Amazing materials...

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Inventables Posted: 02 May 2011 10:20 AM PDT You can buy hardware store materials of the future from these folks: Translucent concrete, rubber glass, unwetable sand, suction cup tape, etc. They primarily sell small quantities of very innovative stuff, but will work with you if you like what you tried and want it in bulk. The materials and devices are so amazing you'll invent things just to use them. -- KK I have used Inventables a lot. I have found them to be responsive and helpful when I have a question about a product, or when I want to get larger quantities of a sampled product for a real application. For example, when I needed some Stretch Sensing Rubber in a different diameter for a toy I was designing, and they promptly got me the size and quantities that I needed for the prototypes. When we were designing a high-volume medical device that needed a piezoelectric actuator, they put me directly in contact with the manufacturer of the material. -- Danny Hillis Inventables http://www.inventables.com/ Sample Excerpts: Talking tape Talking tape makes it possible to mechanically create sound from various objects. With one hand, you hold the top of the tape. With the other, you slide your thumbnail down the ribbon against the grooves. Do this and you hear, "Congratulations!" The ribbon has grooves just like a traditional record. When your fingernail is pulled down the ribbon, it causes sound vibrations. The card works as the amplifier to make the sound louder. You can replace the card with a plastic cup, a balloon, a greeting card, or just about anything. The ribbons can be made to play any sound you can record; however, the manufacturer claims voices work better than music. * Conductive thread Incorporate this silver-plated nylon thread into fabric This is a silver plated nylon thread that can conduct electricity. These types of threads are usually manufactured for anti-static electromagnetic shielding, intelligent textiles, wearable technology, and heating purposes. The particular type featured here is great for sewing resistors into fabric and for other general sewing applications. Second excerpt: * Bendable Wood Allows for creative applications of solid wood Bendable Wood is a cold-bendable compressed wood that enables the creation of dramatic and unique bentwood parts using thick, solid, quality hardwood lumber. The maximum radius for bending is in the range of five times the board thickness as long as the wood moisture content remains between 20 to 25%. The desired shape/form becomes fixed and stable upon drying to 6 to 8% moisture content. Available in more than ten of the most common North American hardwoods. This product should not merely replace steam bent, laminated, or kerfed components, but it should be employed to make your work easier and inspire much more dramatic and challenging bends that could not otherwise be fabricated using solid lumber. The unique properties of this wood enable a new world of ideas, experimentation, creative solutions, fast production environments, and performance. Choose to do it yourself, or let us do it for you.

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Music lessons

Warner Music buyout could be done this week.

Music lessons

Warner Music buyout could be done this week.

Study shows recession has weighed heavily on American marriages

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Study+shows+recession+weighed+heavily+American+marriages/4238121/story.html

Study shows recession has weighed heavily on American marriages

http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Study+shows+recession+weighed+heavily+American+marriages/4238121/story.html

The book is dead — long live the ebook

Source: Calgary Herald

The book is dead — long live the ebook

Source: Calgary Herald

Suze Orman Recognizes Dividend.com!

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Suze Orman Recognizes Dividend.com!

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April 30, 2011 Suze Orman Recommends Dividend.com! March 2011 -- Reknowned personal finance guru Suze Orman recognizes Dividend.com as a go-to source for dividend stock recommendations in her new book, The Money Class. Suze says: One of the sources I use to pick good quality dividend stocks for my own portfolio is the newsletter published by Dividend.com. Founder Paul Rubillo writes a newsletter that is full of great information and is easy to understand. Not only does Paul offer tips on what to buy, but he also shares his insights on when a stock should be sold as well. -- Suze Orman, The Money Class, pg. 274 Subscribe Today and get all of our dividend picks, data, and research! The time has never been better to get into premier, high-yield dividend stocks! Dividend stocks offer the kind of security and income stream that no other investment can offer. Clearly, the time to act is now! Get More with Dividend.com Premium! Dividend.com Premium is the industry-leading dividend stock service that thousands of retail investors and big-name money managers use. Be sure to sign up today, and you'll gain immediate access to the following benefits: Our Exclusive Daily Dividend Stock Newsletter Each day, Dividend.com Premium subscrbers get an inside look at the markets, from a dividend investing perspective. This daily e-mail newsletter is beloved by individual investors and money managers alike! Members-Only Articles Dividend Stock Ratings and Recommendation Changes (daily) Dividend Highlights and Lowlights (daily) Market Wrap-up (daily) Dividend Payout Changes (daily) Top Dividend Stock Prospects (every weekend) Members-Only Tools Historical Dividend Payout Information for Over 1,700 Stocks (over 40 years of data) Ability to Create and Edit Personalized Watchlists of Dividend Stocks (to monitor performance and news on the stocks YOU care about) Real-Time Access to ALL of our Industry-Leading Dividend Stock Ratings (over 1,700 stocks) Access to the Dividend.com Archives (over 5,000 dividend-centric articles chock-full of analysis Sign Up for Dividend.com Premium Now » Questions, Comments, or Suggestions? Please click here to contact us. Customer service is our specialty! © 2011 Dividend.com LLC. All rights reserved.

