Jan has a useful post about using 3D in Powerpoint - Many 3D effects are NOT useful. Three dimensional graphs make it harder to match the data to the value axes. Adding "random" bevels, reflections and shadows to a PowerPoint object does not make it an elegant graphical element. The fact that PowerPoint can do […]
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by Nick Bruel Kindergarten-Grade 3 Ostensibly about a cat that turns bad when her family runs out of her favorite food, this is really a clever alphabet book for kids old enough to appreciate the way words work. It will appeal to youngsters who like their stories more naughty than nice. ... […]
Obernewtyn (Obernewtyn Chronicles) by Isobelle Carmody Award-winning Australian author Isobelle Carmody's, Obernewtyn (Book One of the Obernewtyn Chronicles) is finally available in the U.S. Appropriate for adult and young-adult readers, Obernewtyn is a fine post-apocalyptic novel in the tradition of Andre Norton, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series, Leigh Brackett's classic The Long Tomorrow, and the […]
Once upon a time, there were 12 Steps to Everlasting Love. These 12 steps taught people how to have meaningful relationships, full of love and passion, and finally live Happily Ever After, in the "Real World." click on the picture
Bert Decker has a great post he has called "Six Do's to Open Your Presentations". Very useful tips and his message is to "take advantage of your opening." Well worth reading http://adjix.com/4bx3
I love my long training runs, but most days carving out more than an hour to work out just isn't in the cards. And when my schedule is really crammed, shoehorning a sweat session seems next to impossible. Luckily, the fantastic fitness team at SELF let me in on a little secret: You can get […]
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. Martin Fraquhar Tupper
Is the wait over? That's what Entertainment Tonight is reporting after one of its reporters talked to Ron Howard on the film set of "Angels and Demons," the first of Dan Brown's novels to feature Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. Howard told ET reporter Mark Steines that Brown has finished his third book in which Langdon […]
