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2013-05-25 04:34:27 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

MAAAAAD VIDEO CLIP OF THE DAY: Another classic clip fresh from the BBC. Watch Will Smith floss a rap medley. 

2013-05-22 21:38:45 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

How to Learn Anything

"The major barrier to skill acquisition isn't intellectual... it's emotional." An excellent reminder of how easy it can be to learn a new skill. Kaufman says it only takes 20 hours.

"Josh Kaufman is the author of the #1 international bestseller, 'The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business', as well as the upcoming book 'The First 20 Hours: Mastering the Toughest Part of Learning Anything.' Josh specializes in teaching people from all walks of life how to master practical knowledge and skills. In his talk, he shares how having his first child inspired him to approach learning in a whole new way."

2013-05-22 21:33:25 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

Luck.

2013-05-22 03:36:40 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

And this is why most of the money these days is made off of the merch & ticket sales...

2013-05-22 02:17:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A New Zealand perspective on American College basketball 'system' ;)

You'll love this interview. So refreshing. Very little media training. Raw. Rough...and looking to make waves in the NBA. It's pretty straight forward when it's in the family considering his older sister makes waves globally as an Olympic gold medallist ;)

2013-05-21 22:02:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-21 21:13:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Meanwhile in Australia, an old mate buys the Melbourne Storm. 

Love your work Bartos.

2013-05-21 21:02:16 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

Mystery solved...

Thank you. Thank you.

2013-05-21 14:37:34 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

This has got to be my favourite food gif today! It fully describes exactly what I need RIGHT NOW! can anyone send a cup of delicious Joe my way? 

I found this one on The Huffington Post... it was one of their favs too!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/20/food-tumblr-gifs_n_2717546.html

#foodgif   #coffee   #coffeelovers   #coffeetime   #cafeart  

2013-05-20 21:30:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Look at this GIF long enough and you can make the train change direction simply by thinking about it

2013-05-20 14:52:29 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Want to learn to read Chinese? (6 minutes long and INCREDIBLE)
This is how I love to learn. Wow.
#tedtalks   #plusyourlife  

2013-05-20 12:04:42 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

2013-05-17 23:30:50 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 15 +1s)

::: Photography | Animation

Such a beautiful poetic image, that I can write a whole novel by just sitting and watching it.
 
Dear Google+ friends, if you know something more about the creator of this artwork, please do share it with me. :)

Thank you in advance and I'm wishing you a wonderful weekend!

2013-05-17 21:51:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Fresh from today's NEW YORK TIMES, there's our brother. Proud of you Ta'u. 

"A Big Man Still Dreams of the Big Time"

#NFL   #music   #opera  

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/arts/music/tau-pupua-former-nfl-lineman-is-now-a-rising-tenor.html

Photo Credit: David Takagi/Hawaii Opera Theater
Photo features: Ta’u Pupu’a,  with the soprano Jill Gardner in “Tosca” at Hawaii Opera Theater.

'Ofa atu from #thefamily  

2013-05-16 21:32:30 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Thought you might appreciate some HTML humor ;)

Source: http://goo.gl/cye3P

2013-05-16 21:23:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Photos from a day trip to Hobbiton. New Zealand is definitely a country everyone should visit at least once.

http://www.hobbitontours.com/

Thanks +Air New Zealand for the great tour.

2013-05-16 21:17:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Technology Then And Now

#oldschool #tech #technology  

2013-05-16 21:15:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

I have to say that the new google+ layout makes this slice of pizza look even better than yesterdays pizza! 

#pizza   #foodporn  

2013-05-16 21:14:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Chatting with multiple people? Why not color code your conversations!

In a Hangout (chat window) type /bikeshed and hit enter.

You can repeat this until you find the desired conversation background color. Note: This is more of an Easter Egg and will not persist after you close the Hangout window.

2013-05-16 21:13:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Change is Good

I have to admit i'm shocked at the amount of people who are completely unable to accept any kind of changes(especially around technology). "It's new, its different, I don't get it, so I automatically don't like it". This is the natural human response.

You can do that, or you can embrace changes as part of life. Play with it, try new things, be curious,  figure stuff out, grow learn and push past your comfort zone. 

What if I told you 10 years from now your life would be exactly the same? Doubt you'd be happy. So, why are so many people afraid of change?

Embrace Change and give it a shot! You might just be surprised how much you like it. 

#change   #inspiration  

2013-05-16 21:10:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Have you requested access to the new maps yet?

2013-05-16 20:57:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

10 signs that prove you are having a phone conversation with an Irish person...

Can you relate? ;)

2013-05-15 22:07:01 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

My reaction to seeing the new G+ Layout!!

2013-05-15 00:17:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

For the Google+ PhotoWalk - How-To Party Mode!

For the San Francisco PhotoWalk tomorrow, +Thomas Hawk and I wanted everyone to be in "Party Mode" on their Androids/iPhones.  This means that any photo you take automagically is shared to the event page.  So, everyone there can see many perspectives AND everyone not there can watch the event page.

