Less Popular Google Search Tips There’s not a day that passes by without searching for information on Google. We’re pretty sure that you’re aware of some advanced Google search operators like AND, NOT, etc. but here are some lesser known tricks that you can implement when you’re searching on Google. We bet you wouldn’t know at least one of these! 1. Some of you would have known the site: search operator. Forget the site operator and use the at keyword instead. 2. The nerds among us would frequently use the define: keyword to look up for definitions. You needn’t necessarily use the define keyword anymore to get definitions in search results. 3. AROUND(n) is an undocumented search operator and it will be of immense use when you’re looking for pages with two terms separated by n number of words. 4. You can use the tilde (~) operator to search for pages that not only contain the word that follows it, but also its synonyms. The next time you’re looking for cheap mp3 players, try searching for [~cheap mp3 players].
Years - Bartholomäus Traubeck A record player that plays slices of wood. Year ring data is translated into music, 2011. Modified turntable, computer, vvvv, camera, acrylic glass, veneer, approx. 90x50x50 cm. A tree’s year rings are analysed for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music. It is mapped to a scale which is again defined by the overall appearance of the wood (ranging from dark to light and from strong texture to light texture). Years at Schmiede Hallein, 2011 A limited edition recording of ‘Years’ can be found here. Motor controls + engineering for Years v0.2 (not visible in the video) done by Christoph Freidhöfer.
Technology - News 2050: ‘Hypersonic take-off’ As part of the BBC's What If? season of programmes, we commissioned a week of news reports that take a light-hearted look at the future. In the fifth instalment, The first flights at six times the speed of sound mean London and Sydney are just a few hours apart, while light pollution forces astronomers to close the last telescope on Earth. Have we got it right? Could these stories feature in the headlines in 2050? 60 insane cloud formations from around the world [PICs] Cloud varieties go way beyond the cumulus, stratus, and cirrus we learn about in elementary school. Check out these wild natural phenomena. STANDING IN A CORNFIELD IN INDIANA, I once saw a fat roll cloud (like #4 below) float directly over my head. It’s a 12-year-old memory that remains fresh. There was a moment of mild panic just as the cloud reached me — Is this what a tornado looks like right before it hits? I imagine a lot of these photographers having similar hesitations as they set up for the shots below.
Healthy Woman Dreams of Becoming Paralyzed from the Waist Down Being stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of their lives is most people’s idea of hell, but not for Chloe Jennings-White. A 57-year-old chemist from Salt Lake City, Utah, has an unnatural desire to become a paraplegic (paralyzed from the waist down). Chloe lives the life of a disabled person. She moves around in a wheelchair and wears long leg braces that lock at the knee to enable her to ambulate with crutches. But when she needs to go up or down a flight of stairs, she simply stands up, removes her braces and walks like a normal person. Like most paralyzed people, she loves outdoor activities, only instead of using specialized equipment to enable such activities, she simply goes on 12-hour hikes in the woods, skies down dangerous slopes, climbs mountain peaks, like a normal person. Photo: Jen Longhurst / Beyond Productions - National Geographic Taboo Ever since she was a little girl, Chloe dreamed about becoming paralyzed below the waist. Reddit Stumble
Gallery: Chasing storms with Camille Seaman Art Camille Seaman named a Knight Fellow Photographer Camille Seaman sees the personality in elements of nature. The TED Fellow thrilled us at TED2011 with her haunting photos of polar ice — some glaciers timid, others proud and defiant — and, at TED2013, shared stunning images of supercell clouds, which she characterizes as “lovely monsters.” We are very excited that Seaman has […] Design Touching the directions: Fellows Friday with Camille Seaman Native American photographer Camille Seaman devotes years to her subjects, revealing the unfolding of reality over time. Facebook Photo Sharing Tricks Sharing photos is probably the most popular activity on Facebook. Yet with new features being added all the time, you may not know all the ways you can access and share your own pics – and those of others. Trick #1 – Download a photo from someone else’s page This one’s easy, and you probably know it already: Facebook has enabled the ability to download high-resolution images from other people's pages - not just the low-res versions you get by right clicking. Click on a picture to make it full screen, then hit options,choose download and you should get the highest resolution of the photo that Facebook has stored. Trick #2 – Download a photo from someone else’s page via your smartphone · On iPhones (and other iOS devices) tap the photo in your news feed so it goes full screen, then hold your finger on the picture for a few seconds. · On Android phones, it’s a little more complicated. Trick #3 – Download an entire album on your computer
Storm chaser Marko Korosec captures dramatic US cloud formations on ca The foreboding phenomena were spotted in Texas, Kansas and Colorado - and observed from a safe distance By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 16:13 GMT, 11 September 2013 | Updated: 16:15 GMT, 11 September 2013 Menacing storm clouds gather over green fields and quiet roads, about to embark on a path of destruction. Like a spaceship hovering above the earth, the cylindrical formation spells trouble for anything in its wake. As it sinks closer to the earth, clouds of golden dust are kicked up beneath the gloom by the tornado's rotating force. It's called Tornado Alley for a reason: The car and trees in this photo are dwarfed by the gigantic cloud Storm chaser Marko Korosec, 31, was on an expedition in the USA for 26 days when he came across these cloud formations. Marko, a system administrator for road weather information, snapped the shots of the three storms in Tornado Alley in Texas, Kansas and Colorado. The alley's unique conditions mean tornados form frequently here.
10 New Apps You Should Know Since new apps get released at an incredible rate, we figured it only fair to keep you abreast of the best. Stop sifting through all the terrible games and little life helpers to find some gems and break out your iPhone or Android device and get to downloading some of these guys. 1. Food Tripping Finding fast food joints and spots that serve grease bombs while you’re road tripping is fairly easy. 2. Thread takes your caller ID to another level. 3. For the craft beer lover, Untappd has been the gold standard of social brew apps. 4. You might not think “exciting” whenever Yahoo! 5. Rando is part social experiment, part addictive time waster. 6. Simply let Field Trip run in the background of your phone and go about your day. 7. Simple and perfect. 8. There are thousands of apps that will help organize, prioritize, and generally improve your life. 9. For the world traveler, few apps could come in as handy as Currency. 10.
Storms When you've lived in Arizona your whole life, you learn to appreciate unusual things like clouds, rain...and weather in general. Especially in the summers when it's so hot out for months on end, you welcome the cool breezes after a monsoon thunderstorm. Ever since I was a kid, I've been obsessed with weather. I used to watch lightning out my window with my brother when we were little. I have pictures of clouds I took while in high school. And now I chase storms. The summers in Arizona bring the monsoon thunderstorms, and they are a blast to chase.