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Mr. Spock Costumes
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Are you a fan of Star Trek and is Spock you favorite character? Well, join the huge crowds who are rushing to get Mr. Spock costumes for their Halloween celebration of for any number of other costume galas such as the Mardi Gras, etc.
For the best quality Spock costumes at the most reasonable go
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| (Published: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:58:02 +0000) |
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The Numerati
Rangaswami on sharing and privacy
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If you have a couple minutes, this post by JP Rangaswami makes provocative points about sharing and privacy. These are issues, and values, that are undergoing a metamorphosis in the networked age. The conclusions we come to will affect not just businesses like Facebook or Google, but also the lives we lead.
Every time we share a secret, we carry out a quiet risk/reward calculation. We take into account the discretion of the people we're communicating with and the people they might blab to, and we project the pay-off from having them in the know. Sometimes the pay-off is the unburdening of something we've been holding in. Other times, it's the naughty pleasure that comes from trafficking in inside dope. And then there are the secrets told strategically in the hopes of receiving one in return. Sharing secrets is a step toward establishing deeper ties.
So what happens when we share our secrets with the whole world? That's what Rangaswami grapples with. In one section, he contrasts two types of relationships, contracts and covenants.
In a contract relationship, it
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| (Published: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT) |
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Blog Tactics
John Thornhill Masterclass Coaching Program
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John Thornhill’s Coaching MasterClass for 2010 has just gone live and he’s now accepting new students, although I’m not sure how long for as the places on offer are likely to be snapped up quickly, you’ll understand why when you see just how much he’s offering…
[note: skip to the bottom to see my bonus offer
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| (Published: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:55:38 +0000) |
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Free Website Giveaway
Pioneer Premier AVIC F90BT, Your Best Buddy On The Road
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Want some concert in your car? Get the Pioneer premier AVIC F90BT, your buddy that lets you play music, videos, guides you through its interactive map and obeys your voice in a snap! It’s the in-dash navigation system that Pioneer is so proud to bring to its customers. A voice control program will provide all
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| (Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:11 +0000) |
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Blogohblog
WordPress Theme – Ultima
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I was planning to release this free WordPress theme for a long time now. I stopped myself from doing it because of the changing trends. Nowadays, a lot of people are preferring magazine-styled themes, themes with super-duper slide shows, nifty effects and all that jazz!
But I am sure that there still exists a class of
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| (Published: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:24:28 +0000) |
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DumbLittleMan
10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein has long been considered a genius by the masses. He was a theoretical physicist, philosopher, author, and is perhaps the most influential scientists to ever live.
Einstein has made great contributions to the scientific world, including the theory of relativity, the founding of relativistic cosmology, the prediction of the deflection of light by gravity, the quantum theory of atomic motion in solids, the zero-point energy concept, and the quantum theory of a monatomic gas which predicted Bose–Einstein condensation, to name a few of his scientific contributions.
Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.”
He’s published more than 300 scientific works and over 150 non-scientific works. Einstein is considered the father of modern physics and is probably the most successful scientist there ever was.
10 Amazing Lessons from Albert Einstein:
- Follow Your Curiosity
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
What piques your curiosity? I am curious as to what causes one person to succeed while another person fails; this is why I’ve spent years studying success. What are you most curious about? The pursuit of your curiosity is the secret to your success.
- Perseverance is Priceless
“It's not that I'm so smart; it's just that I stay with problems longer.”
Through perseverance the turtle reached the ark. Are you willing to persevere until you get to your intended destination? They say the entire value of the postage stamp consist in its ability to stick to something until it gets there. Be like the postage stamp; finish the race that you’ve started!
- Focus on the Present
“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.”
My father always says you cannot ride two horses at the same time. I like to say, you can do anything, but not everything. Learn to be present where you are; give your all to whatever you’re currently doing.
Focused energy is power, and it’s the difference between success and failure.
- The Imagination is Powerful
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Are you using your imagination daily? Einstein said the imagination is more important than knowledge! Your imagination pre-plays your future. Einstein went on to say, “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination.” Are you exercising your “imagination muscles” daily, don’t let something as powerful as your imagination lie dormant.
- Make Mistakes
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
Never be afraid of making a mistake. A mistake is not a failure. Mistakes can make you better, smarter and faster, if you utilize them properly. Discover the power of making mistakes. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, if you want to succeed, triple the amount of mistakes that you make.
- Live in the Moment
“I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.”
The only way to properly address your future is to be as present as possible “in the present.”
