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Ari Salomon is a graphic designer and fine art photographer working in San Francisco.
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Category Archives: Product Reviews
New on-demand copy-editing service from wordy.com
I have lots of ESL (English as a Second Language) clients and family who might find this service really helpful. i have not used it yet but it seems very well organized and the interface is slick. and with wordpress plugins it’s all integrated into your blog publishing workflow:
Wordy gets it…It’s on-demand copy-editing, and it’s [...]
Decline of world fisheries: Aquacalypse Now
Amazing article about the decline of world fisheries. Hear the NPR interview also.
Beginning in the 1950s, as their operations became increasingly industrialized–with onboard refrigeration, acoustic fish-finders, and, later, GPS–they first depleted stocks of cod, hake, flounder, sole, and halibut in the Northern Hemisphere. As those stocks disappeared, the fleets moved southward, to the coasts of [...]
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Amron Experimental
Interesting group of inventions by Scott Amron.
1. newsoap: brand new liquid soap packaged in old plastic soda bottles
2. TheEndo: magnetic clip
3. Brush & Rinse Toothbrush
4. Split Ring Key Blank “Keybrid”
(today their paypal account is ‘unable to receive income’ so not sure what’ sup with that.)
Amron Experimental.
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Sync Your Life With Dropbox
Interesting article with more innovative ways of using dropbox
1 Sync iCal calendars on two Macs
2 Sync your Address Book on two Macs
via Sync Your Life With Dropbox – Wired How-To Wiki.
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Ning Alternatives
I recently launched a Ning site for the Oakland Museum of California:
http://diasdelosmuertos.ning.com
It is a community for celebrating Dias de los muertos (Day of the Dead).
Overall it was a good experience for a project with a tiny budget and very fast schedule. There are lots of features on Ning but very limited ways to implement them. [...]
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10 Weird Romantic Destinations – Weird Worm
World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain in Las Vegas and other weird and wonderful destinations.
Well they say that chocolate is an aphrodisiac and well who doesn’t love chocolate? At the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas is the world’s largest chocolate fountain. World renown pastry chef Jean Philippe Maury spent a year and a half in design and [...]
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Get the Dropbox iPhone app
Dropbox has been really useful for me. check it out – available for iPhone now.
Access your Dropbox on the go. Download files for offline viewing. Sync photos and videos to your Dropbox. Share links to files in your Dropbox
via Dropbox – Get the Dropbox iPhone app – Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy..
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On-demand book publishing, promotion and e-commerce
Recommendations for Self-Publishing from Dr. Javier Vera:
clickbank.com: sell your product through their affiliate system
kunaki.com: CDs DVDs on demand
eFulfillmentService.com: offers a complete package of online order processing, storage and shipping
vervante.com: Vervante provides a produce-on-demand solution for books, DVDs/CDs and kits –they ship orders worldwide.
For Art/Photo books I recommend San-Francisco based Blurb. I’ve made a few books with [...]
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Work+School
Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why even the best task chair in the world not as effective as standing? I also relate to how meditation plays into sleep and stress-related rules.
This site has some great videos that demonstrate these simple principles…
THE 12 RULES
EXERCISE | Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power.
SURVIVAL | Rule #2: The human brain [...]
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Yelp negative reviews: Take a Deep Breath