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Better coding and programming...

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Vim Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT Whether I am writing email, creating a web page, or authoring a magazine article, I am communicating with others. I communicate best by practicing and by focusing on the content. I needed a powerful authoring tool that I could learn once and take with me everywhere I go, so I learned Vim. Vim is a programmer's text editor, mostly used by computer geeks. This geeky secret weapon was born many years ago. Vim's interface clones that of a spartan text editor from the 70s called "Vi" (Vim = Vi IMproved). Lately, more and more traditional authors are giving Vim a try. Vim is much harder to learn than a Web browser or email program. It takes practice. Folks that have practiced Vim for a while become fluent, and are able to effectively edit text at a pace which baffles onlookers. I've used the Vim text editor for over 10 years. Having been a long time WordPerfect user back in the DOS days, I was open to the idea that a powerful text-only editor was the best way to author content. Buttons, popups, and updates just distract me. Vim does not do WYSIWYG (graphics, formatting) editing, like Word or LibreOffice, and it doesn't replace tools that do. Vim just does text. But it does text very well. Sure, Notepad does text too, but only just. Notepad is your butter knife, Vim is your Swiss Army Multi-Tool. If you find that most of what you are typing is actually plain text, Vim might be right for you! Vim is free to download. The best place to start is the built-in tutorial "vimtutor". It will teach you the basics of navigating and editing text with Vim. Be ready to memorize a few short keyboard commands, because using Vim is generally easier without using a mouse! When you need help, ask the myriad enthusiasts in the vim live chatroom and mailing list. Vim is "charityware": the author encourages Vim users to donate to needy children in Uganda. Noone will sell you Vim, and there are no Vim advertisements. If someone says you should try it, it's probably because they found it useful. I highly recommend you start writing your first ebook in Vim today! -- Adam Monsen Vim Text Editor Free Available from Vim

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Better coding and programming...

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Vim Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:36 AM PDT Whether I am writing email, creating a web page, or authoring a magazine article, I am communicating with others. I communicate best by practicing and by focusing on the content. I needed a powerful authoring tool that I could learn once and take with me everywhere I go, so I learned Vim. Vim is a programmer's text editor, mostly used by computer geeks. This geeky secret weapon was born many years ago. Vim's interface clones that of a spartan text editor from the 70s called "Vi" (Vim = Vi IMproved). Lately, more and more traditional authors are giving Vim a try. Vim is much harder to learn than a Web browser or email program. It takes practice. Folks that have practiced Vim for a while become fluent, and are able to effectively edit text at a pace which baffles onlookers. I've used the Vim text editor for over 10 years. Having been a long time WordPerfect user back in the DOS days, I was open to the idea that a powerful text-only editor was the best way to author content. Buttons, popups, and updates just distract me. Vim does not do WYSIWYG (graphics, formatting) editing, like Word or LibreOffice, and it doesn't replace tools that do. Vim just does text. But it does text very well. Sure, Notepad does text too, but only just. Notepad is your butter knife, Vim is your Swiss Army Multi-Tool. If you find that most of what you are typing is actually plain text, Vim might be right for you! Vim is free to download. The best place to start is the built-in tutorial "vimtutor". It will teach you the basics of navigating and editing text with Vim. Be ready to memorize a few short keyboard commands, because using Vim is generally easier without using a mouse! When you need help, ask the myriad enthusiasts in the vim live chatroom and mailing list. Vim is "charityware": the author encourages Vim users to donate to needy children in Uganda. Noone will sell you Vim, and there are no Vim advertisements. If someone says you should try it, it's probably because they found it useful. I highly recommend you start writing your first ebook in Vim today! -- Adam Monsen Vim Text Editor Free Available from Vim

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Google launches eBooks in direct challenge to Amazon

Source: Herald, eh?

Google launches eBooks in direct challenge to Amazon

Source: Herald, eh?

Mini portfolio...

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Levenger Pocket Briefcase Posted: 26 Apr 2011 08:58 AM PDT From day planners to PDAs to smartphones to the hipster PDA, I've tried many different systems for organizing my life. It has taken a couple of decades, but smartphones are finally to the point where they can do almost everything I want. However with phones, data entry is slow and strict, and retrieval can sometimes be a pain. For the past several years now I have been using the Pocket Briefcase, and it's the perfect complement to my phone and computer. The skinny is that it's a wallet with a writing surface for a 3x5 card, and a slot for a pencil or pen. Simple as that. Now, when I want to jot down an idea (including an illustration or sketch), an appointment, or some detail (e.g., a phone number), all I have to do is open my wallet. Start-up time is nil, it never runs out of battery, input is loose, and I can can pass cards to others. At the end of the day I go over my notes and transfer those I want to keep to my phone or computer. Entering everything at once is much faster than entering things throughout the day. Finally, the Pocket Briefcase has a few different slots to store cards in, so I can store things like travel details, grocery lists, and driving directions. I was carrying a wallet anyway; this one is just so much more useful than any other. -- Justin Russell Bomber Jacket International Pocket Briefcase $69 Available from and manufactured by Levenger

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