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Frugal for Life What is it about being frugal, why do it? Actually, some people don’t do it at all, they have decided that what they want and desire is what they are going to get and they feel they deserve that lifestyle. I have no trouble with that; more power to ya, live long and prosper and may you die with the most toys. However, for me, I find little value in the things around me. 5 Really Useful Twitter Apps By Umar Anjum on November 26, 2010 The 5 Really Useful Twitter Apps You Should Know About Don't Forget to participate in a contest where you can win an amazing e-Commerce template from TemplateMonster. Twitter is a massive online social network that lets you stay in touch with the updates of your friends, your favorite celebrities, and even the websites and companies you like. There are a number of online tools known as “Twitter clients” that help you improve the way you use Twitter. From improving Twitter search to providing newer ways of interaction with Twitter users, these online applications serve you in a number of ways.

Connecting a Mac to a Windows-based VPN Even though you use a Mac, your work is quite likely using a Windows-based system and has a Windows-based VPN setup. My work does. Sometimes I need to connect to the VPN to access documents. I have no trouble with Entourage because that connects over the Internet without the need for a VPN. I had to search around on the net to find a solution to connecting to a VPN from a Mac because I couldnt find the answer by myself. Blog de Netvibes On Wednesday, September 14, join us in New York or online for a special sneak preview of the new Netvibes Premium, including our new adaptive analytics and alerts features. We’ll also have interesting insights and case studies from Stephen Rappaport, Dir. Knowledge Solutions, The Advertising Research Foundation. This is a great chance for brand marketers and social media professionals to learn how to use Netvibes Premium to discover trends, identify influencers and distill it into actionable insights–without time consuming reporting or metrics! Plus, you’ll be among the first to get a free trial of the new Netvibes Premium! To register for free, send an email to chris@netvibes.com and let us know if you’d like to attend in person or online via WebEx.

Infographics Showcase - Infographic Reviews - Submit Infographic - Part 2 Filed under: Business Infographics, Legal Infographics, People Infographics | Comments Off The Special Risks Bureau has compiled a list of the most expensive body parts celebrities have insured, and used them to create the most valuable celebrity couple in the world. Body parts include Gene Simmons’ tongue, Rod Stewart’s voice, Cristiano Ronaldo’s legs, Julia Roberts smile, Jennifer Lopez’s bum, and Mariah Carey’s legs. It is an unholy combination! Infographic Design: B+ Simple design that showcase the many different celebrity body parts that are insured.

Life Resource Center Get the support you need to navigate life’s challenges At University of Phoenix, you’re not alone. We’re committed to your well-being, and we strive to support you in everything you do. scplugin: Installation These instructions describe, from an end user's perspective, how to install SCPlugin, enabling you to perform Subversion operations from the Mac OS X Finder. SCPlugin is currently (as of this writing) at version 0.8.2, which is to say it's not done yet. All the usual caveats apply: there are certainly things which we know do not work; and bugs are not impossible. CSS3 Patterns Gallery Browser support The patterns themselves should work on Firefox 3.6+, Chrome, Safari 5.1, Opera 11.10+ and IE10+. However, implementation limitations might cause some of them to not be displayed correctly even on those browsers (for example at the time of writing, Gecko is quite buggy with radial gradients).

How It Works: Graduation Team The decision to enroll in school is not always an easy one. A lot has to be considered, including the time and cost investment, as well as the impact to your job, family, and lifestyle. By the time you enroll, you’ve probably realized that the education you earn benefits you in many ways, despite your cost in time and money. Quartz 2D Programming Guide: Transparency Layers A transparency layer consists of two or more objects that are combined to yield a composite graphic. The resulting composite is treated as a single object. Transparency layers are useful when you want to apply an effect to a group of objects, such as the shadow applied to the three circles in Figure 9-1. If you apply a shadow to the three circles in Figure 9-1 without first rendering them to a transparency layer, you get the result shown in Figure 9-2.

Distance Estimated 3D Fractals (Part I) During the last two years, the 3D fractal field has undergone a small revolution: the Mandelbulb (2009), the Mandelbox (2010), The Kaleidoscopic IFS’s (2010), and a myriad of equally or even more interesting hybrid systems, such as Spudsville (2010) or the Kleinian systems (2011). All of these systems were made possible using a technique known as Distance Estimation and they all originate from the Fractal Forums community. Part I briefly introduces the history of distance estimated fractals, and discuss how a distance estimator can be used for ray marching. Part II discuss how to find surface normals, and how to light and color fractals. Part III discuss how to actually create a distance estimator, starting with distance fields for simple geometric objects, and talking about instancing, combining fields (union, intersections, and differences), and finally talks about folding and conformal transformation, ending up with a simple fractal distance estimator. The background