As we discover more and more planets around other stars, the Fermi Paradox is becoming, well, more paradoxical. The Fermi Paradox simply asks the question "where are they?" Our Milky Way galaxy is so big and so old -- and we are estimated to be accompanied by at least 100 billion planets -- that aliens should have visited us by now. Instead, when we peruse the heavens, we are faced with the Great Silence, which is one of the biggest challenges to modern astronomy. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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States, banks reach foreclosure-abuse settlement
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States, banks reach $25 billion foreclosure-abuse settlement
Star-Advertiser headlines9 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amWASHINGTON >> U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst. -
Ship Rescues 3 After Boat Capsizes Off Hilo
KITV.com - Local New9 Feb 2012 | 1:32 amA Horizon Lines cargo ship rescued three Canadian residents and brought them to Honolulu early Thursday morning after their sailboat was damaged and sank in the waters off Hilo. -
126 reported killed as attacks escalate
CNN.com9 Feb 2012 | 9:58 amA Syrian opposition group reported as many as 126 deaths at the hands of government forces Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad escalated a brutal assault against an opposition that wants an end to his regime.
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Do aliens go invisible by 'going green'?
9 Feb 2012 | 11:24 amAs we discover more and more planets around other stars, the Fermi Paradox is becoming, well, more paradoxical. The Fermi Paradox simply asks the question "where are they?" Our Milky Way galaxy is so big and so old -- and we are estimated to be accompanied by at least 100 billion planets -- that aliens should have visited us by now. Instead, when we peruse the heavens, we are faced with the Great Silence, which is one of the biggest challenges to modern astronomy. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Mysterious sounds reported around the world
9 Feb 2012 | 11:23 amPeople around the world have reported hearing strange sounds from the skies over the past month. Sometimes they describe it as a hum or low rumble; other times it’s a whine, thump, or even a melody. Often the sounds have been recorded and posted online, fueling rumors and conspiracy theories. One blogger wrote, "either the world is ending, aliens are landing or everyone is getting hoaxed. Or, possibly, there’s an actual scientific explanation for the mass amount of YouTube videos capturing bizarre sounds that are being heard around the globe. Are we witnessing the beginning of a… -
Costa Concordia: an ecological time bomb
9 Feb 2012 | 11:21 amAs workers begin to extract the half-million gallons of fuel in the shipwrecked cruise liner, locals are worried that their pristine waters are in danger. Reporting by Rossella Lorenzi. Written and produced by Rossella Lorenzi and Martin Berman. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Inside Syria's capitol: nervously normal
9 Feb 2012 | 11:18 amAs the violence in Syria continues to escalate, Syrian citizens are arming themselves to resist their oppressive regime. For days, Homs, the third-largest city in Syria, has endured shelling, tanks and attacks by heavy weaponry. Syrian protestors react with more violence against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, resulting in all-out war zones in some residential neighborhoods. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
How to battle negativity
9 Feb 2012 | 11:17 amHow often have you gotten together with a group from work who can’t say enough great things about the boss and all your wonderful colleagues? When was the last time you hunkered down over a cup of coffee with a friend and discussed how great your day was? If you can’t remember, you’re not alone, since, as Jeff Haden at Inc. explains, the research shows we humans appear to be wired for negativity. Sound like a challenge? If you’re ready to buck the trend, Haden also offers a number of tips for swimming against the tide. - One trick is to take on a difficult task,…
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States, banks reach foreclosure-abuse settlement
9 Feb 2012 | 11:37 amU.S. states reached a landmark $25 billion deal Thursday with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst. -
Salt Lake fire damages 2 homes
9 Feb 2012 | 11:15 am10 people are homeless after a fire destroyed one home and damaged another Wednesday night in Salt Lake. -
10 states get education waivers
9 Feb 2012 | 10:31 amPresident Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict and sweeping requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law in exchange for promises to improve the way schools teach and evaluate students. -
Canadian family rescued during voyage to Hawaii
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Vending machine dispenses 'morning-after' pill
9 Feb 2012 | 7:47 amBy KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine, an idea that has drawn the attention of federal...
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States, banks reach $25 billion foreclosure-abuse settlement
9 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amWASHINGTON >> U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst. -
Luv a pup
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Three Canadian tourists rescued from rip current
9 Feb 2012 | 10:45 amA Canadian tourist and his 10-year-old daughter tried to rescue a fellow visitor using their boogie boards off Napili Bay in west Maui Wednesday, but ended up getting caught in a rip tide and needed help from county firefighters. -
Safe on shore, sailors tell a dramatic story of survival
9 Feb 2012 | 10:39 amThree sailors, including a 9-year-old boy, survived a harrowing rescue at sea off Hawaii Wednesday after the container ship that came to the aid of their disabled sailboat accidently crashed into the vessel in rough seas. -
New video of lava flow released
9 Feb 2012 | 9:56 amThe Hawaiian Volcano Observatory posted new video of a surface lava flow from Puu Oo crater.
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Ship Rescues 3 After Boat Capsizes Off Hilo
9 Feb 2012 | 1:32 amA Horizon Lines cargo ship rescued three Canadian residents and brought them to Honolulu early Thursday morning after their sailboat was damaged and sank in the waters off Hilo. -
Man, 66, Dies After Run Over By City Bus
9 Feb 2012 | 1:24 amHonolulu police say a 66-year-old man died late Wednesday after a city bus accidentally ran over the man. -
Fire Heavily Damages Two Salt Lake Homes
8 Feb 2012 | 11:40 pmInvestigators are looking into the cause of a fire in Salt Lake that heavily damaged two homes Wednesday evening. -
Island Auto Sales Creep Up
8 Feb 2012 | 2:48 pmSales of new cars in the islands is picking up, and some in the industry expect 2012 to be an even busier year at the car lot. -
Kidnapping, Assault Suspects Appear In Hilo Court
8 Feb 2012 | 2:47 pmTwo men charged with kidnapping, assault and other charges appeared in a Hilo courtroom Wednesday.
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126 reported killed as attacks escalate
9 Feb 2012 | 9:58 amA Syrian opposition group reported as many as 126 deaths at the hands of government forces Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad escalated a brutal assault against an opposition that wants an end to his regime. -
Deep freeze overloads Ukraine EMS
9 Feb 2012 | 9:19 amSuffering in the grip of a brutal winter where temperatures have not risen above freezing in nearly a month, Ukraine has seen a wave of deaths related to the cold, and the country's ambulance service is inundated with calls for help. -
911 response probed in Powell killings
9 Feb 2012 | 9:02 amPolice are investigating how dispatchers handled 911 calls from those seeking help before a Washington state man killed himself and his sons in a fiery explosion. -
Doctor in Homs: We're all waiting to die
9 Feb 2012 | 8:40 amThe bodies begin coming in before the sun rises to the sky. Some arrive with heads decapitated or their torsos split open like animals after slaughter. Or their limbs are mangled under the crush of rubble. -
Opinion: Google knows too much
9 Feb 2012 | 7:28 amFrida Ghitis says online hoarding of our private information is not something we can afford to "dismiss."
