How to Change the World: The Nine Biggest Myths of the Workplace by Penelope Trunk

How to Change the World: The Nine Biggest Myths of the Workplace by Penelope Trunk: "I liked Penelop Trunk's interview so much that I asked her for more material. Here's her list of the nine biggest workplace myths:"

College Graduation: Ten Things I Wished I Had Known | Scriptorium Daily

College Graduation: Ten Things I Wished I Had Known | Scriptorium Daily: "Forget the Commencement Address . . . which is like telling you to forget Harry Reid. There are ten things I wished I had known on graduating from college. These are not the most important things, just the things nobody told me that would have been useful. Some I stumbled on myself, others I learned by making mistakes."

instructables : How to Make Carbonated Fruit

instructables : How to Make Carbonated Fruit: "Using dry ice, cut up fruit and a strong plastic bottle you can make carbonated fruit. It's refreshing, bubbly, and totally unique."

Tableau Software

Tableau Software: "Tableau is a visual analysis and reporting solution that allows people to explore and analyze databases and spreadsheets with simple drag and drop operations."

Flash MP3 Player Manufacturer

Flash MP3 Player Manufacturer: "Chipset: ALI 5661P, Sigmatel 3507 (optional)"

'Star Wars' at 30: Still a geek's paradise

'Star Wars' at 30: Still a geek's paradise: "Friday marks the anniversary of the 1977 movie that made it cool to be a sci-fi dork."

Google Trends: May 22, 2007

Google Trends: May 22, 2007: " Hot Trends (USA)"

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?: "BlogThis! is an easy way to make a blog post without visiting blogger.com. Once you add the BlogThis! link to your browser's toolbar, blogging will be a snap. Or rather, a click. Clicking BlogThis! creates a mini-interface to Blogger prepopulated with a link to the web page you are visiting, as well as any text you have highlighted on that page. Add additional text if you wish and then publish or post from within BlogThis!"

BBspot - 5 Grammar Tips You May Not Have Known

BBspot - 5 Grammar Tips You May Not Have Known: "Using improper grammar on the Internet will open you up to ridicule and make you seem dumber than you really are. Memorize these tips and soon you'll be correcting others instead of being corrected urself."

Nintendo News from The Hylia - Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, etc.

Nintendo News from The Hylia - Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, etc.: "There are many Nintendo titles out there that simply have outstanding music, many of which are released onto a formal OST in Japan. Unfortunately, the rest of the world rarely gets to enjoy these CDs unless one imports them for a hefty price, which is rather unfair. Gathered here are the soundtracks to various Nintendo albums."

The Air Car

The Air Car: "The fiberglass MiniC.A.T. runs on compressed air, and offers zero pollution and very low running costs"

Woot : Hammock Chair of Death - Two-Pack

Woot : Hammock Chair of Death - Two-Pack:
"There are only three problems with this two-pack of sporty nylon hammocks:

1. Random Colors: We can’t tell you if the fabric will be verdant green, vibrant red, understated tan, brilliant blue, or imperial purple. We don’t know if you’ll get solid hardwood or black aluminum dowels. And the two hammock chairs in your pack probably won’t match.

2. Missing Minor Pieces: All this means is that the optional eye lag screw and s-bolt are not included, so you’ll have to use the accompanying length of rope to tie it to a sturdy limb (the default mounting method anyway). Or you can pay four or five times as much for the chairs with the screws. You buys your hammock chair and you takes your choice.

3. Possible Death: The chairs might kill you."

Scratch | About

Scratch | About:
"Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.

Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design."

Hackety Hack: the Coder's Starter Kit

Hackety Hack: the Coder's Starter Kit:
"YOUR FIRST PROGRAM

One of Hackety Hack's sincere pledges is to make the most common code very easy and short. Downloading an MP3 should be one line of code. A blog should be very few.

For example, our sample blog:

blog = Table('MyBlog').recent(10)
Web.page {
blog.each do |entry|
title entry[:title]
puts entry[:editbox]
end
}

TRY THESE RED GOGGLES

Presently, Ruby is the only language taught by Hackety Hack. And it's a great one to start with. Ruby was born in Japan, but has found a wealth of friends across the world. As you can see above, Ruby is a combination of simple words and punctuation."

