How To Treat Others: 5 Lessons From an Unknown Author Five Lessons About How To Treat People -- Author Unknown 1. First Important Lesson - "Know The Cleaning Lady" During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. Surely this was some kind of joke. "Absolutely," said the professor. I've never forgotten that lesson. 2. One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. A special note was attached. Sincerely, Mrs. 3. In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" The little boy again counted his coins. 4. In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. 5.
El otro efecto Menéame | Nubeblog Aug 10, 2011 amazon, cloud, hosting, iaas Reconozco que una de mis aficiones favoritas es procrastinar trolleando en los comentarios de las noticias de Menéame. Aunque supongo que todo el mundo lo sabe, Menéame es el conocido clon hispano de Digg, el servicio a enlace de noticias gestionado por los usuarios (envían las que le gustan, y votan otras que les interesan). El lunes por la mañana mientras desayuno me conecto de nuevo para ver si Menéame ha vuelto, y nada, el sitio sigue caído. Antes de empezar con las conclusiones, quisiera contar una intrahistoria que no se si la gente de Menéame son conscientes de ella o no: Menéame ha sido la mejor propaganda en España del servicio Amazon EC2. La arquitectura usa (¿abusa?) Este es el problema que ha tenido Menéame: han pensado que Amazon Web Services no puede fallar, y es precisamente el pensamiento contrario el que debes tener cuando despliegas en una Nube: TODO PUEDE FALLAR. Un rayo la lía parda. Be Sociable, Share!
Things My Father didn’t Teach Me, How to tie a Tie - this isn't happiness™ ABOUT ARCHIVE FOLLOW Facebook Twitter Instagram Google+ Ads Via The Deck Things My Father didn’t Teach Me, How to tie a Tie share it 3,740 notes ¿Cómo conseguir más visitas en un blog recién lanzado? Todos queremos que nos lean. Todos queremos saber cómo conseguir más visitas. La semana pasada, me entró en Facebook una pregunta sobre como dar a conocer un blog nuevo. Hay muchas respuestas posibles a esta pregunta. 18 meses después de crear un blog, ¿volvería a hacer lo mismo para dar a conocer mi blog? Estás a un solo clic de saberlo y de paso saber cómo conseguir más visitas en un blog… ¿Cómo conseguir más visitas en un blog? ¿Saldrías a cantar en público sin haber hecho tus deberes antes? ¡Yo no! Trataría de prepararme, hacer repeticiones y una vez que me sienta preparado, si me lanzaría con muchas excitación y ganas de hacerlo. Pues haz lo mismo con tu blog. Para qué quieres visitas si lo que van a ver en tu blog es 1 solo artículo, además nada bueno, porque no has tenido tiempo de trabajarlo. Antes de responder a la pregunta cómo conseguir más visitas en un blog, deberías estar seguro que tu blog está preparado para recibir visitas. Trabaja tus contenidos de arranque Es obvio, ¿verdad?
70 Things Every Computer Geek Should Know. | Arrow Webzine The term ‘geek’, once used to label a circus freak, has morphed in meaning over the years. What was once an unusual profession transferred into a word indicating social awkwardness. As time has gone on, the word has yet again morphed to indicate a new type of individual: someone who is obsessive over one (or more) particular subjects, whether it be science, photography, electronics, computers, media, or any other field. How to become a real computer Geek? Little known to most, there are many benefits to being a computer geek. You may get the answer here: The Meaning of Technical Acronyms USB – Universal Serial BusGPU – Graphics Processing UnitCPU – Central Processing UnitATA- AT Attachment (AT Attachment Packet Interface (ATAPI)SATA – Serial ATAHTML – Hyper-text Markup LanguageHTTP – Hypertext Transfer ProtocolFTP – File Transfer ProtocolP2P - peer to peer 1. One of the best list of default passwords. 1A. 2. 3. 4.
