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How coffee changed America [infographic]
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission Has Issued a Voluntary Recall for “Baby Boomers.” by John Flowers
McSweeney’s9 Feb 2012 | 4:01 amThe Consumer Product Safety Commission and the makers of “Baby Boomers” are issuing a voluntary recall for all persons born between the years 1946 and 1964. Consumers should stop using these devices as elected officials, executives, educators, economists, analysts and authorities on any subject of any kind. Name of Product: Baby Boomers Units: About 70 million Manufacturer: The Greatest Generation Hazard: A software glitch is causing the device to get stuck in “expert” mode. This can lead to performance issues as well as compatibility problems, particularly with other… -
How to Recover From a Social Media Hangover
Copyblogger9 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… -
A Look at Steve Jobs' FBI File
ReadWriteWeb9 Feb 2012 | 8:16 amYes, it's true. The FBI had a file on Steve Jobs. It's not what you might think, though. The FBI performed a "level III" background investigation on Jobs as a potential presidential appointee in 1991. He was described by most witnesses as an "individual of good character and integrity" that would be suitable for a "position of trust and confidence with the Government." Jobs also had a brush with the FBI when Apple received a bomb threat in 1985. Sponsor According to one of the filings, Jobs was being considered for an appointment to the President's Export Council in early 1991. This was while… -
VW Bus Customized with a Mural and Stained Glass
MAKE9 Feb 2012 | 7:00 amHaD writer Caleb Kraft of Springfield, MO, sexed up his VW bus with a lovely (and Cthulhu-esque!) elephant mural as well as stained glass sun visors that complement the painting. Caleb says he “never really painted before” — ORLY!? Looks pretty amazing to me.
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Holy Kaw!
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How coffee changed America [infographic]
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Restaurant brands flock to Kids LiveWell program
9 Feb 2012 | 8:54 amThe number of restaurant brands participating in the Kids LiveWell program has tripled to 70 companies and 20,000 restaurants across the country. Eateries are finding creative ways to participate in the program that helps parents find healthier dining choices for their children, says Healthy Dining President Anita Jones-Mueller. Full story at SmartBlog on Restaurants by SmartBrief. More SmartBrief stories. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
DIY Pop Tarts on a stick
9 Feb 2012 | 8:10 amA hungry wise man once said, “All tasty food should come on a stick.” The food gods have responded to the man’s stick wish and created mini Pop Tarts on...you guessed it...a stick. Quicker alternative: toothpick, full-size Pop Tart, knife. Full recipe and directions at caplan miller. Delicious DIY. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Fast-food diners say "downsize me"
9 Feb 2012 | 8:08 amAsking consumers if they would like a smaller portion may be a better approach to curbing overeating than posting calorie counts. The study from Tulane University found that when servers asked customers whether they’d like to “downsize” starchy side dishes at a Chinese fast-food restaurant as many as a third gladly cut back—saving an average 200 calories each meal. “Our goal was to test whether the invitation to downsize a meal component would be embraced by consumers and, importantly, whether the approach would be more effective than a purely information-based… -
The video game entertainment curve
9 Feb 2012 | 8:05 amVia loldwell. Video gaming. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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McSweeney’s
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission Has Issued a Voluntary Recall for “Baby Boomers.” by John Flowers
9 Feb 2012 | 4:01 amThe Consumer Product Safety Commission and the makers of “Baby Boomers” are issuing a voluntary recall for all persons born between the years 1946 and 1964. Consumers should stop using these devices as elected officials, executives, educators, economists, analysts and authorities on any subject of any kind. Name of Product: Baby Boomers Units: About 70 million Manufacturer: The Greatest Generation Hazard: A software glitch is causing the device to get stuck in “expert” mode. This can lead to performance issues as well as compatibility problems, particularly with other… -
List: And When Your Sister Said That, You Knew She Was a Narcissist by Megan Twiddy
9 Feb 2012 | 4:00 am“Everyone really liked me, I could tell.” “That’s kind of exactly what I’ve been doing… except I’ve been doing it for a while.” “Listen! Listen! This is the best thing! And I came up with it in ten seconds!” “I’m pretty sure I saved his life.” “I’m applying to graduate school because I want people to call me doctor.” “Don’t stand next to me. It makes me look too elegant.” “Hello Family and Friends! The holidays are here again, and I just wanted to say, my book is a great gift idea.” “I know we agreed that you would drive, but I’m… -
The Chorus Boy Chronicles: A Bandit, Full and Hollow by Brian Spitulnik
