Rafaelh.souza

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Previously…

Absolute textbook. And will YOU LOOK AT THE LITTLE HOVER SHADOWS BENEATH ‘EM.

“I found this photo on “The Week In Wildlife” section in The Guardian online. I am a long time fan of CO, but first time submitter. I nearly keeled over with Cuteness Overload when I saw this one!” -Lauren A.

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To celebrate their 110th anniversary, our friends at Popular Mechanics assembled a collection of 110 tips from their archives.

The August 1955 issue told a farsighted person to punch a pinhole in cardboard and peer through it to read small type. It still does the trick!

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Today’s obsession is Pug gifs.

IM SO FUCKING DONE

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"Are you a Sailor Scout?"

"I’m sailor Freddy Mercury."

A cinco minutos caminando desde Akihabara, el barrio de la tecnología y el frikismo de Tokio, se encuentra el templo sintoísta Kanda Myōjin (Google Maps). A simple vista parece un templo de lo más normal pero si entramos…

En la zona donde venden omamori お守り (Protectores) me encuentro con este omamori especialmente creado para los trabajadores de la industria de información y tecnología. Uno de sus poderes es proteger tu ordenador ante cualquier ataque de virus. Normalmente los omamori que venden en cualquier templo sintoísta son para proteger ante la enfermedad, evitar accidentes de tráfico o traer buena suerte en los estudios. El omamori para aparatos electrónicos es único de Kanda Myōjin.

Omamori de Kanda Myōjin especial para aparatos electrónicos con un diseño que se asemeja al de un chip.

En la zona de ema (絵馬) también se nota la influencia del barrio vecino de Akihabara. Normalmente en las tabletas de madera ema escribes un deseo y la dejas colgada en el templo. Aquí me encontré con que casi todas las ema tenían un dibujo de algún personaje de anime, manga o videojuego junto al deseo ¡Algunos de los dibujos son superdetallados!

Hablé más sobre este templo en un programa de la NHK World que podéis ver aquí (tres minutos de video en inglés).

meancutie:

little flowers by sevenbc on Flickr.

Sincerely,

The PM Avenger

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midnightyen:

THIS JUST BLOWS MY MIND.

I learned some interesting things, like the GS4 has a monster screen.

Inspired by a story of Guillermo del Toro's late-night childhood visions of monsters, the short film Shhh... finds young boy Guillermo trying to deal with a nasty sister and a scary hair-eating monster who lives in the bathroom.

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Scratch, an excellent and free drag-and-drop programming language for kids developed at MIT, has a new web-based interface. My 10-year-old daughter Jane uses it to create puzzles, games, and interactive cartoons. One thing I like about Scratch is that it's really hard to make a syntax or spelling mistake. The inevitable bugs that arise in a complex Scratch program are therefore more interesting to solve.

Last year I reviewed a terrific introductory book called Super Scratch Programming Adventure!, which teaches Scratch through game programming. There's a new version of the book that covers the web-based Scratch 2, and it went on sale this week.

St. Albertus

St. Valerius in Weyarn

Hand of St. Valentin

St. Benedictus

Skull of St. Getreu in Ursberg

St. Friedrich at the Benedictine abbey in Melk

St. Valentinus in Waldsassen

Relic of St. Deodatus in Rheinau

In 1578 word spread of the discovery in Rome of a network of underground tombs containing the remains of thousands of early Christian martyrs. Many skeletons of these supposed saints were soon removed from their resting place and sent to Catholic churches in Europe to replace holy relics that were destroyed during the Protestant Reformation. Once in place the skeletons were then carefully reassembled and enshrined in costumes, wigs, jewels, crowns, gold lace, and armor as a physical reminder of the heavenly treasures that awaited in the afterlife.

Over the past few years photographer Paul Koudounaris who specializes in the photography of skeletal reliquaries, mummies and other aspects of death, managed to gain unprecendented access to various religious institutions to photograph many of these beautifully macabre shrines for the first time in history. The photos have been collected into a book titled Heavenly Bodies released by Thames & Hudson early next month. (via Hyperallergic)

It’s easy to forget that we have access to a virtually limitless resource of information, i.e. the Internet. For a lot of us, this is even true at our fingertips, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and an ever-increasing push for online greatness by tech engineers all over the world.

As a result, there are countless websites out there that are geared to make you smarter and more brilliant for either a low or no cost. Here are just 25 such sites that may just make you more clever than ever before.

1. Duolingo

This isn’t the first time I’ve recommended this language-teaching website (and app), and it certainly won’t be the last. Duolingo is a free version of Rosetta-Stone that delivers the same results: teaching you another language. Regular use of the site can have you speaking and writing Spanish, English, German, French, Portuguese and Italian in a matter of months depending on the diligence you put into it. Hopefully, even more languages will become available soon.

