27 Banal Observations of a Recent Immigrant & Jane Copland This post is in response to, and inspired by this fantastic article in the Guardian by Paul Carr. As Carr did in his piece, let’s just get this over and done with. Here are the things I’ve noticed about the UK in the past seven weeks. Please note that many of these are in jest, or at least are written with a love for all three countries I’ve lived in. 1) Everything in the UK can be accomplished via SMS, or text message. 2) Brown sauce is, to the English, what yellow mustard is to Americans. 3) You’ll think you’ve settled in and have mastered the art of not saying bathroom, sidewalk, apartment or white-out, and then you’ll tell the woman at Farringdon station to put ten bucks on your Oyster card. 4) There is little more satisfying than a new £20 note. 5) You really want to say quid, and when you do for the first time, you feel like a complete poseur. 6) No one in England can decide which side of the sidewalk pavement on which to walk. 7) When in Rome, jaywalk like the Romans. 15) Chavs.
Plastic to oil fantastic, Japan This video brief about the invention of a plastic-to-oil converting machine went viral and exceeded 3.7 million views on YouTube. This is evidence that concern over “the plastic problem” is certainly not going away, despite encouraging bans on and decreases in the use of plastic shopping bags. Here on Our World, on the video’s YouTube page and those of re-posters too, as well as on the hot Reddit Science link, the topic has generated much interest and debate amongst commenters. Many think that this type of recycling is not a solution, but that instead the world should be seriously focused on the first “R” — which is reduce. We should shun single-use plastic (such as your average PET bottle or disposable container) altogether, they argue. Others have concerns about pollution or toxic residue from the conversion process. Lastly, commentators from around the world are anxious to know if and where they can purchase a machine. Below is the original article, published on April 14, 2009.
Calvins Dad: The Original Troll Scientist Calvin’s Dad, the perpetual troll scientist of Calvin and Hobbes — if he doesn’t know something, he’ll certainly pretends he does: 10 New Tools for Torrenting Torrent sites allow you to download content via BitTorrent, the fastest P2P protocol. A BitTorrent tracker coordinates the P2P transfer of files among BitTorrent users. Unlike traditional file sharing systems, the goal of BitTorrent is to build and provide an efficient system to distribute the same file to the largest number of available users is that they are taking (download) and send (upload). Here are 10 new tools for torrenting. Being an addict of US scifi TV. FeedMyTorrents can be your best torrent site. Torrentsee.com allows you to search for material by keyword indexing results in the external links to download pages on the best tracker in the network. Coda.fm is new portal which aims to be the world’s first music only torrent index site. KiwiTorrent is a meta torrent search engine. Vertor is a new BitTorrent site that aims to eliminate fake torrents and spam. Trackerchecker is a website that lists hundreds of torrent sites on one page. *Green means check it out.
American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention Titolo I - Disposizioni generali sulle successioni (Artt. 456-564) - Codice Civile La presente Privacy Policy - linee programmatiche di condotta relative alla privacy (la "Privacy Policy") si applica al sito web www.brocardi.it (il "Sito") e si riferisce al trattamento dei dati personali effettuato da Brocardi.it in occasione della visita al Sito e della interazione degli utenti con i servizi e le funzionalitè del Sito. La Privacy Policy specifica l'identità del titolare del trattamento che controlla e gestisce i dati personali raccolti e trattati attraverso il Sito, indica quali sono le informazioni personali raccolte e le finalità, le modalità del trattamento, l'ambito di comunicazione a terzi, le misure di sicurezza adottate al fine di proteggere e tutelare i dati personali dell'utente e le modalità con cui l'utente può verificare il trattamento di dati che lo riguarda ed esercitare i diritti riconosciuti dal Codice Privacy. Il Titolare del trattamento Il Titolare del trattamento è Brocardi.it - E-mail: info@brocardi.it
Presidential Prank of the Day. 25 Awesome Tools for Choosing a Website Color Scheme 25 Awesome Tools for Choosing a Website Color Scheme As a designer, color management should be an integral part of your workflow. A website’s color scheme helps shape its identity and therefore should not be carelessly thrown together. Online Tools There are simply a ton of free color tools available on the web. Kuler Kuler is one of the best free online color scheme creation tools out there and my personal favorite. Color Scheme Designer Color Scheme Designer has a beautiful interface that helps you create beautiful color schemes in seconds. colorblind simulation is built in so you can ensure usability will be optimized for all users. Colour Lovers An online community where color aficionados can create, share and browse color schemes. Pictaculous The guys at MailChimp created this excellent free service. Color Spire A simpler, no frills interface that helps you build a five swatch color scheme. Daily Color Scheme Every day brings a new featured color scheme. Instant Color Schemes Color Explorer
Politics Explained FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. FASCISM: You have two cows. PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. (Original source unknown . . . this version expanded and Illuminated by SJ.)