9 Feb 2012 | 4:00 amIt’s January 10th, 2009. We are all wondering if Obama will lead us out of debt and out of Iraq when he’s sworn into office ten days from today; I’ve been dancing in Chicago for a year and a half; it’s been two months since James dumped me; the time is nearly 10:20 pm, our two-show day is finally coming to an end, and tonight, it’s Saturday night on Broadway. We’re all moving to our places for the finale. The girls descend from their dressing rooms, having preemptively removed their fake eyelashes in preparation for leaving the theater as soon as the curtain falls. The seven of us… -
Tontine Rules by River Clegg
8 Feb 2012 | 4:01 am1. Each participant shall volunteer one personal item for the tontine, after which no participant may access any of the tontine items. 2. Upon the death of the penultimate remaining participant, the lone survivor shall take possession of all the tontine items. 3. Gary, if he receives permission from at least one other participant, may access the tontine items, but only to look at them and not to touch. 4. In accordance with the significance of the tontine pact, all items volunteered must be valued at no less than three-hundred dollars by an independent third party. 5. Gary shall be… -
Monologue: I’ll Be Knocking Out Beautiful Poetry This Whole Goddamn Flight by Sean Adams
8 Feb 2012 | 4:00 amI’m sorry ma’am, but if you plan on sleeping from take off to touch down you’re in the wrong seat, because as soon as it’s safe to use portable electronics, it’s gonna be PIPITY PIPITY POW right here next to you. Which is to say you’ll be startled awake by the machine-gun like sounds of wild, emphatic typing rising above the whine of the jet engines and the low growl of my torturously inspired mumbling. You see, I’m not just a passenger; I’m a poet. And while they may be able to buckle me into this tiny seat, they won’t be able to contain my inspiration. No, ma’am. I’ll…
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Copyblogger
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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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ReadWriteWeb
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A Look at Steve Jobs' FBI File
9 Feb 2012 | 8:16 amYes, it's true. The FBI had a file on Steve Jobs. It's not what you might think, though. The FBI performed a "level III" background investigation on Jobs as a potential presidential appointee in 1991. He was described by most witnesses as an "individual of good character and integrity" that would be suitable for a "position of trust and confidence with the Government." Jobs also had a brush with the FBI when Apple received a bomb threat in 1985. Sponsor According to one of the filings, Jobs was being considered for an appointment to the President's Export Council in early 1991. This was while… -
Oracle Claims Taleo's Cloud-based Talent Management Jackpot
9 Feb 2012 | 8:00 amIn the 20th century, corporations recruited talented professionals but then nurtured them and integrated them into their organizations. Talent was part of their business foundations. In the more intricate economy of the 21st, talent is something perceived to be possessed by individuals. Corporations recruit these people, and then undertake what's called compensation management in an effort to retain them as long as possible, and to let go of talent that doesn't perform up to scale. The value of a single, global database for evaluating the dollar value of individual talent on a real-time scale… -
Big Question (Answered): "Do You Have Too Many Facebook Friends?"
9 Feb 2012 | 7:04 amEvery day I jump onto Facebook for my work, but honestly, I never use it as it was intended. If you send me a message or like my status, I might engage, but I never reach out to folks. My stream is full of interesting content about people I don't know enough to care about. I know that sounds rude, but there's really only so much room in your life for connections. I have a little over 700 friends and I think that's about 500 too many. I've been considering paring down for some time, not because I think my connections aren't cool, but because I'm missing out on things like my family's birthday… -
Appcelerator Acquires Cocoafish to Implement Mobile Cloud Services in Titanium
9 Feb 2012 | 7:00 amMobile development company Appcelerator announced today that it is buying "backend-as-a-service" startup Cocoafish to implement cloud services and functionality to its Titanium Platform. Acquiring Cocoafish is an astute move by Appcelerator, which focuses on tools for developers to create native and mobile Web apps. The company realized in its latest mobile developer report that 84% of developers using Titanium were utilizing some type of cloud service. With Cocoafish, Appcelerator attempts to keep all the necessary mobile development tools on its own platform. Appcelerator admits that with… -
Three Ways To Use Linked In If You're NOT Looking For A Job
9 Feb 2012 | 5:00 amA post last week on pimping your LinkedIn profile drew a big response, as well as a divide in comments about whether or not people should be using LinkedIn. One of the bigger misconceptions in comments in emails was that LinkedIn is primarily a job-hunting site. But there are reasons to use LinkedIn even if you have a job you love, aside from the obvious benefits of keeping up on your industry and making connections with potential business partners. Sponsor Among them: LinkedIn is a great contact manager. Not all of your contacts will have their phone numbers in their LinkedIn profile (and if…
