“If we work harder on ourselves than we do at our job. We reap untold benefits in every aspect of our lives.”

I was reminded of this when I discovered this article. While having nothing to do with Web Design or Development. It’s fun to go down the list and learn new things.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills: “The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills.  You just have to know where to look.  Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills, but I figured I’d save you some time.

Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new.”

(Via marcandangel.com.)

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1. Start a code library and find a fast way to access it.

If you program and are not the strongest typist in the world. An option that will speed up your productive. Create a code library “sometimes referred to as snippets” of the code blocks you use the most.

I find this really speeds up production when you don’t have to repeatedly type the same code over and over again. When working in PHP having not to type.

$connection = mysql_connect(“localhost”,”root”,”password”);
@mysql_select_db(“database”, $connection);
$query = “INSERT INTO application (first_name, last_name, address, city, state, zipcode, email, birthday, home_phone, other_phone, home, time_at_address, payment, employment, employer, income, ssn, bankrupt, cosigner, confirmation, signup, timestamp) VALUES (‘$firstname’, ‘$lastname’, ‘$address’, ‘$city’, ‘$state’, ‘$zipcode’, ‘$email’, ‘$birthdate’, ‘$phone1′, ‘$phone2′, ‘$ownrent’, ‘$time_at_address’, ‘$payment’, ‘$employment’, ‘$employer’, ‘$income’, ‘$ssn’, ‘$bankrupt’, ‘$cosign’, ‘$confirmation’, ‘$optin’, ‘$timestamp’)”;

and just typing “php_connect_insert” is a real timesaver. Sure your going to have to take some of column names and values out or change them. But the structure and form I use and can easily navigate is instantly there.

Applications like Panic’s Coda, Micromate’s TextMate and Adobe Dreamweaver have this indispensable feature with a fast way to access it. You could also use a program like TextExpander by Smile on my Mac software that stores the snippets and makes them available system wide or to only the applications you designate.

2. Get good and know the language.

Ok this is blatantly obvious. The web is a fantastic resource to get you over a programming speed bump. But finding a good example of exactly what your trying to do takes time. There is no replacing being up on your programming chops to rocket though the code and get the project done. Developing yourself will always pay ten fold over what equipment you use.

3. Find someone that knows more about programming than you and find someone that knows less.

Having someone around you can bounce ideas and problems off of that has been in the game longer than you is one of the best ways to learn. Once learned teach that new info to the person who knows less than you. You’ll find that the process of teaching allows you to retain more of what you have learned than if you had not shared it.

4. Find a few easy to understand and easy to navigate sites for syntax reference.

I comb through php.net and mySQL.com sites on a regular basis. Those are the languages I use most and I was lucky that both these sites have tons of notes and forums. I love actionscript. But adobe’s site is the last place I go for help with it. It’s slow and the forums are not well trafficked. Flashkit.com and Actionscript.org are much more useful.

So that’s my list of programming tips. Comment below and add your own tip to the list.

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Carlin’s longevity during his fifty year career, was due in no small part to his ability to remake himself. Starting as a middle class standup comedian, then becoming a hippy and counterculture icon touring the coffee houses and universities during the 60′s and 70′s. Then a more critical social/political commentator during the 80′s and early 90s and finally the funny, bitter old curmudgeon. All the time taking longtime fans with him and inspiring a entire generation of upcoming comedians.

So where does the everything worth learning about life part some in?

Upon reaching the “Age of Reason” I discovered Carlin’s comedy routines and discovered that while I was laughing, I was also thinking and while Carlin’s stand-up was funny it was so well thought out and his command of the english language so great. That the staunchest debater would fall before his reason.