License to sin -- Asking people to think about vice increases their likelihood of giving in

License to sin -- Asking people to think about vice increases their likelihood of giving in: "A new study by researchers from Duke, USC, and UPenn is the first to explore how questioning can affect our behavior when we have mixed feelings about an issue. The study, forthcoming in the June issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, found that asking people questions, like how many times they expect to give in to a temptation they know they should resist, increases how many times they will actually give in to it."

Build A Mini Spud Gun Out Of Stuff You Can Find Around The House Video

Build A Mini Spud Gun Out Of Stuff You Can Find Around The House Video: "I will teach you how to build a combustion powered mini spud gun from stuff you can find around the house.It will take you less than 10 min! And they are tons of fun!"

"Is Christianity Good for the World?"

"Is Christianity Good for the World?" | Christianity Today:
"Christopher Hitchens and Douglas Wilson debate.

Theologian Douglas Wilson and atheist Christopher Hitchens, authors whose books are already part of a larger debate on whether religion is pernicious, agreed to discuss their views on whether Christianity itself has benefited the world. Below is their exchange, one in a series that will appear on our website over the course of this month."

Freedom to Tinker � Blog Archive � You Can Own an Integer Too — Get Yours Here

Freedom to Tinker � Blog Archive � You Can Own an Integer Too — Get Yours Here: "Now, thanks to our newly developed VirtualLandGrab technology, you can own a 128-bit integer of your very own.

Here’s how we do it. First, we generate a fresh pseudorandom integer, just for you. Then we use your integer to encrypt a copyrighted haiku, thereby transforming your integer into a circumvention device capable of decrypting the haiku without your permission. We then give you all of our rights to decrypt the haiku using your integer. The DMCA does the rest.

The haiku is copyright 2007 by Edward W. Felten:

We own integers,
Says AACS LA.
You can own one too.

Here is your very own 128-bit integer, which we hereby deed to you:

C7 23 77 CF B0 99 9F 89 26 33 97 00 43 4A EA 87

If you’d like another integer, just hit Shift-Reload, and we’ll make a fresh one for you. Make as many as you want! Did we mention that a shiny new integer would make a perfect Mother’s Day gift?"

Improve your photography with clasical art.

Improve your photography with clasical art.:
"When Photoshop entered the CS series it included a new tool called 'Match Color.' This tools was made so that you could match a series of photos to one another.

But there is another thing you can do with 'Match Color' that is much cooler: You can match the colors in your photos to those in famous paintings."

HuffPo Hotlinking Redux - Wizbang

HuffPo Hotlinking Redux - Wizbang: "Yesterday I highlighted a case of what I suspected to be garden variety hotlinking at The Huffington Post by Max Blumenthal. Max Blumenthal is an employee of Media Matters, a writer for Nation magazine, and the son of former Clinton adviser and journalist Sidney Blumenthal. Huffington Post wasn't the only place Blumenthal's screed against Christopher Hitchens was posted. He posted the same piece on his own site and Smirking Chimp. The Family Research Council photo of Hitchens was altered by the webmasters at FRC to gently inform Blumenthal that hotlinking without permission is not a good idea."

LOLTrek � Live Granades

LOLTrek � Live Granades: "What if lolcats had a TV channel? What kind of shows would be on it?

The answer is clear: they would show Star Trek."

No Deltree Command? - Windows 2000 and DOS

No Deltree Command? - Windows 2000 and DOS: "SUMMARY: A Windows 2000 or Windows XP replacement for the Deltree command can be found here.

You may remember that some versions of DOS had a DELTREE command to remove a directory as well as all of its subdirectories and contained files. Windows 2000 and Windows XP do not have this command, but you can emulate it with the RD (RMDIR) command.

For example, the following Windows 2000 or Windows XP DOS command deletes the C:\BLAH directory and all subdirectories WITHOUT ANY WARNING:

RD C:\BLAH /S /Q"

VDH's Private Papers::Nemesis

VDH's Private Papers::Nemesis: "But we need look only to the Ancient Greeks for the best insight.

The Greeks believed that insolence naturally leads to bullying, or hubris. This arrogance induces a mad behavior called ate. Finally, that recklessness earns well-earned destruction unleashed by the god Nemesis."

in·so·lent [Origin: 1350–1400; ME <>insolent- (s. of insoléns) departing from custom, equiv. to in- in-³ + sol- (s. of solére to be accustomed) + -ent- -ent]