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MAKE
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VW Bus Customized with a Mural and Stained Glass
9 Feb 2012 | 7:00 amHaD writer Caleb Kraft of Springfield, MO, sexed up his VW bus with a lovely (and Cthulhu-esque!) elephant mural as well as stained glass sun visors that complement the painting. Caleb says he “never really painted before” — ORLY!? Looks pretty amazing to me. -
How-To: Duct Tape Roses
9 Feb 2012 | 6:16 amIf you’re celebrating Love Day this year, and could’t make it to the Kwik-E-Mart before they sold out of Lord Huggington, you might consider going the handmade route, in which case you could probably do a lot worse than a dozen of these realistic duct tape roses from Instructables user DIYHacksAndHowTos. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go outside and assemble Love Land. [via CRAFT] More:Heart-Shaped Hack Box from Evil Mad Science Labs -
NTH Hackable Synthesizer
9 Feb 2012 | 4:00 amColumbus, OH makers Kevin Holland and John Staskevich have built a seemingly fun to play hackable synth using a PIC microcontroller, 8-bit DAC, and analog low-pass filter. It includes an integrated step sequencer and simple, intuitive controls. The device was built with hacking in mind, so you’ll also get a spare hardware DAC channel, on-board prototyping area, and ICSP port to modify, update, or completely rewrite the firmware. It’s all housed in a clear laser-cut acrylic housing so everything’s easy to see. [Thanks, John!] -
The Homemade Earth and Fire of Jonathan Garratt
8 Feb 2012 | 7:30 pmIt’s been over a decade since I’ve thrown clay on a wheel, but watching this video, by David Hobson, of Dorset-based potter Jonathan Garratt, makes me want to return to the art. Garratt is a true maker from beginning to end, including farming his own clay, mixing it in a blunger, drying it over a month, then processing it through a pug mill. He chops his own wood and claims to have nearly 100 tonnes of wood stacked in sheds and under tin tarps outside, which he rotates out on a two-year cycle! The combination of using local clay and firing with wood gives his work a… -
“How Maker Faire Changed My Life”
8 Feb 2012 | 6:15 pmBen Hylak, one of the young scientists/inventors honored at the White House yesterday, wrote his touching and inspiring story for the CNN website. The story, and an accompany teaser video, are a preview to this weekend’s episode of “The Next List” on CNN. The program will contain a 30-minute profile of MAKE founder Dale Dougherty and cover MAKE, Maker Faire, and the maker movement. Tune in to CNN, Sunday, 2pm EST, February 12th. How Maker Faire Changed My Life More: White House Celebrates Young Makers Along with Science Fair Winners Maker Teen Inspired by Faire to Build…
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Dinosaur Comics
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MEANWHILE, IN THE FUTURE: "Wow, everyone STILL should've listened to me in the past because I continue to totally agree with what I was saying!"
9 Feb 2012 | 5:28 amarchive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - cute - search - about← previousFebruary 9th, 2012nextFebruary 9th, 2012: Thank you all for being so into the Adventure Time comics I'm writing! In celebration of how awesome it went yesterday (sold out at the retailor level before it even reached customers, and then sold out again in tons of stores - but it may still be available at your local comic shop, you should check it out!) (but you can still get it digitally!) I showed how my script went from words to a finished comics page, and Aaron shared his process (painting!) and Chris shared… -
when utahraptor says "dromiceiomimus is that way, dude!" he's pointing with his tail. if you had a tail, you'd use it for pointing. you'd use it for everything!
8 Feb 2012 | 6:01 amarchive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - cute - search - aboutadventure time #1 comes out today! i wrote it! OH MY GLOB← previousFebruary 8th, 2012nextFebruary 8th, 2012: You know what comes out today! ADVENTURE TIME #1. I wrote it and I'm really excited for it! So excited, in fact, that I just wrote up a thing showing how the first page went from my crazy script to a final comic! You can read the first five pages here, you can read an interview with me talking about the comic here and here and you can buy it at a comic store near you! Here's an easy way to find them. And if… -
today's dinosaur comic is brought to you by: the letter t
7 Feb 2012 | 5:09 amarchive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - cute - search - about← previousFebruary 7th, 2012nextFebruary 7th, 2012: Yesterday I showed you the first five pages of the Adventure Time comic I'm writing! The way they've set up the comic is actually kind of awesome: I get the first bit to tell an on-model story that looks just like the show, and every month a new indie cartoonist gets the second part to tell their own story - in their own comics style! I'm super excited for this. Anyway I mention it because you can read the first five pages of that story too! The comic comes out… -
i know there are poets who love my comic. i'm sorry, i know there are poets who LOVED my comic.
