50 Life Secrets and Tips Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Read “Zen and the Art of Happiness” by Chris Prentiss.This book will give you the knowledge and instruction to be happy at all times regardless of the circumstances.
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do. Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be exercised to get stronger. Think of your words as reps, your paragraphs as sets, your pages as daily workouts. Procrastination is an alluring siren taunting you to google the country where Balki from Perfect Strangers was from, and to arrange sticky notes on your dog in the shape of hilarious dog shorts. The blank white page. Mark Twain once said, “Show, don’t tell.” Finding a really good muse these days isn’t easy, so plan on going through quite a few before landing on a winner. There are two things more difficult than writing. It’s so easy to hide in your little bubble, typing your little words with your little fingers on your little laptop from the comfort of your tiny chair in your miniature little house. It’s no secret that great writers are great readers, and that if you can’t read, your writing will often suffer. Available in print withThe Best of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
The C Shell - Introduction to Unix and Linux tutorial Objective This section teaches the student how to work within the C shell environment. The C shell is one of the three main login shells in use today, and may be the most widely used. This section teaches the student how to use the features available within the C shell. Introduction Background The C shell was created by Bill Joy at the University of California at Berkeley. The C shell is referred to as the "csh". Your Login Files There are three files that affect your environment when you log in to a Unix computer: (1) /etc/cshrc (2) .cshrc (in your home directory) (3) .login (in your home directory) These files allow you to customize your C shell environment. /etc/cshrc This file is created and maintained by your system administrator. .cshrc The .cshrc file is also read each time you start a new csh shell. .login The .login file is read only once, when you log in to your Unix system. These files let you: Example 5-1: A typical .cshrc file: C Shell Variables Pre-Defined Shell Variables history path term
Raincoast Proverbs The Crab Thrower The waves washed crabs up onto the beach where they perished in the hot sun. A black boy ran along the beach picking up the crabs, tossing them back into the water. A man said, Why do you bother? There are millions of crabs. You can barely make a dint. Eternal Punishment Those who wear hair shirts are punished in the afterlife by being told it was all for naught. Dolphin Proverb You have to catch your own fish. Faith Faith is a verb. Pleasing You can’t please everybody. Pressure No one can pressure you without your permission. Help If you ask for help, what will everyone think? Asking Why won’t anyone help? Promises It is OK to remind people of their promises they have not yet kept. Prayer I prayed for strength. Oneness Everyone helps answer my prayers. Mother Theresa A man once said to Mother Theresa, Mother, why do you bother? Definition of Insanity The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result Speaking Trust When in doubt, trust. Mania