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Islamists Call for New Cabinet in Egypt
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Greeks Reach Deal on Austerity to Meet Condition of Bailout
9 Feb 2012 | 11:13 amAfter days of talks, Greek political leaders reached a deal Thursday to support a package of harsh austerity measures demanded by Greece’s financial backers in return for a bailout. -
Mortgage Plan Gives Homeowners Bulk of the Benefits
9 Feb 2012 | 11:13 amUnder the settlement, about $5 billion would go to states and federal authorities, $17 billion would be earmarked for homeowner relief and $3 billion would go for refinancing. -
2 New Reactors Approved in Georgia
9 Feb 2012 | 11:09 amThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4-to-1 to grant a license to build two nuclear reactors in Georgia, the first time the commission had done so since 1978. -
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9 Feb 2012 | 10:51 amGreece reaches a deal on austerity measures | Rush Limbaugh’s new radio rival | The dangers and benefits of yoga.
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War talk rattles Madonna's Israeli fans
9 Feb 2012 | 11:24 amIsraeli fans of Madonna are pleading for no war on Iran until after her concert in May. -
Afghan president postpones handover of U.S. prison
9 Feb 2012 | 11:18 amKarzai extends the deadline for the transfer of the main American military prison in the country to the Afghanistan government by one month. -
U.S. Marines pose with Nazi symbol
9 Feb 2012 | 11:00 amA sniper team in Afghanistan posed for a photograph in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS. -
Giffords aide to run for seat in special election
9 Feb 2012 | 10:53 amGiffords resigned from Congress last month to concentrate on her recovery. -
First lady kicks off 'Let's Move' trip
9 Feb 2012 | 10:52 amFirst lady Michelle Obama began a four-state trip in Iowa today to celebrate her "Let's Move" initiative to combat childhood obesity.
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Who Really Invented the Web? Texas Trial Questions Tim Berners-Lee [VIDEO]
9 Feb 2012 | 11:48 amTim Berners-Lee, who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web, testified this week in a Texas courtroom against a company that claims it has a patent on the same technology. The man who claims to have the patent on the “interactive web” is Michael Doyle. His company, Eolas Technologies, has filed suit against many of the world’s biggest Internet companies — including Google and Yahoo — over the case. Doyle’s lawyers say the companies owe him millions in royalty payments for using such common functions as watching online video or search suggestions pop… -
Mass Effect 3 Gets iPad Version with Action-Packed ‘Infiltrator’ [PREVIEW]
9 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amMass Effect 3 is coming to an iPad near you in the form of Mass Effect Infiltrator, an iOS game aimed at expanding the game’s narrative and give players some mobile combat. Infiltrator isn’t a direct port of the latest Mass Effect game. Unlike its big brother, a sci-fi role-playing game known for its first-person shooter gameplay and massive, branching story-lines, Infiltrator is all about fighting. Mashable got a demo of the game played on an iPad and hooked up to a television at an EA showcase. The story follows a soldier called Randall Ezno as he travels the universe tracking… -
WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning to Be Arraigned Feb. 23
9 Feb 2012 | 11:24 amU.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and war reports to WikiLeaks, will be arraigned before a military judge at Fort Meade, Maryland on Feb. 23, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Some of the 22 charges against Manning include aiding the enemy, disclosing classified information to a person not authorized to receive it, wrongfully causing intelligence to be published on the internet knowing that it is accessible to the enemy, and violating Army computer use rules. The charge of aiding the enemy potentially carries the death penalty, but… -
5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics
9 Feb 2012 | 11:13 amAnn Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Ann blogs on search and social media tools. Her newest project, My Blog Guest, is a free platform for guest bloggers and blog owners. Follow Ann on Twitter @seosmarty. Social media analytics and tracking can be very time-consuming and expensive. You’ll find quite a few smart social media monitoring tools, but what if you can’t afford them? That’s why many social media marketers and power users are in constant search of free, efficient alternatives. Here, we’ll share a few ready-made spreadsheets you can… -
Google: No, We’re Not Launching Retail Stores Yet
9 Feb 2012 | 10:55 amGoogle planned to open its first-ever public store at its European headquarters in Dublin, if you believed a rumor reported by Bloomberg. But according to a company spokesperson, no plans are definite right now. A Google planning application for an expansion of its Dublin office indicated plans for an employee swimming pool, a restaurant and a store. But Google says the company doesn’t have plans to get into the retail business right now. “We already have an online store selling things like Google T-shirts and pens,” a Google spokesperson told Mashable. “We have the…
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A Quiz About Parenthetical Punctuation
9 Feb 2012 | 4:13 amEm dashes are woefully underused and misused. Here are five sentences that would be much improved by their proper use, or by proper use of other punctuation in cooperation with them. Determine how each sentence would benefit from changes in punctuation and compare your revisions with my suggested solutions at the bottom of the page: 1. “Not in years, like more than ten years, have I seen someone so committed to owning the stage.” 2. “Such pioneers trigger and indeed hope for gentrification — leading to more and more middle-class home buyers being willing to take a chance on the… -
16 Misquoted Quotations
7 Feb 2012 | 8:09 pmMany quotations attributed to famous people are at best paraphrases — though often superior to the original. Others might be subtly altered in the retelling, sometimes with little impact on their effect, at other times irresponsibly changing the meaning. Here is a selection of well-known sayings or writings that aren’t quite accurate (followed by a couple that are but are mistakenly identified as erroneous): 1. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” This quotation attributed to Gandhi is a later invention by an unknown person, likely inspired by the following passage: “As… -
50 Synonyms for “Idea”
7 Feb 2012 | 2:47 amWhat’s the big idea? Or, more appropriately, what kind of idea is it? Many ways of expressing the idea of an idea await your consideration; here’s an extensive but not necessarily comprehensive list (including other connotations and meanings of the various synonyms): 1. Abstraction: a theoretical idea; also, the process of abstracting, the condition of being disassociated, an abstract work of art, or the quality of being preoccupied 2. Apprehension: the act or quality of becoming aware or grasping a meaning; also, the act of arresting someone or to a sense of foreboding 3. Assumption: a… -
A Quiz About Missing Connections
5 Feb 2012 | 8:01 pmWriting is often compromised by a writer’s failure to think a sentence through to its logical conclusion. Often, along the way, a small but crucial word or phrase is omitted that leaves a gap in a parallel construction, thereby contributing to the reader’s confusion. In each sentence below, determine the missing element, then check my revisions at the bottom of the page to see how our solutions compare: 1. “The corporation runs hydropower plants from Maine to Montana.” 2. “Because Martinez was so young, it was natural to compare his potential with Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy… -
75 Synonyms for “Hard”
3 Feb 2012 | 8:31 pmIt’s easy to write about how hard something is, because so many synonyms exist for that vague word and its more formal cousin difficult. Many of these terms are somewhat interchangeable (that’s why they call them synonyms), but even then, the senses are often slightly distinct; do a little more research on usage when you find a promising variation for that abstract (or is it abstruse?) phrasing you’re attempting to finesse. 1. Abstract: disassociation from a practical reference that would aid in comprehension 2. Abstruse: difficult because of technical considerations 3. Arduous: great…