6 Feb 2012 | 5:15 amarchive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - cute - search - about← previousFebruary 6th, 2012nextFebruary 6th, 2012: Did you know there is an Adventure Time comic coming out THIS WEDNESDAY and I'm writing it? Okay SURE but did you know you can read the first five pages of the comic already? Here's the first page! Click to make big / readable! I hope you like it! The comic comes out this Wednesday at comic book stores everywhere and if you're in Toronto you can come to the Adventure Time Party this Saturday from 3-4:30 PM and meet me and Steve Wolfhard, who works on the real-life show… -
this comic was inspired by a dream, but not my dream! another dreamed he was in class teaching sonnets with my comics, but there were no such comics about sonnets in real life. I HAVE MADE REALITY MORE LIKE OUR DREAMS, you can thank me later
3 Feb 2012 | 5:25 amarchive - contact - sexy exciting merchandise - cute - search - about← previousFebruary 3rd, 2012nextFebruary 3rd, 2012: Today and all weekend I'm at Running GAGG in Geneseo, which is a great opportunity to come out and say "hi". And maybe exchange high fives? It seems only likely. Gentleman Chris Hastings of Dr. McNinja will be there with me! I've mentioned how I'm writing the Adventure Time comic, which debuts this Wednesday, February 8th at a comic book store near you. Look what I got in the mail already! (Big version here.) It is really exciting after months of work to have a real…
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The Happiness Project
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Quiz: How Fun Is Your Workplace? Your Home?
8 Feb 2012 | 11:31 amIn The Levity Effect: Why it Pays to Lighten Up, Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher make an interesting argument that “levity” is an extremely effective tool for helping people to work better. An atmosphere of light-heartedness, it turns out, helps people pay attention, eases tensions, and enhances a feeling of connection. When I read this, I thought, “Well, levity would be tough for me, I’m not particularly funny, and I’m not particularly outgoing.” But what the authors mean by “levity” is really a sense of lightness. It's less about being funny and more about being able to… -
Do You Have The "Quality Of Keeping People Together"?
6 Feb 2012 | 8:11 amAssay: Recently, when I was rereading Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, I was very struck by this observation about the French poet Guillaume Apollinaire: The death of Guillaume Apollinaire at this time made a very serious difference to all his friends apart from their sorrow at his death. It was the moment just after the war when many things had changed and people naturally fell apart. Guillaume would have been a bond of union, he always had a quality of keeping people together, and now that he was gone everybody ceased to be friends. The "quality of keeping people… -
"Quiet Minds Cannot Be Perplexed Or Frightened."
5 Feb 2012 | 6:40 am“Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.” --Robert Louis Stevenson I love the simile of a "clock in a thunderstorm." It makes me feel calmer, just to imagine that image. * Check out the Happiness Project Toolbox: eight free tools to help you track your own happiness project. -
A Secret To More Happiness And Energy? Give Yourself A Bedtime.
3 Feb 2012 | 11:28 amAs a result of my happiness project, I've become a sleep zealot. It's just so obvious to me—from reading the research and from personal experience—that getting enough sleep is a key to a happier life. I've noticed something, however. I noticed this in myself, before I became such a sleep nut, and I see it in the people around me: most adults don't give themselves a bedtime. Children have a fixed bedtime; we know they need their allotment of sleep, and we pack them off to bed when it's time. But many adults just go to bed whenever they feel like it. The problem with this approach is that… -
"There's Nothing Like The Comfort Of My Bed To Restore Me To My Happiness."
2 Feb 2012 | 7:06 pmHappiness interview: Agapi Stassinopoulos. Through a mutual friend, I e-met Agapi Stassinopoulos. She has a new book that's just hitting the bookstores, Unbinding the Heart. She grapples with the question of how we can "unbind our hearts" better to experience playfulness, connection, self-expression, and joy. Clearly happiness is at the heart of this challenge. Gretchen: What’s a simple activity that consistently makes you happier? Agapi: Getting together with the people I care for and having an intimate time, where we lovingly share and listen to each other in a safe haven, recharges me…
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Lifehacker
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Maximize Kitchen Drawer Space by Storing Utensils Diagonally [Storage]
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How to Be an Audiophile on the Cheap [Stereo]
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Approximate the Weight of Any Item Using a Clothes Hanger [Macgyver Tips]
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Make Frozen Dough Rise Quickly with an Electric Heating Pad [Food Hacks]
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Boost Your Working Memory to Make Time Fly [Mind Hacks]
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I’m On LinkedIn – Now What???