• Question Everything!
  Our Leaders, Institutions, Theories and Beliefs are not above being examined and re-evaluated on a regular basis. Those that say they are above criticism really need a good review. Because those are the ones with the largest holes. Notice I didn’t say disbelieve in the aforementioned “Leaders, Institutions and or Theories/Beliefs”
• Love what you do.
  During his career Carlin kept a travel schedule that would have tired a gypsy. Two hundred days a year performing on the road. Constantly honing is craft and writing new material to perform in venues all across the country. It was clear he loved what he did so much that he was a perfectionist about his material.
• Never rest on your laurels.
  Most when reaching Carlins level of fame would have coasted, phoning in performances year after year. That was not Carlin’s way. He would always stretch into new areas with his material. A lot of the themes he touched on were the same from performance to performance but how he approached them was always from a different angle. This made for very little repetitive material.
• If someone says “Don’t talk about that subject” then it’s probably the only thing worth talking about.
  Carlin made people think about subjects that they were often not comfortable with. Death, Rape, Religion and Politics just to name a few. He would approach them in a way what was so logically thought out that most people had one of two reactions. They would laugh, because they had not thought of the subject in that way much less that it was funny at all. Or they would get mad poke out their lip and say something that a third grader may use as a verbal defense.
• If your have no humor your dangerous.
  If you have no sense of humor about yourself or your beliefs. Then you are a very dangerous person. Fundamentalism breeds no irony. September 11th was carried out by such people. The last 8 years of government in this country was carried out by such people.

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25 Absolute Essentials for Networking Success

Written on 7/01/2008

by Anand Dhillon, of Self-Help for Self-Mastery.

In business, it is often said that success is determined not by what you know but by who you know. Additionally, the level of your success is determined greatly by the quality of your relationships with others.

While for some, networking is something that comes naturally and effortlessly, for others it is an area where significant improvements are needed. Small, consistent improvements over time will open up far more opportunities and resources to you.

Whether you are a seasoned connector or someone who needs to jumpstart their relationship building, here are 25 essential tips to ensure your networking success.
Start before your need it

The best time to start building your network is. . .

(Via 25 Absolute Essentials for Networking Success.)

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There is plenty of room for less. Less bloated features, less convoluted interfaces and less menus that stretch the length of the screen. Microsoft Word has so many features and at times it seems that one must have the patience of Job just to wait for Word to open.

Here are a few text editors for your Mac that are easy on your system resources and your wallet.

1. Text Edit – Cost: Free

Included with your mac.

2. Bean – Cost: Free

Bean is my personal favorite is has the look and feel of a word processor without all the bloat. Saves in .RTF which holds my formating and everyone can read regardless of platform or program.

3. TextWrangler 2 – Cost: Free

Think for TextWrangler 2 as BB-Edits little brother. It possesses most of bb-edit’s general text editing capability and non for the advanced features. But hey it’s a free download!

4. Smultron 3.5 – Cost: Free

Smultron is a free text editor for Mac OS X. It seems to be geared toward web programming, script editing, making a to do list and so on.

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Alabama

‚Ä¢ A 1950 anti-obscenity law in Irondale, Ala., prohibited any showing of anyone nude or “in a substantially nude state” except a babe in arms.

• Anniston: You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street.

‚Ä¢ An ordinance in Linden, Ala., provided that all women of “uncertainchastity” had to be off the streets by 9 p.m.‚Ä¢ Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.

• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.

• Children of incestuous couples are deemed legitimate.

• Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.• Hunting is not allowed on Sunday.

• Incestuous marriages are legal.

• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating avehicle.• It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.

• It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty.

‚Ä¢ It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone’s pity.

• It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter inchurch.

• It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if youhave a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.

• It is legal to drive the wrong way on a one way street if you havea lantern on the front of your car.

‚Ä¢ It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.

‚Ä¢ It’s against the law for a man to seduce “a chaste woman bymeans of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage.”

‚Ä¢ It’s illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.

• Jasper: It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a sticklarger in diameter than his thumb.

• Lee County: It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundownon Wednesday.

• Masks may not be worn in public• Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.

‚Ä¢ Mobile: It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits.It is unlawful to wear women’s pumps with sharp, high heels.

• Montgomery: It is considered an offense to open an umbrella ona street, for fear of it spooking horses.

‚Ä¢ No persons may sell “blow-out nuts”.

• Peanuts are not allowed to be sold in Lee County, Alabama aftersunset on Wednesdays.

• Pool halls may not be operated between 11:30 PM and 6 AM.

• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.

• Slavery is still legal in Decatur, Alabama.

• The game of crackaloo is illegal in Fairfield, Ala.

• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriagein the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.

• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriagein the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.

• You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant.

• You may not drive barefooted.• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.

• You must have windshield wipers on your car.

I read this article over coffee and just had to share.If you want more crazy state laws click over to Crazylaws.com

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