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Fabled Google Drive Won't Be Another Dropbox
9 Feb 2012 | 11:00 amThe Wall Street Journal has revived rumors about Google launching a cloud storage service called Drive. The comparison everybody wants to make is to Dropbox. The thinking is that Google will challenge everyone's favorite start-up by releasing a native desktop and mobile Drive app with the same syncing features Dropbox users know and love. Google Drive rumors have been around for many years, and they've always conformed to the understanding of "The Cloud" that has prevailed at the time. If it's not like Apple's iCloud, which is integrated into Apple's devices, then it must be like Dropbox,… -
[STUDY] 61% of Social Media Users Feel So Close To You
9 Feb 2012 | 10:30 amSometimes little things like a sweet comment on Facebook or a Twitter friend calling your tweet a "favorite" can really make a social networker bee's day. A new study from Pew finds that for the most part, adults are kind to each other on social media sites. In fact, 85% of adults say that most of the people they come across on social media are rather kind; only 5% say that people are "mostly unkind," which would imply rude or mean. An additional 5% say that it's all situational. On the whole, adults have positive experiences on social networking sites. A total 68% of SNS users had an… -
[Infographic] Mapping the Tools in the Mobile Development Ecosystem
9 Feb 2012 | 10:00 amThe mobile development ecosystem is a large, complicated space. There are innovative startups making tools for native and mobile Web apps along with large enterprise-grade companies that offer solutions from cloud support to frameworks and developer environments. For a mobile developer, it can be confusing to know where to turn and what to use to make the best app possible. Mobile "backend-as-a-service" startup Kinvey created a map for ReadWriteMobile to help developers understand the ecosystem. Kinvey brackets the mobile ecosystem between two primary pillars: the service providers and the… -
Harry Reid Wants a Bigger, Badder Version of SOPA/PIPA
9 Feb 2012 | 9:30 amSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., still licking wounds from last week's defeat of the Protect IP Act and its House counterpart the Stop Online Piracy Act, is reportedly working on an even more sinister, Internet-regulating bill. Few details have been publicly disclosed about the latest push by legislative Democrats to expand executive-branch authority over the Internet, but the Daily Caller has pieced together publicly-available clues suggesting that Reid's newest bill is even broader than President Barack Obama's cybersecurity proposal. Sponsor Released last May, Obama's proposal… -
Keep Track of your AWS Expenses With Cloudyn
9 Feb 2012 | 9:02 amWith the number of individual Amazon Web Services now seemingly approaching infinity, it makes sense for third parties to get into the act of trying to keep track of what you are actually spending and whether you have over-provisioned your services. Enter Cloudyn.com, an Israeli based company that announced its services this week. Sponsor The idea is to have a dashboard similar to what you see below (mine isn't very interesting, sorry, I have taken down all of my machines at the moment) where you can track your projected annual costs, which accounts you have on AWS and what your running…
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6 Powerful Guest Post Tactics that No One’s Talking About
9 Feb 2012 | 6:05 amThis guest post is by Tom Ewer of Leaving Work Behind. Guest posting is a hot topic amongst startup bloggers. It is one of the most widely-adopted blog promotion strategies in existence, and has been made perhaps even more popular by the success of “serial” guest posters such as Danny Iny of Firepole Marketing. His “blitzkrieg” strategy may come across to some as a triumph of quantity over strategy, but nothing could be further from the truth. He understands the key concepts that we will be exploring in this post, and executes them in a highly effective manner. Whilst… -
How to Succinctly Report a Blog Issue to Tech Support
8 Feb 2012 | 6:07 amThis guest post is by Matthew Setter of Malt Blue. How often do you find it happening to you? You discover an issue with your site, or one of your community members emails you to tell you about it, and soon you start to see tweets about it too. Maybe it’s as simple as an error message that detracts from the professional appearance of your site. Perhaps the contact form doesn’t send messages to your contact email address. Or is it that the whole site just displays as a blank page, otherwise known as the white page of death? You’re not a programmer, a software engineer or a seasoned… -
Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger: Part 2
7 Feb 2012 | 12:05 pmThis guest post is by Devesh of WP Kube. A few months ago, I wrote a guest post here called How to Make Your Blog Load Faster than ProBlogger. Today, I’ll go into some more detailed advice to help you speed up your site even more. If you’re a blogger, you already know about the importance of blog loading speed, and the role it plays in search engine rank and marketing your blog. But if this is new territory for you, here are three quick reasons why you need to speed up your blog: Google includes website loading speed as an important metric in their ranking algorithm. If you want… -
How I Beat my Best Month Ever by Doing Something Good, Better [Case Study]
7 Feb 2012 | 6:04 amMid-December 2010: on my photography site, we launched a new campaign—our first ever 12 Days of Christmas promotion. The result was my biggest month of earnings ever up to that point. The idea was simple: offer discounts on 12 products over the 12 days leading up to Christmas. I used a mix of my own ebooks and products from other photography sites with affiliate commissions. The result was massive. Not only did we see some great revenue generated, it created some lovely buzz on the site. Due to the success of the 2010 campaign, in mid-December 2011 we launched our second 12 Days of… -
Six Steps to Make Sure Your Site Is Ready to Go Viral
6 Feb 2012 | 6:00 amThis guest post is by Nancy Sathre-Vogel of Family on Bikes. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Surely Google Analytics was confusing my site with another, way more popular site. There was no way my visitor numbers could be so high! And yet they were. One of my posts had taken off and was spreading like wildfire. Those viral post phenomena that happen to others were now happening to me. The first day, 17,000 visitors came to my website. The next day we topped out at 56,000. Readers were coming in droves. It was exciting. It was exhilarating. My site, viral! Wow! And then I took a…
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How to Recover From a Social Media Hangover
9 Feb 2012 | 3:00 am“Hello. My name is Cori and I’m a social media addict. “Today is day 1 of my commitment to give myself a regular break from technology and the foggy, uncreative haze it can unwittingly lead to.” I was reading a post the other day by blogger Michael Brenner at B2B Marketing Insider, talking about getting your social media game on. Of course, being the skimmer that I am, the first thing that caught my attention and made me go back and read the whole thing was his mention of having a Social Media Hangover. His hangover was induced by sometimes (as we all do) forgetting to… -
The “New” SEO Secret Weapon
8 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amIf you have a web site, you may have noticed one of two things about the traffic you get from search engines. Your search traffic may have dried up overnight, with once-healthy streams turning into a sad little trickle. Or you may have noticed a nice, steady improvement as you’ve climbed higher in the SERPs (search engine results pages), while other sites that used to outrank you suddenly evaporated. There’s a super-secret new ingredient in SEO. It was always a factor, but it’s become even more important recently, as the Google team relentlessly declares war on what they see… -