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Has LinkedIn Killed the Rolodex? LinkedIn vs. CRM vs. Networking & Relationships
25 Jan 2012 | 1:25 pmExcellent article on the WSJ FINS site titled Has LinkedIn Killed the Rolodex? I thought it was going to be an article showing that yes, indeed, LinkedIn makes a rolodex obsolete. It wasn’t. It talked about LinkedIn as the tool that it is, but not as a real relationship tool. Some points of differentiation: LinkedIn is not a customer relationship manager (CRM) or personal relationship manager (PRM). I’ve argued in the past that I hope then don’t become one. Why? First, because they should just buy JibberJobber and integrate it (while allowing people to use either OR… -
LinkedIn account get hacked? Here’s your answer…
16 Jan 2012 | 5:13 pmSomeone I met in Minneapolis last month emailed to ask what to do if your LinkedIn account gets hacked… I didn’t know but he reported back. He shared this part of the email he got from customer support: Option 2: Regain access to the account by signing the following affidavit of identity before a Notary Public. Once notarized, this form can be faxed back to me or scanned and attached in your response to this message. Once received, I will submit the form to our Privacy Team to begin the account recovery process. Affidavit of Identity:… -
Post to Multiple LinkedIn Groups (Jim Stroud)
11 Jan 2012 | 9:14 pmCheck out this post on Recruiting Blogs by Jim Stroud on how to post to multiple LinkedIn Groups at the same time. (watch on YouTube here) Can you do this? Youbetcha. Should you do this? Um…. well… um… what do you think? -
Awesome LinkedIn Profile: Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson
10 Jan 2012 | 11:25 amDonald Burns, executive career coach and resume writer, turned me on to an awesome LinkedIn profile that I really like. There are a number of things I’d recommend to improve this Profile, but Orrin hits two things really, really well! Check out the LinkedIn Profile of Orrin Hudson here. First, he has a great video (from CNN, no less!) that auto-plays on his slideshare app. This might be considered annoying by some (a lot of people don’t like auto play on video), but I liked it in this situation. Also, the video is visible without scrolling down… so I can see it right… -
Is LinkedIn Important? 2012 Edition
3 Jan 2012 | 7:27 amDeb Dib, a JibberJobber Partner, pointed me to this post on Mashable about the importance of social tools… Wondering about the importance of LinkedIn, and other social tools, for your business, career management or job search? Read this article: What Job Seekers Need to Know in Today’s Digital Market Some highlights: “36% of companies surveyed are using social media for recruiting. In today’s competitive market, recruiters look for the most current information on candidates, which is readily and easily available on social networks.” Are you making this information…
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LXer Linux News
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News: Linux's New Fellow
9 Feb 2012 | 7:53 amThe Linux Foundation adds a new fellow and Red Hat extends Linux support. -
Patent troll claims ownership of interactive Web — and might win
9 Feb 2012 | 6:55 amMichael Doyle, a low-profile Chicago biologist, claims that it was actually he and two co-inventors who invented—and patented—the "interactive web" before anyone else, while they were employed by the University of California back in 1993. Doyle argues that a program he created at the UC’s San Francisco campus, which allowed doctors to view embryos over the nascent World Wide Web, was the first program that allowed users to interact with images inside of a Web browser window. The defendants hotly contest that, saying that it was programs like Pei-Yuan Wei's pioneering Viola… -
CrunchBang Linux 10 R20120207 Available for Download
9 Feb 2012 | 5:58 amPhilip Newborough announced yesterday, February 8th, that another maintenance release of his CrunchBang 10 Linux distribution is available for download. -
Lenovo ordered to pay €1920 for making French laptop buyer pay for Windows too
9 Feb 2012 | 5:01 amA French laptop buyer has won a refund from Lenovo after a four-year legal battle over the cost of a Windows license he didn't want. The judgment could open the way for PC buyers elsewhere in Europe to obtain refunds for bundled software they don't want, French campaign group No More Racketware said Monday. -
Could SOPA Pervade Canadian Copyright Law?
9 Feb 2012 | 4:10 amThe battle over the Stop Online Piracy Act in the United States may have concluded with millions of Internet users successfully protesting against the bill, but many Canadians are buzzing about the possibility that some of its provisions could make their way into a copyright bill currently before the House of Commons.
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Linux Today
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Symantec should not be afraid of 'open' source code
9 Feb 2012 | 8:00 amInternetNews: From the 'Security by Obscurity' files: -
Linux 3.3 rc3
9 Feb 2012 | 7:28 amLinus Torvalds: Another week, another -rc. -
60 Fantastic Free Android Apps
9 Feb 2012 | 7:01 amDatamation: "A free Android app has no downside. Simply download it, try it out and – if you don't like it – download another." -
Ready for Another Linux Tablet? Meet the Rugged Trimble Yuma
9 Feb 2012 | 6:03 amPC World: "February seems to be shaping up to be the month of Linux tablets." -
How can the layman get involved with free software?
9 Feb 2012 | 5:02 amLinux User & Developer: "Successful code isn't just about stringing bits and bytes together. Code has to be accessible to users and users have to know what the code is doing, and coders are not always the best people to document a project."
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TheBloggess.com
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Robot tigers or Robobcats? I’m leaning toward the latter simply because they’d be easier to put in your carry-on luggage.