Be sure to RSVP and see the Starting Location watch the event page here:  https://plus.google.com/events/cm6l1qj16ktg9f8sv69ep7b2rhk 

2013-05-14 21:17:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Watch how graphic designer and blogger Shini uses PicsArt photo editing app for the #GALAXYNoteII to create, share and connect wherever she may be. 

2013-05-14 21:01:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Sharing economy car M&As continue > RelayRides's Wheelz acquired http://buff.ly/15KlCGj

2013-05-14 20:48:42 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Required viewing for conservatives?

http://youtu.be/os69gEFXUW4

#HolyKaw  

2013-05-14 06:56:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Not many news articles have this many invaluable lessons. Must read...

2013-05-13 20:38:29 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

"15 Ways to Get Past an Awkward Moment"

You know these right? ;)

www.twistedsifter.com/2012/08/15-ways-to-get-past-an-awkward-moment/

2013-05-12 22:43:47 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Quick knowledge

An Interesting History of 1752.
Here is an interesting historical fact. Just have a look at the calendar for the month of September 1752.
Go to Google type "September 1752 calendar" & see for yourself.
You will notice, 11 days are simply missing from the month.
Here's the explanation: This was the month during which England shifted from the Roman Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar.
A Julian year was 11 days longer than a Gregorian year. So, the King of England ordered 11 days to be wiped off the face of that particular month.
So, the workers worked for 11 days less that month, but got paid for the whole month. That's how the concept of "paid leave" was born. Hail the King!!!
In the Roman Julian Calendar, April used to be the first month of the year; but the Gregorian Calendar observed January... more »

2013-05-12 22:39:24 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

2013-05-12 22:08:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Always believe in yourself!

2013-05-12 22:05:56 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Any city which has a suburb called "Happy Valley" gets a huge tick in my book ;) Check out this cool timelapse video of Hong Kong:

http://fstoplounge.com/2013/05/hong-kong-time-lapse-inspired-by-the-movie-oblivion/

Thanks for this +Leigh Diprose 

2013-05-12 21:50:51 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Happy Mother's Day to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere

Source: http://goo.gl/AsPwy

2013-05-11 07:21:44 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Outliers.

2013-05-10 20:50:29 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Is this wrong?

2013-05-10 20:49:47 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

That bond between parent and their fave child ;) 

http://pinterest.com/pin/216172850836540219/

2013-05-10 20:31:09 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Another beautiful Autumn day in Sydney. Feel so blessed to be able to enjoy this view everyday on my walk from my restaurant kitchen.

#sydney #operahouse

2013-05-10 20:28:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A mobile app is being developed by a team of students which will help blind people improve their photography skills through a series of audio cues. Did you know visually impaired people can use Instagram?

Watch a video of how it's done and read all about this here:
Mobile App Helps Visually Impaired Improve Their Photography Skills - http://www.bitrebels.com/technology/app-visually-impaired-photography-skills/

2013-05-10 20:26:32 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Make eye-to-eye contact during Hangouts

It’s a periscope that puts people’s face near your webcam to that when you are looking in their eyes you are also looking directly at the camera.

http://www.bodelin.com/se2e

2013-05-09 22:57:59 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Great tips for Drive fans! via +Lifehacker 

2013-05-09 22:04:29 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Check out "The Voice" Gas Station style!! via The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

After this performance, this gentleman receives an invitation to sing on the show.

Lovin it!

2013-05-09 14:33:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

From fiction to fact....

2013-05-09 14:22:34 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

#truth  

2013-05-09 14:17:03 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

This is Palau - Imgur

2013-05-09 14:12:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Gambia – A Visit To Birkama Market (PICS)

Wonderful portraits

More...... http://www.baldhiker.com/2013/05/04/gambia-a-visit-to-birkama-market/

#Travel   #gambia   #bloggambia   #market   #peopleandlife   #portraitphotography   #culture  

2013-05-09 14:03:05 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

I wonder if the threat of mass starvation might get people to consider organic agriculture.

Bees are being wiped out by a long list of issues. One major issue is pesticides and fungicides, which not only kill bees, but weaken their immune systems and make them vulnerable to various diseases another issue. 

Food companies and consumers use these chemicals because they make food cheaper. But now they're on the brink of making food VERY expensive due to shortages. 

What will it take for us to reject industrial agriculture? Will the threat of starvation and massively high food prices do it? 

What do you think? 

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/winter-honeybee-losses/?cid=co7822834

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/04/new-studies-colony-collapse-disorder.html
htt... more »

2013-05-09 14:01:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

At lots of tech conferences we’ve seen the waterfall signs with logos and more, but this is the first use we’ve seen “in the wild” for practical use, a stop sign on a tunnel before a large truck jams itself in.

http://youtu.be/NoTMC-uxJoo?t=50s

2013-05-08 21:33:15 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

You'll love this story.

#RAOK  on!

2013-05-08 21:28:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Thanks for everything, Boss.