8 Quick Tips for Writing Bullet Points People Actually Want to Read
7 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amIt’s a Twitterized world, we’re just living in it. Blog posts, Tweets, quick videos, Google+, the Facebook Timeline, and tens of thousands of images pinned to digital boards are flying past us faster than we can read them. Faster than we can even scan them, depending on the time of day. What does this mean for writers trying to cut through it all? At least two things that I can think of: You’d better know how to write a compelling headline You’d better know how to write bullet points that grab (and keep) your reader We’re not telling you to keep your copy short. -
7 Crucial Tactics for Writing a Wildly Successful Guest Post
6 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amWe all know that guest posts grow blogs. But not many people realize that tactical guest posting grows careers. Most bloggers I see pump out these articles while reciting the mantra “quantity over quality”; there’s no real strategy and there are no real long-term benefits. In this post I am going to show you the seven crucial tactics for writing a radically successful guest post. Done right, these strategies will get you more email subscribers, coveted Google ranking positions, and a big head-start on your content marketing goals. Who am I to teach you about guest blogging? -
7 Smashing Social Media Marketing Links
4 Feb 2012 | 3:00 amThis week on The Lede … What really works on Twitter One thing social media copywriters should never do 9 productive social media hacks A reminder of the power of the original social media If you just can’t wait for The Lede every Saturday, and you want even more practical, useable links than the seven we highlight here every week, follow @copyblogger on Twitter. It’s painless. Really. // 9 Social Media Hacks You Need to Embrace Now Mr. Baer makes a good case that though social media is inexpensive in monetary terms, it can get good and costly when it comes to spending your…
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The History and Evolution of the Businessman
30 Jan 2012 | 2:15 pmReading time: < 1 minute Sometimes it is hard to imagine a time before the internet and social networks - even as new as they are. These avenues of communication have completely changed the course of business, and thus, the businessman. Business MBA recently launched an infographic that takes us back to a time when prehistoric man made survival his business, we meet the poets of the renaissance, the discoverers of new worlds, and eventually a generation with the world at their fingertips who has proven to be unlike any other. From: Business MBA -
Win Free Tickets To ABC’s, The Revolution
25 Jan 2012 | 6:39 amReading time: 1 – 2 minutes If you are a fan of Ty Pennington, or of daytime talk shows, or of living a better life – this is your chance to be front and center. ABC is offering free tickets to be a part of their new show’s live studio audience. This is a wonderful opportunity. I am very impressed with the entire premise of the show. Here on Social Media Mom, we often talk about living a better and more balanced life, which is the idea behind The Revolution. When it comes to style, adventure, health, and fitness – The Revolution is doing its part to make people happy… -
A Guide To Travel Therapy Jobs
18 Jan 2012 | 10:15 amReading time: < 1 minute Many of us spend our lives looking for that dream job, and in this economy, we are forced to take what we can get. This is part of the reason Onward Healthcare's new infographic resonated with me. It is always reassuring to see industries that help job creation. This particular career track is interesting because: you can live comfortably off of it, you have the resources to help others, and you get to travel the country. Check out the following infographic for more information on this career, and let us know if you know anyone in this field or are interested in… -
Faces iMake App. Stimulates Creativity
16 Jan 2012 | 7:36 amReading time: 2 – 2 minutes The new app. for your iPhone and iPad, is an award winning activity for your kids. Your child will take everyday objects and make faces out of them. It helps your child to be more creative and stimulates right brain activity. The application was created by children’s book author, Hanoch Piven, and is loved by parents just as much as kids. Many parents have called it addicting, and say it even makes them feel they are being more creative. The game is easy and intuitive for your children, and has been said to be very helpful to children with… -
Apple To Apples: Tech vs. Fruit
11 Jan 2012 | 8:41 amReading time: < 1 minute I came across a great infographic, by MBA Online, that I thought was so clever. This was a very interesting way of getting cool stats on America's favorite technology, and Russia's favorite fruit. It should also be no surprise that most of our apples, and all of our Apples come from China. I hope this brings some joy to your wednesday! Created by: MBA Online
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Enter Our Science Fair - Win $5,000!
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Why Sick Kids Get Worse At Night
6 Feb 2012 | 2:53 pmYour middle-of-the-night survival kit to soothe symptoms fast!
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How to Begin Again
17 Jan 2012 | 9:16 amI’ve been unapologetically absent here in 2011. Since November/December of 2010, when I was challenged to examine the way I work and live in the world, it’s been a process of letting go of old patterns of behavior. The way I was engaging here was clearly off — not in the outcome because I truly believe in the community we are creating and supporting — but my process. Let me tell you how it was… like many bloggers I know, I was burning the candle at both ends. We had way too many commitments for the number of hours in the day: TV appearances, guest columns/posts,… -
How to Set Powerful Resolutions this New Year
8 Jan 2012 | 1:55 pm“Where love is, so is transformation. …because love is transformation, moment to moment.” -J. Krishnamurti We are now well into the second week of 2012. How’s your New Year’s resolution going? If you’ve all but given up on resolutions, you are not alone. Zen Mommy talks about why most resolutions leave us feeling guilty and looks at the difference between “change” and “transformation” with Carol on Great Day St. Louis. Maybe you set a New Year’s resolution and are still rocking it; eating better, exercising more, clearing out… -
How to Find Support for Postpartum Depression
19 Dec 2011 | 10:14 amMy mom suffered from postpartum depression. And it altered the course of her life and mine forever. I’ve had dear friends whose relationships with their children and partners have similarly been affected in a deep and defining way by PPD. One of them is my friend, Katherine Stone. Babble included her blog, Postpartum Progress in the Top 10 Mom Blogs of 2011, naming it as a groundbreaking resource for moms and moms-to-be. I happen to agree. If you are a new mom and are struggling… please check it out. And if you or someone you love need some pre- postpartum support, I have another… -
How to Add Meaning
20 Nov 2011 | 8:25 pmIt’s Stuff-itis season… the season when we are bombarded with messages of all the STUFF we deserve ourselves or need to gift to other people to show them we love them. We experience it every year, this idea that pervades our consciousness – in the malls, in our media, and in our culture – that with all the giving of stuff comes joy, love and connectedness. And yet, every year after all the wrappings and bows are stuffed in the trash and we’ve collected our stuff in a pile, after they join all the rest of our stuff, we don’t feel any different than we did before. We go back to the… -
How to Make Pumpkin Seeds
16 Oct 2011 | 11:51 pmIt’s a delicious and nutritious seasonal snack and it’s easy enough for kids to make almost entirely on their own! My daughter who is a HUGE fan of pumpkin seeds (especially if she made them…) teaches us how kids can whip up a batch in the kitchen. Recipe included in VIDEO (2:31). Do your kids have a go-to recipe that they love for Halloween or Thanksgiving? Share it with us in the comments below. And give Reilly some props! She’s a natural!