7 Feb 2012 | 6:25 amVictor: One day I’m going to finish my robot tigers and we will rule the world. me: It’d be easier if you just took over the world with real tigers. Victor: Robot tigers are scarier than real tigers. me: No. Real tigers are scarier because they’re unpredictable. Victor: My robot tigers have a random setting. me: Like a shuffle function on an iPod? Victor: Exactly. me: That is way scarier. Victor: Plus they could beat you at chess. me: Well, not me specifically. I’m pretty damn good at chess. Victor: Not as good as a robot tiger. me: Live tigers are… -
This candle-stick needs an intervention.
4 Feb 2012 | 6:46 pmConversation I had with a shopkeeper at a resale shop today: me: Can you go any lower on the candle-holder in the back room? her: No, it’s in really good shape. me: Yes, but looks like it has erectile dysfunction. her: Oh. Well, it gets hot in here in the summer. But the candelabra is still very nice. me: It looks like it’s very disappointed to see me, and possibly needs to be medicated. her: Um…? me: I think your candlestick holder is clinical depressed. her: What? me: I think I need to have an intervention. With your candle-holder. her: … me: I… -
UPDATED X 2: Lost in translation
1 Feb 2012 | 4:29 pmVictor: What are you doing? me: Making stuff for my store. It helps me break my writer’s block. Victor: Who’s gonna buy a mug that says “I love to go down”? Are you making mugs for hookers again? me: What? I don’t have a mug that says that. Victor: Uh, yeah, you do. It’s right there. me: That’s a guy on a slide. It means “I love slides.” Because I do. Because they’re whimsical. The fuck, Victor? Not everything is about sex. Victor: That’s not a slide. It’s an escalator. That’s the… -
The end. And the beginning
31 Jan 2012 | 12:26 pmI know I said I was going to give away five red ball gowns as part of the #travelingreddress project, but I am a tremendous liar who can’t be trusted. That’s why instead today I’ll be mailing out nine red ball dresses to women around the world. The tenth will be just as beautiful, but will be smaller and hopefully a bit more magical, as it will be going to Alice: Amazing pictures already pouring in from women across the globe in their red dresses. In fact, some have improvised using just a few yards of material to make amazing portraits. Ball gowns are flying across the… -
The traveling red dress revisited
28 Jan 2012 | 7:14 pmIf you’re a long-term reader of this blog you already know all about the traveling red dress and the magic it brings to those who wear it. If you’re new, start here and then come back, because it’s about to get fun. A few weeks ago we picked up the traveling red dress project again as people began offering red dresses to strangers in the hopes that they could pass a little magic into the lives of people who were celebrating a milestone, battling an enemy, or simply in need of a shiny red ball gown to remind them how amazing they were. People around the world started…
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Childfreedom
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In Small Doses
29 Jan 2012 | 5:41 pmLast night, Firecracker Hubby and I did something we don't often do. We babysat. For 5 hours. For my best friend, Sara, who I write about a lot in this blog. Sara is one of my oldest and dearest friends and I love her like a sister - actually more than a sister, since we don't have the issues and family baggage that sisters do. Sara does a lot for us. She catsits when we go away. The last -
Another Word from our Sponsors - Groupon!
27 Jan 2012 | 8:45 amFor those of you who took my advice and signed up for Ebates, I hope you are enjoying it so far and are saving lots of money. If you have not checked out Ebates yet and you are a person who does any on-line shopping, please see my post about Ebates and be sure to sign up and use this wonderful service. The next quarterly Ebate checks are going out in May. I also wanted to let my readers know -
And Now...A Word from our Sponsors
27 Jan 2012 | 7:57 amI don't normally post commercial topics, but this one is worthwhile so I hope you won't mind. My friends at Ebates are asking their loyal customers (like me) to refer people to their web site and since it is such a great service (which I have been using for years), and since they are offering bonuses to their customers (old and new), I figured it was worth sharing this with you. For those who -
Friday Laugh
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In the Life F.C.
12 Jan 2012 | 10:27 amI was heating up my lunch today in the office kitchen when an associate (who I do not know well) asked me how I was doing and how my holidays were. We got to chatting about holidays and winter and I mentioned that I am disappointed that we haven't gotten any snow this year so far because I love to ski, particularly on real snow, as opposed to machine-made. She was nodding vigorously in
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TidBITS: Apple News for the Rest of Us
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Piezo 1.1.2
8 Feb 2012 | 12:13 pmFixes issue that prevented recording audio from Skype on Mac OS X 10.7.3. ($10 new, free update, 2.8 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products. -
Firmware Updates for iMac, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air
8 Feb 2012 | 12:03 pmTrio of updates for additional 2010 Macs enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection. (Free, 3 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products. -
Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.4
7 Feb 2012 | 12:27 pmLong list of new features, bugs, and tweaks highlighted by support for archiving Lion Recovery HD partition and cloning a Lion installation disk image. (Free update, 6.0 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products. -
ChronoSync 4.3 and ChronoAgent 1.3
7 Feb 2012 | 12:27 pmRefines connections between ChronoSync and ChronoAgent with SSL encryption, plus additional new features. ($40 new for ChronoSync, $10 new for ChronoAgent; free updates; 29 MB, 8.1 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products. -
Audio Hijack Pro 2.10.1
6 Feb 2012 | 11:36 amIncludes latest version of Instant On component for pulling audio from sandboxed application from the Mac App Store. ($32 new, free update, 5.2 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.
