The 10 Best TED Talks of 2011 Watching videos online is usually considered fun, but generally a waste of time. Not so with TED videos, which are uniformly interesting, educational, inspiring, and enjoyable. If you haven't spent much time (or any) checking out TED videos, you should – and to help with that, I've compiled what seem to be the very best 10 TED videos of 2011. It was a grueling task, combing through the cream of the crop on the TED site, but somebody had to do it. Some of the talks may have been filmed prior to 2011 but all of the talks here were posted in 2011. How I Became 100 Artists You don't need to be an artist to appreciate Shea Hembrey's "How I became 100 artists," but if you are it's even more amazing. A Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello If music is more your thing, then the "Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello" entry from the Ahn Trio is a must-watch (and listen). 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed Learning experiences like this, I could do without. How to Spot a Liar Your Favorites?
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Tumbling Through Life — Hacked Together Automated Box.net Desktop Syncing I’m a huge fan of Box.net. The biggest downside is the lack of a freely available desktop sync app though. Oh they offer one, but it’s only for premium and business accounts. I have a free legacy account with them because I was one of their original set of beta testers which is not eligible for their desktop syncing application though. I realize I’m whining because I should just be thrilled with my free space, but I needed to figure out some sort of desktop syncing solution to actually make all the free space useful. Here’s what I did: setup WebDAV access to your Box.net account on your computer (Ubuntu/Linux, Mac, or Windows).For Windows at least — download and install Microsoft SyncToy (currently v2.1).Create the necessarily folders in your Box.net account for what you plan to sync/backup.Configure Microsoft SyncToy to automatically sync the folder on your desktop to your Box.net account folders you previously created.