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Slow motion video of the first taste of different food
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Pat Robertson: God Told Me Romney Will Be A Two Term President
Atheist Media Blog12 May 2013 | 7:53 amOne week before the election, Pat Robertson said God told him Mitt Romney will win the election and be a successful two term president -
The Macalope Weekly: Missed connections
Macworld18 May 2013 | 7:00 amYou can almost see the “missed connection” personal ads these pundits would write: “You: gullible reader, looking for more information about the technology industry. Me: technology pundit willfully ignoring implicit costs, pushing really bad ideas, and misrepresenting survey results to generate page views.” Will they get together?! Read on! No such thing as a free lunch Writing for The Motley Fool, Steve Heller has some fun with language! “Apple Has a Siri-ous Problem.” Ahhhh, the Macalope sees what you did there! To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click… -
MacBook Air supplies dwindle ahead of WWDC, Intel CPU refresh
Ars Technica » Infinite Loop17 May 2013 | 1:45 pmThe 2013 MacBook Airs may soon be upon us. Jacqui Cheng Apple hasn't announced a significant update to any of its hardware since October of 2012, but if you're itching to get your hands on something new the wait may soon be over. AppleInsider reports that supplies of Apple's MacBook Air are beginning to shrink ahead of next month's Worldwide Developer Conference, with multiple major retailers listing the high-end 13-inch model in particular as "out of stock." The MacBook Air was last refreshed at WWDC in June of 2012. Apple's strict command of its supply chain means that it tends not to… -
Ok Glass, Find Dogfood!
Thomas Hawk Digital Connection16 May 2013 | 8:50 am
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Holy Kaw!
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Slow motion video of the first taste of different food
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Pets are good for you
19 May 2013 | 7:04 amDid you know that your brain releases oxytocin, “the feel-good” hormone in the brain when you pet your dog or cat? What is Oxytocin? “Oxytocin is a powerful hormone. When we hug or kiss a loved one, oxytocin levels drive up. It also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain. In fact, the hormone plays a huge role in pair bonding.” This wonderful feeling can come from dogs, cats, and even goldfish! A study showed that having a fish tank at a nursing home improved appetites. “Watch a Lassie movie and spit into a cup. It doesn’t sound like it, but this is… -
The lighter side of Sweden spotlighted at Eurovision Song Contest [video]
19 May 2013 | 6:37 amSweden might be better known around the world for Abba, Ikea and dragon tattoos than comedy, but that was before comedienne Petra Mede took the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest with “Swedish Smorgasbord.” From Vikings to stay-at-home dads, Mede covers it all. Top that, Finland! Full story at YouTube via Kuriositas. The not-so-frosty side of Sweden. -
10 easy ways to write better blogs [infographic]
19 May 2013 | 6:27 amIs your blog lacking that sparkle that makes audiences come back for more? Feel overwhelmed by all the advice out there? Then try bookmarking this simple infographic by TopDogSocialMedia for future reference. Via TopDogSocialMedia. Tips for better blogging. -
Star Trek: Now a middle school musical! [video]
19 May 2013 | 6:18 amSure, we’ve heard great reviews for J.J. Abrams latest addition to the Star Trek film library, but for those fans whose tastes run to jazz hands and awkward belting, Rhett and Link have just the treatment you’ve been craving with Star Trek: The Middle School Musical! Sing it, Spock! Full story at YouTube. Singing your heart out for Star Trek.
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Atheist Media Blog
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Pat Robertson: God Told Me Romney Will Be A Two Term President
12 May 2013 | 7:53 amOne week before the election, Pat Robertson said God told him Mitt Romney will win the election and be a successful two term president -
The Big Questions: Are Religions Unfair to Women?
