The Flashnificents 20 Stunning Themes for Mac OS X Changing the theme of your Mac allows you to completely alter the look and feel of the interface. We posted an overview of the two main applications able to deal with themes earlier this week; ShapeShifter, which is best for pre-Leopard systems, and Magnifique, which is Leopard compatible. Once you’ve settled on an application to try, you’ll need to find a few beautiful themes to apply. Fortunately, we’ve gone away and researched 10 stunning examples for each application, so whether you’re running ShapeShifter or Magnifique you’ll be spoiled for theme-ing choice! ShapeShifter Themes Milk Milk is a simple, white theme with a few different colour tints. Eylo Eylo is a bright and “digital” theme, modeled slightly from the Halo series of games. Neon A delightfully professional theme, with a concave upper left corner and a aluminium finish. Canum Colorful, simple, not overly rounded, and mixes professionalism with a friendly appeal. Somatic Amora A crazy, digital theme. Cold LineDeLuxe Pro LCD Disinmaso
The Message is Medium Rare Herman and Candelaria Zapp: Couple who have been traveling the world for 13 years with their four multinational children show no signs of stopping By Rachel Quigley Updated: 22:15 GMT, 27 March 2013 After driving their way through Africa, the Zapp family have another continent on their to do list - Europe. For the last 13 years, Herman and Candelaria Zapp have traversed the coasts of South and North America, Asia, Australia and Africa in their 85-year-old vehicle which has also been their home. Along the way they have covered almost 200,000 miles and visited more than 40 countries. Pampa, ten, was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, Tehue, seven, was born in Argentina, Paloma, four, is a native of Vancouver Island, Canada, and little Wallaby, three, is - obviously - from Australia. Scroll down for video Long way round: The Zapp family has grown on the journey. In Argentina: The Zapp family have covered almost 200,000 miles and visited more than 40 countries - and they've also had four kids In South America: Another one for the photo album Intrepid: The couple have faced many obstacles on their continuous journey. They married in 1996.
"Power Up's" 2015 Resolutions, Resources: Try Top Tech Solutions for Improving Teaching & Learning Hopefully, all educators have New Year's resolutions in place to improve professional practice. "POWER Up What Works," an activity of the federal education department, is lending a hand by publishing five proposals by Judy Zorfass related to improving teaching and learning by using educational technology. Zorfass oversees the development and design of the "PowerUp What Works" website, including the content and guidelines for ways to successfully implement technology into classrooms. She is co-Principal Investigator for the Center for Technology Implementation (CTI), which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Here are her proposed resolutions and suggestions in her own words: I will integrate technology tools into best teaching practices. The Power Up Spotlight, a newsletter, in which the resolutions appeared, also features three playlists this month that develop math skills and thinking:
Women’s cravings for chocolate begin in the womb, study suggests New research may explain why some women would choose chocolate over sex: A woman’s passion for chocolate appears to begin before she is even born. Italian researchers who set out to test whether female and male fetuses respond differently when their mothers eat chocolate found that female fetuses react much more strongly than males to chocolate. Cuckoo for real stuff: Benefits of cocoa for the heart are backed by history & research, just mind the milk chocolate Is chocolate actually good for you? The chocolate debate was resurrected last week when a new randomized, placebo-controlled study, published in the June edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that theobromine, the active compound in chocolate, might raise HDL (“good”) cholesterol. Read more… Andrea Tranquilli, of the University of Politecnica Marche in Ancona, Italy, says chocolate cravings are known to be more common in women. The new study involved 100 pregnant women who were close to delivery.
5 Things to Do Every Day for Success Fast Company wants you to have your best year yet in 2012; click for more advice and tips on how to work smarter, manage your career, and lead a more meaningful life. "You get up at what time?" I hear that a lot, along with "You are so lucky." So, I'm going to help out here and let you in on the secrets of my success. Well, not all of them--but enough to show you the foundation I build on every day. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A simple yet highly effective list. Looking for more advice to rev up your career? This Article Will Make You Laugh, Cry, Then Resent Me The Most Important Key To Getting Views Has Nothing To Do With Your Content I write headlines for a living—and I love it. I love nimble phrasing and trying to understand what will emotionally resonate with readers. I’m a firm believer that in today’s digital world of abundant content and curated feeds, headlines are the single most powerful tool for the modern publisher. (Insert Spiderman quote here.) But I’m worried that in a culture where the headline is often the sole determinant of whether something is worth our time, people like me are abusing this power. This Event in 2006 Made Headlines Matter More Than Ever (See what I did there. In the last few decades, the quantity of content being produced for the web has far outpaced our capacity to consume it. Please, Tell Me What to Feel Now, as we scroll through our feeds, we are looking for signals to be inspired, for emotion, for an itch that needs to be scratched. Tl;Dr Why All This Matters So, where’s the rub?
Tracky is a Social Collaboration App That Will Get Tasks Done The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Tracky Quick Pitch: Tracky is an application that boosts productivity by cutting Internet clutter. Genius Idea: Tracky is an application for planning, collaborating and getting tasks done. To the Tracky team, the Internet is an over-saturated place where people at work are bombarded with applications and tabs. By using this social collaboration platform, busy bees can reduce jumping from project management tools such as Basecamp to Google Docs, email, instant messaging and calendars. "It really allows you to take a bunch of apps you are using to manage professional and social onto one platform," Jennifer Gosse, chief marketing officer of Tracky told Mashable. The task-management platform lets users sign up and work publicly or privately. Would this app make your job easier?
I've Been Single For My Entire Life | Katie Heaney I would like to tell you about a theory I've developed, in the past two years or so, about a certain brand of people I like to call "lighthouses." This theory was developed after years spent in the company of one such member of the species, carefully observed in her natural habitat. She was the prototype, basically. Her name is Rylee and she's my best friend. You might as well know that now because she's going to come up a lot. Rylee, since the time I met her seven years ago, has dated nine people. This is what I like to call being "a lighthouse." Lighthouse people are beacons that call all the sailors in ships back to land, beckoning them in toward the light. Now, I've had it pointed out to me (by a bunch of boys who couldn't possibly understand the metaphor) that this is not how lighthouses actually "work." I am not a lighthouse. The first time I told Rylee that she was a lighthouse, she asked me what that made me. I know that sounds like an exaggeration.
iRing - The first motion controller for all your music apps and more Take Control Now control your music apps and effects without touching your device with the iRing™ touchless controller for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The new iRing uses hand gestures to control parameters of effects and other items in your music apps, allowing you to create stunning and dramatic music in an incredibly fun way by simply moving your hands in front of your device. iRing uses patented advanced image-recognition, motion control and precise geometric positioning technology to give you control of assignable parameters within your apps. It uses the front-facing camera on your device to determine the exact position of the wearable rings, and recognizes and tracks the movement of the linear or triangular patterned iRing “rings” allowing you to control up to six parameters at a time. Making music and creating killer real time effects for nonstop dance music and grooves is now easy and as simple as moving your hands… something you probably already do. The ABCs of XYZ Music Judo