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Charlotte Rains Dixon
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Tips on Writing: Writing by Hand
8 Feb 2012 | 10:37 amI know. It's very shocking. When I suggest to clients and students that they may want to try writing by hand, there is sometimes outright rebellion. To most writers these days, writing means writing at the computer, whether that computer is a desk version or a laptop (my own preferred option). Okay. I hear you. Let's get the cons out of the way: The Cons to Writing by Hand Writing by hand seems antiquated, the purview of spinsters writing delicate thoughts in their journals. (And what is wrong with that? I ask.) Writing by hand is slow and takes more time. When… -
Valentine's Day Giveaway for Writers
6 Feb 2012 | 12:01 amOkay, here's what you've been waiting for: the next writerly giveaway. After the success of my Christmas giveways, I've been chomping at the bit to offer another one. Enter Valentine's Day. (Which is a week and a day away, by the way. Just reminding you.) This writerly holiday prize is two part. Ready? Here you go: 1. A Smash journal to keep your ideas in. I have a blue one of these and it is fabulous, even though I think it is designed for teenagers. (We're all young at heart here.) Why is it so fabulous? Because its got a perfect bound cover, but… -
Writer's Round-up Friday
3 Feb 2012 | 12:01 amMy buddy Patrick Ross does an awesome weekly round-up on Fridays called Creative Tweets of the Week. He always finds interesting tidbits and articles to post, so I'm copying him inspired by him to create a Writer's Round-up Friday. Mine is not going to be a weekly feature. Rather it will appear when I've got interesting links to share. So, here we go. 1. I was featured in an interview about my writing coaching on Cheryl Reif Writes. I tweeted the interview like crazy, but I woke up one morning and duh, realized I'd never blogged about it. Blame it on my grandson,… -
Interview with Jessica Baverstock of Creativity's Workshop
1 Feb 2012 | 12:13 amJessica Baverstock has been a great friend and loyal reader of this blog (she's also written a couple of guest posts for me), and when she told me she would be publishing her 100th post last month, I wanted to do something to celebrate. And since I'm a curious sort and have always wanted to know more about her, I suggested an interview. So here it is, complete with photos of her life in China, taken by and captioned by Jessica herself. Thanks, Jessica! One evening while walking the streets of Beijing, I happened across a little boy and his grandmother. During the conversation… -
Tips on Writing: Chunking It Down
30 Jan 2012 | 3:03 pmOdds are good that since you are reading this blog, you might want to write book. But how, exactly, do you write a book? How do you take an idea and make it into a book? One word at a time. And once you've got the word, you turn it into a sentence. You take the sentence and turn it into a paragraph. Paragraph into a chapters. And so on and so forth. Back in the day when I was an MFA student, the novelist Sena Jeter Naslund told a group of students how she motivated herself to write. She wrote one word, and then a sentence. And then she'd tell herself, that's great,…
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Plus Public Activity Feed for Veronica Belmont
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This is one of the cooler things I've seen in a while. It may have done the rounds a bit back, bu...
8 Feb 2012 | 9:44 pmThis is one of the cooler things I've seen in a while. It may have done the rounds a bit back, but my friend Roger White pointed it out earlier, and I just had to share. Scale!!http://static.flabber.net/files/scale-of-the-universe-2.swf -
New episode of +Game On! is up! Author of Ready Player One, +Ernest Cline talks up his awesome bo...
7 Feb 2012 | 12:26 pmNew episode of Game On! is up! Author of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline talks up his awesome book and forthcoming movie. First look at Spec Ops: The Line, best mistranslations, and Dafnay The Gamer Girl reviews From Dust.Watch us live every Sunday, 9PM EST, 6PM PST! http://live.twit.tvTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/TWiTGameOnSubscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/game-on-video-large/id495846274Visit our subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/twitgameon/cc: Brian Brushwood Justin YoungGame On 4: Ernest Cline Also Featuring Dafnay The Gamer GirlAuthor of Ready Player One, Ernest… -
Goat! via +Ryan Block
6 Feb 2012 | 9:25 pmGoat! via Ryan BlockYTMND - GoatGoat, Goat, Goat, Goat *runs out of breath* -
Lasagna is not for losers!