5 May 2013 | 12:38 pmMay 5, 2013 on BBC One This is a special edition from King Edward VI Handsworth School in Birmingham and Nicky Campbell asks just one Big Question: Are religions unfair to women? Taking part are: Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion at the University of Exeter; Cole Moreton, author of Is God Still an Englishman?; Christina Rees, who sits on The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England; the theologian Vicky Beeching; the feminist Kate Smurthwaite; Liz Weston from Christ Church, Southampton; Sarah de Nordwall from Catholic Voices; Eunice Olumide, a… -
Dawkins, Krauss Preview 'The Unbelievers' | Global News Canada
29 Apr 2013 | 5:17 pmApril 29, 2013 on Global News (Canada) Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss are on The Morning Show to talk about The Unbelievers, which explores the importance of science and reason in the modern world. http://UnbelieversMovie.com/ -
Dawkins, Krauss on CNN to Discuss New Documentary 'The Unbelievers'
28 Apr 2013 | 3:32 pmApril 28, 2013 on CNN Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins discuss religion in the modern world and debate science in their new film "The Unbelievers" -
Attacked Ex-Bangladeshi Atheist Blogger Sharif Ahmed Speaks Out
24 Apr 2013 | 11:56 amby CFI Canada Ex-Bangladeshi Blogger Sharif Ahmed suffered attack, torture, religious psychological training and was eventually nearly hung to death because of his atheism. He escaped to Canada as a refuge fearing for his life. He joins Justin Trottier for an exclusive interview on Think Again! TV to discuss his story and the plight of atheists in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has recently been at the center of a human rights crisis as authorities have detained several prominent bloggers for "hurting religious sentiments," followed by the arrest of a newspaper editor who printed quotations from the…
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Macworld
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The Macalope Weekly: Missed connections
18 May 2013 | 7:00 amYou can almost see the “missed connection” personal ads these pundits would write: “You: gullible reader, looking for more information about the technology industry. Me: technology pundit willfully ignoring implicit costs, pushing really bad ideas, and misrepresenting survey results to generate page views.” Will they get together?! Read on! No such thing as a free lunch Writing for The Motley Fool, Steve Heller has some fun with language! “Apple Has a Siri-ous Problem.” Ahhhh, the Macalope sees what you did there! To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click… -
The Week in iPad Cases: Just keep swimming
18 May 2013 | 6:00 amIf you enjoyed this week's roundup of iPhone cases, check out last week’s edition, Opposites Attract. -
Remains of the Day: Shape up, ship out
17 May 2013 | 4:30 pmiOS devices are in the army now, Intel’s former CEO recounts his Apple misstep, and Apple’s got its work cut out for its WWDC keynote. The remainders for Friday, May 17, 2013 lead the way. Apple Mobile Devices Approved for Use on U.S. Military Networks (Bloomberg) The Pentagon has given thumbs up to iOS 6 devices on military networks, though the Defense Department is still waiting for Apple’s much anticipated “Find My Enemies” app. Paul Otellini’s Intel: Can the Company That Built the Future Survive It? (The Atlantic) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please… -
Review: HardShell Case coats Retina MacBook Pro in a candy-colored shell
17 May 2013 | 11:21 amAs sturdy as Apple’s MacBooks are, it’s a little depressing to pull your laptop out of your bag and discover a ding or scratch on the aluminum case. If you want some extra protection for your laptop, Handy Candy Cases’ $60 HardShell Case might be the answer. Hard Candy makes the HardShell Case for the Retina MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air. (I tested a version for the 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro.) The case consists of four pieces of translucent, rigid plastic. The plastic doesn’t feel brittle or cheap, and it’s available in blue, black, lime, or red. Snapping the HardShell Case onto… -
The Week in iOS Apps: Ode to joy!
17 May 2013 | 10:45 amThis week's roundup of new and updated iOS apps includes cool new offerings for music and movies, as well as a new storytelling form designed just for your phone or tablet.
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Ars Technica » Infinite Loop
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MacBook Air supplies dwindle ahead of WWDC, Intel CPU refresh
17 May 2013 | 1:45 pmThe 2013 MacBook Airs may soon be upon us. Jacqui Cheng Apple hasn't announced a significant update to any of its hardware since October of 2012, but if you're itching to get your hands on something new the wait may soon be over. AppleInsider reports that supplies of Apple's MacBook Air are beginning to shrink ahead of next month's Worldwide Developer Conference, with multiple major retailers listing the high-end 13-inch model in particular as "out of stock." The MacBook Air was last refreshed at WWDC in June of 2012. Apple's strict command of its supply chain means that it tends not to… -
Mac malware signed with Apple ID infects activist’s laptop
17 May 2013 | 10:50 amF-Secure Stealthy Mac OS X spyware that was digitally signed with a valid Apple Developer ID has been detected on the laptop of an Angolan activist attending a human rights conference, researchers said. The backdoor, which is programmed to take screenshots and send them to remote servers under the control of the attackers, was spread using a spear phishing e-mail, according to privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum. Spear phishing is a term for highly targeted e-mails that address the receiver by name and usually appear to come from someone the receiver knows. The e-mails typically discuss topics… -
