Do Online When I’m Trying to Avoid Real Work You don’t always have to work hard to be productive. Productivity can simply be the side effect of doing the right things. So here’s a list of 29 semi-productive things I do online when my mind is set on avoiding ‘real work.’ Check delicious popular tags like ‘useful,’ ‘tutorials,’ ‘tips,’ ‘howto,’ ‘advice,’ ‘entrepreneurship,’ etc. for interesting, educational articles to read.Watch one of the thousands of educational videos streaming at TED.com, Academic Earth and Teacher Tube.Read an online book list and find a new book to grab next time I’m at the library. Oh, and ever since I bought my new (super sexy) Apple iPad , I’ve been enjoying all of these sites on the go and catching looks from almost everyone who passes me while I browse. So what kind of semi-productive things do you do online in your off-time? Photo by: Colorblind Picaso Party Casino Related 30 Life-Enhancing Things You Can Do in 30 Minutes or Less April 19, 2012 In "Happiness" 30 Ways to Save 30 Minutes a Day October 4, 2010
Phi 1.618 ø PHI: The Golden Ratio or Golden Section (In Nature, Art, Science and Religion) The Golden Section is a unique Ratio (or relationship between parts) that seems to be preferred by Nature as the best geometry for growth, energy conservation, elegance and has some fundamental relationships to the platonic solids and the Mandelbrot set. It was formally discovered by the Greeks and incorporated into their art and architecture, but it has been shown to occur even in prehistoric art, possibly as a function of Man's natural affinity for it's beauty. The rectangle at left has a vertical edge length of 1 the horizontal or width of the rectangle is 1.618 If we make a line inside and form a square (far left) it creates another 'golden rectangle' (at right) this subdivision continues inward in a spiral fashion tracing the form of a perfect PHI spiral seen in galaxies, seashells .... Even your hand, arm, ear, teeth, etc are in PHI Proportions!
Free id3 tag editor - AudioShell (-) AudioShell 2 is a freeware Windows Explorer shell extension which allows you to view and edit ID3 meta-data tags directly in Windows Vista/7/8 Explorer. It supports all files and tags standards supported by Tag&Rename - music tag editor. AudioShell adds ID3 tag editor and files rename tools into Windows system music files pop-up menu. AudioShell property shell handler add detailed music tags information into Windows Explorer columns and Preview pane, thumbnail handler add thumbnails with album art into Explorer. Full Unicode and 64 bit support. System requirements: AudioShell is designed for Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 both 32 and 64 bit systems. Old AudioShell version for Windows XP 32 bit can be found here. Supported files and tags formats: >> Download Now New in this version: added writing support to AudioShell properties handler - now tag fields can be edited directly in Windows Explorer minor improvements Major new features in version 2.0: AudioShell 2 tag editor: AudioShell 2 renaming files:
Motivation: How To Get It And Maintain It with 33 Tips This post is available in audio format. Being motivated is a wonderful state of your being. In that state your body leverages huge amounts of energy. Your emotional field is totally balanced, physically you’re able to climb the Everest and mentally you understand the whole Universe in a split of a second. 1. Learning to ignore is a fantastic lesson. 2. And avoid it. 3. Watch comedies, read comics. 4. Do you remember when you had the first major success of your life? 5. This is one the easiest and simplest way to summon motivation. 6. You can’t be motivated if you work in an environment which does not represent you. 7. Like in other people success stories. 8. You will get bored if you work on the same projects for too long. 9. If you work constantly you will make some progress, that’s a rule. 10. With your friends or family. 11. Naysayers, pessimists, braggers they all are sucking up your energy. 12. 13. Once you finished some task, reward yourself. 14. As part of the game. 15. 16. 17.
How To Draw D*I*Y Planner | Paper, productivity & passion Cool Computer Case Mods Outfit your humble PC for world domination Extreme computer "case modding" community has some truly talented designers, who are as passionate about their PC cases, as MI6 wizards were about James Bond killer gadgets. In some cases (pun intended), the end product has truly radical looks and some wicked innards ready to unleash a gamer's fury upon the world... Here is an update of what's going on in Ukraine, for example:DPK modding community 2007 competition entries: "Virgil" by Valery Zhuk "Age Reincarnation", by Alexander Kolesnikov 'Mirtus Communicus" by Artem Novikov "R2D14m" by Pavel Rafalovich "Recycle Your Computer" by Alexey Chistov "Me Lady" by Artem Zheleznyak "Wheel Case" by Alexander Kolesnikov mod by Alexander Brikov "Charged!" mod by Vogdan Suk(images credit: dpk.com.ua) On the other side of the ocean, American case-modders are going nuts, too: WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction can now be a feature of any office, if you so desire. via Gadgets Fosfor. Probably the best case modding company
Fifty Ways to Take Notes I am constantly writing notes. Whether it be for my blog, work, meeting, new ideas, or just basic notes, I am always jotting something down. So I started thinking about all the services I’ve used for taking notes and thought it would be a good idea to share them with you and while I’m at it, to make a list of any others that I find. Quick Public Pages Using a quick public page service, as I call it, is my favorite method of saving notes on the go. ShortText – Fill in your text, click save, and you’ve got yourself a permanent url to a text note. Basic Note Taking Quick public pages aren’t really made for note-taking, although they work really well for it. Development I’m a programmer and when I’ve got an idea on my mind for a script or code snippet, I want to get it down ASAP. Pastebin – Collaborate on debugging code snippets and receive permanent links to code snippets.TNX – “Simple web service for temporary text storage. That about wraps it up! Like this Article?
Extreme Instability, Scary weather and incredible shots [37 pics] |... Extreme Instability: Nebraska Sand Hills Monster Supercell Storm Very intense high precipitation supercell storm moves south in the Nebraska Sand Hills south of Valentine, July 13, 2009. Very low, long and fat inflow cloud stretches east of the storm. Winds gusted upwards of 60+ mph into this storm. Tornado warning with the storm mentioned baseball size hail and winds in excess of 100 mph, a rare warning text indeed. As intense of a storm as it was, it only produced one short-lived small tornado. These images simply blew us away (pun intended). He always shoots with a Canon Digital Rebel SLRs. He states that “Second to a love of storms, is a love of all other things weather. We are very grateful he has allowed us to present some of his favorite pictures.[37 pictures] Hint: Use “J” and “K” keys (after the page finish loading) to navigate from picture to picture. Extreme Instability: June 19, 2011 McCook Nebraska Supercell Extreme Instability: Whales Mouth Extreme Instability: Storm and Stars
Memory Improvement Techniques - Improve Your Memory with MindTools © VeerPRZEMYSLAW PRZYBYLSKI Use these techniques to improve your memory. The tools in this section help you to improve your memory. The tools are split into two sections. As with other mind tools, the more practice you give yourself with these techniques, the more effectively you will use them. Mnemonics 'Mnemonic' is another word for memory tool. The idea behind using mnemonics is to encode difficult-to-remember information in a way that is much easier to remember. Our brains evolved to code and interpret complex stimuli such as images, colors, structures, sounds, smells, tastes, touch, positions, emotions and language. Unfortunately, a lot of the information we have to remember in modern life is presented differently – as words printed on a page. This section of Mind Tools shows you how to use all the memory resources available to you to remember information in a highly efficient way. Using Your Whole Mind to Remember You can do the following things to make your mnemonics more memorable:
Telstra BigBlog 40 Beautiful and Very High-Resolution Wallpapers Do you have a boring desktop wallpaper? Are you tired of looking at the same, old desktop wallpaper? Well, here’s the remedy. This collection contains beautiful, high-quality and high-resolution (at least 1900x1200px) wallpapers.