Posted by Miguel Moreno on 17th July, 2007
“It is incredible, how many things never get their chance to be done simply because we’re afraid to be the first ones to even try. We fear rejection and lack of acceptance, we fear a possible failure, and we generally would rather scrap a great idea than be courageous and adventurous enough to be the first. Well, it doesn’t have to be this way.” Excellent article highlighting many things that we all know are true; things that we know we should be doing, but simply don’t out of fear of the unknown. I remember me as a kid staring up at the Space Mountain rollercoaster in Disney World and...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 13th July, 2007
I haven’t really given it much though… generally I don’t dislike my voice, unless it is recorded. However, this is an interesting question. that is rarely taken into account. A person’s voice tone is just like a facial characteristic. It is an attribute that is subconsciously recorded in the mind and tied to that person. the sound of the voice tells you about the person and the person’s state…softspoken, confident, shy, nervous, obnoxious, etc. Obviously, your voice is also very important when making a first impression. So, in order to enhance the way we come across to others, first time or not, here are some detailed explanations and exercises...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 13th July, 2007
“Since Google Analytics was launched in 2005 it has become one of the top analytics packages for small to medium sized websites. Growth was initially slow due to the frustrating waiting list system initiated by Google to avoid over stretching their servers. Now that the waiting list has been removed anybody can sign up to use this great service.” Excellent tutorials on customizing, extending and simply making the most of Google Analytics. [button link=”http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/blog/advanced-google-analytics/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 12th July, 2007
Sushi is one of my favourite foods and if it weren’t so expensive, I think I could eat it everyday. I had my first sushi about 8 years ago and have since then mastered the art of eating with chop sticks and everything there is to know about the many variety of sushi and sushi rolls. Only to realize, that I have been completely ignorant about the true etiquette of eating sushi. Sushi is eaten with your hands and not chopsticks! That and much, much more about sushi that you didn’t know can be found below. [button link=”http://www.trevorcorson.com/sushi/eat.html” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 11th July, 2007
Don’t compromising your PC. I recently stumbled upon this tools that has received good reviews and its concept seems to make very good sense. It works very similar to the saved state or differencing in virtualization software: the differences are stored in a temporary storage that does not have access to the underlying system. Therefore, if you decide that the software you just tried, is no good, you can just delete the differences and everything returns to its original state. From the website: “When you run a program on your computer, data flows from the hard disk to the program via read operations. The data is then processed and...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 6th April, 2007
Most of the times when I have to make the choice it really depends on the case…maybe I have only to check one or two cases, in which case, I choose if/else. However, I knew there was some sort of performance issue with one over the other, but never really knew the details. Well, the folks at BlackWasp have doen some extensive research and determined the pro’s and con’s, in terms of speed, of each of these two approaches. The .NET framework and the C# language provide two methods for conditional processing where multiple discrete values can be selected from. The switch statement is less flexible than the if-else-if...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 14th December, 2006
Snow is truly a magical natural phenomena. Countless of snowflakes fall from the sky during a snowfall and each one of them is truly unique. Some people hate the winters and snow, others, like myself, just love it. It adds a sense of undisturbed beauty and calm to any landscape. But there is much more beneath a layer of snow. This site explains and shows everything you wanted to know about snowflakes. If that is not enough make sure you check out the 36,000x magnification of a snowflake. Truly amazing stuff… [button link=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 11th December, 2006
Somehow I stumbled upon this site and found it quite interesting, especially the decent amount of (free) software in each of the specializations. If you have an interest in any of the fields of science, check it out… “The OpenScience project is dedicated to writing and releasing free and Open Source scientific software. We are a group of scientists, mathematicians and engineers who want to encourage a collaborative environment in which science can be pursued by anyone who is inspired to discover something new about the natural world.” [button link=”http://www.openscience.org” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
Posted by Miguel Moreno on 10th December, 2006
Many promising careers have been damaged beyond repair or even sunken into an abyss by standing too close to the fruitpunch bowl at the Holiday Office Party. Protect yourself from self destruction by following these simple, common-sense steps and make a better impression than the guy everyone will be talking about the next Monday… [button link=”http://wlb.monster.com/articles/parties/” color=”#FFFFCC” size=”1″ style=”4″ dark=”1″]read...
