I am really captured by this quote: “Emotions are the foundations of reason, because they tell us what to value.” - David Brooks Simply put, your gut feeling drives your reasoning. When we are trying to have an open mind to reason, it’s actually very difficult until we can change our feeling/perspective toward the subject. That means in an open minded discussion, conveying the underlying feeling is the primary goal. Brooks also talks about many other things. Don’t miss out on this video! ...

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I think all these info mentioned in the video should become more transparent to the public. Nowadays the buyers are more cautious and hesitant to make an offer, it would really help if they can get to know more hidden info about the properties they are interested in. If you are interested to know the pro’s and con’s of short sales, check out these videos! One useful link: Short Sales Are No Bargain for Buyers ...

I often need to choose between MyISAM and InnoDB. Here is a little list for me for future reference. MyISAM supports fulltext searching, but does not support transactional processing. Fulltext searching: Match(), Against(), WITH QUERY EXPANSION, IN BOOLEAN MODE InnoDB is a transaction-safe engine It does not support full-text searching. In addition, MEMORY is functionally equivalent to MyISAM. The data is stored in memory (instead of on disk), thus is extremely fast (and ideally suited for temporary tables). ...

[youtube &w=640&h=390] Ask people who just checked in to the places you want to go, awesome idea! In the case of a restaurant, you could ask a user what’s today’s special without calling the restaurant. Though I think it’s possible to have wrong answers so the restaurant owner might need to have someone to stand by for these questions. ...

I wrote a little chat program called “Chat with Alice”. If you have some free time please try it out at http://chat-with-alice.appspot.com/. Give me some comments if you like.

Think about wikipedia and video lessons. Now, the power of that is simple: students can study at their own pace at their own time, thus can actually have interactions with the teacher and their peers at school on perhaps more in-depth discussions. Also with the fun testing games and reward system, the students are more motivated to keep trying without embarrassment. All the learning stats and scores already in the system can be analyzed and plotted into meaningful graphs for the teachers or coaches, the teachers can then decide if they need to intervene and how. Take a look and I hope you will get inspired by it. There is definitely a lot we can do to improve the education system globally. ...

A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, “If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?” ...

Wael Ghonim is an Internet activist and computer engineer, Google’s Middle East and North Africa Marketing Manager. As " ElShaheeed," he started up an influential Facebook page that galvanized voices of protest in Egypt. In early 2011, he was detained by the Egyptian government for 11 days – when freed after international pressure, he revealed his identity, and became a leading fugure in the youth revolution that forced Hosni Mubarak from power. ...

三個女人在一場車禍後來到了天堂，當她們到了那裡，天使說：「在天堂裡，我們這裡只有一個規矩，就是千萬不要踩到鴨子。」確認這三個女人了解後，她們進入了天堂。 但是天堂裡到處都是鴨子，鴨子幾乎多到不可能踩不到。雖然她們極力避免，但是第一個女人意外踩到一隻。這時，天使立刻帶著一個這女人一生中從未見過長得極為醜陋的男人來到她的面前，並告訴她：「你踩到鴨子的懲罰就是要永遠跟這個醜男人鏈在一起。」 第二天，另外一個女人也不小心地踩到鴨子，這時天使又帶著另一個極其噁心的男人來到她的面前。如同之前那個女人的下場，天使把第二個女人跟帶來的醜男人綁在一起。 第三個女人已經發現了這個殘酷的結果，而且她不希望永遠跟一個醜陋噁心的男人栓在一起，所以她非常小心她的腳步。 她戰戰兢兢在未踩到任何鴨子的情況下，平安地度過了幾個月。 但是有一天，天使來到她的面前並帶來一個前所未見的超級帥男人，這個男人不僅高大壯碩、濃纖合度，而且還有漂亮的長睫毛。 天使把他們鏈在一起後，沒對那個女人說任何話就走了。 這女人就問跟她鏈在一起的男人：「我很奇怪，為什麼我可以跟你永遠的鏈在一起？」這個男人說：「我不知道妳的情況是怎樣啦！但是我踩到一隻鴨子。」 寓意：當你在用自己的尺量度別人時，同時，也會量度自己嗎？公平一點吧！