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HTC: Ice Cream Sandwich Will Start Hitting Our Handsets In March
9 Feb 2012 | 10:55 amAt long last, HTC fans can finally stop holding their collective breath. After months of relative quiet, the Taiwanese company has taken to their Facebook page to spread the word: the Ice Cream Sandwich is coming, and it’s coming soon. For owners of certain HTC devices, the long-awaited Android 4.0 update will begin hitting handsets next month. HTC originally promised that Ice Cream Sandwich would be hitting most of their top-tier devices in “early 2012,” but that doesn’t seem to the case anymore unless you own one of their numerous Sensation devices. If anything, it… -
100 Million Americans Watch Online Video Per Day, Up 43% Since 2010 -comScore
9 Feb 2012 | 10:53 amTelevision is in trouble. Americans streamed 43.5 billion videos in December 2011, up 44% since December 2010, according to comScore’s 2012 US Digital Future In Focus report released today. The study also showed that 105.1 million Americans now watch videos online each day, up 43% from 73.7 million in 2010. comScore says YouTube is largely driving this, and that average minutes per video view, average videos watched per user, and total ads streamed are way up as well. TV and film studios should take notice and consider how they can create companion content to engage this growing… -
Glancee: A Nice-Guy Ambient Social Location App For Normal People
9 Feb 2012 | 10:44 amSome of us can’t be bothered to check in, but still want to find interesting people nearby. The challenge for developers is how to do this in a way that is both useful and not creepy. Glancee, available for both iOS and Android, gets closer to solving these problems than most I’ve seen. The app lets you sign in with Facebook, then it shows you people within 100 yards, or one, two, or ten miles who have things in common. In some ways this sounds similar another app I recently covered, Highlight — but there are key differences, that will make each app appeal to different sets… -
Pixloo Helps You Sell Your Home With Free Virtual Tours, Exports To Zillow, Trulia & More
9 Feb 2012 | 10:28 amIn December, Eric covered Open Home Pro, a startup that lets realtors sell homes via their iPads. Today, there comes a similar effort from Pixloo, except this service is designed for use by anyone – realtors and homeowners alike. With Pixloo, you can upload information about your home, including text, photos and even videos and then immediately export that data to major real estate sites including Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com and others, all for free. OK, technically, Pixloo is freemium. The pricing tiers depend on whether you need one virtual tour, the number of exports per tour and… -
Avast, Me Hearties: How The Pirate Bay Changed The Way We Steal
9 Feb 2012 | 9:41 amThe Pirate Bay, in many ways, is disappearing. It is one of the most popular torrent sites on the web and its database of millions of torrent files – essentially pointers to pieces of files hosted elsewhere – has long been the go-to spot for budding pirates around the world. While it still exists in spirit, the admins are now moving all of the torrent files off the site and are instead offering magnet links. This is an important distinction that will move the locus of general piracy from a single site to any number of sites, reducing the Pirate Bays importance as a source. First,…
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Macworld
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Kodak axing digital cameras business
9 Feb 2012 | 11:00 amKodak, which filed for bankruptcy last month, is killing its digital cameras business and plans to focus on printing in an effort to save money. -
Review: Psychonauts gets in your head
9 Feb 2012 | 10:34 amSeven years after its critically acclaimed and commercially ignored debut, Double Fine’s Psychonauts has finally made it to the Mac. Happily, this game is worth every second of the wait. -
Emptying the trash automatically
9 Feb 2012 | 10:15 amNo, Automator doesn't include an Empty the Trash action, but Chris Breen reveals how you can build your own. -
Apple and Google disagree over licensing of essential patents
9 Feb 2012 | 10:07 amGoogle is at odds with Apple, Microsoft and Cisco over the licensing and litigation of patents. -
Study: Android phones don't age well compared to iPhones
9 Feb 2012 | 9:30 amThe bottom line: If you own an iPhone for 18 months and decide to resell it, you will get more money for it than any other comparable Android or BlackBerry smartphone.
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MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - Front Page
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Amazon Hits Apple with New 'Three Kindles for the Price of an iPad' Commercial
9 Feb 2012 | 8:42 amWith its prominent position in the smartphone and tablet markets, it's no surprise that Apple is a popular target in its competitors advertising as they seek to differentiate themselves from Apple even as they ride on the popularity of the company's brand and products. Samsung has been one of the most prominent users of this tactic lately with its series of ads showing Apple fans waiting in line for the next new product launch only to be wowed by the latest Samsung product being used by a passerby. Back in 2010, Amazon took on the iPad with a Kindle ad touting its E Ink capabilities that… -
High-Resolution Sharp Display Reportedly for iPad 3 Surfaces
9 Feb 2012 | 8:08 amThe flurry of iPad 3 part leaks continues today following yesterday's interior photo of the rear shell and some follow-up photos of the exterior of the shell and the Smart Cover magnets. Among the most prominent additions today are new photos of what may be the iPad 3's display. Japanese blog Macotakara points to a posting by repair firm iLab Factory showing a 9.7-inch LCD panel from Sharp that is said to be a 2048x1536 high-resolution display set for inclusion in the iPad 3. The panel shows three ribbon cables connecting the display to its circuit board, in line with a previously-leaked… -
Steve Jobs' 1991 FBI File Released, Reveals Consideration for Presidential Appointment
9 Feb 2012 | 7:33 amAs noted by Gawker, the FBI has just released a 1991 background check on Steve Jobs. The 191-page document was undertaken as Jobs was being considered for a presidential appointment to the President's Export Council by George H. W. Bush. The file was released following a Freedom of Information Act request filed through the open government site MuckRock. Beyond basic biographical information, the report makes reference to comments from a number of Jobs' acquaintances who were interviewed to help build a picture of his background. Gawker notes that the report contains an unusually high number… -
Apple to Introduce iPad 3 in First Week of March
9 Feb 2012 | 6:01 amAllThingsD, which has an accurate track record in revealing Apple's new product media events, is reporting that Apple will hold an event to launch the iPad 3 in the first week of March.Sources say the company has chosen the first week in March to debut the successor to the iPad 2, and will do so at one of its trademark special events. The event will be held in San Francisco, presumably at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple’s preferred location for big announcements like these. No word yet on a street date for the iPad 3 (assuming that’s what it’s called), though my guess is… -
Photo of the Back of an iPad 3 Rear Shell, Smart Cover Magnets
8 Feb 2012 | 9:44 pmApparently, iPad 3 enclosures are easy to come by these days. Earlier today, Repair Labs posted a photo of the interior the iPad 3 rear shell. They concluded that there were some minor changes that suggested a larger battery and redesigned logic board. Tonight, Apple.pro posts an image of the back of the same shell, showing it to look quite simliar to the current iPad 2 backing, though the camera appears closer to the edge. There's no markings on the enclosure, however. No "iPad" or serial number markings. The site also claims to have a photo of the Smart Cover magnets, suggesting the iPad 3…
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MacOSXHints.com
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Growl Notification from Mail.app with Sender Photos
9 Feb 2012 | 7:30 amYou can use an AppleScript to send a notification to Growl whenever new messages arrive in Mail.app. The script also includes the image of the sender from your Address Book as the icon of the Growl notification. Works in Snow Leopard and Lion. I adapted a script written originally by Hunter Ford. I added the ability to include the image of the sender from the Address Book (if it exists). Britney F. helped me solve a couple of bugs -- Many thanks! First you have to be using Mail.app and the latest version of Growl. You can download the script from here and place in your /Library/Scripts folder… -
Using S/MIME on iOS Devices
9 Feb 2012 | 7:30 amI've recently written a blog post on using S/MIME with iOS devices. I've found that settings things up isn't entirely straight-forward so I've documented what I needed to do to make it work. The article explains how to set up your iPhone or iPad to send and receive encrypted emails via S/MIME. The prerequisite is an S/MIME certificate from a certificate authority. Some CAs provide them free for personal use. The procedure is not very complicated even though the description may look lengthy due to the many screenshots. The biggest hurdle is to pick the correct file format when exporting your… -
