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POPSThe Best Advice You've Had & Followed, in 7 Words or Less I'll add: Don't let the bastards grind you down. Hang onto your sense of humor. Eat to live, not live to eat. Set a good example. Keep your chin up. Live and let live. Be true to yourself. Set realistic goals. Watch your back. Pick your battles. Let it be. Do your best. Be kind. Listen. Empathize. Relax. Smile. Your turn.
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POPSJudging Candidates by Their Logos Let’s talk campaign logos, shall we? Tiny, simple and usually ignored, these logos contain the very essence of the candidates, distilled into their purest form. In these logos we view their souls. Overwrought? yes; but they are still our subject, mainly because it’ll be fast and easy to do. So! Onward and upwards!
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POPS12 Popular Wikis that actually ‘WORK’ (6) WikiSummaries - short, quick summaries for thousands of books. (Summaries: Freakonomics, Getting Things Done, …, see other bestsellers) (7) WikiMapia - cool mashup between Google Maps and wiki-style editing. Lets you browse, view, search and add descriptive notes to any location on the globe. (8) Wiktionary - multilingual, comprehensive, user-edited dictionary. Provides word definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, sample quotations, synonyms, antonyms and translations. (9) Uncyclopedia - extremely entertaining wikipedia clone, that is filled with funny and not-necessarily correct articles. Check out: Colonel, Britney Spears, Donald Trump, …or an image pulled from an article about Women. (No offense ladies, it’s just funny…)
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POPSOne Ton Hard Drive from 1956 I took a computer programming class in 1965 in college, punch cards, punch card readers, and the computer itself took up a fair sized room. What a difference! I really like my desk top! Purchased my first desk top in 1983 -- it was still bigger than what I'm using today.
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POPSNewfoundland Frozen Waves This strange weather phenomenon happened in Newfoundland where the waves were actually frozen as they crashed on the beach. Wouldnt want to go surfing that day.
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POPS I LOVE IT! Free courses online. No Joke This site is absolutely amazing! It offers free education in any subject from Aerodynamics to Dentistry, from Calculus to History, from Business to Oceanography. All coursework is provided free of charge online. I checked it out and was very surprised by their offering.