13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do LifeHack | Mentally strong people have healthy habits. They manage their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in ways that set them up for success in life. Check out these things that mentally strong people don’t do so that you too can become more mentally strong. 1. They Don’t Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves Mentally strong people don’t sit around feeling sorry about their circumstances or how others have treated them. 2. They don’t allow others to control them, and they don’t give someone else power over them. 3. Mentally strong people don’t try to avoid change. 4. You won’t hear a mentally strong person complaining over lost luggage or traffic jams. 5. Mentally strong people recognize that they don’t need to please everyone all the time. 6. They don’t take reckless or foolish risks, but don’t mind taking calculated risks. You may be interested in this too: 14 Things Positive People Don’t Do 7. 8. 9. 10. Mentally strong people don’t view failure as a reason to give up. 11. 12. 13.
BlueCopter - Arduino Quadcopter Hey, I spent the summer working with a new hobby of mine, Quadcopters =D! The quadcopter board is homemade (atmega32u4). I was happy with the quadcopter, it flew very nicely (after some PID changes of course).. Three days later, I got a working code.. Anyhow I'm not going to bore you out with my story. If there is a big demand for a code explanation/theory about quadcopters and how everything works, shout out here, and I'll come up with something for you... Here is the code: See attachment for pinout.. And here is the video: Edit: I've updated the code.. //Basel Improving your reading stamina - How to read at university when you've finished this page you will be able to... plan how to improve your reading stamina If you're going to fit in all the reading you need to do, you'll need to be able to read for relatively long periods of time, and this means you'll need to increase your reading stamina. Environment To read for long periods of time, you need to get into 'the zone', so it's important to give some thought to the best place to read - somewhere comfortable and free from distractions. After a consideration of the costs and benefits of each location, decide on where you'll do most of your reading. Concentration Concentration spans vary widely between individuals. Taking breaks is a great way of improving your ability to concentrate. As the graphs clearly show, concentration and memory come and go in peaks and troughs. Once you've worked on improving your reading stamina, you'll be better able to deal with the challenges of deep reading, which you will encounter on the next page.
14 Things Mentally Strong People Do Differently To Be More Successful LifeHack | We’ve all had our moments in life when we feel like we just can’t take it anymore. Life gets us down. We feel beaten, broken, and like there’s no way out. But what is the difference between the people who can turn it around and make lemonade out of lemons? It all lies in how you think. 1. Mentally strong people don’t let their emotions control them. 2. Instead of looking at obstacles as problems, mentally strong people see them as learning opportunities. 3. If they are facing a crisis, they don’t freak out for very long. 4. You have to pay taxes. 5. I know a lot of people who have absolutely wonderful lives but the do nothing but complain about what they don’t have. 6. Instead of seeing the glass as half empty or even half full, mentally strong people see the glass as always full – half liquid and half air. 7. If something goes wrong in their life, they don’t point the finger at other people. 8. 9. 10. As I said in point 4, some things you can’t change. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Beginner Quadcopter Kit Buying Guide - Hovership I frequently get asked how much it costs to build a quadcopter or other multi-rotor helicopter. I usually try to add together a number real quick based on equipment I own. Which could come close to $1000. Below is a buying guide that includes everything needed to put a quadcopter in the air. PLEASE NOTE: I picked these items based on their low cost yet good reviews. UPDATE: 02-23-2014 HobbyKing now sells a very similar ready-to-fly kit, just add batteries and a charger. The Frame – $14 Hobbyking X525 V3 Glass Fiber Quadcopter Frame This frame is based on a tried and true frame design for multirotors. Purchase the frame at HobbyKing.com »Purchase replacement parts at HobbyKing.com » Frame option #2 -$8 Since writing this post, it has been pointed out that the above frame might be a bit heavy for the motors/props I am about to suggest. Purchase the frame at HobbyKing.com » The Motors – $57 I recently put these motors on a small H-Quad and I highly recommend them. The Propellers – $3
An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence by Maria Popova Wisdom on overcoming the greatest human frustration from the pioneer of Eastern philosophy in the West. “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” Annie Dillard wrote in her timeless reflection on presence over productivity — a timely antidote to the central anxiety of our productivity-obsessed age. This concept of presence is rooted in Eastern notions of mindfulness — the ability to go through life with crystalline awareness and fully inhabit our experience — largely popularized in the West by British philosopher and writer Alan Watts (January 6, 1915–November 16, 1973), who also gave us this fantastic meditation on the life of purpose. If to enjoy even an enjoyable present we must have the assurance of a happy future, we are “crying for the moon.” Alan Watts, early 1970s (Image courtesy of Everett Collection) What keeps us from happiness, Watts argues, is our inability to fully inhabit the present: And therein lies the crux of our human struggle:
10 Things You Never Realized You Could Do To Be Happy Have you been looking for happiness? You probably don’t know there’re simple things you can do to be happy. Matthew Manning has shared his opinion with us on Quora. Here’s what you never realized you could do to be happy: 1. Many seemingly happy and successful people are burning themselves alive on the fire of their inner turmoil. 2. Even if you are an introvert, force yourself into social scenarios that give you the opportunity to meet people and form connections. 3. It is amazing how much exercise and good diet can change your outlook on the world around you. 4. Stop wasting your time trying to find the “perfect hobby.” 5. We tend to lose these anchors as we get older. 6. Try to refocus yourself to the current moment more often. 7. Write in a journal. 8. Forgive those who hurt you. 9. Many times it is our own narcissism that destroys us. 10. There is no such place as “away.” Featured photo credit: young happy female looking through a frame made from her fingers via Shutterstock
