Last week, we reviewed Scott Berkun’s latest book, Confessions of a Public Speaker . I asked Sara Peyton over at O’Reilly (the book publisher) for a few copies for Six Minutes readers, and she kindly agreed. Now, you can win one of three copies by sharing your own public speaking confessions! What speaking lesson did you learn the hard way?
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Win a Book! Share Your Public Speaking Confessions
The 21.5-inch, 1080p SyncMaster LD220 can be used either in conjunction with a laptop or as a stand-alone monitor. It doesn’t offer many configuration options and it’s not a great choice if you’re a gamer, but its sleek design and USB connectivity make it a decent option for more general use
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Samsung SyncMaster LD220 review
Technology from World’s Leading 3D Entertainment Brand Promises Plug-and-Play 3D animation Console Gaming Experience RealD, the world’s leading 3D technology provider for cinema and professional applications, announced today that Ubisoft, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising (Fox Licensing), has licensed and integrated the company’s proprietary stereoscopic RealD Format into James Cameron’s Avatar™: The Game. The RealD Format allows for a seamless direct connection between the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system or PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and 3D-enabled TVs with integrated RealD technology for an unsurpassed 3D gaming experience. “RealD technology is proven for delivering some of the highest quality 3D images in cinema and professional uses,” stated Patrick Naud, Executive Producer on James Cameron’s Avatar™: The Game, at Ubisoft Montreal
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Ubisoft and 20th Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising Integrate Stereoscopic RealD Format Into James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game
Playful Pups, Bunny Cheerleaders and Hamsters Flying a Blimp For the sixth consecutive year, Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl” television animation program — started in 2005 as an alternative to the Super Bowl — has earned the American Humane Association’s “No Animals Were Harmed”® end-credit disclaimer. This year’s “players” include 43 puppies and 20 kittens providing halftime entertainment. New to this year’s lineup are bunny cheerleaders and hamsters flying a blimp.
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‘No Animals Were Harmed’ in ‘Puppy Bowl VI’
Heavy Metal Powerhouse Black Sabbath Debuts Master Tracks as Compatible Guitar Hero(R) 5 and Band Hero Downloadable Songs Guitar Hero Music Library Further Expands with Hit Songs and New Music from 30 Seconds To Mars, Breaking Benjamin and Third Eye Blind Guitar Hero® cranks up the heat in February with a strong lineup of weekly downloadable songs that are sure to satisfy fans’ musical appetites.
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Guitar Hero’s February Downloadable Content Lineup Packs a Powerful Punch With Fresh Music From Top Bands
At around £1,800, we think the 40-inch, 1080p, LED-backlit 40PFL9704H/12 LCD TV is too expensive, but, as long as you’re good friends with your bank manager, we’re happy to recommend this set. Its construction, picture and sound quality, and feature set all scream class
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Philips 9000 LED Pro (40PFL9704H/12) review
The Chinese SAIC van could be the Maruti Eeco slayer While GM is busy working out how it will sell SAIC’s commercial vehicles in India under an entirely new setup, the Chinese company is performing harsh testing on products that will land in India next year. Spotted here is the CN100 MPV being put through its paces on ice. The Chinese MPVs will be sold under a new brand in India
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India bound Wuling-GM MPV spotted testing
Banger racing is a popular form of racing in the United Kingdom. It is like any other form of racing you’re used to. The concept is the winner is one who takes the checkered flag, except for one difference – You try and deliberately knock off your opponents on your way to the finish line.
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Hyundai dealer takes i10 out for banger racing
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Some newer and older posters from Obey . Some say Shepard is losing his touch with his newer work after his image really got bigger after the establishment of obey and his print work for the Obama campaign. Either way, he’s still laying it down on the government with his art direction that represents a voice much larger than his own, offering inspiration and affecting others to do work.
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Obey Giant
Dr.Wilfried Aulbur poses with the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Desert Gold at Auto Expo India might be a developing country, but its developing pretty rapidly both in terms of knowledge of supercars and wealth. Here’s proof – Mercedes Benz has said it found a buyer in Rajasthan for the 2-crore rupee SLS AMG model which it showcased at the Auto Expo earlier this month. The SLS, which comes only as a left-hand-drive model, will soon be manufactured so that people driving on the wrong side of the road can also buy one.