10.7: Update to a workaround for a Boot Camp x64 installation issue
8 Feb 2012 | 7:30 amYesterday I finally got around to dual-booting my MacBook, with a nice fresh copy of Windows 7. Everything was great, except for a laggy download of the Windows Support Software. So, earlier today, I got around to installing the drivers. It turns out, my old MacBook didn't support BootCampx64. I then did a quick search on how to fix this issue. I came up with a number of answers, but this is an answer aimed at people who were in my situation which is: I could not right click on the BootCampx64.msi file, because of the missing drivers. Or if I could right click, then changing the properties of… -
Airport Utility 6.0
7 Feb 2012 | 7:30 amAirport Utility 6.0 was released a few days ago. You may want to keep both 5.6 and 6.0 versions. I used Pacifist, and manually reinstalled the 5.6 version side by side. Lots of missing features in the new utility. No way to tweak wireless options for Mode, Frequency, Multicast Rate or Transmit Power, and such a tiny window for port mapping list. An elegant interface, but at a price. For a thorough review and pointers to stand alone updates, read here. [crarko adds: Consider this a public service announcement. It also appears that AirPort Utility 6.0 only functions with the 802.11(n)… -
10.7: See Exposé view of an app in the background
7 Feb 2012 | 7:30 amThis is a feature that allows you to see the Exposé of an app that is in the background. You'll need a Trackpad. In OS X 10.7, the four-finger swipe down toggles app Exposé for the app in the foreground. Except if you place the cursor on the icon of a running app in the Dock, in which case the four-finger down swipe toggles the app exposé of THAT app, not the application that is in the foreground. If you swipe down again without selecting a window from the Exposé view, you are taken back to the app you were in before toggling Exposé. [crarko adds: I'd love to test this, but my Lion…
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The Mac Observer
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Apple Stock Watch: Apple’s Stock Makes Run on $500
9 Feb 2012 | 10:07 amShares in Apple Inc. leapt by more than four percent in heavy trading Thursday. In the early afternoon session, the stock was up more than four percent and knocking on the door of a US$500 per share price point. -
News: FBI Releases Steve Jobs Dossier: Driven & Deceptive
9 Feb 2012 | 8:32 amApple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs was in the running for a presidential cabinet appointment under the first President Bush in 1991, and the FBI has released its background investigation file on the man. According to the people the agency interviewed, Mr. Jobs was driven, deceptive, and would be great for the job. -
Hot Forum Topic: Reader Discussion: Apple, the Trillion Dollar Company
9 Feb 2012 | 7:02 amApple’s market value keeps rising, and has even climbed up above Exxon Mobil to become the most valuable company in the world — at least on paper. Today one TMO forum reader is asking how long it will be before Apple becomes a trillion dollar company. Chime in and share your thoughts. -
TMO Appearances: Ted Landau Discusses Macworld|iWorld, OS X 10.7.3 on MacNotables
9 Feb 2012 | 6:31 amTMO columnist and popular author Ted Landau joined Chuck Joiner on the MacNotables podcast to talk about the recently completed Macworld|iWorld Conference along with issues some users are having after upgrading to OS X 10.7.3. -
News: Apple Planning March iPad 3 Announcement
9 Feb 2012 | 5:41 amApple is apparently ramping up for an iPad 3 announcement event in the first week of March. News of the planned media event comes courtesy of unnamed sources who also say Apple will unveil the next generation multimedia tablet in San Francisco.
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MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - iOS Blog
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The iPad 3's A6 Processor to be Dual-Core?
8 Feb 2012 | 5:47 pmTheVerge's Joshua Topolsky summarizes the iPad 3 casing findings reported earlier today, but also adds his own sources regarding some details of the iPad 3. Image from RepairLabs As expected, the iPad 3 will reportedly include a 2048x1536 Retina Display, be nearly identical physically, and use the A6 processor. The A6 processor, however, is claimed to have a dual-core chip, not a quad-core one, at least according to his sources: What is surprising, however, is that our sources say that the A6 will not be a quad-core chip, but will remain dual-core. We've previously had heard that the device… -
Tweetbot for iPad Hits The App Store
8 Feb 2012 | 12:37 pmPopular iPhone Twitter client Tweetbot has finally arrived on the iPad, with a user interface instantly familiar to any current Tweetbot user. Designed for the Twitter power-user, Tweetbot packs a lot of punch into an intuitive, slick interface, with unique functionality like Smart Gestures which give quick access to a variety of features through double or triple-taps. The Next Web and Business Insider have more in-depth reviews. The app is $2.99 and is a separate purchase from the iPhone app, a fact some users may dislike, but Tweetbot co-developer Paul Haddad explained his thoughts… -
Vonage Rolls Out "High-Definition" VoIP Calling App
8 Feb 2012 | 10:24 amVonage has introduced yet another app to its growing mobile arsenal. The latest, called Vonage Mobile (not to be confused with another app called Vonage Mobile, introduced in 2009) adds a Skype-esque component to the old app's VoIP calling component. Users with Vonage Mobile installed can make "high-definition" audio calls or SMS-type text messages over Wi-Fi and 3G to other Vonage Mobile users. Users can also make low-cost international calls with credits added via In-App Purchasing. Calls to landline or wireless numbers in the US, Canada or Puerto Rico, from anywhere in the world, are free… -
'iBank Access' Seeking to Remake Personal Finance on the iPad
8 Feb 2012 | 5:26 amAs Intuit's Quicken options for Mac users continue to falter in the wake of a stripped-down Quicken Essentials release and the company's ongoing efforts to make the more fully-functional Quicken 2007 compatible with OS X Lion, other personal finance software firms have attempted to step into the void. One of the more successful companies has been IGG Software with its iBank software, which is available as both a Mac application and a companion iPhone app. IGG Software has been teasing a few tidbits about its work on an iPad application over the past few months, and as noted in a new blog post… -
The Best Superbowl Ad Was for the iPhone
7 Feb 2012 | 3:53 pmMore than fifty commercials aired during the Super Bowl this past Sunday, including one from Samsung that again poked fun at Apple's customers. Apple didn't run any ads during the Super Bowl, at least not officially -- a fact that puzzled some commentators. But, as investment guru Jim Cramer points out, Apple did have an advertisement of sorts air during the Super Bowl. After the game was over, Colts hall of famer Raymond Berry carrier the Vince Lombardi Trophy along a long line of New York Giants players. Players took turns touching or kissing the trophy, all the while taking photos and…
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TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
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Collectible Quilt-Inspired Cases - QuiltMyPhone Lets You Envelope Your Phone in Historic Artifacts (TrendHunter.com)
9 Feb 2012 | 11:33 am(TrendHunter.com) Ah, the irony of vintage on high-tech! We all love our mobile phones, tablets, iPads, Blackberries and other gadgets, and now, a new venture called QuiltMyPhone lets you share your love of vintage textiles... -
Tank Tread Skate Decks - The Rockboard Descender is Designed to Traverse Any and All Terrain (TrendHunter.com)
9 Feb 2012 | 11:23 am(TrendHunter.com) Skaters looking for a new thrill should spend some time checking out the Rockboard Descender. The Descender is a combination skateboard/tank and is designed to traverse any type of terrain. The four wheels... -
Intricately Angular Seating - The Dodecahedronic Chair Offers a Contemporary Look (TrendHunter.com)
9 Feb 2012 | 11:13 am(TrendHunter.com) I believe that chairs should be both appealing to the eye as well as comfortable, and the Dodecahedronic Chair combines these two elements together perfectly. Created by a design student based in Japan,... -
Carry-On Automobiles - The Soleil Concept Car Makes Hunting for a Parking Space a Thing of the Past (TrendHunter.com)
9 Feb 2012 | 11:03 am(TrendHunter.com) Parking problems would become a thing of the past if the Soleil concept car were to ever hit the streets. Soleil was designed by Engin Cesmeci and Emre Gurel for the 2012 Michelin Design Challenge. The... -
Pint-Sized Java Brewers - Pietro Marmo's One-Inch Coffee Maker Brews a Teardrop of Joe (TrendHunter.com)
9 Feb 2012 | 10:52 am(TrendHunter.com) Italian goldsmith Pietro Marmo has created a fully functional one-inch coffee maker. The one-inch coffee maker is made from sterling silver and is comprised of five parts: a heater, two filters, the coffee...
