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Weekly Random: #87

Excellent Is getting rich worth it? – 1st answer by Anon Why we (still) believe in working remotely – StackExchange Losing our religion: A look at non-religious parenting Misc When to buy airline tickets Embry-Riddle to offer degree in commercial … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #86

Excellent How to be an effective loser – James Altucher Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies Interesting Music made visible More examples Discussion w/ Chris Taylor about Kickstarter for games My three words for 2013 – Chris Brogan Murderous Cats – … Continue reading

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Useful Visual Studio/Resharper Shortcuts

Useful non-obvious shortcuts: ctrl-minus back to previous position ctrl-shift-minus forward to previous position alt-end navigate to derived symbol works on various symbol types shift-alt-l locate in solution explorer <resharper> No one that has used and learned IDEs like IntelliJ or … Continue reading

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“Why we get fat” by Gary Taubes

Gary Taubes is the author of Why We Get Fat.  I recently read this book out-of-curiosity, and I found it to be really interesting.  It provides science based theories that can explain much of the anecdotal evidence that I have observed personally when … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #85

Excellent Sherwood Anderson’s advice to his son Best of Kickstarter 2012 Coder cowboy’s life and career review for 2012 Sophie Schmidt on traveling with Eric to North Korea What’s it like to rejoin society after a long prison sentence? – … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #84

Miscellaneous 10 reasons I don’t have opinions – James Altucher TEDx and Bad Science  10 very successful bootstrapped startups List of influential design blogs  How the Kindle PaperWhite works Interactive guide to the Fourier Transform Technical Why moving elements with … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #83

Miscellaneous PhantomX running Phoenix code Daft Punk, Charleston Style Saying things simply A view in to NYC technology infrastructure courtesy of Hurricane Sandy Move your feet Ten things everyone should know about time The essence of Legos Technical How to … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #82

Excellent Cognitive dissonance THE MARMALADE Identity – High end special effect sequences “Skinny Love” as performed by Birdy Official Video (video above is better IMO) Original by Bon Iver (music only) Why I won’t vote – James Altucher Miscellaneous Extrapolating to the end of … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #81

Misc Top contributors to presidential campaigns Evolution of the Mini Cooper Preacher gives interesting gay rights speech … have to watch all three minutes up until the end. Technical This Tech Bubble is Different “The best minds of my generation … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #80

Miscellaneous How to become an idea machine – James Altucher The underside of a formula one car A collection of lifehacks Gangnam Style – PSY An inside look at Google’s data centers Compost-Fueled Cars: Wouldn’t That Be Great? – Onion … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #79

Excellent The true size of Africa An intuitive guide to linear algebra What are some interesting facts about anthropology? – Quora Susan Cain: The power of introverts  – TED Talk Pretender- Mike Snow– Music video based on an alternate reality Steve Jobs … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #78

Misc F. Scott Fitzgerald responds to hate mail Malufenix’s cover of Skyrim’s “The Dragonborn Comes” theme song Fan made trailer combining live action commercial with this cover The redemption of Sinead O’ Connor A darker form of motivation  “…the perspective … Continue reading

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3D Printing Links: #2

Interesting links related to 3D printing that I’ve come across over the past few months. Miscellaneous Printing parts for IronMan 3D Printing & Art 9 Objects from, and 9 Facts about, 3D Printing Upcoming 3D Printers that Don’t Suck – Wired … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #77

Misc Hans Rosling: Religions and babies – TED Talk Triple-H adding some class to the WWF while making someone’s day The dog paradox – The Oatmeal President Obama to United Nations: ‘We Do Not Ban Blasphemy’ “Wake the Fuck Up” … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #76

Important RobotShop Acquires Lynxmotion! Canepa Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Not as Important Why ratings systems don’t work Mitochondrial Eve All the Medalists: Men’s 100-Meter Sprint The 20 most watched TED talks as of August, 2012 Mullac, from reddit, explains why people … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #75

Miscellaneous Garry Kasparov Arrested at Pussy Riot trial in Russia AMA: Luke Muehlhauser, CEO of the Singularity Institute Game AIs – XKCD Is there enough energy to move the entire current human population off-planet? Sandia Robotic Hand Insanity Wolf– Tyberius’s latest mechware robot … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #74

Interesting, maybe LOTR Forced Perspective Moving Camera Fully functional WALL-E build put to great use Technique for removing tourists from travel photos Solid advice for young people with a passion An alternate fan theory for the movie Signs by M. Night … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #73

Misc Links Did Tolkien consider Sam the true hero of LOTR? How I would unschool my kids – James Altucher Introducing the SmartTripod How to suck at your religion – The Oatmeal How close are you to the global median … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #72

Excellent Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives – TED Talk The Challenge of Making Friends as an Adult Multi-tasking will Kill You – James Altucher Design student’s rethink of the Microsoft brand Chicago skyline from beach in Indiana Racing … Continue reading

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Weekly Random: #71

Miscellaneous Engine rebuild video made from 3000 photos Evolution of the F1 car Spoiled Rotten, Why do kids rule the roost? “The Sacrifice of Issac” – Caravaggio (circa 1601) Caravaggio’s complete works 1979 Muppet movie camera test David Grohl shows how … Continue reading

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