“My cheeks are attuned to her lips. I will know if they tremble.” Jesse Parent reads his poem, To The Boys Who May One Day Date My Daughter. This guy should join a battle rap event. The crowd sure acts like they’re in one. “Eat ‘em!”
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To His Daughter’s Future Dates
You Might Be Standing All Wrong. Here’s How to Fix Your Imbalance
Standing. It’s just something you do, right (like breathing)? The truth is, there’s a perfectly aligned and balanced way to stand…and the imbalanced way many of us do.
Good posture helps relieve and prevent pain, improves your attitude, and also positively affects your brain. Even if you don’t think you’re not guilty of the worst posture mistakes (hunching your shoulder or rounding your back), you might be missing one key part of standing properly: complete balance.
AZ Central notes that starts with the foot, your base of support:
To stand upright, you must balance your body over your feet. Your spine should be aligned over your pelvis, with your weight evenly distributed between your feet. Many people stand with more weight over one foot or with their weight over only part of their feet. While standing, become aware of your feet. You should feel even pressure on the balls of your big toes, little toes and heels. This is the tripod of your foot. If you feel more pressure on one of these points, you are not in alignment. Relax your toes and knees and adjust your weight so the tripods of both feet feel equal pressure.
Putting too much weight on one foot, leaning too much forward, and even turning your feet outward or inward while standing (they should be pointing forward) could mess up other parts of your body. Do this for too long (for example, at a standing desk or if you stand a lot on your feet), and it’s a hard habit to correct.
You can test the other parts of your posture against a wall, but don’t neglect the balance over your feet too.
Read more standing posture tips at AZ Central’s Healthy Living page.
The Influence of Foot Position on Standing and Balance | AZ Central
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You Might Be Standing All Wrong. Here’s How to Fix Your Imbalance
The Science Behind Making the Fastest Possible Pinewood Derby Car
You wouldn’t think that a four-wheeled car would go faster if one of its wheels didn’t touch the ground. Or if its axles were bent. Or if it was designed to grind against a wall. But you’d be wrong, and here’s the science to prove it.
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The Science Behind Making the Fastest Possible Pinewood Derby Car
Snowden Used the Linux Distro Designed For Internet Anonymity
Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: "When Edward Snowden first emailed Glenn Greenwald, he insisted on using email encryption software called PGP for all communications. Now Klint Finley reports that Snowden also used The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) to keep his communications out of the NSA’s prying eyes. Tails is a kind of computer-in-a-box using a version of the Linux operating system optimized for anonymity that you install on a DVD or USB drive, boot your computer from and you’re pretty close to anonymous on the internet. ‘Snowden, Greenwald and their collaborator, documentary film maker Laura Poitras, used it because, by design, Tails doesn’t store any data locally,’ writes Finley. ‘This makes it virtually immune to malicious software, and prevents someone from performing effective forensics on the computer after the fact. That protects both the journalists, and often more importantly, their sources.’ The developers of Tails are, appropriately, anonymous. They’re protecting their identities, in part, to help protect the code from government interference. ‘The NSA has been pressuring free software projects and developers in various ways,’ the group says. But since we don’t know who wrote Tails, how do we know it isn’t some government plot designed to snare activists or criminals? A couple of ways, actually. One of the Snowden leaks show the NSA complaining about Tails in a Power Point Slide; if it’s bad for the NSA, it’s safe to say it’s good for privacy. And all of the Tails code is open source, so it can be inspected by anyone worried about foul play. ‘With Tails,’ say the distro developers, ‘we provide a tongue and a pen protected by state-of-the-art cryptography to guarantee basic human rights and allow journalists worldwide to work and communicate freely and without fear of reprisal.’"
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Snowden Used the Linux Distro Designed For Internet Anonymity
“When the battle drum beats, it is too late to sharpen your sword”
glin1216, makers of my favorite Youtube video of all time, have published another video of tactical training set to music. All of thier videos of worth watching in HD (After you click play hit the Gear icon at the bottom right of the video, then select 720p or 1080p) … My favorite Youtube shooting video […]
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“When the battle drum beats, it is too late to sharpen your sword”
Everything Wrong With The Matrix (Just Kidding The Matrix Is Perfect)
Yes, this 12-minute video expertly dissects all of the inconsistencies, logical fallacies, and plot conveniences that plague 1999’s The Matrix. But what it fails to take into consideration is that The Matrix is perfect, and no amount of nitpicking will ever change that.
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Everything Wrong With The Matrix (Just Kidding The Matrix Is Perfect)
What a creationist version of the Cosmos would look like
Funny or Die pokes fun of those who like listening to stories over understanding science in its latest: Creationist Cosmos. It’s like the new Neil DeGrasse Tyson Cosmos reboot TV show only made for Creationists. So instead of explanations about the universe, we get very unscientific reasons of why things exist. It’s all in silly fun.
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What a creationist version of the Cosmos would look like
F1 Pit Stops: 1950 vs. 2013
YouTuber CpatainCanuck shows us how far Formula 1 technology and expertise have come since it started in 1950. Here are two pit stops from the first season and from the latest season of F1. Yes, there are two of them. Just wait.
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F1 Pit Stops: 1950 vs. 2013
Repurpose an Old File Cabinet as Garage Storage
You can make an awesome custom storage system for your garage, or you can take Trash To Treasure’s quick-fix option on converting an old file cabinet into brilliant garage storage.
It’s a great way to recycle something you aren’t using, but if you don’t have an old file cabinet, you probably know someone who does or a trip to the junkyard will get you one cheap. Then you’ll have to sand it, paint it, and add some pegboards as well as a rolling platform.
The link below has a list of all the materials you will need for this project, along with step-by-step photos to get you through it.
Turning your old file cabinet into a garage storage favorite | Trash To Treasure
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Repurpose an Old File Cabinet as Garage Storage
Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 20 (LAMP)
Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 20 (LAMP)
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Fedora 20 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 20 (LAMP)