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WebMD Health
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Can Toddlers Be Overweight?
9 Feb 2012 | 4:47 amWorried about your toddler’s weight? Child obesity and weight gain in children is something to talk about now with your pediatrician. -
CDC: Doctors Increasingly Prescribe Exercise
8 Feb 2012 | 9:02 pmA new report from the CDC shows that more patients are getting prescriptions for exercise from their doctors. -
Osteoporosis Medication Linked to Unusual Thigh Fractures
8 Feb 2012 | 3:33 pmSome drugs used to strengthen bones may increase the risk of an unusual type of fracture if patients take them on a long-term basis for multiple years, a new study shows. -
Some Men May Inherit a Higher Risk of Heart Disease From Dad
8 Feb 2012 | 3:30 pmMove over, estrogen. There's a new theory that helps explain why men are more likely than women to get heart disease. -
Tai Chi Improves Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease
8 Feb 2012 | 2:05 pmTai chi, a kind of exercise that guides the body through gentle, flowing poses, may help some of the worst physical problems of Parkinson’s disease, a new study shows.
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Simply Stated By RealSimple.com
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Slow-Cooker Hummus from Big Girls, Small Kitchen
9 Feb 2012 | 11:25 amFor a lot of harried, young cooks, store-bought tubs of hummus are subsistence-level forms of nourishment, akin to cereal, peanut butter, and even sardines. For the slightly more domestically inclined, over on Big Girls, [...] -
Should You Send a Gift to a Wedding You Can’t Attend?
9 Feb 2012 | 8:00 amThis week’s etiquette question came from HeatherMLee, who must decline an invitation to her niece’s wedding because it is too far for her to travel. She asked: “What is the appropriate thing to do, [...] -
Smart New Product: Hover Bar from Twelve South
9 Feb 2012 | 4:50 amI’m a big fan of Twelve South’s products. (We’ve covered their Plug Bug on Simply Stated before.) So I’m very excited to see their newest product the Hover Bar for the iPad. While I’m not a [...] -
The Best Deals on the Restaurant Menu
8 Feb 2012 | 3:02 pmThe next time you’re out to eat remember these tips to keep your bill low: - The most well-priced items will be in the middle of the menu. Anything that’s advertised in a box [...] -
How to Keep a Food Journal
8 Feb 2012 | 1:55 pmAt the start of this 21-day experiment, I vowed to keep a food journal, something I typically resist. Update: It’s been going…pretty well! Now, I can’t say that I have kept meticulous daily records [...]
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Hawaiimagazine.com | HAWAII Today
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And the winner of HAWAII Magazine’s Honolulu Festival Flyaway sweepstakes is…
8 Feb 2012 | 7:21 amAnd the winner of HAWAII Magazine’s Honolulu Festival Flyaway sweepstakes is… Congratulations to Ashleigh Allred of Salt Lake City, Utah — the winner of our HAWAII Magazine’s Honolulu Festival Flyaway sweepstakes.Ashleigh’s name was drawn at random from more than 10,000 sweepstakes entries submitted through our Facebook page over the last three weeks. Her prize?• Complimentary Hawaiian Airlines round-trip airfare for two passengers between Oahu and one of Hawaiian Airlines’ gateway cities on the U.S. Mainland.• Five-days/four nights… -
Top 5 favorite Hawaii music artists (ever): HAWAII Magazine Facebook poll results
8 Feb 2012 | 5:16 amTop 5 favorite Hawaii music artists (ever): HAWAII Magazine Facebook poll results We’ve counted your picks from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question: Who is your favorite Hawaii music artist? Ever. The top five vote-getters are on the pages ahead. Your picks specified more than 50 artists, ranging from innovative newcomers with recent hits on pop charts to iconic late artists remembered for setting music trends and recording Hawaii classics in decades past. Among the runners-up to the top-five vote-getters were beloved late musicians, such as slack-key guitarist Gabby… -
Spooky new TV series debuting tonight includes Hawaii-filmed episodes
7 Feb 2012 | 4:18 amSpooky new TV series debuting tonight includes Hawaii-filmed episodes Several episodes of a spooky-looking new ABC television series called The River, which premieres tonight, were filmed in Hawaii. The pilot episode for The River was filmed in Puerto Rico, as was the pilot for Off the Map, an ABC series than moved to Hawaii during 2010. Off the Map, a medical drama about doctors working is a remote South American village, premiered in January 2011 and was canceled by ABC last spring. Production... -
Punahou School Carnival, a longtime Oahu tradition, under way this weekend
3 Feb 2012 | 9:25 amPunahou School Carnival, a longtime Oahu tradition, under way this weekend Dozens of jumbo-sized tents and tarps have popped up on Punahou School’s manicured grounds in the Manoa Valley area on Oahu. About a week ago, the big-and-bulky midday rides arrived. And by sunrise this morning, scores of alumni as well as students and their parents were busy patrolling the transformed campus and making final preparations for the annual Punahou School Carnival(2012 theme: To Carnival and Beyond: A Futuristic Fantasy, presented by the Class of 2013.) The carnival will be under way today until 11… -
Big Island’s 19th annual Waimea cherry blossom fest celebrates Hawaii-Japan ties
2 Feb 2012 | 5:41 amBig Island’s 19th annual Waimea cherry blossom fest celebrates Hawaii-Japan ties The Big Island’s annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival marks the blooming of the area’s historic cherry trees with a Japanese tradition called hanami, which translates as “cherry blossom viewing party.” After a seasonal winter chill in the upcountry area east of the Kohala Coast, cherry trees typically bloom in February. The 19h annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival, slated for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 4 at various sites in the Waimea ...
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HowStuffWorks Daily Feed
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What’s the future of virtual sex?
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amThe future is bright for virtual sexuality. After all, we're human beings. Think of any great artistic or technological achievement and chances are it winds up in the bedroom. Will it end up in yours? -
5 Tips for Getting Organized at Work
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amWhether you're fresh off the job hunt or a seasoned employee, a little organization can go a long way. Here are five tips for keeping the piles at bay. -
5 Tiny Countries With Big Space Dreams
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amDo you know what that spacecraft is? It's one of the old Soviet space shuttles, and it never would have gotten built without the help of one the tiny countries on our list. Can you guess which one? -
Costumes 101 Pictures
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amThey're at every sci-fi convention and Halloween party -- those people who always have the most amazing original costumes. Learn the basics of building a costume and find out what it takes to do well in costume competitions. -
How Airplanes Work
9 Feb 2012 | 6:15 amToday in 1969, the Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight. But it was more than 100 years ago that the Wright brothers made their historic first flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. Even after all these years, their creation still boggles the mind: How can something so heavy take to the air?
