Archive | November, 2009
Expanding Short URL’s

Expanding Short URL’s

by Rod Macbeth on 18. Nov, 2009 in Security

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A fellow blogger, Young Yang, made a post on expanding shortened URLs that I feel is worth passing onto my readers. The need for this never really occurred to me but, as Young points out, there too many low life’s out there that will send you to places you don’t want to go.

Young has listed ten free sites that will expand shortened URLs. If you follow shortened links on Twitter or elsewhere you may want to consider using one of them.

His list is HERE.

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My Resignation As An Adult

My Resignation As An Adult

by Rod Macbeth on 08. Nov, 2009 in Fun Stuff

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I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a 5 year old again.

  • I want to go to McDonald’s and think that it is a four star restaurant.
  • I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples in a pond with rocks.
  • I want to think M&M’s are better than money because you can eat them.
  • I want to lie under a big oak tree and watch the ants march up its trunk.
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Why Intelligent People Fail

Why Intelligent People Fail

by Rod Macbeth on 01. Nov, 2009 in Inspiration, Motivation

Content from Sternberg, R. (1994). In search of the human mind. New York: Harcourt Brace.
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1. Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant if a person is not motivated to use it. Motivation may be external (for example, social approval) or internal (satisfaction from a job well-done, for instance). External sources tend to be transient, while internal sources tend to produce more consistent performance.

2. Lack of impulse control. Habitual impulsiveness gets in the way of optimal performance. Some people do not bring their full intellectual resources to bear on a problem but go with the first solution that pops into their heads.

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