Apple CEO: “We’re going very deep” with US manufacturing
17 May 2013 | 8:44 amApple CEO Tim Cook gave a lengthy interview with Politico which was published yesterday, shedding some light on what he plans to say in his upcoming congressional appearance on Apple's tax practices. There's a hidden gem at the end of the piece, however: And Cook is also promoting a $100 million investment in domestic manufacturing, where the company will begin producing a new version of a current Mac product later this year. "We’re going very deep in this project," Cook said, noting that not only will the final product be manufactured in the US, but so will many of its components. Arizona,… -
Apple CEO to testify to Congress on $100 billion cash stash, taxes, jobs
17 May 2013 | 8:21 amApple CEO Tim Cook. lemagit Unlike his predecessor, Apple CEO Tim Cook doesn't appear reluctant to face down a Senate subcommittee. He's due to appear in Washington DC next week to testify at a Senate hearing on offshore profit shifting and he plans to directly address the concerns Congress is raising: The Subcommittee will continue its examination of the structures and methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. Witnesses will include representatives from the Department of… -
“SpecialisRevelio!” Macs use Harry Potter spell to unlock secret “backdoor”
17 May 2013 | 6:24 amAurich Lawson / Warner Bros. Entertainment The Mac on your desk or on the cafe table next to you has a chip with secret functions that can be unlocked only by inputting a spell from the Harry Potter series. The SMC, or system management controller, is a chip used to regulate a Mac's current and voltage, manage its light sensor, and temporarily store FileVault keys. Turns out that the SMC contains undocumented code that is invoked by entering the word "SpecialisRevelio," the same magic words used to reveal hidden charms, hexes, or properties used by wizards in the Harry Potter series written…
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Thomas Hawk Digital Connection
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Ok Glass, Find Dogfood!
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Google Unveils Cutting Edge Photography Tools to Make Your Photos Look Better and the World A More Beautiful Looking Place
15 May 2013 | 10:59 amGoogle unveiled significant new innovation in the world of online photography this morning, continuing their rapid development pace on Google+. All in, Google+ pushed out 41 new features today. Much of the new work is focused on post production photography to make people’s photographs look better than they can straight out of the camera. Some have suggested that part of Instagram’s success has been their ability to enhance users’ photos with very simple, one touch filters. Instagram has focused on a faux film aesthetic which actually highlights the flaws in many photos to… -
Come Photowalk in the Biggest Photowalk In History with My Pals Trey Ratcliff and Robert Scoble — We’re Giving Away Google Glass!
8 May 2013 | 10:07 amNext Tuesday evening, May 14th at 5:30pm, my good pals Trey Ratcliff, Robert Scoble and the awesome team at Google+ Photos will be joining me for an historic and truly epic photowalk in San Francisco. We think it will probably be the largest photowalk ever held in the history of photowalking — already almost 600 people have signed up! We will start the walk in Yerba Buena Gardens in downtown San Francisco. Most exciting, one of our lucky photowalkers will win Google Glass. That’s right, a winner will be selected randomly — you must pre-register for the walk here and must be… -
Next Version of Adobe Photoshop to Be Branded Photoshop CC, Includes Awesome New Motion Blur Sharpening Tool
6 May 2013 | 11:34 amToday Adobe announced a new branding of their flagship Photoshop product to be released later this year, Photoshop CC. The new version will only be available via a monthly subscription to Adobe’s Creative Cloud and will not be sold as a traditional boxed application that consumers can purchase. Probably the most anticipated new feature in the next iteration of Photoshop is a revolutionary new image sharpening tool that focuses on fixing camera shake issues. The new tool analyzes images that are out of focus due to the slight movement or motion that takes place while a shutter is open. -
High Above the Busy Little One Way
6 May 2013 | 6:41 am
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Daily Writing Tips
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The Reality of Freelance Writing
17 May 2013 | 8:11 pmA recent Craigslist job posting invites readers to apply to write twenty or more 1,000-word online-marketing articles per week. The pay rate? Twenty dollars per article to start, thirty dollars each after the first ten articles, and forty or fifty dollars apiece after a couple of weeks. The compensation for this work, after the initial fifty articles are written, is more than a thousand dollars a month — about fifty thousand dollars a year, a fair income for a freelance writer. But back up a bit: The writer is being asked to produce 20,000 words per week. At that rate, one could churn… -
45 Synonyms for “Old” and “Old-Fashioned”
16 May 2013 | 9:45 pmOur culture’s attitude toward age is reflected in the often-pejorative meanings of words synonymous with old and old-fashioned, though some are neutral or even reverent. Here are forty-five words that refer to people, places, and things that are, or are considered, old or old-fashioned. (Unrelated senses are also listed.) 1. Aged: advanced in age, typical of old age; also, at an age 2. Aging: advancing in age, or the concept of growing older 3. Ancient: aged, old-fashioned, or pertaining to long-ago times, or see venerable 4. Anile: pertaining to or resembling an old woman, or see senile 5. -
