"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 | The world is going free! everyone need shovels and shovels need replacing but you can only hand over your gold once. In October Newsday (a Long Island daily paper that was sold for $650 million) began charging for online access. The price is $5 per week. In three months 35 people have subscribed. The web site redesign and relaunch cost the Dolans $4 million, according to Mr. Jimenez. With those 35 people, they’ve grossed about $9,000. In that time, without question, web traffic has begun to plummet, and, certainly, advertising will follow as well. After Three Months, Only [ continue reading After 3 months, Newsday’s web site gets 35 subscribers ] This article is part of The GOOD Guide to Slowing Down, from GOOD Issue 18. Read more of the guide here. Easy ways to unplug your gadgets and your life Perhaps you’ve heard: Texting while driving can kill you. If you ask us, staying too connected behind your desk can be dangerous, as well. In recent studies, single-taskers have outperformed those who take on many tasks at a time, suggesting that multitaskers are less efficient, have heavier workloads, and set themselves up for elevated stress and its related problems, like weight gain, sleep loss, and elevated blood pressure. [ continue reading Step Away from the Smartphone ] 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 ] More than half (53 percent) of employers research potential job candidates on social networks such as Facebook, says CareerBuilder.co.uk. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> Macworld Half of employers check Facebook: .) So is the interview a hoax or not? “ Facebook is recording data on everything you do on the site. Everything. And not just the messages you’ve written and received either: it knows how many times you’ve clicked on your friend’s profile, which photos you’ve viewed, and more. Using this data it can establish who your best friends are, which helps it generate interesting stories in your News Feed. According to the interview, this data has recently been used to streamline search (your best friends show up first as your type in your query, rather than an alphabetical list). There [ continue reading purported interview with Facebook employee details use of ‘Master Password’ ] Facebook: give us, your conversation, your secrets, your photos, your privacy, your dignity, your life, your future. A website attached to a chat protocol cheapens the population – all your base are belong to us. “The Facebook craze for users to give details of their bra colour has been exploited by pranksters who are urging women to post adult movies of themselves on the web.” (CLICK HERE FOR MORE -> Telegraph Connected Facebook bra colour status update craze prompts naked video prank: .) ======================== “Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has denounced privacy as a ‘social norm’ of the [ continue reading Facebook bra-colour status-update-craze prompts naked-video prank ] | 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. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” |
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