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Animated Knots Knots sorted by activity, such as boating, climbing, fishing, decoration. Features animations of knots tied in several orientations…

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(via Psychology of color for designers – Design Leadership blog ) Color plays a major role in our visual perception as it influences our reactions about world around us. A fundamental grasp of color perception and psychology in graph and web design is therefore critical in ore to create palettes that evoke the appropriate audience reactions.

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(…) flow is completely focused motivation. Colloquial terms for this or similar mental states include: to be on the ball, in the moment, present, in the zone, wired in, in the groove, or keeping your head in the game . Flow theory postulates three conditions that have to be met to achieve a flow state: One must be involved in an activity with a clear set of goals. (…) The task at hand must have clear and immediate feedback. (…) (…) One must have confidence that he or she is capable to do the task at hand. (via Flow (psychology) – Wikipedia )

Out Loud | Rands In Repose Say the following out loud right now: I am reading this out loud to no one in particular. Were you surprised to hear your voice? I was. Did you actually read it out loud? No? Why not? Sitting in a coffee shop? Worried that the guy next to you will think you’re a freak? (…) You still haven’t read it out loud, have you? ...

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3D Transforms and Animations in CSS … using WebKit keyframes to set up a perpetual animation effect in 3D space

A good carpenter is only as good as its tools; A bad carpenter is only as good as its skill. Popular Saying

Transition Timing Functions is CSS This article follows on from the related article on Animation using CSS Transforms and investigates the transition-duration and transition-timing-function properties which control, respectively, the duration and speed at which a transition is carried out.

You want to eat through tasks at the speed of light; use AF/SF. You want to have a vision of where you want to go; you need project management. You want to make sure you have the time; use a calendar 😉 You want to be sure to balance your commitments; you need life management. Erik

Reportagem sobre o “ângulo morto” ou “ponto cego” nos retrovisores de um carro: Um estudo realizado em São Paulo, identificou uma forma bastante simples de se eliminar um problema enfrentado por praticamente todos os motoristas. — TV Globo

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Ordem do Nascimento 1.º filho é de vidro… 2.º é de borracha… 3.º é de aço. Planeamento 1.º filho é (em geral) desejado… 2.º é planeado… 3.º é escorregado. As Fotografias 1.º bebé — Os irmãos mais velhos têm álbum de fotografias completo, relato minucioso do dia que vieram ao mundo, fios de cabelo e dentes de leite guardados. 2.º bebé — O segundo mal consegue achar fotografias do primeiro aniversário. 3.º bebé — Os terceiros, não fazem ideia das circunstâncias em que chegaram à família ...

The Paradox of Portuguese Entrepreneurship I guess that the small company, the on-the-side project, both usually complemented by a “real” job or a consulting gig providing “safety” (and most of all social approval), are the nowadays version of the hairdresser salon.

You can restart the transition by visiting the following URL …/GoogleAccountUpgrade (substituting YOURDOMAIN for your own domain URL) Seán Og , Google Employee ( full URL )

httpstat.us This is a super simple service for generating different HTTP codes. It’s useful for testing how your own scripts deal with varying responses.

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41latitude: Why Do Google Maps’s City Labels Seem Much More “Readable” Than Those of Its Competitors? ** ** For months, I’ve been trying to figure out why Google Maps’s city labels seem so much more readable than the labels on other mapping sites. To me, Google’s labels seem to “pop” much more than the other sites' labels. Major cities also seem to stand out much more. [1] And whenever you’re quickly scanning the maps, the label you’re searching for seems to stand out just a little sooner on Google’s maps. ...

Remiel: Making the leap to SSD on a MacBook remiel: It used to take 28 seconds for my 13-inch MacBook Pro to load the folders on my desktop after I logged in. Now it takes five seconds. Large-footprint apps like Photoshop and Dreamweaver now load near-instantly. The machine now has 1.16 terabytes (1,160 gigabytes) of hard drive space, 160 gigs of…