42 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
No doubt your summer celebrations this weekend will leave you little time to catch up on reading. To help you out, we've compiled a handy roundup of this week's most helpful, informative and inspiring stories. We've celebrated iPhone's birthday, we've pondered celebrity impact on social good, and we've laughed over geeky gadgets. Editors' Picks HOW TO: Manage Your Online Reputation Using SEOWhile you might not be able to remove damaging content from the Internet, there's a good chance you can minimize its impact using simple SEO techniques.Meet the People Who Scored Twitter's Shortest UsernamesHere's a look at the users who snagged premium social real estate with the shortest Twitter usernames on Earth. Social Media
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The Beginner's Guide to Surviving on a Desert Island |
Have you ever wondered how you’d do if you were stuck on an island by yourself? Ah, what a nice little vacation, right? Well, if you don’t know the essentials for basic survival, it probably would be pretty miserable. As you can probably guess, the two things you really need in this situation is water, and also fire to build a signal to attract potential rescuers. Here’s how to survive on a deserted island: First of all: 1. This is a very nifty and simple little project that could well save your bacon: It will produce water so you do not die of thirst. Here’s what it looks like: All you need to build your solar still is: 1. Got all these items? 1. Over many hours, you should see condensation form on the inside of the sheet, which will drain towards the middle of the sheet and down into your container. The still works because the sheet is cooler than the surrounding soil or sand. If this does not work well, try the next step: 2. 3. 4. The best way to make your fire is to use a bow. 1. 5.
Broken on Purpose: Why Getting It Wrong Pays More Than Getting It Right
Many of us managing Facebook fan pages have noticed something strange over the last year: how our reach has gotten increasingly ineffective. How the messages we post seem to get fewer clicks, how each message is seen by only a fraction of our total “fans.” It’s no conspiracy. Facebook acknowledged it as recently as last week: messages now reach, on average, just 15 percent of an account’s fans. As their advertising head, Gokul Rajaram, explained, if you want to speak to the other 80 to 85 percent of people who signed up to hear from you, “sponsoring posts is important.” In other words, through “Sponsored Stories,” brands, agencies and artists are now charged to reach their own fans—the whole reason for having a page—because those pages have suddenly stopped working. This is a clear conflict of interest. It doesn’t end with Facebook, either. Why are there so many fake Twitter accounts—accounts that can be bought in increments of 1,000 for less than $20?
How to make a tablet pc from an old laptop
Check out my other projects:Xbox Hackintosh casemod AndDIY Spy phone In this project i used an old Fujitsu Siemens life book S series laptop. It has got a 1 Ghz processor and 256 Mb ram, (not sure about the graphic card but i know its between 8-32 Mb). In this instructable i will show how to do tablet pc the easy way(and the cheapest) , and how to do it hard way (including "touch" screen etc). In this project you will need: 1.Old laptop 2. And if you are doing the hard way you will also need: 6.Lots of straight plastic 7.Something to melt down the plastic 8. The skils you will need to make this are: 1. And of course for the hard way you will also need: 5.Problem solving skills 6.Serious knowledge how things work 7.Way to know how to make "special" tools 8. And sorry for my English its not my main language but i will try to make it readable :D
Pseudo-Currency: Items You Can Trade Like Cash Or Use Yourself if the Balloon Goes Up, by Scott in Wisconsin
Sunday, Jul 11, 2010 If the power grid fails for a weekend, dollar bills will always be accepted. And I think it's a good idea to keep at least $500 on hand in your home, in $5 and $10 denominations. If the stores are open, but their credit card machines are not working, you'll still be fine. But what happens if things really fall apart? What if an EMP knocks out all our electronic infrastructure? What if hyper-inflation destroys the value of those dollar bills you've tucked away? What if a virus sweeps the country, and kills millions? Suddenly, you may have no choice but to barter for what you need. How often will the guy with goat you want, need the generator you have to trade? And how will you buy small items, like a dozen eggs, or a pail of milk, without a good substitute for currency? Silver and gold may step in and function as a true replacement currency. But you can't eat silver, or drink silver. And the genuine nature of the item must not be in doubt. Candles. Seeds. Nails.
Password Generator
Using the same password for multiple email, shopping and social networking websites is risky, it means that a security breach at one website will compromise all your accounts, possibly even leading to identity theft. So, the idea is that you memorise just one, reasonably long/secure master password and use that to generate a set of non-dictionary passwords. Copy and paste the new password(s) into the website and set your web browser to remember them. All the websites get different passwords, but you only have to remember one! Using a different PC? you can re-generate the same set of passwords at any time by returning to this page and entering the same master password. For any website that's not on the list, just type the name into the 'Custom' box (the last one in the list) and press Generate. This password generator works using Javascript, entirely within the page, no data is ever passed back to my server. Credits Simon Sheppard, Sept 2016
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List of common misconceptions
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This incomplete list is not intended to be exhaustive. This list corrects erroneous beliefs that are currently widely held about notable topics. Each misconception and the corresponding facts have been discussed in published literature. Note that each entry is formatted as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. Arts and culture Food and cooking Roll-style Western sushi. Searing meat does not "seal in" moisture, and in fact may actually cause meat to lose moisture. Legislation and crime Literature The Harry Potter books, though they have broken children's book publishing records, have not led to an increase in reading among children or adults, nor slowed the ongoing overall decline in book purchases by Americans, and children who did read the Harry Potter books were not more likely to go on to read more outside of the fantasy and mystery genres.[21][22][23][24] Music Religion Hebrew Bible Buddhism Christianity Islam Sports
