The Science of Meditation
Over the past few hundred years the power of organized religion has steeply declined in the west. State & church and science & religion are separated and free inquiry is now more encouraged than ever. The loss of God as the absolute reference point has given room for humanity to take the ropes of responsibility and freedom into their own hands. However, while it has opened our minds, it has closed our hearts.
The 20 Best Travel Websites on the Internet - Golden Book Traveler
Update: Visit the 2012 version of The 20 Best Travel Websites on the Internet I hope that everyone who attended my SXSW Core Conversation panel on How to Make Money Traveling Around the World enjoyed the presentation. As promised, I have a listing of my top 20 favorite travel websites (in no particular order).
25 Helpful Tutorials for Lighting Effects in Photoshop
Photoshop allows designers with unlimited possibilities when it comes to creative effects, including lighting effects. There are plenty of different ways to create lighting effects in Photoshop, and there are equally as many different possible uses for them. If you’re interested in learning more about how to create awesome lighting effects in your own work, here are 25 tutorials that can help.
Alaska
November 2013 : Monday Nov 2013 : Monday The Endless Skies Teaching my little girl to ride a bike
When It Comes To Sharing Startups, The Airbnb Model Doesn't Work For Everyone
Rob Coneybeer doesn't often drive the silver BMW Z3 parked near his house. Rather, he purchased the convertible primarily for other people to use. "I bought the car to list it on RelayRides," says the Shasta Ventures managing director, referring to the peer-to-peer car-sharing platform that has received $13 million in funding from Shasta, Google Ventures, and GM Ventures, among others. For $15 an hour, anyone in San Francisco can rent Coneybeer's wheels. This arrangement, he believes, represents the future of car ownership. "You know in Austin Powers, when Dr.
40 Sites You Might Actually Use
There are plenty of lists out there that do a good job of telling you the best applications for whatever occasion you could come up with. I decided to avoid a list of what is “best” and instead put together a list of sites that I actually use. You can probably find better alternatives for most of these categories, but all the applications I’ve listed here I fire up at least once a week. News and Bookmarking
Pssst: The 5 Best Secret Bars in New York
For many out-of-towners, speakeasies are the things of history books and old-time movies, but for in-the-know New Yorkers, they’re where some of the best cocktails in the city are hiding. If you’re looking for an off-the-beaten-path hang out or want to impress your out-of-town friends with your secret bar savvy, check out some of these New York speakeasies….but shh…please don’t tell!! By Kristen Hetland, Associate Web Producer, CBS Local. MORE: NYC’s 6 Best Spots For Affordable Happy Hour Deals Milk and Honey
My World and Welcome... Funny Pages: Handy Latin Phrases
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat. It's not the heat, it's the humidity. Di!
10 Wise Choices to Skyrocket Your Happiness
“The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Who doesn’t want to be happy? Just take a look at any moment of your life, any choice you make. Isn’t your intention to be happy?
10 of the best budget hotels in New York
Posted on: September 21st in Cool Hotels, Travel by Graham Padmore. Like this Post? The Big Apple may be one of the ultimate city break destinations – shopping, art, sightseeing and so much more. It’s also (like most major capital cities) unfortunately notoriously expensive. So for those wanting to maximise their spending money, you will have to seek out some good NYC budget hotels.
Making Complex Selections in Photoshop - DesignFestival » For Web Design Trends
Making precise selections in Photoshop is an essential skill that every designer needs. As a print designer, you will find yourself using selections to remove objects from their background to place within ads. As a web designer, you might extract an image and place it on a website with no background. If you are a photographer, you might make a selection to remove blemishes or other unwanted features from an image. You can’t get around it; everyone uses selections, and if you make excellent selections, you’ll end up with excellent work.
Magazine - Hire Introverts
“Hire good people and leave them alone.” So declared William McKnight, who was 3M’s unassuming CEO during the 1930s and ’40s, and who encouraged employees to spend 15 percent of their time noodling on their own pet projects. (The policy survives to this day at 3M, and gave birth to the Post-it note, among other innovations.) Also see:
