Ohhhh listening to this... :3 Looking at the images at the same time... makes me wonder, day-dream, make up millions of stories... stories of love, of war, of good, of evil, of adventure, imagining myself in the world where I really belong...
Showing posts with label cool. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Meet the South African who plays with wild lions!
Kevin Richardson is an autodidact, "The Lion Whisperer", as he is known, learned to handle lions alone.
According to reports, from three years old, he already felt this attraction to wildlife.
In South Africa, Kevin started working at the Lion Park in Johannesburg which handles about 80 lions, working with them for about 11 years. The zoologist avoided traditional methods to train animals ,such as cages and chains, and used other weapons: love, understanding and trust.
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The First SmartPhone Made of Bamboo!
The British company AD Creative has just launched the first smartphone made from bamboo fiber, the ADzero, with Android system and personalized interface.
The product is considered innovative and sustainable by using bamboo instead of plastic in their structure, and only a few units will be produced, in order to become a unique and conscious consumption product.
The device uses the Android 4.0 operating system with Google and a custom interface developed specifically for the ADzero, named ADAOS. The junction of the Android system and ADAOS was named by the company as technologic "perfection".
The prototype was developed by a 24 year old designer, Kieron-Scott Woodhouse that promoted his ideas on social networks. A Chinese investor believed in the project and financially invested in the development of ADzero, so the young company AD Creative was born, with the motto "together reinventing the simplicity."
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Sunday, August 31, 2014
Some Beautiful Orchids :)
Did you know that there are about 25,000 different species of orchids in the world?
Some are edible, others live underground, some grow on rocks and others on soil. However, most grow on trees and other plants. Orchids are found in almost all countries of the world, except Antarctica.
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Friday, August 29, 2014
182 Years Old Giant Turtle
Although it may not be as fast as it used to be, 182 years old Jonathan, the giant tortoise, is still going strong. He may be the oldest living turtle, or even living land animal, in the world.
It is thought that Jonathan was taken to the island of St. Helena in 1882. A photo from 1902 shows his adult size.
It can take 50 years for a giant tortoise to reach its adult size, meaning that he could have been born in 1832!
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Yellow River, the Wild River
Stunning images of the Yellow River in China, during the "sand washing".
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China that has the particularity to be very rich in a type of mud formed from the erosion of rocks of the great Chinese plains. The river is filled with yellow sand that ends up giving this color to the river.
To prevent the river from rising too much because of this excess mud and sand, the Chinese government decided to "empty" the river in the Yellow Sea. Millions of cubic meters of water are dumped, this way, getting rid of the excess mud of the river.
When this happens in the Yellow River offers stunning images:
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Sunday, August 24, 2014
The Colorful Azaleas in Japan
Shiofune Kannon-ji is a 1,300 years old Buddhist temple in Ome City, Japan.The temple is surrounded by hills covered with bushes of azalea.
Between April and May, the hills are covered with the colors of 20,000 bushes in full bloom.
The azalea festival is held during this period and the temple is visited by thousands of tourists who come to enjoy the view.
Check out some photos of the temple full of colors:
Animal Crossing with Photoshop...
The creativity of a person combined with Photoshop can be spectacular. Check out Gyyp's work, the virtual crossing of animals:
Friday, August 22, 2014
Nvidia Shield, The Tablet Created Specially for Gamers
Nvidia introduced the Nvidia Shield tablet, which is equipped with the processor Tegra K1 with Kepler architecture, and will certainly please gamers. The tablet has an 8 inch screen with 1920 x 1200 pixels resolution, and has front speakers, a 5 megapixel front camera and GameStream technology, so you can play your favorite PC games wherever you are.
The tablet has an optional wireless controller that fulfills even more the experience, and can be used on Android or PC. The controller also has a microphone, so you can give voice commands or search without typing. The tablet also has a Stylus pen that is stored in a compartment in the back, and a slot for microSD cards of up to 128 GB.
The cover of the Shield protects the tablet and allows you to position it in three different ways, to be used for playing games or watching movies. Learn more about it in the official Nvidia site:
Check below to see a video and more images of Nvidia's Shield.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
The Secret of Friendships that Last
What makes people become friends? And why do some friendships last and others do not?
An article in the site Psychology Today gathered some studies that bring good explanations about the topic.
The well practical, main points are listed below:
Conditions to start a friendship
Besides some basic factors, such as having contact with a person on a regular basis (after all, we have more chances to know someone better and further develop our bond) and having some common interests, these two aspects are important for becoming friends with someone.
1. Willingness to open up
According to Beverley Fehr, a researcher at the University of Winnipeg and author of "Friendship Processes" what determines that we move from acquaintances to friends is the willingness to open up and reveal more personal things to each other – and this needs to come from both sides.
"In the early stages of friendship, this tends to be a gradual process. A person accepts the risk of revealing personal information and 'tests' if the other does the same "she says.
Here, reciprocity is essential for it to work, because it leads to another important condition:
2. Intimacy
According to Fehr's research, people with good friendships involving the same sex have a good understanding of what intimacy involves:
They know how to open up and express their emotions, know what to say when the friend tells you something and respect the limits - understand, for example, sincerity does not mean talking all that comes to mind, especially with regard to opinions on life and tastes.
Especially because other conditions were pointed out: Acceptance, loyalty and trust. These qualities were considered more important than practical aids such as lending money.
Then, Why do some friendships last and others do not?
Ok, we understand what gives the friendships that initial kick forward. But there is another important factor, discovered by social psychologists Carolyn Weisz and Lisa F. Wood, from University of Puget Sound, in Tacoma, Washington, which is essential to make relationships last:
...The support to our social identity.
In other words, looking for friends who understand and validate the idea that we have about ourselves and about our role in society or group to which we belong – which can be linked to religion, ethnicity, profession or even participating in some club or subculture.
To reach this conclusion, they followed a group of college students for years throughout their graduation, asking them to describe levels of proximity, contact, general support and support for social identity that felt about friends.
The conclusion was that all these factors helped to predict whether the friendship would be maintained or not.
But a single factor can predict who would be elevated to the position of BEST FRIEND: the person in these cases was part of the same group (fraternity, team, etc.) or at least supported and reaffirmed the role of the friend within that group.
A Christian could have a best friend as someone who had different beliefs, as long as this friend would support his identity as a Christian. And, as we have various roles in life, it is more likely that our best friend is on the role that is most important to us, that best represents our identity or part of it.
Why do we chose friends?
According to the study, it is related to higher levels of intimacy and understanding also involving increased self-esteem.
This sense of identity even influences the behavior of drug addicts. In another study Weisz concluded that people were more likely to get rid of their addictions after three months when they felt that their social roles and sense of identity conflicted with drug use.
"Our social identities are so important to us that we are willing to stay with people who support our social identity and getting away from those who do not. We can even change friends when the former did not support our current view of ourselves ", states an article of Psychology Today. "Conventional wisdom says that we choose friends because of who they are. But it turns out we really love them because of how they support who we are."
How to maintain a friendship
According to Debra Oswald, a psychologist at Marquette University (Wisconsin, USA), who studied the relationship between volunteers who were in high school and their best friends, there are four basic behaviors needed to maintain this "link" – that are valid to everyone, no matter if you have 15 or 70 years.
The first two points are fairly explored so far: take the initiative to open up and supporting our friends. The third point is INTERACTION. No matter if your friend is your neighbor or is living on another continent: you need to be in contact with him, either writing, chatting on the phone, visiting. Fortunately, with the internet, physical proximity has little effect on our ability to maintain a friendship or any type of relationship.
Finally, it is important to be positive. We need to open ourselves to our friends, but that does not mean it's okay to stay whimpering for hours and only see the negative side of everything.
Of course, part of being a friend is to help during the hassles of our friend's life but, in the end, the intimacy that makes a friendship thrive must be something nice and do good for both sides.
I really enjoyed writing his article because it really made me understand why I have lost some great friendships, because some of this conditions were not worked enough by me, or by the people who no longer are important to me as friends.
But not everything is lost, some friends are worth it and some friendships can be repaired.
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Sunday, August 17, 2014
Mike Libby and Cybernetic Insect Sculptures
Beetles, bees, grasshoppers, butterflies, spiders, scorpions are part of the artwork of the artist Mike Libby in his exposition: I, insects.
The artist transforms, equipping them with small mechanical parts that give them the cyber appearance. It is an opportunity to confirm that there are stunningly beautiful insects.
The idea of equipping the insects with mechanical parts occurred to Libby a few years ago, after having found a dead beetle.
The beauty of the animal and how its various parts were articulated were the starting point for this work...
Libby empties insects (in the case of beetles) and puts in small inner parts of the mechanisms of clocks,but also electronics and even sewing machines's parts and other equipment.
It is nature and art showing their beauty.
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Friday, August 15, 2014
A look into Venice, Italy
A floating city, built in the middle of a lake, with water streets where vehicles (which includes ambulances, hearses, buses etc.) are boats, all surrounded by narrow streets, alleys, bridges and squares with all those golden and amazing details hidden in its Byzantine architecture.
Venice is a sample of where the creativity of man can reach. And it inspires creativity. Lose yourself in it and photograph, dream, love.
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Mother captures beautiful images of her children with animals
With a sensitive eye, Elena Shumilova of Andreapol in Russia captures images that show the essence of raising her children with the animals on a farm where they spend most of their time.
It all started in 2012 when she won a professional camera and began to record their children Yaroslav and Vanya playing with farm animals. The combination of children and animals, and even a beautiful landscape in the background result in beautiful images that show love and sensitivity.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Zoo Jeans - Pants customized by lions, tigers and bears
Zoo-Jeans, created with fabric that is pre-chewed and torn by dangerous animals before being formed into a pair of pants.
Designed by Japan-based I&S BBDO for Kamine Zoo in Hitachi City, denim cloth used to create the jeans is wrapped around the favorite toys of lions, tigers and bears living in the facility.
The animals are then released into the material - scratching, tearing and chewing it to pieces.
According to the team behind the project, denim provides a way for carnivorous animals to maintain strong and healthy teeth.
The "customization" created by the animals are part of the design of the end pieces.
The pieces are auctioned and the funds are destined to benefit the zoo where the animals live.
Here is a video of the whole process:
Here is the Official Website for Zoo-Jeans:
http://zoo-jeans.com/
http://zoo-jeans.com/
How cool is that? :D Maybe I'll order a pair for me :3
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
FIVE IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT PRODUCTIVITY
After graduating from college in May last year, the Canadian Chris Bailey received two great full-time job offers, but refused them.
He had a plan and accepting any of these proposals would keep him from putting it into practice.
During 12 months, Bailey and tested read everything he could find on the subject of productivity, sharing his findings on the site that bears the name of the project: A Year of Productivity.
His goal was to become as productive as possible - and help people to benefit from his discoveries.
The experiment earned 197 articles during this period, but he published a summary of the most important lessons learned. Here are five of them:
1 - Learn to choose well your tasks in every area of life
We may have countless things to do in different areas of life (work, education, health, mind, finances, relationships, etc.), but you must sort these tasks according to their worth in improving each of these areas.
Most of them will only consume your time and energy and will not bring remarkable results at all.
On the other hand, there are some who alone can give you a tenfold return. Discover which ones are they and focus on them.
2 - The most effective tips are the most clichés
How cliché is to say that the most important tactics to be productive are eating well, getting enough sleep and exercising?
But know that no matter how silly they may seem, they have proved the most efficient for Chris Bailey. "I think behind the clichés there is such a powerful truth that people feel compelled to repeat them so often they end up losing their value," he wrote.
"But as someone who has tested hundreds of techniques to better manage his time, energy and attention in the last decade [because he has been researching the subject thoroughly before starting the project] I can state that:
nothing has contributed more to my productivity than eating well, sleeping enough and doing physical exercise".
3 - The three main ingredients for productivity are time, energy and focus
Bailey found that no matter which techniques he used, they would always involve better managing one or more of these three factors:
time, energy and focus.For him, these are the three key ingredients for consistent productivity.
If you have lots of energy and focus, but not to manage your time well, eventually devoting many hours to the wrong tasks you wont get the best results.
If you are good at managing your time and have a lot of energy, but doesn't have enough focus, you will be distracted and procrastinate.
And if you have focus and know how to manage your time, but do not know how to manage your energy, you can waste it on less important things.
Therefore, it is essential to have these three skills.
4 - Working too hard for too long is bad for your productivity
Working nights in a row and not stopping even to lunch calmly may give the impression that you are doing a lot, but definitely doesn't make you a more productive person in the long run.
"In an experiment that lasted a month, I alternated between working 90 hours a week and 20 hours the following week.
Then I discovered that the productivity was equal in both, for a simple reason:
when I limited the time I would spend on a task, I forced myself to devote more energy in less time so that I could complete it quickly.
When had more time to work, I tended to procrastinate more and work on activities that give me less results (as we mentioned in the first item), and thus lose more time"states Bailey.
5 - Keep in mind that being productive has to do with how much you achieve, not how much you generate
Be gentle with yourself. When you are too focused on being more productive, it is common to make the mistake of focusing on numbers:
how many pages or words he wrote and read, how many hours he worked, how many emails answered, how much money earned...
The problem is that, according to Bailey, "unless you work in a factory, measuring your productivity based only on how much you produce will give you a limited overview of how productive you really are."For example, writing a text of 100 words that efficiently condenses what would be written in 500 does not mean you produced less - means you produced better.Replying 200 emails might give the impression that your morning was a success, but were these messages more important than any other single task you could have done instead?
Here comes again the discussion of the value of the tasks, and how they contribute to make you feel satisfied not only at the end of the day, but in the end of the week, month and year.
Furthermore, one must keep in mind why one wants to achieve certain goals and not lose sight of that objectives, or else ones job satisfaction goes away and the productivity will lose its meaning.
Finally, Bailey added another point, to keep motivated, it is still necessary to be kind to yourself.
Being more productive requires a tremendous effort, but pushing yourself too much is unreasonable.
You are trying to make positive changes in your life, then it is important to maintain a positive attitude toward yourself.