The 50 Coolest Book Covers Ever - Entertainment Title: American Psycho Author: Bret Easton Ellis Artist: Marshall Arisman Artist George Corsillo, who designed the cover art for Bret Easton Ellis' first two books turned down the chance to design the artwork for American Psycho, stating "I was disgusted with myself for reading it". However, this just opened up the door for Marshall Arisman, who responded with this haunting, and very cool, representation of Patrick Bateman as part-man, part-devil. 10 Things To Stop Caring About If You Want To Be Happier It’s time to care less. Yep, that’s right. Sometimes we take the world on our shoulders, and instead of making the world a better place, all we end up doing is creating more stress for ourselves. Here are simple tips to ease that heavy mental load and feel more carefree. 1. Dance to your own beat. 2. We all make mistakes and mess up in life. 3. The big “F” word that everyone fears. 4. The human default position tends to err on the side of lack rather than abundance, which is not conducive to feeling carefree. 5. We can drive ourselves crazy worrying about what might happen in the future. 6. When we believe that we will be happy once something has happened, we effectively put our life on hold until the event happens. 7. Regret is a part of life. 8. Many of us are so afraid of rejection that we stay in our comfort zones and never risk true intimacy. 9. Be thin, be beautiful. 10. It’s easy to feel that we don’t measure up somehow. Set a Goal For Yourself
Affordances The concept of an affordance was coined by the perceptual psychologist James J. Gibson in his seminal book The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. The concept was introduced to the HCI community by Donald Norman in his book The Psychology of Everyday Things from 1988. There has however been ambiguity in Norman's use of the concept, and the concept thus requires a more elaborate explanation. Norman's use of the term According to Norman (1988) an affordance is the design aspect of an object which suggest how the object should be used; a visual clue to its function and use. "...the term affordance refers to the perceived and actual properties of the thing, primarily those fundamental properties that determine just how the thing could possibly be used. [...] Norman thus defines an affordance as something of both actual and perceived properties. Gibson's use of the term An affordance according to Gibson exists relative to the action capabilities of particular actors. Open Access License
14 Things Positive People Don't Do Positive people don’t have a magical power that you don’t possess. Instead of letting stress control them, positive people take control of their life by managing stress and striving to improve every day. Check out these things that positive people don’t do, so you too can be happy and successful. 1. It’s amazing how many problems wouldn’t exist if we didn’t invent them. 2. It’s easy to live in a lie because lies can grow so strong that it can eventually make people forget about the truth. 3. Positive people understand that resentment only causes pain in life over and over again, so they let go of it. 4. Is it easy to forget the little things? 5. Positive people realize they are the CEO of their life and thus take full responsibility for how things are. 6. The word “problems” is seen as “challenges” for positive people. 7. This “reality” most people speak of sounds like a dreadful place where dreams go to die. 8. 9. Boredom is a place where creativity, inspiration, and productivity die.
Open Culture digs up a 1954 animated adaptation of... Coursekit is now Lore. What’s the Story? Culture & SocietyHistory & LiteratureMedia & Communication Open Culture digs up a 1954 animated adaptation of Orwell’s Animal Farm, funded by the CIA – the best thing since Ralph Steadman’s brilliant illustrations for it. Read the story here. #Animal Farm#George Orwell#lit#animation#film 69 notes
8 Questions Powerful People Ask Themselves Every Day Tayyab Babar - LifeHack | Life is full of questions. What will I wear today? What will I have for lunch? Whether it’s the small questions we face on a daily basis, or the larger, life-changing ones, they cannot be avoided. Powerful and successful people ask themselves certain questions every day in order to meet their goals. Take the time every day to ask yourself these 8 questions, and you can achieve the success you are looking for. 1. Most of us wake up in the morning and go through the day without any focus or objective for that particular day. Successful people differ greatly from these people. 2. Time management strategies are paramount in the road to success and, unfortunately, many of us are poor at this basic skill. 3. Actions indeed speak louder than words. 4. Let us agree on one thing: everyone has his or her bad habits. 5. We all make mistakes. 6. Evaluation is important in our lives. 7. Success is all about sacrifices and not so much about finding happiness. 8. Tayyab Babar
Choosing the Right Metrics for User Experience By Pamela Pavliscak Published: June 2, 2014 “Metrics are the signals that show whether your UX strategy is working. Using metrics is key to tracking changes over time….” Metrics are the signals that show whether your UX strategy is working. Although most organizations are tracking metrics like conversion rate or engagement time, often they do not tie these metrics back to design decisions. UX strategists need to take charge of the metrics for online experiences. The Signal Problem “The data that is available from off-the-shelf analytics, A/B tests, and even follow-up surveys does not always result in insights that inform the user experience.” There is so much data available on sites and applications that it seems amazing insights would be sure to surface, yet that does not happen without smart decisions. The signals that are easiest to track don’t show what is really important. So, it’s difficult to find the right signals for user experience amidst all the noise in your data. Usability