"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." "Like I always say, there's no 'I' in "team". There is a 'me', though, if you jumble it up." We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. Wisdom - that part of knowledge that isn't only true, but also happens to be helpful. Wisdom speaks softly... Thereafter the volume increases proportionate to the level of ignorance A punctured bicycle
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Will nature make a man of me yet? All designed objects are propaganda for a certain way of life. Sometimes we need to stop analysing the past, stop planning the future, stop figuring out precisely how we feel, stop deciding exactly what we want, and just see what happens. We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. "Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence." --Napoleon Bonaparte The best designed clothes: invite being removed but reward being kept on. It's that you just can't take the effect and make it the cause | Last week, Google announced a new feature for Google Docs that may be the closest thing to the fabled GDrive that we may ever get: the ability to upload and store any kind of file to your Google Docs account. This is a big deal, because it allows you to use Google as a storage service for the first time. But Google only went half way — they let you store the documents, but they didn’t actually build any desktop clients to help you sync them. For that, Google teamed with a handful of third parties. Today sees the [ continue reading Memeo Connect Launches, Brings Desktop Sync To Google Apps ] The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Enlarge This Image Ruby Washington/The New York Times “At night, I can text or watch something on YouTube until I fall asleep,” Francisco Sepulveda, 14, said of his smart phone. Multimedia Graphic Raised on Screens Those ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a [ continue reading If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online ] Climbing and cycling rendezvous? “PlancastPlancast is a service for sharing your upcoming plans with friends. Using Plancast you can easily arrange an event, meeting or gathering at a specific location and then share the information with friends. Plancast uses Google Maps to show the location of your plans. In fact the site has a great auto-suggest tool that loads a thumbnail Google Map of your location as you type the address. You can create a plan or event on Plancast by signing in with your Twitter or Facebook account. Plancast even automatically imports your Facebook events. Once you have [ continue reading Arrange an Event with Google Maps ] Google has announced that Google Docs, which could formerly store only online versions of its own word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation documents, will be gaining the capability to store any type of file that you can upload from your computer. Google is rolling this feature out over the next few weeks; look for a [ continue reading Google Docs Now Stores All File Types ] According to a new patent that was just granted to Google, the company could soon extend the reach of its advertising program in Google Maps to Street View. This patent, which was originally filed on July 7, 2008, describes a new system for promoting ads in online mapping applications. In this patent, Google describes how it plans to identify buildings, posters, signs and billboards in these images and give advertisers the ability to replace these images with more up-to-date ads. In addition, Google also seems to [ continue reading Google Plans to Upgrade Old Billboards in Street View ] “Switch MapsOne of the most popular posts on Google Maps Mania last year was a review of Map Channel’s Dual Maps. Dual Maps is a map creation tool that allows anybody to make an embeddable map that includes a Google Map, a Google Maps Street View and a Virtual Earth Bird’s Eye view of the same location. Now Map Channels have released Switch Maps. Switch Maps allow you to create a map that contains Google Maps, Google Earth, Street View, Bing Maps, Bing Maps Bird’s Eye View, Open Street Map and Yahoo Maps. Creating a map is very easy. [ continue reading Google Maps Plus Some ] Google Street View Find of the Day: The Google Street View Van (previously spotted running over a poor, defenseless deer) captured, in its perverse-flipbookish way, the moment a fire truck collided with a cyclist on Jordanus Hoornstraat in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. No doubt these shocking images will soon be removed, and a simple warning posted in their stead: “Here Be Fire Trucks.” flakes of nuisance }{. I love my brown panniers [ continue reading SMIDSY! ] An event of not dissimilar proportions in terms of potential impact as the asteroid, this time financial, occurred in the PND/SatNav world recently. The effects of this explosion will be very easy to see. Google just nuked from orbit the entire PND industry: Which leaves everyone from PND manufacturers to waze to carriers wondering what’s next. There’s been lots of commentary already that I won’t repeat. You’ve gotta give it to these guys for technical ability in any case. via OpenGeoData » Is there anyone left to compete with?. [ continue reading Is there anyone left to compete with? ] | Shirdi Sai Baba: "Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it true, is it necessary, does it improve upon the silence?" Well known fact that any kiss where one or other party is in control of heavy machinery doesn't count for quality assessment purposes. There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. The honest heart that's free frae a' intended fraud or guile. However fortune kick the ba', Has ay some cause to smile. Life consists in replacing one worry with another, and one desire with the next, what the Buddhists call ‘grasping’ or upādāna in Sanskrit "Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future." "Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die." A wrong decision isn't forever; it can be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved. heavy words thrown lightly And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. 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