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Mercedes Benz finds Indian buyer for Rs.2 crore SLS AMG
Wiki defines Schadendreude as a German word that translates into “pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others” and often involves some form of chronic, comical irony. If there was a case of logo design schadendreude, this might be the poster-child, as French-based file sharing enthusiasts are taking great glee in pointing out. To wit: As a result of a controversial ruling late last year, the French government tabled a series of copyright centric HADOPI laws, the lofty goals of which are “promoting the distribution and protection of creative works on the internet”
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Logo design Schadenfreude: Anti-piracy organization logo infringes on copyright
Gonna bring a little high-brow stuff to the proceedings this morning and take a look at this remarkable animation of an equally remarkable work of art. Picasso’s Guernica is one of my favorite paintings (a reproduction hangs in my living room) so I found this 3D ‘exploration’ particularly stunning and as an example of computer animation, brilliantly executed. Created as part of a Master in 3D computer Animation thesis at the University of Georgia by animator Lena Gieseke several years ago, the short movie adds an entire new dimension (three actually) to the masterpiece.
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Picasso’s Guernica in 3D
2010 continues to find Silverlight/WPF in a very good place, and the beautiful thing is that we have so many people, in Microsoft, and outside, making it better. Reading some folks on twitter pointed me towards Karl’s blog post about d:DesignInstance and d:DesignData and ondrejsv’s post about Sample Data in Blend/SketchFlow .
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DataBinding tooling: keeps getting better
John Mutumburanzou wrote to Kubatana recently, sharing his views on GNUs, and the new way of doing politics in Africa: The obsession and deliberate automated habit by contemporary statesman, political brokers and mediators buttressed by multilateral institutions like SADC, AU and the UN to form coalition governments (also erroneously referred to as Unity Government or Government of National Unity) in each and every troubled state in Africa is astonishing and mind boggling to say the least.
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Legitimised coups in modern 21st century Africa
I have never been too fond of radical feminism or any form of extremism for that matter; finding it to be an aggressive, usually narrow and unhelpful approach to conflict resolution. Radicalism is often reactionary, manifesting as a reaction to some undesired reality and is usually the preserve of those who feel they have something to defend against all costs and something to fight for against whatever odds. As an activist, I have found that radicalism has its place, its use and its benefits in pursuing the elusive goal of attaining social justice for womankind
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Kicking out paternalism
There was a “XAML Serialization” thread on Channel 9 – Coffeehouse today that had an interesting use of XAML. He was using XAML as a way to dump the state of his object graph for verification, debugging, potential transformations/exports, etc… As such, he wanted to see some R/O properties written down in XAML, that we currently judge as not interesting to write, since they are read-only…and thus can be read back in, so why write them
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XAML: writing down all values of an object?
Worldwide Video Premiere of ‘Shoot To Thrill’ Today, January 26, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EST AC/DC’s Music to be featured in ‘IRON MAN 2′; Band to Release AC/DC: Iron Man 2 Album on Monday April 19, 2010 Through a unique collaboration between Marvel Studios and Columbia Records, AC/DC’s music will be featured in Marvel Studios’ “IRON MAN 2,” the sequel to the 2008 blockbuster 3D special effects -laden film. In addition, Columbia Records will release the album AC/DC: Iron Man 2 on Monday, April 19, 2010.
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Marvel Studios and Columbia Records Power Up AC/DC Music Promotion for ‘IRON MAN 2′ Motion Picture Soundtrack
12,000-PIECE COLLECTION FILLS COLLECTOR’S FAMILY’S ENTIRE HOUSE! Twenty one year-old Lisa Courtney from Hertfordshire, England is celebrating this week after being officially recognised as the individual with the largest Pokemon animation memorabilia collection in the world, having accumulated 12,113 different items over 13 years. Her incredible record-breaking collection, which is still growing in size, has been featured in the new Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition, now available in the U.S. and UK
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Record-Breaking Collection of Pokemon Memorabilia Appears in Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition
“Vfx were really in a supporting role on this and we focused a lot on Bruce Willis’ surrogate character and finding his look and making him consistent through the movie, which took a long time,” concedes Mark Stetson, vfx animation supervisor. “They assigned the work to Synthespian Studios, Jeff Kleiser’s company, where they scanned a digital double of Willis and Synthespian built a CG model from Eyetronics’ scan and original cleanup work. But most of the work was done in 2D in Shake.” Action superstar Bruce Willis (the Die Hard franchise) headlines another spectacular thrill ride in the gripping film Surrogates, coming to Blu-ray* Hi-Def and DVD on January 26, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
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Surrogates Comes to Blu-ray and DVD, Atonement on Blu-ray, Plus More