March 2008
108 posts
Find a Wi-Fi Signal →
Web Directories - For starters, you can try searching for a hotspot on the web. No one directory is comprehensive, so if you strike out in one it’s worth checking another. JiWire has a database of nearly a quarter-million locations around the world, searchable by map or address. They also offer access to their database by iPhone, Skype, and desktop applications. Hotspot Locations has a searchable...
Stay in Sync with your Significant Other using... →
4 Ways to Carry your PC on iPod or USB Thumbdrive →
Do you want to take your favorite programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more wherever you go and use them on pretty much any computer ? If so here are four free tools that can help you with that. These are portable software packs that can be installed on any USB device. Download the pack, install it on your portable device and done. Use it at work, a friend’s PC,...
The Ultimate Writing Productivity Resource →
Great resource from Lifehack. Note: Maybe you don’t consider yourself a writer. Chances are, though, that you have to write — papers for school, memos for work, presentations for potential funders, grants for your organization, posts for your blog, and so on. I’m pretty sure you’ll find a lot of useful information below, whether or not you officially call yourself a “writer”.
“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
MapJack new level of mappiing technology. →
Jack may look like an ordinary guy, but he sure gets around, with the help of us of course — a small team dedicated to high quality Immersive Street-Side Imagery, and bringing mass coverage online. Mapjack.com showcases a new level of mapping technology. What others have done with NASA budgets and Star Wars-like equipment, we’ve done on a shoestring budget, along with a few trips to...
When you care enough to hit send! →
This site take ecards to an all new level. Be sure to click on most popular for a category. ROFL…..
Top 10 Software Easter Eggs →
What are easter eggs? A virtual Easter egg is an intentional hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. The term draws a parallel with the custom of the Easter egg hunt observed in many western nations.
“And so at last the beast fell and the unbelievers rejoiced.
But all was not...”
– from The Book of Mozilla, 7:15 With any FireFox browser open type about:mozilla in the address bar (little easter egg).
“When it comes to facts, I’ll listen to anyone’s facts. But when it comes to...”
– Andrew Grove
“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that...”
– Henry Ford - 1901
“You cannot mandate productivity; you must provide the tools to let people become...”
– Steve Jobs - 1988
“Learn and apply one new thing every day. At the end of the year you will have...”
– Derived from the old adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
“We become what we think about all day long.”
– Earl Nightingale The Strangest Secret
The Art of Email-Writing and How It Can Make or... →
Emails are ubiquitous. Approximately 183 billion emails are sent every day, which translates into two million every second. For those keeping track at home, that’s officially a boat load of emails. Or, dare I say, a cruise-ship load? …. The art of email writing is rarely discussed, but if you master it, you’re golden. Below are a bunch of tips that will lead to your 40-karat goldenness,...
Maximo?
Maximo training what is maximo?
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/maximo-asset-mgmt/
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I...”
– Michael Jordan
5 Ways to Handle a Crisis →
1. Don’t become part of the problem. — Concentrate on the worthwhile things in your life that can be turned around. Focus on answers and solutions. 2. Remain committed to creating a new life for yourself — Even through the darkest and most depressing times, wake up each morning determined to stay the course for as long as it lasts. Keep your heart and my mind completely on track. Either...
3 Keys to Lasting Love →
1. Honor — respecting your spouse for all of his or her individual qualities as well as differences from you. 2. Communication — speaking to one another in a way that moves conversations and conflict into deeper realms of understanding. 3. Constant Renewal — recharging your spouse emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually
“You can’t lead the people, if you don’t love the people. You can’t save the...”
– Cornel West Professor at Princeton University.
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying “I wish” and start saying “I...”
– David Copperfield
“You can learn a lot more from listening than you can from talking. Find someone...”
– John Moe Radio host and author of Conservatize Me.
“I know a lot of morning people and I know a lot of night people but I have yet...”
– Douglas Coupland Author of Generation X
“In the end we’re all the same.”
