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Escape the Cubicle NOW! Five Tips to Help You Get Started (5)
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Do you long to be your own boss? Work from home as a freelancer? Or, perhaps travel the world? image source: carter comics Don’t worry, I toiled away in a cube for many a year working for the man, but still managed to free myself. And you CAN too! There is absolutely nothing wrong with the cube life, but for some reason I found it to be stifling. In fact, at the same time we ...Contribute comment - Jon Stewart annihilates Sarah Palin apologists (1)
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Google: 10 ways the Cloud is good for business (7)
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Matthew Glotzbach from Google's enterprise products group took the stage at the Office 2.0 conference today with a talk called, "10 Things I could do in the cloud today that I couldn't do a year ago." 10. Everything on the go. Glotzbach showed a picture of the iPhone, and talked about how smart phones let us do "almost anything" from the mobile phone. Of course, Glotzbach's online life is "almost entirely in the cloud," since ...Shared by bjsolem (8) Dan McCall (24) Gerd Leonhard (31) Kenneth (9) matysek (20) potentato (25) Sander Duivestein (10)Contribute comment - Rapid prototyping gets rapider (5)
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Anonymize your phone number with LetsCall.Me (9)
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LetsCall.Me is a smart new service for giving out your contact information to others without actually revealing it. At sign-up you get a special vanity URL and the option to have it direct callers to whatever number you provide. People who have your URL and want to call you can simply enter in their phone number and it will call that number to connect them to yours. Unlike some other services that offer de-centralized calling ...Shared by ckaroli (45) Jeffrey Blais (48) potentato (25) rOckY (171) Scott (19) StalkerNOVA (14) Whole Brain book (5) WindPower (28) Wismark (12)Contribute comment -
Skateboard staircase (5)
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Ted crafted a fitting set of stairs for his skateboard deck building school - This is a set of steps I made for our skateboard school. The aluminium beam is a solid billet of aluminium and the decks were custom made with concave only on one edge. You should see the look on our students faces when they make the treck to the basement. - Coolest steps in the world Read more | Permalink | ...- Yvette said: that looks so pretty!!!
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How-To: Enable All Chrome's Best Features in Firefox (245)
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The internet is atwitter with Google Chrome's innovative new features, but there was no clear winner in our speed test comparing Firefox and Chrome—which means your choice of browser may depend solely on features. Apart from a few specific issues (namely process management), many of Chrome's best features are already available in Firefox 3, proving yet again the power of extensibility. From incognito browsing and the streamlined download manager to URL highlighting and improved search, ...Shared by Aaron (57) adam (1201) Adam Dempsey (13) Adrian Bucher (5) AKs (266) Alek (11) Alex France (140) Alex Thomson (10) alison (6) Andrew (47) Andrew Chorney (10) Andrew the Organic Maven (20) andrewcsfan (18) Archit T (19) Ashish Mohta (85) Avdi (4) baixinho (25) Ben van de Sande (9) blindsurf3r (8) Bobby (13) brennanrusnell (8) Breyten (15) Brian Landau (20) Bwana (77) CannonGod (257) cat_aidg (7) cesaracardoso (79) Chad (5) Chandoo (9) Charleno Pires (83) Charlotte Goldthwaite (3) checkpoint (18) Chris (10) Chris Miller (8) Christian Harrington (10) Christian Santos (72) christideli (36) Christoph Schmitz (3) Chung (111) Consiliera (11) Corvida (95) Craig (20) Cubby Brendle (16) d1g1t (336) Dan McCall (24) Dan Russell (12) Dani McDaniel (93) Darkick (16) David (1) David Hughes (6) David.R.Gilson (12) DavidS (23) Dean Burge (13) Deirdre (7) Dino (10) dobata (441) Doni (51) Doug Stewart (28) Dr. Ernie (60) Ed Kopp (31) Eddie Awad (2) Edney Souza (69) Edo (22) egon (6) Eldon (19) Elliott (4) Eric (53) Eric Alvarado (28) Eric Daams (292) Erik Jonasson (5) Evelien (10) Eyal Rofe (9) f.shamsi (11) Felix Wong (3) Firethorn (13) Floyd Vaughn (16) francois schnell (33) gautamg (12) Gemstar38 (99) Greg Loesch (37) Greg Rosen (12) Gupfee (9) Haripako (6) harry07 (39) hasamba (41) Herb (12) hoberion (14) Inetgate Writer (28) infonomada (32) Ispirato (53) J@n (3) Jacob (18) Jaffer (12) jahanna (5) Jake (10) Jamie Wallis (29) Jason (21) Javieerr (19) JBu92 (68) JDevL (15) Jeff Summers (1) Jeffrey Blais (48) JenM (44) Jeremy (117) Jerome (10) Jesse (5) jh2fct (12) João M (50) Joe (108) Joe (36) Joe Leuzzi (16) Joey Gibson (22) Johnny Software (68) jonpape (24) Jordan Griffith (4) Jorge Alvarez (3) JP Moore (3) Julianne (5) JulioHM (33) kaala (15) Katrina (13) Keaven Freeman (7) keith (77) Kevin Federline (329) kevin oshea (9) Kim (24) kiroro (2) Kluzter (19) Krazy (188) Kris Jaime (8) Krisalis78 (35) Kristen (254) Kyle (17) Lee G. (37) Leo (41) Leobardo (40) Leyla Bonilla (93) Library (16) lofan (2) Lucas (18) LUCCHINA (446) Mani Karthik (125) Manny (56) Marcelo Galvani (3) Mario A. Núñez (36) Mark Dorgan (43) Matias Sulzberger (24) mavrevMatt (30) max (11) MCM (2) miasarmento (120) Michael Liu (12) Mick (39) Mike (68) Mike Abundo (10) Mike Nayyar (220) mistaSteve (36) Mona N (74) MrGuff (90) Murali (11) n8dude (34) Nelson (24) Netviber (10) Nick (4) Nick (1) Nick (13) Nihar (25) nikhil (28) Nir Ben Yona (3) Olivier (54) Omer (9) OrchardKeeper (13) Oudi Antebi (25) Pål Joakim Olsen (2) Party Paladin (21) Pat (3) Paul (19) Paul Campbell (3) Paul Edwards (32) Paul Spoerry (72) pearl (89) Peety (144) pflix (6) Philip Spohn (27) potentato (25) ppalli (26) Priit^ (66) Program Witch (21) Rafael Teixeira (11) Randy Meeker (14) remi (7) Revar (2) Ricardo M. (25) Richard Rosenstein (5) Ritu (754) Roadkillkid (9) Rob (148) rOckY (171) Rudi (22) Ryan (25) ryan.capote (101) Sam (12) Sambli (4) Samuel (52) Scott (19) Sean (9) Sean Lavelle (8) Sham (107) Shane (4) Shankar Ganesh (69) sharonhurleyhall (15) shawnmor (37) shizhao (89) shrutes (9) Siddharth (2) Skyler Fuhrman (6) steve (2) Steve Williams (2) Stuart (35) subsky (25) Sumesh (107) Syam (26) Tanner Hobin (4) Tidus (12) Tim Bertram (4) Timothy (8) Timothy (445) TOM BOITO (10) Tony Manco (49) Tristan Leck (6) Vasileios Pasparas (53) vcamaral@gmail.com (22) Víctor (20) wcaw (76) Web Measurement and Analytics (8) webtime (513) whatevernevermind (9) yellowchilli (14) Yuri (12) Zakk Forchilli (6) 令狐葱 (10) 宋小明 (109) 抽屉 (41) 狮子真好吃啊 (31) 異塵行者 (29)Contribute comment - Here’s How to Build Your Next E-Learning Scenario (2)
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Conet Project free online (12)
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Xeni and I were just talking about the wonder of Wilco and their performance at the recent Outside Lands festival. As many of you know, Wilco's magnificent album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was named for (and uses samples from) the Conet Project, a four CD collection from Irdial-Discs of "numbers stations." For decades, intelligence organizations have reportedly broadcast one-way messages to their agents in the field via shortwave, and the transmissions happen to sound weirder than ...Shared by Anne (12) Dave Woodard (7) deusdiabolus (96) Jeff Daly (42) Jeremy Jarratt (50) John (17) John (17) maristaran (15) meta (9) Mike Todd (2) potentato (25) tsangal (21)- Jeremy Jarratt said: conspiracy or not?
- meta said: I have the CDs. 'tis awesome.
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Hulu Launches Fall Lineup, Premieres Before TV Broadcast (43)
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Hulu on Tuesday announced that it has launched its Fall Premiere Lineup, which over the next seven weeks, will be the place to find season premieres of Prison Break, Bones, House, Heroes, The Office and 30 Rock. To build up the hype around new shows or those in their second season, Hulu will also debut the first episode of Knight Rider, Lipstick Jungle, Chuck and Life, one week before they air on broadcast television. The ...Shared by Aaron (25) akvalley (18) Alex (36) Alex (18) Alvin A. (24) Amihai (24) Andrew Boardman (71) Andrew Ruess (125) Bill (17) blakeneven (27) Brent (48) Bret Taylor (14) Brian Junyor (41) Cavorter (25) Chris Saad (12) Cosmin (9) Craig (4) Daniel (9) Drew Olanoff (148) Elroy (22) Ephraim (6) Eric Herboso (12) Guerwan (21) hikikomori (69) Jakob (28) Jimmy (27) Joel (3) JUSTIN (13) Kevin (28) kmohr25 (22) mfelkins (8) Mike (3) Nick (10) OwlBoy (1) Paul (29) potentato (25) richhand (31) Steve Isaacs (49) Tallin (7) Tim Probst (14) Wayne (49) Yan (20) zapnap (35)- Yan said: Is NBC starting to get it? Not holding my breath...
