10 Gorgeous Container Gardens Made from Trash (Slideshow) Photo: Gardener_24/Creative Commons If you've been hesitant to start a garden because you think your yard's not big enough, then container gardening is the way to go: You can grow herbs, flowers, apples, cherries, cucumbers, and even citrus fruits -- plus tons of other plants -- without using any land. And the containers don't have to break the bank, either. These gardeners used a little ingenuity and treasures that other people would consider trash -- like this eggshell -- to make beautiful, functional gardens that you'd never know have their roots in the recycling bin. More about Container GardeningContainer Gardening Options for Small Spaces (Slideshow)15 Creative Container Garden Ideas66 Things You Can Grow at Home: In Containers, Without a Garden
31 Ways to Find Inspiration for Your Writing How to find inspiration By Leo Babauta You can’t wait for inspiration. No matter how much you love writing, there will always be days when you need inspiration from one muse or another. In fact, I would argue that inspiration is not just a desirable thing, it’s an integral part of the writing process. Every writer needs to find inspiration in order to produce inspired writing. I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite ways of finding inspiration — some of them obvious, some of them less so. Blogs. “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” - Vincent van Gogh If you liked this article, please share it by clicking on the share bar below. Photo courtesy of Seedling-Chaos The (nearly) Ultimate Guide to Better Writing Become a better writer overnight with this FREE eBookFind daily inspirationImprove your writing overnightGet started, even when you don’t feel motivatedComplete what you startGet WTD updates
15 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Star Trek Did you know that the famous Vulcan salute was invented by Leonard Nimoy and based on a priestly blessing performed by Jewish Kohanim? Also, if you’re looking for an amazing Gift for a Star Trek fan, be sure to check out Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years, a hardcover book documenting the first 150 years of the intergalactic democracy up until the year 2311. [Via Reddit]
Eight Simple Tips for Editing Your Own Work Editing her own work One key factor that separates mediocre writers from good ones (and even good from great) is the quality of their editing. If you’re working for a big magazine or publishing house, you’ll have an editor who goes through your work, checks for any clumsy or ambiguous phrasing, and fixes any typos – but if you’re working on your first novel, or publishing posts to a blog, you’re almost certainly going to be on your own. It’s hard to edit your own work. #1: Don’t Edit While You’re Writing You’ve probably heard this one time and time again: don’t stop to edit while you’re writing. It’s fine to pause and correct a typo, or restart a sentence, while you’re creating the first draft – but don’t keep going back to delete whole sentences or paragraphs. If you really struggle to write without editing, try Write or Die, which forces you to make forwards progress by deleting your words if you stop typing for too long. #2: Put Your Work Aside for a Few Days #5: Cut Out 10% of Your Words
Origami X-Wing instructions Here are step-by-step instructions for how to make an origami x-wing, as seen at Picocon 22, and demonstrated by Alex Crosse. He is a proper Origami club person; the terribly un-technical descriptions are entirely my (Dormouse's) fault. This was done using a 15cm-square of thin paper, coloured on one side and white on the other - the x-wing ends up coloured all over. When making folds, try to be as precise as possible, particularly when folding a corner in half! Some of the folds get very thin at the end. Start with the coloured side (here blue) face up. Fold along one diagonal, open it up, then fold along the other. Turn the paper over, and fold horizontally, open up again, then vertically. Squash the paper together, inwards along the folds, so that this square shape is formed. Fold one of the closed flaps towards the centre Then unfold the flap, and fold it back on itself, the other way. Unfold the flap again, and open up the inside and squash it flat. Fold one white side down to the centre.
7 steps to creativity - how to have ideas A guest post by Simon Townley of WriteMindset As a writer, having ideas is one of the most important parts of your craft. But often it seems like one of the most difficult and challenging parts of the whole process. How do you keep ideas flowing? How do you create a wealth of ideas to choose from? How do you make sure you get to the one killer idea that will make your advert, novel, article or blog post really stand out from the rest? Some people like to wait for inspiration to strike. Luckily, there is a formula for producing ideas on a consistent basis. But if you need to produce strong and creative ideas regularly as part of your writing career, then it pays to know the formula, and how to use it. First of all, what is an idea? “An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements.” So how do you combine old elements into new? “The capacity to bring old elements into new combinations depends largely on the ability to see relationships.” How do you cultivate it?