2. Khan Academy

Have you ever wanted to pick up a subject you’re not well-versed in, but you didn’t have the money to invest in a college course? Khan Academy aims to provide education at the collegiate level for anyone who wants it. They provide resources for learning pretty much every subject out there, including math, science, history and more. As you learn, the platform will even assess your progress and help you gauge what you’ve learned.

3. Justin Guitar

Guitar is one of the few instruments out there that’s actually pretty easy to learn if you’re a little older, making it one of the most accessible instruments. Still, learning how to play still takes some direction, at least for most people, so a guy named Justin decided he was going to help out. His website provides hundreds of free guitar lessons that range in different styles, depending on how you want to play. His schedule for learning is pretty easy to follow, and the site is a great stepping stone for people wanting to pick the instrument up.

4. Cooking for Engineers

Founded by Michael Chu, Cooking for Engineers goes further than just providing recipes. The site is a blog that is geared toward making your food taste good. Additionally, his analytical take on ingredients and cooking recipes is interesting and will likely change the way you approach cuisine.

5. The Dating Specialist

Or Nick the Dating Specialist is a website that wants to help guys be better dates. The site is full of advice on how to approach social situations and flirt successfully with different types of people. Nick even offers personal coaching at your request, so he can help your specific situation or hurdle to successful dating.

6. Nerd Fitness

When we think of exercising and gym techniques, we typically think of bodybuilders and jocks from high school. Nerd Fitness aims to provide resources for getting in shape from a nerd’s point of view. All of the guides, blogs and fitness tips on this site have a geek flavor that is intended to make anyone who feels uncomfortable at the gym feel right at home here.

7. MIT Open Courseware

As much as I would love an education at MIT, that isn’t really in the cards. Thankfully, the educators at the Massachusetts Institue of Technology decided to give out information for tons of courses online through Open Courseware. Hundreds of millions of people have benefitted from the information that they can learn from these courses, starting a trend for other sites to offer free courses as well.

8. Investopedia

I don’t like to admit it, but my lack of a business degree tends to make me feel easily intimidated when a conversation starts taking a turn for the financial. To solve this, Investopedia was born to provide a news blog that makes it easy to digest and really understand the financial markets. There are tons of resources like tutorials and videos that will help you keep up with the ever-changing world of money, and the news stories will keep you coming back for more.

9. Quora

Have you ever wanted to ask someone famous a question, but you suffer from never having the chance? Thanks to Quora, you can read the opinions and answers of fascinating (and varied) questions from the leading experts in pretty much everything. You can answer questions too and get feedback from numerous others who share your love for a given topic.

10. Information is Beautiful

I love reading, but sometimes a visual demonstration just makes information come alive. Hence, Information is Beautiful is a platform that uses gorgeous visuals to impart data. For example, if you want to find out how much money individual organizations have lost from data breaches, you can view an action visual that shows bubbles that are labeled and sized accordingly, giving you an in-depth, but easy to digest overview of the data.

11. Spreeder

According to Spreeder, a lot of us have trouble reading quickly because we can only read as fast as our “inner voice” can. Spreeder’s solution is to teach you to read without an inner voice, boosting reading speed and comprehension immensely. The best part? It’s totally free.

12. Project Gutenberg

Imagine a library with tons of free books that you can keep for the rest of your life. Actually, you don’t have to imagine that because Project Gutenberg gives you the ability to download thousands of free e-books, and it’s completely legal.

13. Codeacademy

If you haven’t noticed by now, the Internet has pretty much taken over everything, which means the skill of coding and developing websites is in higher demand than ever, and that’s not likely to change. With Codeacademy, you can use free tutorials that teach you the basics of coding with interactive and handy tools for helping you become an expert.

14. GeographyIQ

Imagine if Google Earth and Wikipedia decided to make it official and have a child. That would be GeographyIQ. Using the world map, you can select any country and access virtually every facet of useful information there is about that country, including history, currency, population and more.

15. Anki

It’s no secret that the key to memorizing information is mastering recall. With flashcards, you can recall things faster, making Anki an ideal resource for using flashcards online. Unlike other sites that use flashcards, Anki allows you embed more than just text. You can use video, audio and images to help you start studying faster and smarter.

16. Lumosity

Using games to learn is something I’ve treasured since Kindergarten, making Lumosity a trusted resource for me and countless others. Using a daily schedule of games, Lumosity is literally designed to make you more clever. As you progress, the software figures out what your strengths and weaknesses (such as memory or math skills) and assigns you games accordingly. The best part is that the games are actually addicting and fun to look forward to!

