The 5 Things I’d Tell My 21 Year Old Entrepreneurial Self | JonBischke.com 12 years ago I set out on my first foray into the world of entrepreneurship. The company was called MCSETutor.com (we later changed the name to the equally obtuse 2000Tutor.com) and while it wasn’t a huge success by dot com era standards we did sell it for a tidy profit. But looking back I’m shocked at how little I knew about entrepreneurship. As I’m sure any entrepreneur would love to do, I’d give anything to step back in time 12 years and have a chat with my 21 year old self. And while I can’t do that I do love to share lessons with as many young entrepreneurs as I can. #1 – Take as much risk as you can as early in life as you can. I’m not talking stupid risks. #2 – Nail the fundamentals. Take some of that time and use it to build skills that will make you more effective and productive the rest of your life. #3 – Surround yourself with people who expect you to succeed in a big way. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” I’m lucky. Fantastic.
What do we want? Our Background We are a team of people with backgrounds in areas of IT, design and business administration with the same vision regarding the future of portable computers. We started to work on this concept in 2009 and finalized it after a few months of intensive work. Our Intentions Our very first steps were not directly related to a production of Rolltop. Objectives Our primary objective is to realize our vision and concept Rolltop and to bring it to the people in the next step. Partner Currently we are in the middle of the partner identification process and development of a final technical Rolltop design, including pre-selection of electronic sub-parts and hardware platform design. If are you interested, please contact us.
Cell Size and Scale Some cells are visible to the unaided eye The smallest objects that the unaided human eye can see are about 0.1 mm long. That means that under the right conditions, you might be able to see an ameoba proteus, a human egg, and a paramecium without using magnification. Smaller cells are easily visible under a light microscope. To see anything smaller than 500 nm, you will need an electron microscope. Adenine The label on the nucleotide is not quite accurate. How can an X chromosome be nearly as big as the head of the sperm cell? No, this isn't a mistake. The X chromosome is shown here in a condensed state, as it would appear in a cell that's going through mitosis. A chromosome is made up of genetic material (one long piece of DNA) wrapped around structural support proteins (histones). Carbon The size of the carbon atom is based on its van der Waals radius.
Fibonacci Extensions | How to Calculate Fibonacci Extensions For Stocks Most traders know what Fibonacci retracements are but you don't hear very many of them talking about Fibonacci extensions (at least I don't). If you have never heard of them, then get out a pen and some paper. What is a Fibonacci extension? Well, we know that a retracement is a move in a stock that "retraces" a portion of the previous move. But what happens when a stock retraces more than 100% of the prior move? Take a look at this chart... In the first example, AIR pulls back from $25.92 (1) to $23.11 (2). Could we have known that this stock might run into resistance at $26.68 (3)? Take the difference in price between 1 and 2. In the second example... $28.75 - $25.00 = $3.75 x 1.272 = $4.77 + $25.00 = $29.77. So, if you buy pullbacks and you are wanting to take partial profits on a stock, you can calculate this ahead of time. Note: The two common Fibonacci ratios used for calculating extensions are 1.618 and 1.272. 2.07 x 1.618 = $3.35 Microsoft actually reversed at $26.76 (3).
Future computers to its next level! Future technology Rene Lee has come up with an exciting device called Bento. It is a single modular device that integrates a tablet, notebook, smartphone, hard drive and battery. The device can be used independently or as a processing network. It not only extends the life cycle of the product but also expands the possibilities of networked use. And thus, it provides easy portability of each component. Bento is short-listed for FUJITSU design award 2011 from over 1000 designs. The basic laptop structure touts a 15″ OLED screen which serves as its structural base. The tablet can display a keyboard and the screen of the notebook can do visualization. Mini Computer!
Alarming Ring by Meng Fandi Alarming Ring Ring is a vibrating alarm designed for people who hate the loud blaring sounds of a typical alarm. The charging cradle is where you set what time you want each ring to go off. The ring fits over the tip of your finger and when that opportune time arrives, it vibrates. Putting the ring back on the dock shuts off the alarm. The benefits are two-fold. Designer: Meng Fandi Microscopic Solar Cells Could See More Sunlight Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have shrunk silicon solar cells down to the micro scale, opening new possibilities for improved efficiency. Multi-crystalline silicon, currently the gold standard for solar-cell efficiency, is expensive and produces cells that are heavy and brittle. Sandia’s microscopic silicon solar cells use 100 times less material while operating with the same efficiency. In addition to lower materials costs, the smaller scale of these cells means they could be incorporated into compact optical systems for cheaper light-tracking and concentration. “In microsystems, you’re looking for things that become cheaper, perform better, and gain new functionalities,” says Gregory Nielson, head scientist on the project. So far, the Sandia researchers have assembled and tested a single micro solar cell as proof of principle. Sandia’s cells are between 0.25 and one millimeter in diameter.