How to Pitch an Essay
15 May 2013 | 9:58 pmDo you have something in writing you’d like to share with the world? Not a complete book manuscript, perhaps, but musings of a concise nature? Perhaps you like to explain things, or share your opinion, or tell a story or write humorous pieces. There’s plenty of advice online about pitching, or seeking an invitation, to submit articles and interviews — I wrote a post about the topic a couple of years ago — but getting essays published requires a slightly different approach. Most important is the form of the submission. Generally, writers pitch articles and interviews as pieces… -
Answers to Questions About Tense
14 May 2013 | 9:03 pmHere are several readers’ queries about various aspects of tense, and my responses. 1. Which sentence is correct, “The teacher said to Peter, ‘I am proud to have a wonderful student like you,’” or “The teacher said to Peter, ‘I am proud to have had a wonderful student like you’”? The first sentence, written in the present tense, is appropriate for a current student. The second one, written in present perfect, applies when the student is a former one or is about to become a former one. 2. How is the following idea properly and most efficiently expressed? “I would have liked… -
10 Functions of the Comma
13 May 2013 | 9:25 pmA comma is a versatile punctuation mark, serving ten basic functions. Here’s an enumeration, with examples. 1. Separate the elements in a series: “Groucho, Harpo, and Chico developed the philosophy called Marxism.” Many periodicals and websites, and most colloquially written books, omit the serial, or final, comma, but it is all but mandatory in formal writing and is recommended in all usage. As language maven Bryan Garner observes, “Omitting the serial comma may cause ambiguities, whereas including it never will.” 2. Separate coordinated independent clauses: “I like the Marx…
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Advice to Writers
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Failure is Part of It
18 May 2013 | 9:05 pmFailure is part of it. You will be rejected dozens and dozens of times. The best way to prepare for it is to have something else in the works by the time the rejection letter arrives. Invest your hope in the next project. Learning to cope with rejection is a good trait to develop. PO BRONSON -
Anyone Can Have A Prose Style
17 May 2013 | 9:23 pmAnyone who puts pen to paper can have a prose style. In almost every case, that style will be quiet, sometimes so quiet as to be detectable only by you, the writer. In the quiet, you can listen to your sound in various manifestations; then you can start to shape it and develop it. That project can last as long as you keep writing, and it never gets old. BEN YAGODA -
When in Doubt, Make a Fool of Yourself
16 May 2013 | 9:01 pmWhen in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. CYNTHIA HEIMEL -
Writing is Linear and Sequential
15 May 2013 | 9:06 pmWriting is linear and sequential; Sentence B must follow Sentence A, and Sentence C must follow Sentence B, and eventually you get to Sentence Z. The hard part of writing isn’t the writing; it’s the thinking. You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: What does the reader need to know next?” WILLIAM ZINSSER -
On Dialogue
14 May 2013 | 9:01 pmRead almost any newspaper interview, and you’ll conclude that the dialogue of real people is more stilted and implausible than the dialogue of invented characters. Trying to make real people sound real on the page is necessarily an exercise in impressionism. Nothing teaches one the subtleties of punctuation so well as an attempt to take a skein of actual speech and restore to it the pauses, ellipses, switches of tone and speed, that it had in life. JONATHAN RABAN
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About Freelance Writing
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How Do You Get Centered Before You Start Writing? Ask Anne
14 May 2013 | 8:41 amHi Anne, I had a quick question which I’d like to ask if you don’t mind. I was interested to find out how you center yourself and clear your head before writing. I’ve had a difficult time clearing my... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Getting Started In Freelance Writing – A Video
9 May 2013 | 10:10 amAlthough I did this video awhile ago, everything holds true. Got questions about this or something else to do with freelance writing? Contact me and I’ll do my best to answer your question here. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Of Writing Plans, Schedules, Changes & Interruptions
7 May 2013 | 11:37 amListen to me over time and you’ll probably end up thinking I’m pretty highly organized. After all, I tell writers how to find time to write, and how to establish a writing routine, all... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Stay Open & Alert For Surprise Freelance Writing Opportunities
2 May 2013 | 12:31 pmSometimes finding new, well paid writing work is simply a matter of listening for opportunities and speaking up. Here’s what I mean: When I got my first computer, an Apple II+, I was hysterical... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] -
Freelance writing: How to reach formal agreements
30 Apr 2013 | 9:23 amBy Allison VanNest, Grammarly.com As a freelancer, you probably spend a lot of your time thinking about agreement. In working with clients, for example, you need to agree on a rate of pay, a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
