Best apps for your new Mac, 2015

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Just got a new Mac but have no idea with the apps to download? This article will helps you a lot. All the links are provided for downloading immediately. For those without link, you can find them in the Mac app store.


Browsers

Google Chrome: A web browser designed for speed, minimalism and everything Google in mind. It also allows you to sync your site history across your devices.

Mozilla Firefox: A speedy, famous web browser which provides lots of plugins. It also supports account syncing.

Opera: A web browser with catching up performance with Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. You may download it in the Mac app store.


Audio

AudacityOpen sources, cross-platform audio editor. Must have for amateur musicians.

SpotifyInstantly listen to over 15 million tracks online and sync them to your iPod.
Logic Pro X: A professional music-editing app by Apple.


Video tools:

MPlayerX: Strong contender for VLC Player. Plays almost any media format, sleek user interface.

Final Cut Pro: A professional video-editing tool create by Apple.


Photos&image

Aperture: A upgraded version of iPhoto by Apple.

Pixelmator: An alternative app for Photoshop. Simple and clear interface, but still powerful.

Skitch: This app helps you to create screenshots and add annotations, then share it with friends.

SketchBook Express: Free, professional-grade drawing application for Mac.


Productivity

iWork: A set of office app by Apple. It is now free for new Mac users.

Evernote: Jot your ideas, memories and thoughts and bring them with you.

QuicksilverResurrected, Quicksiler is the best Mac launcher and time saver you'll ever need.

Libre Office: Alternative, free office suite.

Parellel DesktopEasy to use virtualisation app. Allows you to run Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously.

WinebottlerRun Windows apps on OS X without installing Windows.


Social

WeChat: Currently launched in the Mac app store. Also support iOS and Android platform.

LINE: A cute, popular social networking app which allows to run in Mac, Windows, iOS and Android.


Utilities

Dropbox: An online storage service that allows you to seamlessly syncs files of any type across all your devices, including your PCs, smartphones and tablets.

Google Drive: Similar to Dropbox, Google Drive even allows you to

The Unarchiver: An app which can unarchive most type of files, including .zip rar.


Developer

Xcode: A must-have app for iOS and OS X developers.

Eclipse: For Android developers.



Dashboard

PEMDAS: A better, more powerful and more good-looking calculator than the built-in one.

Written by Jason

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How to make a feather quill pen?

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Have you ever found a feather and felt you just had to make it in to a quill pen? If so, this article is for you!

Step 1
Find your feather. You can use just any real feather that fits comfortably in your hand (like a pencil),but a long tail feather is best.
Step 2
Shave off the fibres closest to where the fibers end. You may leave them if you prefer, but this makes it easier to work with and easier to hold.
Step 3
Leave your feather in water over night. This makes it soft and more easily bent, you will see why later.
Step 4
Heat some sand to three-hundred eighty degrees Celsius and leave the feather in the sand, on a heat-proof surface,like a large pan,until cool. This hardens it and makes it so you don't have to resharpen it as often.
Step 5
Cut your feather at forty-five degrees then make a cut that is opposite the first one at about five degrees (Steepen if necessary). This cut should make two horns.
Step 6
Bend the two horns together. This should create a cracking sound and a pretty central slit at the horns,usually cutting a slit is better.
Step 7
Shave off the horns to a not-really-pointy-or-flat point so you don't splatter ink.
Step 8
If you want to, you can dye the end of the feather by mixing a hair dye in a clear plastic tub,carefully dip the end of the feather into the dye and let it dry overnight.
Step 9
Put a small strip of cloth or a good quality ribbon around the the place where you hold your pen to add more grip.Finished it off with a little super glue.
Step 10

Leave it to dry and it's finished!

Written by Winston.

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Even bigger than terabyte?

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My USB has 64-gigabyte storage. My computer SSD has 4-terabyte storage. That's not bad: but do you know there are units that massively greater these? This is an intuitive look at large data sizes By Julian Bunn in Globally Interconnected Object Databases.

Bytes(8 Bits)

  • 0.1 bytes: A binary decision
  • 1 byte: A single character
  • 10 bytes: A single word
  • 100 bytes: A telegram OR A punched card

Kilobyte (1000 Bytes)

  • 1 Kilobyte: A very short story
  • 2 Kilobytes: A Typewritten page
  • 10 Kilobytes: An encyclopaedic page OR A deck of punched cards
  • 50 Kilobytes: A compressed document image page
  • 100 Kilobytes: A low-resolution photograph
  • 200 Kilobytes: A box of punched cards
  • 500 Kilobytes: A very heavy box of punched cards

Megabyte (1 000 000 Bytes)

  • 1 Megabyte: A small novel OR A 3.5 inch floppy disk
  • 2 Megabytes: A high resolution photograph
  • 5 Megabytes: The complete works of Shakespeare OR 30 seconds of TV-quality video
  • 10 Megabytes: A minute of high-fidelity sound OR A digital chest X-ray
  • 20 Megabytes: A box of floppy disks
  • 50 Megabytes: A digital mammogram
  • 100 Megabytes: 1 meter of shelved books OR A two-volume encyclopaedic book
  • 200 Megabytes: A reel of 9-track tape OR An IBM 3480 cartridge tape
  • 500 Megabytes: A CD-ROM OR The hard disk of a PC

Gigabyte (1 000 000 000 Bytes)

  • 1 Gigabyte: A pickup truck filled with paper OR A symphony in high-fidelity sound OR A movie at TV quality
  • 2 Gigabytes: 20 meters of shelved books OR A stack of 9-track tapes
  • 5 Gigabytes: An 8mm Exabyte tape
  • 10 Gigabytes
  • 20 Gigabytes: A good collection of the works of Beethoven OR 5 Exabyte tapes OR A VHS tape used for digital data
  • 50 Gigabytes: A floor of books OR Hundreds of 9-track tapes
  • 100 Gigabytes: A floor of academic journals OR A large ID-1 digital tape
  • 200 Gigabytes: 50 Exabyte tapes

Terabyte (1 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

  • 1 Terabyte: An automated tape robot OR All the X-ray films in a large technological hospital OR 50000 trees made into paper and printed OR Daily rate of EOS data (1998)
  • 2 Terabytes: An academic research library OR A cabinet full of Exabyte tapes
  • 10 Terabytes: The printed collection of the US Library of Congress
  • 50 Terabytes: The contents of a large Mass Storage System

Petabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

  • 1 Petabyte: 5 years of EOS data (at 46 mbps)
  • 2 Petabytes: All US academic research libraries
  • 20 Petabytes: Production of hard-disk drives in 1995
  • 200 Petabytes: All printed material OR Production of digital magnetic tape in 1995

Exabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

  • 5 Exabytes: All words ever spoken by human beings.
  • From wikipedia:
    • The world's technological capacity to store information grew from 2.6 (optimally compressed) exabytes in 1986 to 15.8 in 1993, over 54.5 in 2000, and to 295 (optimally compressed) exabytes in 2007. This is equivalent to less than one 730-MB CD-ROM per person in 1986 (539 MB per person), roughly 4 CD-ROM per person of 1993, 12 CD-ROM per person in the year 2000, and almost 61 CD-ROM per person in 2007. Piling up the imagined 404 billion CD-ROM from 2007 would create a stack from the earth to the moon and a quarter of this distance beyond (with 1.2 mm thickness per CD).
    • The world’s technological capacity to receive information through one-way broadcast networks was 432 exabytes of (optimally compressed) information in 1986, 715 (optimally compressed) exabytes in 1993, 1,200 (optimally compressed) exabytes in 2000, and 1,900 in 2007.
    • According to the CSIRO, in the next decade, astronomers expect to be processing 10 petabytes of data every hour from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope.[11] The array is thus expected to generate approximately one exabyte every four days of operation. According to IBM, the new SKA telescope initiative will generate over an exabyte of data every day. IBM is designing hardware to process this information.

Zettabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

  • From wikipedia:
    • The world’s technological capacity to receive information through one-way broadcast networks was 0.432 zettabytes of (optimally compressed) information in 1986, 0.715 in 1993, 1.2 in 2000, and 1.9 (optimally compressed) zettabytes in 2007 (this is the informational equivalent to every person on earth receiving 174 newspapers per day).[9][10]
    • According to International Data Corporation, the total amount of global data is expected to grow to 2.7 zettabytes during 2012. This is 48% up from 2011.[11]
    • Mark Liberman calculated the storage requirements for all human speech ever spoken at 42 zettabytes if digitized as 16 kHz 16-bit audio. This was done in response to a popular expression that states "all words ever spoken by human beings" could be stored in approximately 5 exabytes of data (see exabyte for details). Liberman did "freely confess that maybe the authors [of the exabyte estimate] were thinking about text."[12]
    • Research from the University of Southern California reports that in 2007, humankind successfully sent 1.9 zettabytes of information through broadcast technology such as televisions and GPS.[13]
    • Research from the University of California, San Diego reports that in 2008, Americans consumed 3.6 zettabytes of information.
  • Internet Traffic to Reach 1.3 Zettabytes by 2016

Yottabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

How big is yottabyte? Read this figure.

Xenottabyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

Shilentnobyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

Domegemegrottebyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

Icosebyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes)

Monoicosebyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes)

Overall, the scale:

kilobyte =1024 bytes
megabyte = 1024 kilobytes
gigabyte = 1024 megabytes
terabyte  = 1024 gigabytes
petabtye = 1024 terabytes
exabyte = 1024 petabytes
zettabyte =1024 exabytes
yottabyte = 1024 zettabyte
Xenottabyte = 1024 Yottabytes
Shilentnobyte = 1024 Xenottabytes
Domegemegrottebyte = 1024 Shilentnobytes
Icosebyte = 1024 Domegemegrottebytes
Monoicosebyte = 1024 Icosebyte

So, got it? It's a bit complicated but interesting. Anyway-Hope you learn something. :-)

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Recording The Change—Like it's been for 50 years

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In a cloudy afternoon in 1963, November was only a week away.A young man was walking down his way to the studios in New York City. There on there on the street, some street performers were singing 'The Bitter and The Sweet'. There, he got an idea and the legendary track was recorded two days later.

If Bob Dylan’s second album, ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,’ hadn’t done enough to earn him the tag of the voice of his generation, the follow-up solidified it. Released on Jan. 13, 1964, ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’’ was the sound of the legendary singer-songwriter coming into his own.

Already the darling of the folk scene for ‘Freewheelin’ protest songs like ‘Blowin’ in the Wind,’ ‘Masters of War’ and ‘A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall,’ Dylan delivered a fresh new batch on his third album. Once again recording with just an acoustic guitar and harmonica, he upped the ante, especially on the anthemic title track, which remains a rallying cry for each new generation looking to define itself. Meanwhile, ‘With God on Our Side’ questioned the moral justifications given for wars throughout the ages.

Dylan’s continuing commitment to the civil-rights movement was in ‘The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll’ and ‘Only a Pawn in Their Game,’ but both took a new approach, focusing the outrage on the disease — the entrenchment of racism in society — rather than the symptoms. In the former, it wasn’t enough that a drunken rich white man killed a hardworking African-American woman for no reason; he was also given only a six-month jail sentence for his crime.

In the latter song, he dares to show empathy toward the killer of civil-rights activist Medgar Evers by acknowledging that his actions were the natural conclusion of a power structure designed to keep him down: “He’s taught in his school / From the start by the rule / That the laws are with him / To protect his white skin / To keep up his hate / So he never thinks straight / ’Bout the shape that he’s in / But it ain’t him to blame / He’s only a pawn in their game.”

But it wasn’t all political material. ‘Boots of Spanish Leather’ and ‘One Too Many Mornings’ are among Dylan’s most poignant and frequently covered ballads. When sung with the Band on his infamous 1966 tour, ‘Mornings’ took on a new meaning. Rather than a regretful tune about the end of a relationship, Dylan appeared to be singing it to his audience, which couldn’t accept his decision to go electric: “You’re right from your side / And I’m right from mine / We’re both just one too many mornings / And a thousand miles behind.”

Although the songs on the album showed a natural progression of growth from his previous efforts, the cover artwork for ’Times’ was a noticeable departure from the previous two. Gone was the boyishly cherubic face of the debut and the idealistic romantic of ‘Freewheelin’,’ replaced by a Woody Guthrie-esque black-and-white photo of a serious-looking Dylan with his eyes cast downward.


If there’s anything ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’’ lacked from its predecessor, it was a lack of lightness. The absurdist talking blues tracks that added levity to Dylan’s earlier social commentary were nowhere to be found. Still, it didn’t stop the album from reaching No. 20 on the chart, Dylan’s highest-charting record ever at the time.

Written by Winston.

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How atomic clocks really work

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     Some people think that the atomic clock works by measuring the decay of some isotope. This is not the case; rather it measures oscillations of an atom, just as a pendulum clock measures the swing of a pendulum. In the atomic clock, cesium atoms are placed in a copper tube that is surrounded by laser beams (four perpendicular and at right angles to each other and one above and one below). When they are all turned on the cesium atoms gather at the very centre of the tube. Then all of the lasers except the one beneath the copper tube are turned off. The one beneath is turned off and on and the cesium atoms are moved up and down in a fountain-like action. To ensure precision, the clock is shielded from the Earth's magnetic field and the temperature is set to near absolute zero (-273 degrees Centigrade).
http://www.citizenclock.com/history_design.html
     As the cesium atoms are thrown up by the laser beneath the tube, they go through a microwave-emitting cavity and then return via gravity through the same cavity. The microwaves are fired at a fluctuating rate around 9,192,631,770 Hertz - regulated by a vibrating crystal. The cesium atoms actually begin to glow or emit light. As the atoms change state, their change is measured. When the state changes are at their optimum, the number of Hertz of the microwave is measured. This is used to adjust the crystal oscillator, which should now register true seconds.
     This all occurs at two places at once, in Colorado and in Paris. The two clocks really only register the length of a second. An average is found between the two measurements. This second is used to synchronize 200 or so other less accurate clocks stationed at other locations around the world. The average of all of these clocks is called International Atomic Time. The clock is so accurate that with the degree of possible error assigned it would take 6 million years for the clock to be off by a second. The Bureau of Weights and Measures then distributes this information throughout the world.

 (From the internet,revised by editors)

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Clarity of mind?

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Recently, WikiHow published 'How to get mental clarity' and it listed the 5 ways that you can help with it. 
http://bbombs.com/girl-independent/
1. Attain a good quality and quantity of sleep. 
2. Get regular exercise. 
3. Exercise your mind to stimulate and strengthen your brain.
4. Maintain a healthy blood sugar level. Just as gasoline fuels a car, blood sugar fuels a brain.
5. Provide the right nutrients. 

Above ways can get you a full mental clarity. In fact mental clarity have more definitions. People are afraid of a brainwash, definitely. But what if we were already brainwashed by thinking to avoid brainwash or, even reading my sentence? Since we were born, when we had our first thoughts we were exposed to the realm of sense which by that time we haven't developed it yet. Until we were taught what is sense...What if you are brainwashed? We look at things based on our experience, and for the rest we'll  never know. Brainwash supposed to be a political word but now as we look deeper into the meaning, it seemed to be be very dull. Some words never meant to mean themselves. Some may say Brainwash means being taught the wrong knowledge but how do we consider the knowledge right or wrong? How do regard Limit and Infinity?I think some human sense is ought to be wrong.

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Hey Brother -Avicii

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Hey brother, there’s an endless road to re-discover.
Hey sister, know the water's sweet but blood is thicker.
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do.

Hey brother, do you still believe in one another?
Hey sister, do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do.

What if I'm far from home?
Oh, brother I will hear you call.
What if I lose it all?
Oh, sister I will help you out!
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do.

Hey brother, there’s an endless road to re-discover.
Hey sister, do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do.

What if I'm far from home?
Oh, brother I will hear you call.
What if I lose it all?
Oh, sister I will help you out!
Oh, if the sky comes falling down for you,
There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do.

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Apple release lower-priced iPod touch, start from $199

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Since the release of iPod touch 5, the flagship media player made by Apple, it was greatly welcomed by teenagers with its colourful, metallic and lively colour. 

Apple once released a 16GB low-level version, with only one colour and no iSight camera. Just today, Apple has just launched a refreshed version of the 16GB model. The new model features similar tech specs with the 32GB and 64GB model, that means it has a 500 megapixels iSight camera, Apple A5 processor, 4-inch Retina display, and available in 6 colours. However the loop is not included. Its price is as well slightly lower, start from $199 for the 16GB model. The price of the 32GB and 64GB model also decreased to $249 and $299 respectively.
The iPod touch was popular among the young with its colourful and vibrant colour
The new iPod ships with iOS7. And you'll be able to upgrade to iOS8 later on. It is now available in US Apple online store and later available in other countries.

VIA LAPTOP

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Doing things just to amuse yourself

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One thing I've noticed with supposedly weird people is that they'll do little things to amuse themselves and not care what everyone else thinks of it. Like they may say a comment out loud that will entertain them to hear, but will offend or confuse everyone else. They may revert to this kind of behavior when they're bored or have nothing else to do. Sometimes it's almost like they have a little in-joke with themselves. At other times they get entertainment simply from acting strange. The obvious drawback is that outside of their own little world other people think they're acting odd.

Having too many esoteric thoughts, knowledge, and experiences in your head.

Sometimes people are seen as weird because they've spent hours and hours accumulating non-typical knowledge and experiences. If they're having a conversation and want to relate a point of your own, they're more likely to come up with something that seems bizarre and out of place to most people, because they don't have as much 'typical' material to draw from. For example if everyone is joking around about sex, they may mention something they read about the peculiar mating habits of barnacles. Nothing wrong with being interested in that topic, but it's a lot more random than what most people expect to hear. If your brain is pre-loaded with nothing but 'weird' things then you can't help but let it come out in conversations, like I do, always skipping around subjects, making it quite hard for a proper conversation.

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Doing things a bit off the wall

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Being Square or old-fashioned is fine, living like an old man but to some this behavior may seem weird. Normal* people found the ones being ideologically isolated (listening to Frank Sinatra and never heard modern music but saying new music is crap and thinking the old fashioned or stubborn way). This is mainly caused by their own experiences when they were young. I knew two brothers (One still have some hair and the another one is bald) who were frozen in time since 1959, they still trying to maintain the Elvis Presley's 50s hairstyle. No matter what times did you live through, I personally think it is important to keep up with the age. Just being different from the norm in some way.


I've never heard anyone say, "Look at that weird jock", but you'll often hear, "Look at that weird Goth kid." To a large degree Goths are seen as weird, and jocks seen as normal, because one subculture is way more common than the other. Sure, some people would argue that Goths are weird in other ways as well, but I think it's all pretty subjective. Many people will be seen as weird simply for dressing very differently, having an crazy hobby, having a unique way of looking at the world, or having opinions that aren't entirely mainstream (in this case I will explain with more detail in the following). This is the variety of weirdness that many people probably won't want to change took much, or only make slight adjustments to.

Written by Winston.

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3 more things to earn someone a weird label

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Having an odd sense of humour

In some ways, people can't help but assume that your sense of humour reflects what you're like as a person. If you make a lot of strange or random jokes then people may assume your actual personality is like that. This one is very subjective as well. There's nothing wrong with making jokes that are really out there. Many people actually prefer that type of wit. I think what's important is to know your audience. Some people may not think anything of it when you show your random sense of humour. Other people may form the impression that you're a weird person overall, even if they laugh at some of the odd stuff you come up with( e.g. Samuel thinks that the particular name 'Helsinki' is very funny, so every time he hears the word, he'll burst into laughing).

Having truly odd beliefs

I already mentioned how it's fine if someone has views that are just different from the norm. This point is talking about on-the-face 'off' beliefs, the kind of thing that upon hearing you can't help but immediately dismiss. They're the kind of views that are formed when someone is too socially inexperienced or cut off from the world. It's hard to think up examples, but you tend to recognize these kinds of opinions when you hear them.

Acting hyper and childish

Some people can act pretty childish and hyper, especially when they're excited or simply joking around. They get carried away and go overboard with the silliness. The same people often come across as immature in general. A lot of people will label this kind of behavior as weird and see it as pretty off putting.

Written by Winston.

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How Apple is Revolutionizing Education

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Infographic from the Internet

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Paper is on Facebook

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Paper has just opened a page on Facebook. Quickly like it and share to your friends! A paper a day, keeps boring away. Click here to access the website: Paper on Facebook

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Any kind of social awkwardness

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This point and the ones below cover behaviors that are more objectively problematic. People often get called weird when they make a lot of social mistakes. They're seen as strange because their behaviors is not what others are expecting. People may also assume a person's social errors are symptoms of a more core oddness.

Not making enough eye contact? Weird.

Laughing without reason?Weird.

Standing too close? Weird.

Speaking in a funny voice? Weird.

Was asked a question where people normally give a canned response and said something out of left field instead? Weird.

Disclosing too much personal information at a time when it's not so appropriate? Weird.

Brought up a gross subject during a meeting? Weird.

It's four in the morning and he switched on the music and started dancing? Weird.

Seemed really uncomfortable and stammered out two-word reply when I said hello? 

Maybe just shy, possibly weird as well.

Being really quiet? Again, many people could see this behavior as a sign of shyness, but some would also label it as weird too.


I could go on and on. Of course just improving your social skills will correct this problem.

Written by Winston.

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Apple launches new, cheaper iMac

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Apple has unveiled a new, cheaper iMac, and has reduced the price of its older iMac models too.  

Apple on 18 June took the Apple Store offline from 8am BST all the way up until 1pm BST, and when it came back online there was a brand-new, cheaper iMac waiting for us, as well as a cheaper price tag for Apple's other iMac models. This isn't the proper update we're waiting for (perhaps that'll happen later this year when Intel's Broadwell chips become available) but it's still exciting news that makes the iMac much more affordable.


New cheaper iMac 2014: Price
The new iMac model is just £899, much cheaper than the original base model's price of £1,149. This also makes it cheaper than any of Apple's MacBook Pro models, even the non-Retina MacBook Pro, and a similar price to the 13in MacBook Air, which starts at £849. It's still not as cheap as the Mac mini, though, which we hoped might also get an update but didn't, and remains available from £499.

New cheaper iMac 2014: Specs
Of course, with such a low price tag compared to its siblings, the new cheaper iMac also has less impressive specs.

Apple has stuck with just the one new model, giving it a 21.5in display.
It has a 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz, compared with the 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor found in the next model up. By comparison, the top-end model, which now costs £1,599, has a 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor.
The new cheaper iMac has 8GB memory, a 500GB hard drive (half that of the 1TB in the other iMac models), and the same Intel HD Graphics 5000 found in the latest MacBook Air models.
There are build-to-order options, though. You could upgrade to a 1TB hard drive for £40, for example.

New cheaper iMac: Release date
The new iMac is available to buy from Apple now, though you'll have to wait 1-3 business days for it to be dispatched, according to the current shipping estimate on the Apple Store.
(extracted from Macworld)

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Quote of the day: Life was easier when Apple and Blackberry were just fruits.

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Agree? Technologies are making our life easier in one side but more complicated in another side. Well, technologies is kinda thing that control us, to be addicted with them, to be distracted with other things, such as your homework, housework, goal etc. Technologies, change our way of life.

Written by Jason

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Working out, Petabytes

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An IBM research lab in Almaden, California is working on a storage repository that offers a colossal 120-petabytes of capacity. 120 petabytes translates to nearly 120 million gigabytes.The data repository consists of some 200,000 conventional hard drives. The repository is expected to be able to store around one trillion files and will likely provide the necessary space for detailed simulations of real-world phenomena.The storage array is being developed for an unnamed client that needs a new supercomputer for detailed simulations of real-world phenomena. 

The new technologies developed to build this repository could enable similar systems for more conventional commercial computing, says Bruce Hillsberg, Director of Storage Research at IBM and leader of the project.
Most supercomputer storage arrays presently offer a maximum storage capacity of 15 petabytes, which makes IBM's new system considerably larger. The system is said to have a number of tools and redundancies at its disposal so in the event of drive failure, the supercomputer can continue to work at almost full speed.

Rewriter by Joe Saunndalkar and Andy Lui, originally by Jason Huttinson

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101 Blog Post Ideas That Will Make Your Blog “HOT”

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As a blog-designer, I understand that creating an eye-catching blog is not an easy job. Recently, I browsed an articles on the Internet which inspired me a lot. And here's it.
http://www.51blocks.com/2014/04/10/why-start-a-blog/


It’s difficult to make such posts on daily basis that make your blog sizzle, viral or “hot”. I know many bloggers who produce excellent content. Their approach is different, out of the box and it makes them extraordinary. Therefore I have made a list of 101 blog post ideas that most likely make your blog more interesting.
This list is more than enough to keep you busy for the whole year.
#1 Run a contest 
#2 Review books/products/films – Reviews deliver a lot of value to your followers and people are constantly looking for honest opinions, not the fake ones that the web is full of.
#3 Make comprehensive guide/tutorial – If you’re a professional in a field or know some topics extra well, feel free to help the ones who have less skills and experience than you do. Tutorials and guides help people a lot.
#4 Interview someone – Know any famous or people who have great stories behind their work/life/career? Interviews are extremely popular in two cases: a) you deliver an interview with a famous person who speaks very rarely in public or b) shares rally useful and practical tips and content.
#5 Post a cool infographic - Infographics help to visualize complicated data and they’re hugely popular these days. As always, when something becomes mainstream, the overall quality is poor. So, if you’re not a designer, hire one to get a viral infographic that stands out of the crowd.
#6 Criticize a website/blog or a person – The web and blogs are great for discussion, opinions and criticizing. Nevertheless, if you are brave enough to say some crispy words about someone, make sure your text has strong arguments and is based on real facts. Random ranting is pointless.
#7 Make a post full of GIFs – GIFs are the symbol of online entertainment and humor. There are thousands of GIFs and generators that help to produce new ones. 
#8 Create a photo post – Share your favorite photos from your niche or personal photos from your latest traveling adventure. Keep in mind that if you’re not the author, always give credit to the original photographer by providing a link.
Blog about your secrets#9 Tell a personal secret – We all have our dreams as well as secrets. Sharing them publicly gives very engaging content to the followers. As much as people love rumors, they love to know the dirty little secrets of other people.
#10 Write inspirational/motivational post with famous quotes – People need little kicks to get going and get things done. Big things start from small ones and motivational posts can do miracles. Here’s one of the best quotes from Steve Jobs. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else´s life.” Here are some tips for using quotes in your posts.
#11 Share recent travel experiences - Travel blogs and posts are popular and there are people who earn living solely from writing about their adventures. Sharing inspiration and tips is very useful. In case you haven’t traveled for a while, publish the best or worst experiences you’ve had in certain countries/airline companies etc.
#12 Giveaway – Have you ever thought why products like GoPro or any other become more and more popular with each day? They do giveaway campaigns regularly. People love free stuff and it helps to reach new audiences.
#13 Write down a conspiracy theory – Have you heard about all the number theories and many others behind important events and people? Now it’s time to start a new one, let your imagination free or simply share you opinions about the known ones.
#14 Show log files of intense conversations – Who doesn’t like to read log-files that are somewhat offensive?
#15 Write a short story – No previous experience with writing fiction? Publish your short story (about 200 – 500 words) and ask your followers for feedback.
#16 Write a poem or sing a song – Great artists and singers are not born overnight, first they’ll have to discover their talent. Find your new hobby or passion in poetry or singing.
#17 Create a list of something – People are lazy, they don’t want to waste time on searching and gathering information. That’s the reason why lists are popular. Create TOP10 or better yet: TOP100 lists, lists of movies, books, influential people or any other topic.
#18 Write down all the thoughts you had in mind today – This is pretty mindf*#?, but if you are bored then you can try this method as well.
#19 Share your goals/dreams publicly – Write down all your goals for the current year or dreams where you want to be in 5 years time. It gives nice pressure and motivation to achieve the goals.
#20 Make a link carnival and ask others to join – All sorts of link carnivals and linky parties are becoming very popular.
#21 Announce that you’ve turned the comments into “do-follow” so you can get more comments – You will probably get 50% more comments in that way. However, the downside of this technique is that you might receive a lot of “spam” blog comments as well.
#22 Build your to-do list – There are many to-do list apps and services but try to publish your tasks on your blog. Other people will have the opportunity to learn from you. How you build your tasks, how broad or narrow they are etc…
#23 Write a post in response to some recent post/news – In other words, it means being an opinion blogger or analyst. When you manage to write high-level content on hot topics, your blog will most probably be featured on major newspapers and websites.
#24 Make a full case study about something – We covered tutorials already, but case studies reveal what and how you’ve done and which are the results. This is extremely interesting for many folks, especially for me.
#25 Share your favorite blogs/bloggers in one post – It’s a bit similar to “Make a list” idea but sharing the blogs and bloggers you follow is never a bad idea. Give the resources to your readers, believe me, they are grateful and won’t stop following you.
#26 Invite your readers to submit guest posts – Are you struggling with new posts or have to leave for some time? Ask people to write guest posts. It’s a win-win situation, you get the content, they can build up their name or brand.
#27 Publish the best comments that your blog has got throughout the history – Are you using a vote system on your comments or just know the posts where some comments have raised very fruitful discussions? Share them in a separate post.
Blog income#28 Share your blogs income + traffic numbers – Prove that a blog in your niche can have reasonable traffic numbers and maybe even be profitable. Bring Google Analytics data to daylight and it’s very nice if you provided some analysis in important points, for example a major change in traffic numbers etc.
#29 Tell a joke – That’s pretty straight forward, humor never gets old and great jokes are really entertaining.
#30 Bust a myth – There are thousands of well-known things that actually are not true, in other words they’re called myths. Take some time and do some research to disprove some of them..
#31 Produce or publish your art – Online galleries and portfolios look cool and can be the first step to the world for artists. So publish your paintings, comics, graphical design masterpieces and other stuff as well.
#32 Publish a post about your success and epic failures – Being successful means doing mistakes or in other words failing. But failing is not bad, it’s a learning experience to be better the next time. So, that’s the reason why you should talk publicly about your success and failures, to let others learn from it.
#33 Ask your readers to tweet, like and share the posts they like – Spreading the word about your blog or posts is important but sometimes people need a little extra kick to do that, so write a post for that.
#34 Start a poll – That’s simple, want to know what other people prefer or think about a certain topic, start a poll to get quick overview.
#35 Write a post about things you regret doing/not doing – When you surf around Quora or Yahoo Answers, you’ll find many very popular topics and posts about the things people regret doing and not doing. Try to write down your own list.
#36 Pose a rhetorical question in your blog post - This blog post idea is similar to posting random quotes, just to produce some content.
Awesome image#37 Post a picture that speaks more than thousand words - Sometimes you can and SHOULD post images that tell us a story. It does not only grab attention and increase your visitors average time spent on the blog, but it’s also extremely interesting. 
#38 Publish some little or unknown facts – The internet and different encyclopedias are full of facts, some of them are really random. For example “Did you know that the pink/red/white color of flamingos comes from the food they eat?”
#39 Publish an In Memorian post – It’s polite to commemorate the people who pass away.
#40 Bring out the most important dates in history – Pick a country/war/invention/company and write down the important dates of it, people love to get general but detailed overviews.
#41 Tell about your latest event experiences – Visited a concert or a festival lately? Write a review about it.
#42 Publish your CV online – Show your previous experience and the things you are good at. You might get a job offer for doing that.
#43 Post an obvious lie – You can turn things upside down when you tell an obvious lie inside your blog post. People might get mad at you, but that doesn’t matter.
#44 Write where you’d like to travel – … and encourage others to do the same in your comments. This kind of conversations usually turn out pretty big.
#45 Blog about marketing secrets – Tell your readers about your top secret strategies, techniques and tactics you use to get more followers and traffic.
#46 Write about the most important lessons you’ve learned in your life – What is more kind that helping others and analyzing yourself at the same time?
#47 Tell your readers what they should do to succeed – Create a blog post that explains your readers what they should do in order to become successful as you are.
Video blog post#48 Do a video post about your day – Let your readers see about your daily life. For me, it’s extremely interesting, but you also need to have some courage to do that. In either way, it’s up to you.

#49 Show off your personal stuff; car(s), house, accessories – This is something that creates many different opinions among your readers. Don’t be scared to show your stuff. It can also turn out as a motivational blog post from someone who doesn’t own those kind of things. People love those kind of things.
#50 Build a list – Build a list of your readers. You can use Aweber or Mailchimp for that; in that way you can inform your readers about the new posts you’ve made.
#51 Create a blog post about your bad habits – Smoking, alcohol, drugs. Tell them something shocking!
#52 Offer free help in your industry to get new contacts – Free help gives you great reputation and people will start sharing your blog more often as well as suggesting to their friends. It helps to grow into a branded expert.
#53 Research and analyze a topic in your industry – Well written and analyzed posts get great attention. Invest time and grow your followers by that. Many professional bloggers write one post for more than 12 working hours, they invest a lot of time to produce perfect posts.
#54 Answer to every single comment personally - Make your readers feel special and honored. It takes only a couple of minutes to answer them personally but you can get new friends, co-authors or even business partners.
#55 Write a longer “About Me” post - Classical About Me posts are a couple of lines but introduce yourself more and write a longer one. People like to know what’s the background of the content they’re reading but they usually don’t have time to check LinkedIn accounts or just Google the name.
#56 Create a post that utilizes a bar chart or pie chart - Infographics is one of the hottest keywords in the web industry. Visualizing data makes it easier to read, gather interesting data and build charts!
#57 Write down your monthly personal budget and expenses - You can document what ever costs you like. Take your website and show how many dollars you’ve spent on it and also show the income/revenue side of it. Additionally, you can use the same model on your family budget.
#58 Participate in reciprocal guest blogging - Talk to your followers and look for people who’d like to write you a guest post and you’ll write one by yourself.
#59 Post linkbait 
#60 Make a post about your most popular posts - Gather the data behind the most popular posts (traffic, shares and comments) and write them down in a single post.
What "if" blog post#61 Publish a “What If” post - Use your imagination and write a post about what if you’re going to move to another country or travel the world or win billion dollars. People love to dream and believe that these things will happen to them.
#62 Publish online courses/e-books - If you’re an expert in your field, invest time in writing and publishing courses and e-books. Create quality content and people are ready to buy it for nice amount of money. When money is not an important aspect, publish the content for free.
#64 Turn on Gravatar images on your blog comment - Make it as a real conversation by turning on Gravatar images (just like my blog has)
#65 Build your portfolio - Portfolio is a great way to showcase experience. It’s a wide-spread myth that only artists and photographers can use it. Build a portfolio of projects you’ve run, the applications you’ve coded and so on.
#66 Write in your own everyday language/writing style – Forget the well-known rules and use the expressions you use every day. It’s a great way to make your posts ore enjoyable and stand out.
#61 Share food recipes - Don’t know what to write about? Share the recipes of your favorite meals and desserts.
#68 Publish a post about cons and pros about something – Things are never black & white. There’s always some cons about something, there is nothing perfect in this world.
#69 Show others how to secure their blogs – This is something that is useful and interesting at the same time.
blog-webinar#70 Hold a conference or a webinar through blog post - Have a “group” meeting at next Saturday 9 PM. I’m more than sure that if you hold a live event through your blog then there will be people watching it.
#71 Ask for general feedback on your blog – Sometimes you can improve your blog by the way your readers want. Minor tweaks here and there can add value that can bring you more traffic and returning visitors.
#72 Curate or summarize someone else’s work - Write short summaries to bring out the most important aspects or points in other published writings. Helps to save a lot of time for the readers who are only looking for the most important information.
#73 Publish a list of your most successful Tweets/social media posts (based on re-tweets & likes) – Have you had any success with massive re-tweeting, liking or sharing? Share the tweets and posts with others.
#74 Compile a list of common mistakes in your niche - Many people don’t know the basics and make common mistakes. Write tutorials to help them prevent these misunderstandings.
#75 Publish a manifesto
#76 Make a post about future plans - Dreaming of being a world-class analyst or an entrepreneur in five years time? Looking to start studies at a university? Write the plans down, it’s interesting to read them later on and it gives new ideas to other people as well
#77 Write down an extremely long blog comments – In that way you can show your readers that you actually care about their comments & opinions.
#78 Thank your audience for following you - Show that you respect them..
#79 Write about why you actually started blogging - Simply tell your followers how it all started…
#80 Abandon your blog for a week and make others think “what happened to you” - It’s pretty risky, but if you are famous blogger – this will get you a lot of buzz.
#81 Write the list of things and activities you want to do before death - Ever seen the books in the bookstore called “1001 places to visit/foods to eat/artists to listen before you die”? Build your own list and inspire others to do that as well.
#82 Show others how to do something extremely FAST - Everybody likes to do something quickly. As you know, time is the most valuable thing in our lives.
#83 Write a satirical blog post - Satire never gets old but don’t be too harsh.
 #84 Write a series of blog posts - To make your readers constantly engaged with your blog then I suggest you to start a blog post series.#85 Questions and answers blog post - Make a “Questions Monday”. Promise to answer all the questions your audience has.
#86 Post a quote - People adore quotes that put them think and spread motivation, use them wisely.
ebook#87 Launch a free e-book about your best blog posts – Gather the most viewed and commented posts together and convert them into an e-book that can be published on Amazon or other online bookstores.
#88 Run PPC campaign through Facebook to your blog posts – Costs a little but gives a lot of new traffic and followers.
#89 Update/invest in customized blog post design - Great blogs and posts need great design to keep the readers coming back. Hire professionals, never try to do “something” in PhotoShop unless you’re not a designer.
#90 Make 404 page that is a game – That’s a fun way to get people staying on your page.
#91 Make a handwritten post and publish it by taking a photo - Hand-written texts look amazing and show your creativity as well as character.
#92 Make an ultimate resource post - Operating in fishing niche? Publish a list of most useful resources for that.
#93 Invite experts to comment your posts - Busy people work the most but they’re quite often ready to help if you offer them value from your side. If you ask them, do it kindly and state clearly why they should do it and what they get for doing it. Otherwise there won’t be any answers.
#94 Publish a post as an audio file (mp3) - Write your post and record it as an audio file. It allows the readers to follow the blog on the go, all they need is an mp3 player or a smartphone.
#95 Make list of useful & interesting people to follow in your niche - This is another “TOP” category post idea, list the useful people who provide great insights, these posts become viral quickly.
#96 Nostalgic post about different blogs in your niche and show them how they’ve changed from 2000 by using web.archive - Web design and trends have changed a lot, it creates great WOW effect for people to see how ugly the websites used to be back in the dot.com bubble times.
#97 Link to new or interesting patents in your niche that amaze people - Ever heard that Apple patented the two-finger movements on smartphones and tablets? Here’s your chance to shine.
#98 Ask some billionaire to write a post for you - As these people are often too busy to respond, they enjoy fame and publicity. This is definitely worth a try, even when you fail.
#99 Rant about something that REALLY disturbs you - Ranting on the Internet is sometimes pointless but well-argumented posts may get a lot of attention.
List of blog tools#100 Create a list of online tools you find useful - There are literally dozens of tools that can make life a lot easier, create a list of the ones you use or would like to use.
#101 Write a blog post about 101 blog post ideas in your niche - List down 101 blog topics in your niche, a lot of people find it useful :) .
Extracted from: http://startbloggingonline.com/101-blog-post-ideas-that-make-your-blog-hot/

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