5 Reasons Why Mashable is a Bad Influence for the Web | x-pose.org Very recently Mashable created a post on their site indicating 5 more reasons why “Internet Explorer 6 Must Die“. (Yeah, no shit!) I was so inspired by their post that I decided to create 5 reasons Mashable is bad for the Web. Mashable has so many bad habits incorporated into it’s site that I fear the rest of the web industry will think it’s okay to follow their footsteps. It’s unfortunate that no industry leaders have stepped up to say how much their site blows the big ones. Now, onto my top 5 reasons . . . 1. For those of you unfortunate enough to have been linked to a Mashable story (my apologies), you’ll notice that it takes a LONG time to load. Keep in mind that I am using the fastest browser possible at rendering javascript and web pages in general. 2. In case you haven’t noticed, Mashable has 15 advertisements on their homepage. According to their traffic numbers and apparent influence on the modern web, you don’t give a shit. 3. 4. 5. or Google , iPhone , Mashable
9 things successful people do differently | bethexception. Why have you been so successful in reaching some of your goals, but not others? If you aren’t sure, you are far from alone in your confusion. It turns out that even brilliant, highly accomplished people are pretty lousy when it comes to understanding why they succeed or fail. The intuitive answer — that you are born predisposed to certain talents and lacking in others — is really just one small piece of the puzzle. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do . When you set yourself a goal, try to be as specific as possible. {*style:<b> 2. To seize the moment, decide when and where you will take each action you want to take , in advance. Achieving any goal also requires honest and regular monitoring of your progress — if not by others, then by you yourself. 4. 5. 6. The good news is, if you aren’t particularly gritty now, there is something you can do about it.
This is just the start and it never fucking ends | Inanities After reading this gem in the New York Times, we prevailed on Thomas Friedman to provide us with a part two. And here it is. Future historians will long puzzle over how I was given an international platform to freely pontificate on the Arab people and be remunerated handsomely for it. Since I’ve been here in Egypt I’ve been putting together a list of “the-absolutely-irrelevant forces” that have captured the captive Arab mind and ignited the simmering coals of the instant garden BBQ that is the Middle East. I started my last extremely important column with an introduction in which I listed tyranny, rising food prices, youth unemployment and social media as the “big causes”. But there are other critical factors integral to an understanding of my bollocks theory on the Middle East. MY MOUSTACHE – Americans have never really appreciated what a radical thing I did in growing a moustache, long the symbol of Arab male virility. Add it all up and what does it say?
5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness Much of the brain is still mysterious to modern science, possibly because modern science itself is using brains to analyze it. There are probably secrets the brain simply doesn't want us to know. But by no means should that stop us from tinkering around in there, using somewhat questionable and possibly dangerous techniques to make our brains do what we want. We can't vouch for any of these, either their effectiveness or safety. #5. So you just picked up the night shift at your local McDonald's, you have class every morning at 8am and you have no idea how you're going to make it through the day without looking like a guy straight out of Dawn of the Dead, minus the blood... hopefully. "SLEEEEEEEEEP... uh... What if we told you there was a way to sleep for little more than two hours a day, and still feel more refreshed than taking a 12-hour siesta on a bed made entirely out of baby kitten fur? Holy Shit! We're pretty sure Kramer did this once on Seinfeld. How Does It Work? #4. #3. 1. 2. 3.
Time Travelling « what things do Time Travelling by Kevin Huizenga 26 August 2010 From , volume 1, November 2009. 99 interview tips that will actually help you get a job - StumbleUpon We all have to make a living somehow — and most of the time that process starts with a job interview. The only problem is that most job interview tips are either so basic that they aren’t useful or so ridiculous that they are just a waste of time. That’s why Passive Panda has put together this comprehensive list of interview tips filled with the real essentials that you actually need to know. Focus on what really counts Yes, it’s true that you should polish your shoes before an interview. But let’s get real. Do you actually think that any of those tactics are going to win you the job? Maybe if it’s really really close. Instead of worrying about 10 little things that could be a tiebreaker, why not spend time thinking about the stuff that actually matters? So with that said, here are 99 interview tips that will actually get you the job. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. Let’s get started. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. III. 22. 23. 24. V.