Create a 60′s Psychedelic Style Concert Poster In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to create a retro 1960s psychedelic concert poster. This tutorial relies heavily on the use of the Warp Tool, but includes a few other techniques as well. Let's get started. Create a new document with a poster-like size ratio. Make a solid color adjustment layer and fill it with a deep purple. Now to set the first bit of text. Go Edit>Transform>Warp and warp the text to fit the compartment. Now let's go back in and change the color on some of this text. Many of these old posters were screen printed. The thing that is really going to make this look good and realistic is some texture. Now let's move on to our image that will fill the rest of the poster. Make a new Solid Color adjustment layer and fill it with the lightest color that you used in the poster. Now on each of the masks on the solid color adjustment layers, apply a threshold. Now, let's get back to the poster. Our final 1960s psychedelic-style concert poster is below.
Design a High Impact Gig Poster Suitable for Screen-Printing Screen-prints are a great way to exhibit artworks or advertise a gig. Creating a high impact poster suitable for the screen-printing process can be achieved relatively easily. In this instance, we're going for a stylized and coarse effect, rather than a photo-realistic halftone interpretation of a design. So let's create a 3-color design that looks great on screen, printed from your home printer, or screen-printed using the silk-screen printing method. Final Image Preview Before we get started, let's take a look at the image we'll be creating. Video Tutorial Our video editor Gavin Steele has created a video tutorial to compliment this text + image tutorial. Step 1 For this tutorial, set up an A4 canvas at 300dpi. Step 2 Download then open this image of a girl. Step 3 Select the Burn Tool from the Tools palette, then set the Range to Shadows and the Exposure to 9%. Step 4 Use a smaller brush to burn in smaller details, in this case her chest area. Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11  
iHi: # 1: The Great Committee Earth, we are loosing the space race because we are not allocating our assets for the single purpose of advancement. In order to advance Earth to its fullest potential there can not be the mentally that each's own pursuits shall be for the purpose of self fulfillment. Earth as a whole provides only a limited amount of resources. These resources need to be assessed very carefully because they are extremely limited and could be used much more efficiently if they weren't consumed with complete ignorance of their value. After the resources are assessed, that data can be used as a munitions list before any changes to the structure have been made. The resources of the earth will be allotted to humans for consumption in a way that all humans can survive optimally. "Human obedience to the purpose of The Great Committee is universal due to a passed down faith in methodical reincarnation" "All is born with equal purpose, to fulfill the Great Committee" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
suicide_note World Lens App can translate words inside of an image by Mark R I generally report on end-user consumer devices, and usually do not report on cool Apps on this site. Otherwise, I would constantly fill this blog with the cool Apps that come out everyday. However, there are times when Apps show us how far we have gone with technology, and Word Lens from QuestVisual has exploded over the tech blogosphere with what it can do with its Optical Character Recognition technology. Word Lens is the product of two and a half years of work from John DeWeese and Otavio Good. I mean, I have seen augmented reality apps do some pretty cool things before, but to translate English to Spanish (as well as Spanish to English) in realtime is pretty amazing. From what I hear, it doesn’t work this smoothly. If you want to see this App for yourself, it costs about $4.99 on the iTunes store. Source
artwork by lawrence yang *UPDATE* - I've been working on a new site so haven't been keeping this up to date -- in the meantime if you'd like to see my latest work, please find me on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. And as always, you can email me with any questions! Thanks, Lawrence Prices for original work ranges from $200 to $1000. Please email me for more details. "Encounter" - ink and watercolor on paper - 20" x 16" - SOLD "Hydra" - sharpie on bristol- 24" x 17" - not for sale "Aqua Teen Triptych" - ink, watercolor and pastel on paper - each panel is 3" x 12" - SOLD "Tiny Space Ghost" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Tiny Space Ghost" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - $100 "Tiny Zorak" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Tiny Brak" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 2" x 3" - SOLD "Rooster Tree" - ink, watercolor and gouache on paper - 9" x 12" - $450 "Walking" - ink and watercolor on paper - 11" x 9" - $450 "Tree LP " - acrylic on LP - SOLD