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Planet Photoshop
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My 3D Feature in Photoshop User
31 Jan 2012 | 7:11 amSo if you are a NAPP member should have just recently received your latest issue of Photoshop User magazine! The official publication of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. If not a member click here to learn more and see what NAPP members get in addition to a year’s subscription to Photoshop User. You can also pick it up at most bookstore newsstands. Anyway in this month’s issue I had the honor of writing the feature article on 3D in Photoshop. I discuss how you can use 3D in Photoshop in not so obvious ways by combining the power of 3D and the compositing power… -
Photoshop World, it will get here fast!
27 Jan 2012 | 11:16 amAre you planning on joining us for Photoshop World in Washington D.C. this March? If so, you better make sure you get registered soon! The early bird registration, which will save you $100 off the full-conference price, will be available through February 17, 2012. I know that seems like a ways off but we all know that will get here a lot quicker than we think. Not to mention you will want to get registered for other events you may be interested in that have a very high likelihood of filling up fast like the pre-cons and the after hours party! Always a blast! This event boasts the biggest… -
Flare Effects
20 Jan 2012 | 12:36 pmCorey has a cool trick for creating a flare brush and see how one effect can lead to another. Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV. -
Create A Composite Layer
13 Jan 2012 | 8:47 amIf you have a multilayer composition and you want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers. Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E). by Colin Smith -
Creating Glossy Lips
10 Jan 2012 | 8:43 amIf you see a shiny highlight on your subject’s lips, and you want to make it look glossier, duplicate the Background layer then change your layer blend mode to Screen to brighten the entire image. Option-click (PC: Alt-click) the Add Layer Mask icon to hide this brighter layer behind a black mask. Press D to set your Foreground color to white; choose a small, soft-edged Brush (B); and paint over those white highlight areas on the lips and they’ll get even glossier. by Scott Kelby
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Photoshop Star
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Winners of Grafpedia Giveaway
7 Feb 2012 | 8:01 amIn this post, we announce the winners who previously participated in a giveaway held on January 26th, 2012. First of all this was a great giveaway thanks to Grafpedia. Six winners have won 6 VIP accounts (one winner won one commercial VIP account valued at $199 and five winners won one VIP account each valued at $49). The Winners One winner will receive one commercial VIP account valued at $199. Winner is Wendy. And winners of one VIP account valued at $49 are: 1. Bob 2. CCronje 3. Eric 4. Kenneth 5. mare Thank you to all for participating on this giveaway and congratulations to the winners. -
Learn to Create Text Animation
1 Feb 2012 | 10:16 amI received several requests for a simple animation tutorial so this Photoshop tutorial is here. Learn to create a small text animation using Photoshop. Final Image Preview Step 1 Start by creating a new document with 1000×300 pixels. Set foreground color to #000000 and background color to #00ae0f. Select Gradient Tool and create a linear gradient. Step 2 Apply Filter > Sketch > Water Paper with following settings (Fiber Length: 5, Brightness: 53, Contrast: 73): Step 3 Select Horizontal Type Tool, font Arial Black with 170 pt and update foreground color to #00b75a. Write something like I… -
Giveaway: Win over 70,000 Design Items from Grafpedia
26 Jan 2012 | 9:15 amPhotoshop Star and Grafpedia have partnered to giveaway several VIP accounts to Photoshop Star readers. About Grafpedia Grafpedia.com is a popular website with lots of resources for web designers including tutorials. It also features one of the best premium member areas including more than 70,000 graphics resources. Grafpedia premium member area includes more than 900 photoshop brushes, 29400 photoshop gradients, more than 1000 textures, more than 100 web elements and more than 130 templates ready to use. Every week new resources are added to premium member area to keep collection up to date. -
How to Make Facial Retouching in Photoshop
24 Jan 2012 | 2:56 pmOne more tutorial teaching you how to make a man facial retouching in Photoshop. Final Image Preview Resources Cowboy Step 1 Start by opening photo. We are going to start by removing skin problems. Select Healing Brush Tool. This tool lets you correct imperfections, causing them to disappear into the surrounding image. Like the cloning tools, you use the Healing Brush tool to paint with sampled pixels from an image or pattern. However, the Healing Brush tool also matches the texture, lighting, transparency, and shading of the sampled pixels to the pixels being healed. As a result, the… -
How to Make Inspiration Frame in 5 Minutes
18 Jan 2012 | 11:19 amWanna inspire yourself and at some time inspire someone else? On this Photoshop tutorial you can learn how to quickly create an inspiration frame. Final Image Preview Step 1 Start by creating a new document with 600×600 pixels. Fill layer with color #0593a4. Step 2 Select the Custom Shape Tool and select one of standard Photoshop shapes (Registration Target 2), which you can see on the picture below. Set up foreground color as #02a0b3 and create shape similar to mine that you can see on the picture below. With new layer selected, rasterize shape by going to Layer > Rasterize > Shape.
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Photoshop For Digital Photographers
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Protecting Your Metadata
8 Feb 2012 | 4:44 amEvery time you take an image your camera automatically embeds information into the image. There may be times when you don't want to share this data with others and in this tutorial I'll show you how to remove selective metadata from an image. -
How To Naturally Extend A Canvas
2 Feb 2012 | 4:12 amIf you need to naturally extend one or more edges of an image how do you do this without distorting important elements of your image? Watch this tutorial to find out how. -
Painting A Vignette
3 Jan 2012 | 3:12 amGet more control with your vignettes by painting them onto your images. In this tutorial I'll be showing you how easy this technique is to apply. -
A Killer Portrait Adjustment
22 Dec 2011 | 2:45 amWould you like a simple two layer adjustment that will make your image standout from all of the rest? Watch this tutorial to see how it's done. -
High Pass Sharpening
7 Dec 2011 | 3:21 amIn this tutorial we will sharpen an image by using the High Pass Filter. In addition to creating this adjustment we will also show you how to fine tune the adjustment by creating a smart filter.
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Star-Advertiser headlines
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States, banks reach $25 billion foreclosure-abuse settlement
9 Feb 2012 | 11:35 amWASHINGTON >> U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst. -
Luv a pup
9 Feb 2012 | 11:16 amIf you want to know how a princess lives, consider Princess Cupcake, who has 46 dresses and hair clips to match, along with dozens of accessories. It's more than I have in my closet. -
Three Canadian tourists rescued from rip current
9 Feb 2012 | 10:45 amA Canadian tourist and his 10-year-old daughter tried to rescue a fellow visitor using their boogie boards off Napili Bay in west Maui Wednesday, but ended up getting caught in a rip tide and needed help from county firefighters. -
Safe on shore, sailors tell a dramatic story of survival
9 Feb 2012 | 10:39 amThree sailors, including a 9-year-old boy, survived a harrowing rescue at sea off Hawaii Wednesday after the container ship that came to the aid of their disabled sailboat accidently crashed into the vessel in rough seas. -
New video of lava flow released
9 Feb 2012 | 9:56 amThe Hawaiian Volcano Observatory posted new video of a surface lava flow from Puu Oo crater.
