How to Forecast Weather | Ever wondered how to forecast the weather without actually using instruments? Check the Clouds: Clouds can tell us a lot about the weather. For example, they can tell us if it’s going to be warmer on a particular night by simply being there. Check the Humidity: If you’re one of those people whose hair gets all curly when it gets really humid out, you know exactly what this is about. Check the Animals: Birds only fly in the sky when they expect fair weather ahead. Look at the Rainbow (but only in the west) and look for a Red Sky: If you see one in the west, it means a major storm front is coming. Check the Air: If it smells like a compost heap, expect some rain soon. Check the Moon: Seen any red moons lately? Check the Wind: If you can tell which way the wind is blowing, you can tell if there is a storm approaching. A Few More Ideas: Make a campfire – If the smoke goes straight up, clear skies ahead. Check the grass – if it’s wet and dewy, that means it probably won’t rain.
75 Open Source Tools to Replace Apps You Use Every Day ALSO SEE: 50 Open Source Tools To Replace Popular Security Software • 50 Open Source Tools: Desktop Downloads • 51 Open Source Tools to Protect Your Identity Can open source tools replace all closed source software? In a lot of cases, the answer is yes. Want proof? For this list, we've included a smattering of the best open source tools from a wide range of categories. Open Source Tools: Audio/Music, Backup, Browsers, Compression, Content Management, CRM, Database, Desktop Publishing, E-mail/Collaboration/Groupware. Open Source Tools: ERP, File Transfer, Financial Management, Games, Gateway Security Appliances, Graphics/Drawing. Open Source Tools: Instant Messaging, Mapping, Office Productivity, Operating System, Password Manager, PDF Tools. Open Source Tools: Project Management, School Management, Text Editor, Utilities, Video Tools, VoIP, Web Site Creation. Open Source Tools: Audio/Music 1 Amarok Replaces: iTunes 2 Songbird Replaces: iTunes Open Source Tools: Backup 5 Firefox Replaces:
Healthy Eating 5. Mexican-Style Chopped Salad Makes 4 servings 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard Salt and freshly ground black pepper 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced 1 jicama, peeled and sliced 2 roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1 red or yellow bell pepper, chopped 4 cups chopped romaine lettuce 1 cup cooked and diced shrimp, chicken, or ham 1. 2. Change It Up: Make it Asian Style Swap the vegetables for carrots, scallions, shredded cabbage, and snow or snap peas; add a dash of soy to the vinaigrette. Make it Indian Style Swap the vegetables for roma tomatoes (seeded), steamed new potatoes, carrots, and chickpeas (rinsed and drained); add a pinch of curry to the vinaigrette. Transform Your Body!
Survival Gear Review Startups, This Is How Design Works – by Wells Riley How to Deliver a Speech that Gets a Standing Ovation Rebecca MacDonald, a Canadian immigrant born in the former Yugoslavia who started with nothing and is now executive chair of Just Energy, a $2.3 billion (market cap) energy firm, delivered such a vivid and passionate speech at the Womens' Presidents Organization annual conference on Thursday afternoon in Vancouver, that the entire audience of 650 women business owners spontaneously leapt out of seats to clap, howl and cheer her on. 'I laughed, I cried, I almost had to leave the room when she spoke about her relationship with her mother,' said Nancy Lyons, president of Clockwork in Minneapolis, raving about the range of emotions MacDonald inspired just moments after the remarks. So what can you do to make a speech that spurs your audience to similar applause and admiration? Get personal. Be honest. Tell jokes. Talk to your audience. Act as if each attendee is the only one. Forget notes, visuals or a PowerPoint presentation. End on a high note.
Willow Bark Slip Whistle | Tardigrade The Willow Bark Slip Whistle is a nice easy little project requiring only a small knife and a piece of freshly cut willow. The piece of willow should be about thumb width in diameter and about a hand span (150mm) in length (this will be plenty for the whistle and also give you a good length ‘working handle’ to carve with safely). For this example I’m using a piece of Grey Sallow as it is locally abundant in the area, but any willow will work just as well. It works best in the spring or early summer when the sap is rising in the trees. Safety first, note the comfortable sitting position with elbows resting on the knees, and a wooden chopping block for cutting onto. Step 1. Using small diagonal shaving cuts, cut the end of the stick into a whistle mouthpiece shape. Step 2. Make a vertical crosscut through the bark into the wood (make sure you make a good mark in the wood as you will need this later). Next make a slicing cut to meet the first cross cut to form a D shape. Step 3. Step 4.
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