You cannot “presently” change yesterday or tomorrow, so it’s of supreme importance that you dedicate all of your efforts to “right now.” It’s the only time that matters, it’s the only time there is.
- Create Value
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."
Don’t waste your time trying to be successful, spend your time creating value. If you’re valuable, then you will attract success.
Discover the talents and gifts that you possess, learn how to offer those talents and gifts in a way that most benefits others.
Labor to be valuable and success will chase you down.
- Don’t Expect Different Results
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
You can’t keep doing the same thing everyday and expect different results. In other words, you can’t keep doing the same workout routine and expect to look differently. In order for your life to change, you must change, to the degree that you change your actions and your thinking is to the degree that your life will change.
- Knowledge Comes From Experience
“Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience.”
Knowledge comes from experience. You can discuss a task, but discussion will only give you a philosophical understanding of it; you must experience the task first hand to “know it.” What’s the lesson? Get experience! Don’t spend your time hiding behind speculative information, go out there and do it, and you will have gained priceless knowledge.
- Learn the Rules and Then Play Better
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
To put it all in simple terms, there are two things that you must do. The first thing you must do is to learn the rules of the game that you’re playing. It doesn’t sound exciting, but it’s vital. Secondly, you must commit to play the game better than anyone else. If you can do these two things, success will be yours!
Thank you for reading and be sure to pass this article along!
 
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| (Published: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:13 -0800) |
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Boing Boing
Art of film title sequences
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Art of the Title Sequence celebrates the world's greatest film/TV title sequences, those oft-experimental opening moments of a movie or TV show that really set the mood of what's to come. I've always been intrigued by this art form and it's fun to watch examples from around the globe. The site also features interviews with more than a dozen masters of the media. Art of the Title was mentioned in a New York Times article today about the South by Southwest Film Awards new Title Design Competition. Winners will be announced at the festival next week. According to the NYT, "The modern approach to film titles crystallized, more or less, in 1955 with "The Man With the Golden Arm." It opened with a kind of jazz ballet in which dancing white lines, over music by Elmer Bernstein, eventually tightened into the contorted arm of a drug addict. From the NYT: The sequence was designed by Saul Bass, who tossed aside a more mechanical approach that had largely prevailed in Hollywood to create story-telling openings for films like "Psycho," "North by Northwest" and, later, "Goodfellas" and "The Age of Innocence." (Among the entries at South by Southwest, "Cigarette Girl," an independent film about a world in which smoking restrictions have murderous consequences, is one that recalls the Bass oeuvre: guns, cigarettes and people flicker between the real and the abstract, over a cool-toned soundtrack.) Before his death in 1996, Bass had been nominated for Oscars three times, winning once, for his short films. But his work on the titles fell through the cracks of a film industry awards system that has given far more recognition to directors "New Honor for the Designs That Get Movies Moving" (Thanks, Jess Hemerly!)
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| (Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:47:20 PST) |
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Beast Blog
Web Site Navigation Menu Placement
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 I was asked in an email recently what my feelings were regarding the placement of a navigation menu on a web site. The person asking wanted to know the latest scoop on the advantages or disadvantages of various menu placements. Is a right-hand vertical menu better somehow than a left-hand vertical menu? How about a horizontal navigation menu at the top of the page? Over the years I've made them all at one time or another, though lately most have been vertical right-hand menus. I responded with all I knew about the subject, then admitted the info may be dated. Here's basically what I offered:
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| (Published: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:57:09 +0000) |
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Dosh Dosh
An Essential Marketing Principle: Give Before You Try to Get
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Experts have talked about this before. How many times have you read about the importance of ‘adding value’ for your audience? How many times have you read about ‘building trust’ with your readers/prospects?
Many, many times. You know it well. Every marketing guru has spoken about this topic. I’m sick of hearing it. But it STILL bears repeating.
Because some people still don’t get it.
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| (Published: Mon, 18 May 2009 19:31:02 +0000) |
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Me and Mia
what i meant to say…
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my last post was just me venting. the following is what i’m going to put in a letter to my teacher, unless someone strongly suggests otherwise.
dear _____,
as this school year comes to a close, it’s feeling more bittersweet than usual for me. i’ve been feeling that ay ever since i found out you wouldn’t be
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| (Published: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:37:51 +0000) |
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Kelly's Korner Blog
Dress
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Thank you for entering the dress giveaway! I'm so absent minded that I totally forgot I needed to put it on my giveaway blog and not my regular blog.
We already had over 1200 entries so I'm going to stop the giveaway early and I will draw a winner and announce it sometime tonight.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
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| (Published: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:38:51 -0800) |
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