Some of the Top Minds in the World of CSS and why you should be following their Work – Inspect Element 14th December, 2009 Tom Kenny Articles When I started learning CSS, I did some research to find out who were the best people at the time sharing their knowledge online. I found that this was the best way of learning CSS by myself. Still to this day I follow the top CSS’ers in the business to keep up with what’s hot and now with the rise of Twitter, you can easily keep up to date with the best people in the world of CSS. Chris Coyier Chris Coyier lives and breathes CSS over at his site, CSS-Tricks where you can find so many great tips and tricks that will help you with almost any CSS problems you’ll come across. Also make sure to check out his tutorial screencasts for some detailed insights into CSS and jQuery as well as any related topics. Follow Chris on Twitter Top Articles Inayaili de Leon Yaili regularly writes for Smashing Magazine and her own blog, Web Designer Notebook mainly on the subject of CSS3. Follow Yaili on Twitter Andy Clarke Follow Andy on Twitter Top Articles/Work Jonathan Snook
The Worlds Safest Home The Safe House,” designed by KWK Promes in Poland is designed to be the world's most secure home. With moveable concrete walls that seal shut, making The Safe House impregnable, it's little mystery where I am going to run when the zombie apocalypse happens. How to inject code into a exe file Title: How to inject code into a exe file Autor: Iman Karim Email: iman.karim@smail.inf.fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de Home: *** THIS TUTORIAL IS ONLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES!*** (english mistakes are default :P) Content: - Requirements - Getting started - Some ASM - Last words -Requirements- At first we need a debugger. -Getting started- Our goal is to inject some code into the Notepad.EXE . [My Notepad screenshot] If you're sure now that's the original Notepad open the Notepad.exe with Olly. [click to enlarge] Because we're going to inject some code we've to have some space to inject it. [CodeCaves] Do you see the red box I've drawn for you? ***** START QUOTE FROM THE WIN32 PROGRAMMERS REFERENCE The MessageBox function creates, displays, and operates a message box. This is all you need to know about the MessageBox. If you pressed on Binary=>Edit or (CTRL+E) you will see following window. Press OK and you'll see the modified code in red: OK!
50 Incredible Vintage and Retro Photoshop Tutorials Do you love 1900′s all the way to 1980′s style or forget about these vintage years even you’re in 2000′s? Nostalgic and old-fashioned look and feel in your design is one way to create the vintage and retro–inspired designs that you wanted. Mixtures of rich colors, grunge elements and various textures will make the perfect vintage and retro design for you. In this post, I’ll be presenting 50 incredible vintage and retro photoshop tutorials for 2010. 1. We are going to create a retro-colored psychedelic background, which we are then going to apply to some text. 2. In this tutorial, I will show you how to create a stunning and high-impact retro-style typography poster that’s out of this world. 3. Learn how to combine patterns, textures and typography to create a retro styled poster. 4. 5. The theme of retro futurism combines digitally created graphics and abstract shapes with distressed and aged textures, giving that cool mix of old and new. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Another 20 games that make you think about life First we gave you five. Then we gave you ten. Now we are giving you 20 games that make you think about life. If you have developed a taste for games of a philosophical nature, then you should be in for a treat - we have some seriously innovative games here, everything from Elude, a game that explores the nature of depression, to Ulitsa Dimitrova, a tale about a street-urchin in Russia. As with our previous lists, we have focused mainly on free games that you can play in your browser. But we have also thrown in the occasional downloadable game. 1 Elude Developed by Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab, Elude is a dark, atmospheric game that aims to shed light on the nature of depression. The forest that you start the game in represents a normal mood. This is a gloomy underground cavern, with a sticky muddy base that sucks you down. 2 Air Pressure 3 Symon Another impressive production by Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab, Symon is a point-and-click adventure game with a difference. 4 Ulitsa Dimitrova