The world’s view on smoking cigarettes has changed dramatically over the last century. The habit was once considered to be cool, sexy, good for your health, and widely enjoyed by many people. It was promoted by sportsmen, and advertised all over television.
Computer mouses have come a long way since they made their wooden box debut about 40 years ago, and now there are literally countless shapes, designs, and features for every type of computer user.
The mouse, an accessory that grew out of a purely functional need for pinpointing and clicking on the computer screen, has now developed into a highly personalized piece of gear with different technical
variations, depending on the primary use. Here is a look at the metamorphosis of the computer mouse over time.
Copy the embed code of the video you want to show from YouTube. Then add ‘&ap=%2526fmt%3D18′ at the places shown in red below.
Things you do not need to know. Unnecessary Knowledge.
Tommer Leyvand and colleagues have created a “beautification engine,” a software program that uses a mathematical formula to alter a person’s face into what theoretically is the more “beautiful” version, while retaining “unmistakable similarity” to the original:
Studies have shown that there is surprising agreement about what makes a face attractive. Symmetry is at the core, along with youthfulness; clarity or smoothness of skin; and vivid color, say, in the eyes and hair. There is little dissent among people of different cultures, ethnicities, races, ages and gender.
Yet, like the many other attempts to use objective principles or even mathematical formulas to define beauty, this software program raises what psychologists, philosophers and feminists say are complex, even disturbing, questions about the perception of beauty and a beauty ideal.
To what extent is beauty quantifiable? Does a supposedly scientific definition merely reflect the ideal of the moment, built from the images of pop culture and the news media?
Times are tough, and the economic crunch is definitely hitting a lot of people hard, so if you’re one of the unlucky ones that’s been forced out of your home by unfriendly foreclosure, then Motive is here to help.
They’ve put together a How-To that’s filled with tips for living out of your car, and with such gems as “screw fast food”, “keep clean to maintain your job and your sanity”, and “leave dryer sheets under the front seats to help mitigate the stink”, it’s an indispensable guide to mi casa es mi coche living arrangements.
When you do a search on Google or Yahoo, the search engine churns out a list of websites accompanied by abstracts that are used to decide whether a site is worth checking out. Sometimes this process involves much back-and-forth as you look for the answers you need. Well, wouldn’t it be nice to get a preview of the websites retrieved before clicking through?
Searchme is a visual search engine that displays search results as an image gallery of screenshots that you can scroll, giving you a better idea of a site’s relevance. With its clean, elegant, intuitive design, Searchme is both easy on the eyes and easy to use.
Need to demonstrate the cleanliness of a hotel room?Forget scientific tests, black lights and Petri dishes. All it takes is a girl, her tongue, and a complete lack of oral hygiene. OCDers and germaphobes, turn away now…
see this video
Be sure to check out extstay.com for more tongue-tastic taste tests. [ExtStay.com]
Math can be beautiful. Especially when turned into art. Paul Nylander created a page where you’ll see some tessellations, surfaces, and other math stuff.
Sitemeter Crashing Web Sites Using Internet Explorer on August 1, 2008!
I apologize if you’ve been trying to visit this site yesterday evening and it’s been down.
I just discovered that the SiteMeter tracking code that counts visitors to my site was causing visits from Internet Explorer to crash. I first realized the issue this morning.
After further investigation, I discovered that SiteMeter is bringing down every site where its counter code is loaded when the visiting browser is Internet Explorer versions 6.0 and 7.0. The error may also affect Internet Explorer 5.5.
Tens of thousands of publishers use sitemeter to track their content, including thousands of bloggers. It has been a great tool for analyzing my website’s traffic data.
The text of the error is “Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site.”
How to fix the IE error on Wordpress, Blogger, and other sites?
I removed the Sitemeter tracking code from my sites and now all is loading fine.
For further status, visit http://www.sitemeter.com in Internet Explorer.
If it works, they’ve probably got it fixed.
Why is Ferrari Red Iconic of Sports Cars?
The first color that comes to most people’s mind when imagining a fast, sleek sports car is red. It is the color of fire and is often associated with energy, danger, strength, power, and determination; while sports cars are often affiliated with similar dispositions.
But why are the Italian sports cars, specifically Ferrari’s, so often red?
As the sport of car-racing began in Europe, each country was assigned a color. Green was assigned to English cars, blue to French, white to German, yellow to Italian, and red to American cars. Because Americans failed to make any considerable impact in European racing, red was eventually taken over by the Italians, while yellow became Belgium’s color.
It is a common myth that red cars are the most expensive to insure. Statistics do not prove that red cars have a higher frequency of collisions or traffic violations.
This Web Design Dashboard is one fabulous resource.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the constant requirements of the social networking environments, then NOSO is for you. Designed to be a “real-world platform for temporary disengagement”, it lets you create NO Connections by scheduling NO Events with other NO Friends.
The events, which take place at cafes, parks, libraries, bookstores, and other public spaces, bring together participants whose identities remain unknown to one another. They agree to arrive at an assigned time and remain alone, quiet and un-connected. The events last for 1-30 minutes, and then participants disperse and return to their regular activities.
If shutting down your blogging, vlogging, podcasting, Skyping, texting, IMing, dating, trading, buying and selling self sounds like the perfect getaway, then sign up for the next NOSO, and enter the oasis.
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Hey all the guys out there, if you are caught by your wife or girl friend for staring at girls breasts, what you can do is, SHOW HER THIS ARTICLE. And good luck.
Besides being in tip-top shape and having a detective’s intuition that rivals Sherlock Holmes, billionaire Bruce Wayne has an arsenal of high-tech toys and vehicles that would make even James Bond’s Q drool. It’s part of the Caped Crusader’s major appeal. He’s not faster than a speeding bullet or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound — he’s just a man. A man with sweet, sweet gadgetry.
So just how realistic is Batman? Could you fill the Dark Knight’s cowl if you had his arsenal of wonderful toys? We took a look at all of batman’s incarnations — from the comics to the movies to the super-camp ’60s farce — and gave 10 of Mr. Wayne’s most popular tech toys a reality check.
Prolonged sitting at a desk or computer terminal can cause muscular tension and pain. But, by taking a five or ten minute break to do a series of stretches, your whole body can feel better.
Its also helpful to learn to stretch spontaneously, throughout the day, stretching any particular area of the body that feels tense for a minute of two. This will help greatly in reducing and controlling unwanted tension and pain.
credit: StephenMcleod
Whenever I find myself in a creative funk, I have a list of web sites that I can visit that instantly give me a shot of inspiration. I try to visit most of them everyday, and have found that merely studying these great sites on a consistent basis has expanded my own capacity for being creative. Opening up to other’s creative work is a great way to broaden our horizons and helps us think outside the box.