17. CliffsNotes

Ideal for high school and college students, Cliffsnotes provides valuable resources like study guides and test prep for standard books and subjects you’ll have to read anyway. The site also provides resources for math and science, giving you the chance to finally master the dark arts of homework.

18. TED

For years, people have been benefitting from TED talks that provide free insights from the world’s smartest people. TED provides the value and learning growth of a seminar, but without the exorbitant costs and travel expenses, by providing visitors with tons of free video lectures. The app is also great for catching up on the latest talks, and you can even download some on iTunes.

19. Pinfruit

Need to memorize a lengthy number? Pinfruit analyzes the number and provides all of the options you could want as a mnemonic device. That’s all there is to it, since (unfortunately) they only provide this for numbers and not words.

20. Mindtools

There are countless blogs that you can enjoy for being interesting and mildly useful, but how many of them actually help you with your career? Mindtools is a blog that teaches you what they call “practical career skills” that you can apply at your job. This is a great daily read for entry-level workers who want to make a great impression, and the variety of topics and advice provided make this is a fantastic bookmark for anyone wanting to excel.

21. Learn Street

Want to take your coding skills to the next level? Learn Street helps teach you how to use advanced coding scripts such as JavaScript, Python and Ruby without making your head explode. It even provides a service for helping you teach advanced code to others.

22. HowStuffWorks

There are things we want to know about, and then there are things we didn’t know we wanted to know about. HowStuffWorks addresses the latter by providing information on a variety of topics and eye-opening facts that will broaden your horizons.

23. OneLook

Finding a great dictionary is not a difficult task in a world full of search engines, but it can be tricky to define more complicated words and phrases that most dictionaries (besides UrbanDictionary) don’t attempt to define. With OneLook, you can find multiple definitions from numerous dictionaries in one place, even if you’re looking up a phrase that is obscure or too specific for normal dictionaries to help you out with.

24. The World Factbook

Did you know that the CIA has information on pretty much everything in the world? Okay, but did you know that they make a ton of this information open to the public? The World Factbook is your godsend for research, allowing you to cite facts and details that pertain to a seemingly endless amount of information from reputable sources.

25. Couchsurfing

Don’t let the name fool you, as Couchsurfing is far from a website that will make you lazy. Couchsurfing lets you connect with travelers all over the world and is the ultimate resource for experiencing other cultures. Put simply, you can use the social network to meet locals in a new community you are visiting. You can also open up your home to fellow couchsurfers, giving you the chance to make new experiences and memories with fascinating people from all over the globe.

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And I don’t even have film in this thing! I need help from The Furrtographer!

GAAAAAAA. Lookit this lil’ girl rumblin’ bumblin’ stumblin’ at the SF Zoo. Now that she’s upwardly mobile, she needs name! (Dollar donation there FYI.)

A Apple não economizou recursos no novo iPad Mini, que além de ter ganho a tão esperada tela retina, agora conta com um poderoso processador A7, o que significa um ganho de desempenho de 4 vezes no processamento central e até 8 vezes o desempenho gráfico em relação ao A5 da versão anterior, segundo informações da Apple. Eu já era fã do iPad Mini mesmo com o processador A5 e a tela com a mesma resolução do iPad 2, então fiquei plenamente satisfeito com este upgrade.

O novo tablet da Apple tem uma tela de 7,9 polegadas tem a resolução do do novo iPad Air (2048 × 1536 pixels), mas com densidade de pixels ainda maior (326 pixels por polegada), um belíssimo aumento em relação aos 163 ppi do antigo Mini. O processador A7 com arquitetura 64 bits é o mesmo do novo iPad Air e do iPhone 5s, incluindo o processador auxiliar de movimentos, o M7. O novo iPad Mini também tem conectividade 4G e Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) de dois canais (2,4 GHz e 5 GHz).

Como não existe almoço grátis, com a inclusão da tela retina, o novo iPad Mini se tornou mais pesado que a geração anterior, com um aumento de 308 para 331 gramas na versão Wi-Fi e de 312 para 341 gramas na versão 4G.

Disponível em preto (Space Gray) ou branco (Silver), o iPad Mini com tela retina tem versões de 16 GB a US$ 399 (ou US$ 529 com 4G), 32 GB a US$ 499 (ou US$ 629 com 4G), 64 GB a US$ 599 (ou US$ 729 com 4G) ou os inacreditáveis 128 GB a US$ 699 (ou US$ 829 com 4G). Saiba mais na Apple.

Veja outras imagens do novo iPad Mini abaixo.

Leia também:

• Apple lança OS X Mavericks e atualiza iWork e iLife, tudo de graça!
• Apple anuncia o iPad Air, a 5ª geração do tablet da maçã;
• Apple atualiza Macbooks Pro e Mac Pro com procesadores Haswell e Thunderbolt 2.0!

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