Exceed RC F-4E Phantom 4-Channel RC Jet w/ Brushless & LiPo Setup 64mm EDF RTF Radio Controlled Jet - POWERFUL & FAST / 70 MPH

Exceed RC F-4E Phantom 4-Channel RC Jet w/ Brushless & LiPo Setup 64mm EDF RTF Radio Controlled Jet - POWERFUL & FAST / 70 MPH: "The F-4E Phantom EDF RC Jet is the latest creation from Exceed RC and there IS a difference as to who designs these, this F4-E jet just has the magic touch, and it shows in the scale accuracy of the overall plane, and also in a lot of thoughtful little details and engineering that really make it stand out from the competition.
It's beautiful! Small, and very high performance..."

YouTube - Sugar Loaf -- Bossa Nova guitar lesson

YouTube - Sugar Loaf -- Bossa Nova guitar lesson: "Best fomat I have seen while searching for leasons to learn bossa nova. Thanks for posting."

YouTube - Principles of economics, translated

YouTube - Principles of economics, translated: "'Mankiw's 10 principles of economics, translated for the uninitiated', by Yoram Bauman, http://www.standupeconomist.com . Presented at the AAAS humor session, February 16, 2007."

Greg Mankiw's Blog: How do the right and left differ?

Greg Mankiw's Blog: How do the right and left differ?: "The conclusion of today's ec 10 lecture:

In today's lecture, I have discussed a number of reasons that right-leaning and left-leaning economists differ in their policy views, even though they share an intellectual framework for analysis. Here is a summary."

What are the best programming articles? - Stack Overflow

What are the best programming articles? - Stack Overflow: "Part of being a good software developer is keeping current with what people are saying in the community. There are many good articles out there on the internet about the wide subject of computer programming. What articles have you found worth your time?"

CodeGuru: Un-Dynamics of Software Development, or, Don't Bite the Flip Bozo

CodeGuru: Un-Dynamics of Software Development, or, Don't Bite the Flip Bozo:
"# Don't say anything.
# Begin your statements with yeah, no a lot so that it sounds like you are being agreeable even when you disagree.
# Deliver the no at the end of the sentence. This is a technique that Jerry Hirschberg says the Japanese practice to great effect.
# Act like you are thinking about someone's bad idea before telling him or her it is crap. The crappier the idea, the longer you should wait before responding; hopefully, they will discover the inferior quality of the idea before you have to say anything.
# If you need a friend, get a dog."

A List Apart: Articles: CSS Sprites: Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death

A List Apart: Articles: CSS Sprites: Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death: "Everything old is new again, and though the rise of 3D games has made sprite maps obsolete, the concurrent rise of mobile devices with 2D gaming capabilities have brought them back into vogue. And now, with a bit of math and a lot of CSS, we’re going to take the basic concept and apply it to the world of web design."

Library of Free Data Models from DatabaseAnswers.org

Library of Free Data Models from DatabaseAnswers.org: "Here are more than 500 very useful 'Kick-Start' Data Models that I have created since I started 5 years ago."

Top 10 Ways You Know You Live With An Animator � Jacquie Gouveia

Top 10 Ways You Know You Live With An Animator � Jacquie Gouveia: "4. They strongly believe (and you must agree) Wall-E should be nominated and win an Oscar for Best Film. In fact, the academy shouldn’t even waste there time nominating any other films, why bother?"

How to use Japanese style toilet

How to use Japanese style toilet

inter-Face: Dominique

inter-Face: Dominique
creepy!

Typing Errors: The standard typewriter keyboard is Exhibit A in the hottest new case against markets. But the evidence has been cooked. - Reason Magazine

Typing Errors: The standard typewriter keyboard is Exhibit A in the hottest new case against markets. But the evidence has been cooked. - Reason Magazine: "These fictions may ordinarily be little more than curiosities or mere affronts to our concern for the truth. But our concern here is with one such story that is put forward as part of a case against the effectiveness of free markets and individual choice. This story has consequences."

Simple Homemade Sauerkraut Recipe

Simple Homemade Sauerkraut Recipe:

"2 large heads of cabbage (about 5 pounds)
2 to 3 tbsp noniodized salt

Grate 1 cabbage and place in a crock or plastic bucket. Sprinkle half the salt over the cabbage. Grate the second cabbage, then add it to the crock along with the rest of the salt. Crush the mixture with your hands until liquid comes out of the cabbage freely. Place a plate on top of the cabbage, then a weight on top of the plate. Cover the container and check after 2 days. Scoop the scum off the top, repack and check every 3 days. After 2 weeks, sample the kraut to see if it tastes ready to eat. The flavor will continue to mature for the next several weeks. Canning or refrigerating the sauerkraut will extend its shelf life. Yields about 2 quarts."

Omnivoracious: Ranking the Classics: Weeks Four and Five of the 60 in 60

Omnivoracious: Ranking the Classics: Weeks Four and Five of the 60 in 60: "Those Amazon readers who have followed my prior posts on the subject know that I've started in on what has been called by at least one friend 'foolish' and by another 'the endeavor of a madman': reading the 60 books in Penguin's Great Ideas series, one a day, and writing about each on my personal blog. Penguin's own blog questioned my sanity. Yet, I have persevered to the end of the fifth week, and my 60 in 60 audacity has been rewarded by attention from, among others, the Guardian (as book site of the week) and the Harvard University Press, which urged its readers to emulate my craziness. Still, I have made one change for my own peace of mind: between each set of 20, I get three days off to recuperate."

マンホールの蓋 | Ittemia前線

マンホールの蓋 | Ittemia前線
Japanese manhole cover mashup.

'American Dunkirk' - TCS Daily

'American Dunkirk' - TCS Daily: "In fact, one barely-reported story from September 11 illustrates this better than any other - the improvised navy that evacuated roughly a million people by boat from Lower Manhattan, in an operation that some have called an American Dunkirk. Ferries, commercial boats, and pleasure craft spontaneously assembled to carry people away from the scene of the attack, and to return with needed supplies:"

How Many Passengers Can Cram Into a Rickety Bread Loaf? - New York Times

How Many Passengers Can Cram Into a Rickety Bread Loaf? - New York Times: "An odd-looking contraption, shaped like a loaf of Wonder Bread, unexplained indentations and all, Mr. Shao's van appears ready to leave the living at any moment. It's just 4 years old, he says, though it looks 40.

In Beijing slang, these vehicles are called ''bread-loaf taxis.''"

History of the Beijing Cab at China Car Times

History of the Beijing Cab at China Car Times: "The Mian Di was one of the first mass available taxis, these were first used from 1984 onwards. These were painted a tasteful yellow color (The Chinese referred to them as ‘Yellow Bugs’) and could easily seat 8 people in their restricted areas. From ‘84 to ‘98, these ‘massive on the inside, small on the outside‘ vans were cruising the streets of the capital, for 10rmb you could go 10km, not a bad price. Drivers loved the Mian Di as it could carry plenty, either people or cargo, it was highly effecient thanks to its tiny engines which were usually 800cc to 1.3l at the most."

Concurring Opinions

Concurring Opinions:
"A Guide to Grading Exams
posted by Daniel J. Solove

It's that time of year again. Students have taken their finals, and now it is time to grade them. It is something professors have been looking forward to all semester. Exactness in grading is a well-honed skill, taking considerable expertise and years of practice to master. The purpose of this post is to serve as a guide to young professors about how to perfect their grading skills and as a way for students to learn the mysterious science of how their grades are determined.

Grading begins with the stack of exams, shown in Figure 1 below."

Boston.com - Ideas - Globe

Boston.com - Ideas - Globe: "Hack your brain
How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio"

Op-Ed Contributor - Wedgwood Is Going Bankrupt Because It Forgot the Lessons of Its Founder - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - Wedgwood Is Going Bankrupt Because It Forgot the Lessons of Its Founder - NYTimes.com: "Josiah was an unlikely hero. He was the 13th child of an impoverished potter; a childhood case of smallpox left Josiah with a bad leg that was later amputated, making it impossible for him to turn a potter’s wheel. But if he could not physically throw a pot, he could — and did — find new ways to get goods to market. He threw himself into various schemes to improve roads and canals. And, more fundamentally, he developed new ways of selling. Most, if not all, of the common techniques in 20th-century sales — direct mail, money-back guarantees, traveling salesmen, self-service, free delivery, buy one get one free, illustrated catalogues — came from Josiah Wedgwood."

Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes

Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes:
"Behold, BACON EXPLOSION!!! Here’s what you’ll need…
2 pounds thick cut bacon
2 pounds Italian sausage
1 jar of your favorite barbeque sauce
1 jar of your favorite barbeque rub"

tiltshiftmaker.com - Transform your photos into tilt-shift miniatures

tiltshiftmaker.com - Transform your photos into tilt-shift miniatures: "Tilt-shift miniature style photos are pictures of real-life scenes that are manipulated to look like model photographs.

Now you can easily transform your existing digital camera photos into tilt-shift miniatures using tiltshiftmaker.com."

AMC � The Prisoner 1960s Video Player

AMC � The Prisoner 1960s Video Player

Mind - Some Protect the Ego by Working on Their Excuses Early - NYTimes.com

Mind - Some Protect the Ego by Working on Their Excuses Early - NYTimes.com: "Psychologists have studied this sort of behavior since at least 1978, when Steven Berglas and Edward E. Jones used the phrase “self-handicapping” to describe students in a study who chose to take a drug that they were told would inhibit their performance on an exam (the drug was actually inert).

The urge goes well beyond a mere lowering of expectations, and it has more to do with protecting self-image than with psychological conflicts rooted in early development, in the Freudian sense. Recent research has helped clarify not just who is prone to self-handicapping but also its consequences — and its possible benefits."

Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (Bach, Johann Sebastian) - IMSLP

Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (Bach, Johann Sebastian) - IMSLP: "Complete score plus appendixes"

Feature Column from the AMS

Feature Column from the AMS: "Johann Sebastian Bach's Musical Offering contains ten canons. In each of these canons a musical line is played twice (or four times in Canon 10). The second version is always transformed with respect to the first by shifting in time, but it may also be shifted in pitch, turned upside-down, stretched, or played backwards. Each of these transformations occurs in the mathematics of elementary functions; they are examples of how new functions can be made out of old and of how a function can be tailored to fit a new situation. We will look at some simple transformations and see how they are exemplified in the first five of the Musical Offering canons."

larips.com

larips.com :
"I believe that Johann Sebastian Bach notated a specific method of keyboard tuning. He did not express it in our normally-expected formats of theory, or numbers. Rather, he drew a diagram for a practical hands-on sequence to adjust the tuning pins, working entirely by ear.

He also demanded and exhibited a system of this enharmonic flexibility through the music in Das Wohltemperirte Clavier, presenting his tuning challenge (and giving the solution!) where most of the preludes and fugues each require the smooth handling of more than 12 notes. For example, his D major prelude and fugue use all of Bb, F, C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, and E# in the same piece: 14 notes. Some of the other pieces require 13, 15, 17, or 25!"

Your idea sucks, now go do it�anyway - Blog - Startups Marketing Geekery

Your idea sucks, now go do it�anyway - Blog - Startups Marketing Geekery: "'My idea isn't good enough yet' explained a friend who is thinking of starting his own company. He was waiting for the idea to be completely fleshed our before taking the leap.

Here's a newsflash: Your idea probably sucks, and it doesn't matter because your business will probably turn out to be something completely different."

Asus Eee PC: How to Upgrade the Memory - Internet Business Blog

Asus Eee PC: How to Upgrade the Memory - Internet Business Blog: "I don’t know about a picture painting a thousand words, but I found this video showing the Eee PC memory upgrade process to be very useful and I see little point in writing a detailed post explaining how to do it, but I will add that I also removed the Eee’s battery before starting the memory upgrade and that you can confirm you’ve installed the memory correctly by the following"

bookoutlines / Predictably Irrational

bookoutlines / Predictably Irrational: "Predictably Irrational
The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, book by Dan Ariely"