7 Creepy Video Game Easter Eggs Youll Wish Were Never Found Video game Easter eggs can be a fun way to motivate players to continue exploring a game they've completed ... or they can be terrifying experiences that make sure the players never go near that game again. We've told you about those Easter eggs that took years to be found; here are some more that we wish had remained undiscovered. #7. Portal 2 brought us everything we loved about the first game (portals) and left out everything we hated (cake-related meme horseshit). Who knew a game about ripping holes in reality could get creepy? For instance, in one of the earlier test chambers of the game, you can find an abandoned room hidden off to the side of the level, much like the abandoned rooms found in the original game. Above: Either a screen grab from Portal, or literally any alley in Philadelphia. If video games could smell, we're pretty sure Portal would stink of this guy's poo. Rat Man's DenUm, spoilers? But the creepiest thing of all isn't even in the game. #6. Looking at you. #5. #4.
Write Mindset — Writing tips | writing tools | writing ideas Lenguaje de señas (Pequeño curso) Capítulo 1: Alfabeto Capítulo 2: Señas. Clasificación El lenguaje de señas universal fue creado posteriormente con la finalidad de ampliar los recursos necesarios existentes de la lengua. ClasificaciónEl lenguaje de señas universal se clasifica en 4 aspectos básicos siendo éstos : el sistema manual, el sistema gestual - expresivo, el sistema corporal, y el sistema de implementación de objetos. Sistema manualEs el conjunto de señales o formas de expresión linguística mediante la utilización de una o ambas manos. Sistema gestual - expresivoEs el conjunto de señales mediante el empleo de expresiones faciales o partes del rostro como : la boca, ojos, y lengua. Sistema corporalEs el modo de comunicación o expresión linguística a través del uso de diversas partes del cuerpo como : los pies, los hombros, el tronco, y el cuello exceptuando las manos y las distintas partes de la cara. Capítulo 3: Sistema combinado de señas Configuración Es la forma que adquiere la mano para efectuar cualquier gesto Aire
Writing Prompts Lenguaje de señas lenguaje de señas Importancia del lenguaje de señas para personas oyentes: .Mayor y mejor conocimiento de las personas sordas .Mayor interraccion social y cominicativa entre oyentes y sordos .Rompe la brecha de comunicacion y rompe el distanciamiento con las personas sordasmudas Persona con discapacidad. Es aquel que presenta temporal o permanentemente una limitacion,perdida o disminucion en sus facultades fisicas intelectuales o sensoriales para realizar actividades que le son comnaturales Discapacidad auditiva.Es aquel que presenta perdida parcial total de la capacidad auiditiva Anacusico:Se lo considera al sordo profundo, es decir, al que no escucha nada, ante todo es un ser visual, conoce el lenguaje en base a lo que ha visto. Hipoacustico:Se llama al sordo que escucha algo (con o sin protesis auditiva), desde ruidos como cuando se cae una silla o alguien golpea una mesa hasta los que tenes que gritar. Lenguaje manual.El lenguaje manual se divide en dos ramas: .Ideograma .Dactilologia 1.
Battling Writer's Block Writer’s Block ia a subject that we have discussed many times on this site in the past. It can be a frustrating and often overwhelming condition that writer‘s of all levels face at one time or another, no matter their style or expertise. The Different Forms of Writer’s Block (and How to Tackle Them): Lack of ideas This is the most common form of Writer’s Block and consists of literally staring at a blank page. There is good news for those that are suffering from this type of Writer’s Block, this is one of those times when ‘doing a writing exercise’ may actually work. An abundance of ideas, but a lack of discipline Another form of Writer’s Block is the challenge of having a ton of ideas but the lack of discipline to follow through with any of them. The fictitious brick wall We have all faced this obstacle in our writing lives. Creating an outline can help you break through any obstacles or barriers you come across in your writing, but they don’t necessarily have to begin at the beginning.
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