California Department of Corrections » Media FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 25, 2014 - San Francisco, California Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo Bay The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new billboard campaign to assist the U.S. Navy with transparency at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. On March 24, 2014, the CDC successfully apprehended, rehabilitated and discharged a billboard in San Francisco, located at Oakdale Avenue between Bay Shore Boulevard and U.S. The ad was released from custody two weeks after a landmark lawsuit, Hassan v. Hassan is a Yemeni national who has been detained at Guantanamo Bay for twelve years despite being cleared for release in 2009. Although half of Guantanamo's inmate population has been cleared for release, 154 detainees are trapped in legal limbo at the U.S. naval base. In a reversal of previous operating procedure, the U.S. When individuals are in crisis, trained professionals can provide resources, hope and reassurance that help is within reach.
10 Websites To Make You Think | The Online Learning Blog from Study2U Supposedly browsing the internet requires more brain power than watching television. Although judging from some of the websites we’ve come across that assumption is cast into doubt. Here’s some of the sites we like that might get your brain to sit up and listen. Ted A conference that started in 1984 bringing together experts in technology, entertainment and design quickly grew into so much more. New Scientist The New Scientist website carries new articles from the magazine as well as the NS archive of over 76,000 pieces. Big Think The Big Think website is a collection of ‘global thought leaders’ who offer their thoughts and analysis on world events and other important developments. Café Scientifque ‘for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology’ Breathing Earth This fantastic website by David Bleja demonstrates CO2 emissions and world population growth in real time on a global map. Arts & Letters Daily How Stuff Works
Kieran Healy's Weblog – Text Editors in The Lord of the Rings Prompted by a passing thought about TextMate, I thought I’d make a comprehensive, accurate, unbiased, and irrefutable survey of text editors by way of comparison to locations in The Lord of the Rings. TextMate: Minas Tirith A once-great but now decaying city. Only the King has the power to renew it, but he is a long absent, indeed half-legendary figure—though there are persistent rumors that he is alive still in some distant land. BBEdit: The Shire A quiet, long-overlooked land populated by simple folk who keep mostly to themselves. Emacs: Fangorn Vast, ancient, gnarled and mostly impenetrable, tended by a small band of shepherds old as the world itself, under the command of their leader, Neckbeard. Sublime Text 2: The Grey Havens Gateway to Valinor, the elvish paradise. vi: Moria Like Fangorn, ancient and deep, with hints of the long labor of a great people. ^C^X^X^Xquit qQ! The Wizard translates: “We cannot get out! Microsoft Word: Barad-dur No need to explain this one.
50 Fascinating Things I've Read Lately Pretty simple. When I read something I like, I try to write it down. In no particular order, here are 50 things I've read lately that, for one reason or another, caught my attention. "Today, of Americans officially designated as 'poor,' 99 percent have electricity, running water, flush toilets, and a refrigerator; 95 percent have a television, 88 percent a telephone, 71 percent a car and 70 percent air conditioning. "As late as the 1950s, New York's garment industry was the nation's largest manufacturing cluster. "If everyone worldwide had the same chance of becoming a billionaire, you'd expect the chance of a billionaire child having a billionaire parent to be one out of 9.3 million. "Two married 66-year-olds with roughly average earnings over their lives will end up paying about $110,000 in dedicated Medicare taxes through the payroll tax, including the portion their employers pay. "The average Mexican lives longer now than the average Briton did in 1955. "Don't have $7.5 million?
Louis C.K. Reflects On 'Louie,' Loss, Love And Life hide captionLouis C.K. has written for The Late Show with David Letterman, The Chris Rock Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In the FX TV series Louie, comic Louis C.K. plays a divorced father of two struggling to balance his comedy career with being a single dad. The show, which has just been picked up for a third season, is often based on events that have happened to C.K. in his own life. C.K.'s boundary-crossing humor has always appealed to other comedians, but in the past year, the stand-up comic has also racked up a series of honors from more mainstream sources. C.K. writes, directs, edits and produces Louie, which has been nominated for several Emmys. An Unorthodox Way To Release A Comedy Special C.K. asked his fans to contribute $5 directly to him via PayPal, in exchange for two streams and two downloads of the unencrypted, high-definition show. Note: This video contains content some will find offensive. "I paid for the production and posting of this video with my own money.