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This really cleared a lot of stuff up for me... via +Fraser Cain and +J.C. Hutchins
4 Feb 2012 | 4:12 pmThis really cleared a lot of stuff up for me...via Fraser Cain and J.C. HutchinsThe Death and Return of SupermanA somewhat-mostly-accurate educational parody film by Max Landis, Produced by Bryan Basham Starring Elden Henson, Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore, Morgan Krantz and many more. I'm not drunk in the video, I only get about three cups in. The original rant was 45 minutes long, so of course we had to cut a bunch of stuff out for time, and because it was just too stupid. Like for instance the part where Pa Kent dies of a heart attack and literally GOES TO HEAVEN. AND SEES SUPERMAN. If I saw…
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Plus Public Activity Feed for Tom Merritt
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Tech News Today starting now with guest +Ina Fried Windows 8 coming soon, iPhone bankrupts anothe...
8 Feb 2012 | 2:56 pmTech News Today starting now with guest Ina Fried Windows 8 coming soon, iPhone bankrupts another carrier, Boxee fights evil, http://live.twit.tv/TWiT Live - netcasts you love, from people you trust -
Tech News Today with guest appearance by +Trey Ratcliff and guest co-host +Derek Colanduno Who ne...
7 Feb 2012 | 3:16 pmTech News Today with guest appearance by Trey Ratcliff and guest co-host Derek Colanduno Who needs a 36 megapixel Nikon D800? Google Chrome now on Android, Apple iTV might arrive through ISPs like a phone http://live.twit.tv/TWiT Live - netcasts you love, from people you trust -
Tech News Today going live with guest +Peter Ha Verizon and Redbox joined at the kiosk, Amazon op...
6 Feb 2012 | 2:34 pmTech News Today going live with guest +Peter HaVerizon and Redbox joined at the kiosk, Amazon opening a retail store? Your deleted Facebook photos are not deleted http://live.twit.tv/TWiT Live - netcasts you love, from people you trust -
Tech News Today right now with +Sean Hollister and +Molly Wood Is Apple responsible for Chinese w...
27 Jan 2012 | 3:04 pmTech News Today right now with Sean Hollister and Molly Wood Is Apple responsible for Chinese working conditions? Why is Twitter censoring posts? Does the Wii U need NFC or a new name more? http://live.twit.tv/TWiT Live - netcasts you love, from people you trust -
Tech news Today starting with +Patrick Beja ACTA fight begins in Europe, HTC aims to get simpler,...
26 Jan 2012 | 2:32 pmTech news Today starting with Patrick Beja ACTA fight begins in Europe, HTC aims to get simpler, Symantec says don't use their product http://live.twit.tv/TWiT Live - netcasts you love, from people you trust
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Plus Public Activity Feed for Wil Wheaton
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Holy shit. 901,000 people have me in circles. That's just... wow. I don't even.
8 Feb 2012 | 5:53 pmHoly shit. 901,000 people have me in circles.That's just... wow. I don't even. -
I had this great plan to clean up my office today, organize all my boardgames and comics and RPGs...
8 Feb 2012 | 4:59 pmI had this great plan to clean up my office today, organize all my boardgames and comics and RPGs and stuff.It turns out, though, that getting all that stuff out of the closet and off the bookshelves to organize pretty much turns into me sitting on the floor reading all afternoon.So now my office is even more messy than it was before... but I'm considering starting an Inspectres game with my friends. -
Watching +Jeri Ryan 's hangout thing... holy crap, I had no idea hangouts were this cool. I am to...
8 Feb 2012 | 4:22 pmWatching Jeri Ryan 's hangout thing... holy crap, I had no idea hangouts were this cool. I am totally going to do this in the future. -
tl;dr: I made a Facebook thing: http://facebook.com/itswilwheaton I've resisted using Facebook fo...
7 Feb 2012 | 6:16 pmtl;dr: I made a Facebook thing: http://facebook.com/itswilwheatonI've resisted using Facebook for years, mostly because I have a huge problem with the privacy policies. I'm really happy using a combination of Twitter, Tumblr, and Google Plus to do all my social media public life stuff, and I don't really want to add something else.But I've talked with friends who I trust and respect, people who create and produce awesome things for the Internet, and they have all told me that even if I don't like Facebook personally, having at least some kind of Facebook presence is an… -
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7 Feb 2012 | 1:25 pmGeek and Sundry originally shared this post:Live action and drunken telling of "The Death and Return of Superman." Worth watching just for the narration and cameos--Elijah Wood and Simon Pegg Star In Drunken History of Superman’s Death and Resurrection [Video]If you’ve ever wanted to see a film version of death and resurrection of Superman as told by the 1992 DC Comic, this may be the closest you’ll ever get. Max Landis, son of famed Animal House director ...