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Picasa Refresh Brings Facial Recognition (76)
onIn the anticipated release of Google’s new and improved Picasa, the company will offer facial recognition technology to help you identify friends and family in your pictures without requiring you to tag them by-hand each time you see them. Launching at noon PDT today, Picasa’s facial recognition technology will ask you to identify people in your pictures that you haven’t tagged yet. Once you do and start uploading more pictures, Picasa starts suggesting tags for ...Shared by Aaron (25) Amihai (24) Andy Beal (23) Archit T (19) Benedict Lee Zhi En (235) blakeneven (27) Brenton (3) Brian (2) Brian (26) Brian Cuban (1085) broepke (19) Brooke Adcox (9) Carl (5) Carl Dunn3 (15) CHRISTIAN (23) Christopher (54) Chuck LeDuc (8) cuqui (21) Dan Persson (1) Daniel (13) Daniel (9) DarK FlameS (75) David Sasaki (4) dffrnt (28) dknowles (19) Drew Olanoff (148) Edo (22) eschnou (11) Gautam (17) GerardM (25) Gil (187) Gil Creque (8) godlaugh (10) Gommit (31) Guy (791) guy (631) Hagdahl (34) HollowMarkeD (65) Icefreez (18) James (11) James Forbes Keir (20) Jeffrey (27) Jeremiah (19) Jimmy (27) joekwon (18) Joey Doll (15) JohnMu (12) jonmower (21) Jrod (68) Kevin (28) kpoirier (4) Lantash (10) Leonid (20) lucky13cxc (6) Martin Dahl Pedersen (7) marxwang (43) mfelkins (8) Michael V (4) Mike F (487) ModernBizzle (6) Murali (11) Nick (10) Nick Cobb (497) Oudi Antebi (25) patrice (7) PMinze (29) potentato (25) Powera (24) Ritu (754) Rob (17) Sigalon (36) SMC (204) surftheair (9) Techboy (17) webtime (513) 猫影 (14)Explore read eight notes
- DarK FlameS said: Picasa agora com reconhecimento facial...
- Jrod said: boom
- Oudi Antebi said: worked very nice for me!
- Hagdahl said: Picasa med ansiktigenkänning måste vara det ballaste på länge! Det kan bli hur enkelt som helst att söka efter olika personer i bildarkivet.
- Icefreez said: Wow, that will be nice. They already developed the technology somewhat for Google maps why not develop it a bit more and release it for free :D
- Jeffrey said: interesting - this would make life a lot easier on facebook... firefox plugin anyone? =P
- Joey Doll said: google is on a tear
- kpoirier said: sounds cool.
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Learn to write like an architect (11)
onI doubt they teach much of this in today's classroom, but maybe I'm wrong. I remember having to do this back in high school, and although it's a tedious process, the results are nice. Learn to write like an architect Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Something I want to learn to do... | Digg this!Shared by colin.faulkingham (7) ddddddd (11) justin (16) Justin Ribeiro (12) Kevin (32) kidmarmite (37) OrchardKeeper (13) potentato (25) Stolee (10) tmya (15) vim (108)
- Stolee said: This seems to take really long to write, but the end result does look pretty sweet.
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Schoolgirl with 25 snails on her face (14)
onAll hail Tiana Walton, the schoolgirl who set the record for most snails on her face at once, coming in at 25 of the little beggars: Her previous personal best was just nine. The rules state that competitors have just one minute to put the snails on their face before tipping their head forward for 10 seconds. Tiana, of Alvanley, Cheshire, said: "I am not squeamish. It is relaxing but it feels a bit cold. ...Shared by aconbere (15) Beck (21) Bob (29) BPluime (11) Dave (9) eMich (18) Jon (5) Kyle (19) McRyanMac (10) Nicolás (17) potentato (25) SubEWL (23) Vi (5) vim (108)Contribute comment
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HOWTO Make a papercraft Masonic Lodge (4)
onGary sez, "Papercraft Masters will enjoy making this 3-D Masonic Lodge, complete with seekrit symbols and 'tools and implements of Masonry, most expressive.' It's a pop-up model, so you can quickly hide it if cowans and eavesdroppers are lurking about." How to Make a Pop-up Lodge (Thanks, Gary!)Contribute comment
