This is yet another great TED Talk, Matthew Childs: Hang in there! 9 life lessons from rock climbing.
In this talk from TED University 2009, veteran rock climber Matthew Childs shares nine pointers for rock climbing. These handy tips bear on an effective life at sea level, too.
This talk is less than five minutes, the nine pointers are brief and useful in life.
This was originally posted at Forty Plus Two, another blog of mine.
279 Days to Overnight Success is an interesting free ebook.
It tells the story of this web site, but more importantly, it offers 11,000 words of free advice on how to create your own success with your own project. I offer this information freely, but please use it wisely.
Who It’s For:
Bloggers, writers, online artists, and anyone otherwise interested in creating a new career or expanding their influence using social media. If you want your online presence to grow far beyond what it is now, read and apply.
I have taken a quick look at the ebook and will get back to reading it, it has useful content.
Collective Inkwell is an interesting new blog. The About-page says this:
This is the online studio of David Wright (BloggerDad), and Sean Platt (Writer Dad), a place to showcase our work, and also a place to talk with fellow bloggers, writers and artists who are looking to improve their craft.
The Inkwell is committed to inspiration, collaboration, superlative storytelling and what it takes to capture the creativity inside us all. We’re always seeking methods to improve our craft and eager to pass on everything we find in the hope that it will help you to perfect your own. Whether you hire us to help your company or are here to talk shop, we’re glad you stopped by.
Learn more in Welcome to the Inkwell. I have subscribed to their feed and look forward to what’s coming.
I use iStockphoto for images and get their Tip of the Week. Today it says:
LIFE and Getty Images, the two most recognized names in photography, have created LIFE.com so you can access millions of breathtaking photographs — for free.
LIFE.com lets you wander through the legendary LIFE and Getty archives, and with more than 3,000 new photos added every day, it also gives you the best pictures of people and places shaping our world.
I have taken a look at the new LIFE – Your World in Pictures and it looks very promising.
Dan Schawbel with his Personal Branding Blog has created Road to Me 2.0: Free 52 Page Complete Blogging Guide! Dan writes:
If someone asked me how I became successful in the past two and a half years, I would point to this blog, without even bothering to mention anything else. After writing about the process of going from a beginner to intermediate to advanced and then expert blogger, I wanted to create a single resource for you to have all of this information in a simple and consumable format.
The guide goes from beginner to expert:
1. Beginner
* Learn the basics to jumpstart your blog
* RSS, widgets, Technorati, posting, logo & theme
2. Intermediate
* Formatting, pictures, links & pages
* Forum, email and comment marketing
3. Advanced
* Blog hosting, custom themes & plugins
* Social network integration & SEO
4. Expert
* Podcasting, lifestreaming and mailing lists
* Make money blogging and more!
The Earth Hour is 8:30PM local time, wherever you live on planet earth. Saturday 28 March 2009. Do your part – switch of the lights during that hour!
For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.
Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.
In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. Unlike any election in history, it is not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from. VOTE EARTH is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday.
A link to this photo turned up in my Twitter stream today, it is a beautiful photo. Original tweet was from @holistic1.
To see a larger version of the photo, go to Lotus Pond at the Library.
NPR Music has Exclusive First Listen: Leonard Cohen Hear His New Album, ‘Live in London,’ In Its Entirety.
Now 72 years old, Leonard Cohen has spent much of the past decade in solitude, exploring his own spirituality and his place in an ever-changing world. But in July of 2008, he took the stage at London’s 02 Arena and gave a stunning performance, as part of his first tour in 15 years. The concert included some of his most influential and best loved songs, including “Hallelujah,” “Bird On A Wire” and “Dance Me To The End Of Love.”
The historic performance was recorded and will be released as a two-CD set on March 31. Until then NPR Music will stream the entire album online, as an Exclusive First Listen, beginning at 11:59 p.m. March 23.
Leonard Cohen makes a great comment about a previous concert in London, “I was 60 years old, just a kid with a crazy dream”.
Listen to these two CD’s, they are absolutely great and I have the NPR Media Player spinning with them.
Update March 31, 2009.
The CD’s are released and NPR has closed this stream.
I found a long time favourite of mine at YouTube, teach me tiger. Great voice and I like the text…
Brian D. Johnson interviews Leonard Cohen backstage at Hamilton Place. Here’s the full transcript of the interview.
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