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Experience is the Best Teacher!
For designers the best thing after your formal training is to actually jump in and learn the ropes by experiencing how it is to work in the real world. Here is a great program that allows the students to travel and see the work of great designers up close. They also share their experiences, what t ...
On The Road | Your Trip Book
If you have friends like me who travel a lot. Wouldn't be cool to see what he or she is up to through the duration of their trip. Wouldn't it be nice to see them playing in the Snow in Europe or the US or having a great time surfing the beaches of Hawaii or just plain lying down and sipping margar ...
A Rain Forest you’ve never seen before
In my personal art, I love to manipulate everyday objects, taking them out of their original context and therefore transforming their meaning. When I stumbled upon Japanese artist Yuken Teruya, I was immediately drawn into his paper cut-outs using toilet paper rolls. Looking through his beautiful po ...
A Hooligan Turned Hero
We all read the stories about drunk drivers. They make us hug our children and cringe.
This story has a refreshing twist to that usual reaction. It is a drunk driving story with a happy ending.
David Heim drove drunk 14 years ago and got into a serious accident. He didn’t hurt anyone else, ...
Is Stress Getting the Better of You? Relax!
Are you prone to irritability, muscular tension, inability to concentrate and a variety of physical reactions, such as headaches and elevated heart rate. They are common signs that tells your body that you are already stressed.
Designers, writers, moms, dads everyone is prone. I am sure a lot o ...
Life is a Game of Inches
In one of the most inspirational videos of all time, Al Pacino says something very profound. He says, “Life is a game of inches.” This is true. Every step we take will determine the next. Every small decision will affect the big decisions. Every moment is only here once, and it is up to us to m ...
Learn To Cook With Your Iphone
I like eating and I just don't like the cooking part of the process. I can cook but it doesn't come naturally with me, unlike other people I know who can just whip up anything in their kitchen. I need a cookbook to guide me whenever I need to make a meal. Did you know that there is an app for yo ...
D.O.G. Pet Boutique
When I was a young girl, I loved to dress up my dog, Duke, an English Setter, who let me do just about anything to him, without moving much more than his ears. I remember dressing him up in my clothes and hats, posing him and taking pictures. Those were my humble beginnings as a fashion Photographer ...
Trendy Work of Art for Your Kitchen
When decorating your home, make sure that the kitchen is not taken for granted. I love cooking and preparing food for my kids when I can and I think the kitchen is one place that also needs attention. Was browsing through Trendir Magazine and saw this cool article and thought to share it with you ...
Goal-Setting: Let’s Play 15 Questions
Someone once said to me, “The quality of your life will be determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself.” It’s so true.
We’ve all read a million articles on goal setting, right? This article is different. This one focuses on the questions that I suggest you ask yourself regardin ...
Self Control! Do You Have It?
The Marshmallow Test. Simple aid to help parents determine if their kids have emotional intelligence. Here is a fun video about kids placed in a room and given a treat. But they need to wait for the woman to come back, if they don't eat the Marshmallow they will be given another treat. Self co ...
Grow Your Own Meat and Fish in a Cocoon
If you had the ability to grow your own meat and fish in a device that looks like something you'd buy off of a George Foreman infomercial, would you? The Cocoon is a concept cooker that grows meat and fish from heated animal cells. Weird.
This mini-grill-looking contraption was designed by Richar ...
10 Signs: Change Is Happening in Your Life
In 2007 I went to the Republic of Panama to hear a group of inspirational leaders teach an advanced personal development seminar about change as it relates to our lives. One of the speakers, Ellie Drake, spoke specifically about “signs that show you that change has begun in your life.” This picture ...
Welcome a New Pet Into Your Home!
Welcome a new pet into your home. EyePet is a game for the PlayStation 3, which was announced at the 2008 Games Convention in Leipzig and again at E3 in June 2009. EyePet is being developed by London Studio and is scheduled for release in Europe on 23 October 2009, and for the US on November 17, 20 ...
If I Had My Life To Live Over
As an author, a poet and an avid blogger, I constantly study other writers to learn different styles and formats.
One of my favorite writers is the late Erma Bombeck. She was well known for her very popular newspaper column, her 15 bestselling books and her heartfelt poetry.
I remember my own ...