Yearly Archives: 2013

If you've ever done any traveling, you already know that sunrise and sunset can…

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If you've ever done any traveling, you already know that sunrise and sunset can vary wildly by location*

This article does a pretty good job of explaining why that is and why for many people they've already experienced the earliest sunset of the year. The sub-head and story lede are a bit of misdirection in the hopes of getting people to read on.

The earliest sunset or latest sunrise rarely actually correspond to the the shortest day of the year and depending on your location they rarely happen on the same day.?

The Astronomical Hijinks of the Shortest Day of the Year
The solstice isn’t for more than a week, but the earliest sunset of the year is already upon us. How’s that possible?

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Diplomacy that literally turned swords into plough shares?

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Diplomacy that literally turned swords into plough shares?

Soviet-era nuclear warheads provide 10 percent of US electricity
For the past 20 years, bomb-grade uranium from Russia’s decommissioned nuclear weapons have provided 10 percent of all the electricity the US consumes. That fact, NPR reports, is the result a deal…

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If you've ever worked in corporate America, you should read this

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Hopefully it won't be too depressing for you.

Reshared post from +Craig Daitch

My latest blog post on corporate culture and the new threats of cultural recession. Learn about the mentality I call Going to War.?

During an Economic Recovery, Brands Need to Teach their Employees to Look Beyond the Recession as a Right of Passage
“Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.” -Napoleon Bonaparte The recovery…

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Apparently, +TechHive doesn't actually want me to read the site anymore 1

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In album 2013-12-07

Apparently, +TechHive doesn't actually want me to read the site anymore

It's bad enough with so many sites using javascript page takeover ads. At least once I dismiss an ad, it should stay dismissed. This incredibly annoying +Dell ad today, kept alternating between a full page takeover and one that covered the bottom section of the screen. When I dismissed the full-page version the small one would pop up from the bottom and then a minute later the full-page version would be back. 

Bad idea Dell and IDG?

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