Creative Cultures: MailChimp Grants Employees "Permission To Be Creative" One day, MailChimp CEO Ben Chestnut discovered that his company had acquired a new tagline. Chestnut hadn’t approved, or even known about this rather significant new bit of corporate identity, but there it was--"Love What You Do"--on the footer of the company website. At most companies, changing a piece of punctuation in a line of ad copy takes three weeks of meetings between about 14 people across six departments. But there would be no new orifices created that day. MailChimp has added a splash of mischief to a product category not known for…well, much of anything. “Look at the name MailChimp,” says Chestnut. “We weren’t banking on MailChimp, so we could take risks and be funny, and very non-corporate,” says Chestnut. Over time, however, MailChimp began demonstrating the fundamentals for scale and profitability that their web development lacked. Here, MailChimp takes a page from the playbook of some other tech world notables. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
HOW TO Use the CTRL Key to Dominate Your Computer Jun 15, 2010 Ahoy hoy friends! Here’s my first attempt at the ever-popular infographic. I really wanted it to be helpful and informative. I figured that any tips that can save you time and make you more efficient is a beautiful thing! If you’re like me, you probably spend a lot of time in front of a computer. If you enjoyed this article, the Sifter highly recommends: HOW TO GRASP SIZE, SCALE AND TEMPERATURE WITH THREE GIANT INFOGRAPHICS
8·3·11 – Análisis de un huracán viral (1) A diario, miles de compañías publicitarias intentan hacer publicidad viral sin éxito, es estudiada a fondo, y aún así los elementos que una publicidad necesita para convertirse en un auténtico fenómeno viral siguen eludiendo al más estudioso y a las compañías de publicidad más maquiavélicas y teóricas.Animal Político – El congal postapocalíptico ¿Por qué esta cita? Porque a lo largo de dos artículos quiero analizar cómo no hace ni un mes un fenómeno viral nos ha tenido a medio planeta cibernáutico en vilo, centralizando todo a través de un sitio web y un concepto poderoso de una manera que ya nos habría gustado a muchas compañías y agencias. Cuando entrabas en la web la sensación era una mezcla entre inquietante, misteriosa, con tintes de sitio web apocalíptico y/o sectario, o de un campañón de marketing de diez. Finalmente resultó ser un experimento de unos estudiantes de Texas venido a mayores y que escapó a su control. Presentación: el fenómeno 8·3·11 Elementos del sitio 8·3·11
20 PSD Tuts That Will Turn You Into A Photoshop Guru Many people can use Photoshop, but only a select few can call themselves gurus. Learn all the methods in the 20 tutorials below and you’ll be well on your way to joining this elite. Rather than focus on tuts for beginners, intermediates or advanced users, we’ve simply chosen ones which produce jaw-dropping effects. All of them are easy to follow, although most do require at least some prior knowledge and experience. 1. Colorful Plexi Text Effect Follow this tutorial to create dazzling, multi-layered, semi-transparent lettering, with a Perspex-like quality. 2. 3D Pixel Stretch Effect File this tutorial under “simple but effective”. 3. Turn a simple cityscape into a torrentially flooded wasteland. 4. Become the master of light and glow on Photoshop with this brief, easy-to-follow guide. 5. Use masking tools, layers, gradients and lines to turn your favorite piece of 3D text into something more colorful and commercial. 6. 7. This tutorial is so versatile. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
How to make surprise marbled Easter eggs. | NARCISSISM IS NECESSARY Okay, I’ve got a confession to make. I don’t really celebrate Easter. I don’t really know why it’s celebrated either but please feel free to educate me in the comments below. What I know is that it’s associated with rabbits, chocolates and eggs. I like rabbits, chocolates and eggs so I guess that makes me like Easter too! In conjunction with Easter Friday, I’ve decided to pimp up my eggs. # – Easter eggs, chinese style :D What you need are:Eggs, decide your own amountLiquid food colouringsEnough water to boil the eggsWhite vinegarSandwich bags or freezer bags, one for each colour Instead of using the colour red though, I’ve chosen fuchsia pink, blue and green for this edible project ;) # – First, put the eggs in a pot of water. # – Bring to boil for 7 minutes. # – After eggs have cooled down, lightly tap them against a hard surface till cracks appear all over. # – Cracked eggs. # – Now prepare a freezer bag or sandwich bag for each colour you’re using. But there are more surprises…. # – Tadaa!
How to Make Office Weapons Out of Office Supplies Wow, if you thought working at your white-collared job, sitting in your well equipped air-conditioned office, thinking that this is probably one of the safest place to be… you may just want to think twice about that. The office is a jungle. Beside having to watch your back against office colleagues who may be wolf in sheep’s clothes, you may just have to watch out for those seemingly utilitarian office supplies, because in conjuncture with other seemingly innocent office supplies, they may just result to be one of the deadliest office weapon yet. Below is an example of our favorite office supplies- binder clips, turned into office weapons. Take a few binder clips of varying sizes, turn them upside down, and clip the smaller binder clips inside the larger clips. It should look like this when the larger binder clips have clipped the smaller ones. Remove all the binder clip handles. Add another 2 larger binder clips on top of the smaller edge with a rubber band in between. stumbleupon
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67 Cheap Date Ideas for the Recession-Era Romantic by Kyle O'Connor on April 29, 2009 When you’re in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression, it’s not always easy to come up with the cash to impress your date. Luckily, there’s still tons of fun and romantic things you can do that take little-to-no money—all that’s required is a little creativity. Here’s our 67 favorite ideas for cheap dates: 1. Browse the local farmers’ market. 2. Dating doesn’t have to be expensive. Tags: dating, love, romance, soul-mates, spiritual-blogs, spiritual-communities, spiritual-networks, spirituality