It’s simple: remind people of their freedom. Make you case and then add, “but you are free to choose for yourself.” This rings true to me as a father. An ultimatum, when I indulge in one, is likely to be met with resistance. If I manage to make a request that’s clearly optional, I’m much more likely to get what I want.
The One (Really Easy) Persuasion Technique Everyone Should Know
It’s supported by 42 studies on 22,000 people and it’s the easiest, most practical persuasion technique available.
I listened to this whole album and it’s pretty good.
Full Album Premiere: CPA (melodic punk) – “Whimsy”
Today we’re pleased to bring you an exclusive album premiere of California skate-punk act CPA and their new full-length album “Whimsy.”
Here are a few open source projects I stumbled on recently that I thought might be useful. I’ve been trying out ThinkUp because it might be useful to me in a way that was not intended by design. Rather than a reporting engine, it could be a stand-alone tool for pulling social data to be re-used on another Web site.
HybridAuth, Open Source Social Sign On PHP Library
HybridAuth enable developers to easily build social applications to engage websites vistors and customers on a social level by implementing social signin, social sharing, users profiles, friends list, activities stream, status updates and more.
ThinkUp: Social Media Insights Platform
With ThinkUp you’ll get the detailed insights you need to learn what’s working, and what you can do even better.
howler.js – Modern Web Audio Javascript Library – GoldFire Studios
Browsers have come a long way over the years, and we are now able to achieve amazing results using all of the great new technologies often referred to as HTML5. However, generally speaking, audio still sucks. So, we decided to create our own library and open source it. This library works great for games, but it can work just as well for any other audio-related web app.
PieCrust — A static website generator and lightweight CMS.
PieCrust is a static website generator and lightweight CMS that’s all managed with text files. No complex setup, databases, or administrative panels. Simple, beautiful, and yummy.
Laravel – A Clean & Classy PHP Framework
Laravel is a clean and classy framework for PHP web development. Freeing you from
spaghetti code, Laravel helps you create wonderful applications using simple, expressive
syntax. Development should be a creative experience that you enjoy, not something that is
painful. Enjoy the fresh air.
Aren’t these commonly known as bath salts?
Synthetic alcohol: booze without the hangover
What is non-alcoholic and non-toxic but gives you the buzz of abeer? Synthetic alcohol, according to David Nutt of the Brain Sciences Division at Imperial College London.
In case you needed another reason why security by obscurity is no security at all…
Google Indexes 80,000 Printers That You Can Print To From Anywhere
We just received a tip from someone that Google is indexing 80,000 printers that are connected to the Internet. Using a little Google search magic, it becomes apparent that you can really find anything using Google. To top it off, aside from just being indexed by Google, you can easily print something to any one of these 80,000 printers surely giving the owner of the printer quite a scare. Obviously the people who configured these print servers skipped firewall 101 class.
Big Brother
These are live video feeds from 325 unprotected Panasonic Network
Cameras, mostly in Asia, discovered only through search engines. Click an image to open the camera’s control interface in a new window. Scroll or refresh to load more. Works best in Safari, slow in Firefox and Chrome, not at all in IE and Opera (does not support M-JPEG). Requires JavaScript.