– Ben Kweller Rock Musician
“It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.”
– Warren Buffett
Hiring Freelancers →
At some point you may have a need to hire freelancers of some type. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources online to help you find freelancers and identify the right one for your project. All of the websites listed here will allow you to search for freelancers according to your needs: 1. Elance - Outsourcing to Freelancers. 2. Guru - Free service helps you find freelancers, get free quotes,...
9 Things You Can Do to Increase Your Income –... →
1. Wake up early. 2. Practice and improve your speaking skills. 3. Sharpen your analytical knife. 4. Ask. 5. Focus. 6. Spend less. 7. Increase your documentation habit. 8. Review meaningful stuff in a meaningful way. 9. Take your best shot first.
9 Ways To Building The Writing Habit
1. A set time. Each and every morning I wake up at 6am and begin writing. They say the first waking hour is the Golden Hour, where you concentrate and experience the most creativity. I think this is true for me, and it can be true for you even if you aren’t a morning person. Once you are in the habit of writing at a certain time, that is your Golden Time. 2. A set place. Since I do my...
101 Useful Resources for Online Entrepreneurs →
Every day more and more entrepreneurs are building successful businesses using the internet. There is an abundance of opportunity online and depending on the venture, there is often less cost and risk involved when compared with traditional businesses. There is also a wealth of resources available to help the online entrepreneur to run a business more effectively and more profitably, and we list...
“There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The...”
– Albert Einstein
ASME's Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years →
#1 Rolling Stone (January 22, 1981) #2 Vanity Fair (August 1991) #3 Esquire (April 1968) #4 The New Yorker (March 29, 1976) #5 Esquire (May 1969) Click the title to see the rest of the Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years
Highest Official Domain Sales Prices →
Highest Official Domain Sales Prices Take a look at this list below and you will notice one thing really stands out. Over half of these sales prices and bids were made in 2007. Does this mean that 2008 will bring even higher premium domain sales? It’s almost guaranteed. Fund.com 9,999,950 2008 Porn.com 9,500,000 2007 Business.com ...
30 Tips to Rejuvenate Your Creativity →
Recently, we asked the readers what their tips for staying creative were. Sometimes creativity flows from the heavens, but other times, as we all know, it’s like drawing water from a stone. The following are the best tips you gave us. 1. Surround yourself with creative people. Hang out with writers, musicians, poets and artists. Often, just being in a creative environment will inspire you and...
“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness,...”
– Stephen King - On Writing
“There’s nothing deadlier than having a lot of text on a slide and then reading...”
– Mitchell Kurtzman A partner in Hummer Winblad Refereing to Sliderocket online presentation tool.
Do you have change?
Officer: “Soldier, do you have change for a dollar?” Soldier: “Sure, buddy.” Officer: “That’s no way to address an officer! Now let’s try it again! Officer: “Soldier, do you have change for a dollar?” Soldier: “No, SIR!”
Old Man...
There was an old man from Pinole who always got in the wrong hole, and when he withdrew, all covered with goo, his temper was out of control…..
Steer clear of these 10 illegal job interview... →
#1: Where were you born? #2: What is your native language? #3: Are you married? #4: Do you have children? #5: Do you plan to get pregnant? #6: How old are you? #7: Do you observe Yom Kippur? #8: Do you have a disability or chronic illness? #9: Are you in the National Guard? #10: Do you smoke or use alcohol? These seem like common sense but amazing how many employers actually ask these...
“I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.”
– Golda Meir
25 Books for Success →
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie The Richest Man in Babylon - George S. Clason Think and Grow - Rich Napoleon Hill 9 Steps to Financial Freedom - Suze Orman The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey The Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives - Dan Millman Laws of Success - Napoleon Hill Acres of Diamonds - Russell H. Conwell As a Man Thinketh...
“Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a...”
– Laurence Sterne
“Circumstances - what are circumstances? I make circumstances.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte
