Google will shut down its Checkout

On November 20th, 2013, Google will shut down its Checkout product. Here’s how this may affect you:

• Merchants selling digital goods may transition to Google Wallet for digital goods
• Merchants selling through Google-hosted marketplaces (e.g. Google Play) will be unaffected
• Merchants selling physical goods will need to switch to third-party alternatives

more see https://support.google.com/checkout/sell/answer/3080449

WooCommerce – a Google Checkout Alternative

http://behladesign.com/how-to/woocommerce-is-the-best-alternative-to-the-google-checkout-shutdown/

If you have a WordPress site where you sell physical goods and you have used Google Checkout as your online processing center, you will need to replace that method this November.
A great alternative is WooCommerce, which is a free plugin that allows users to customize their selling and shipping options for an additional fee.

WooCommerce is a powerful, extendable eCommerce plugin that helps you sell anything. Beautifully :)
http://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/

People Asset Management

What is People Asset Management? For everybody a little bit of something else, but the goal is the same.
Manage relationships between Human Resource and Process Outsourcing, Employee Outsourcing and Team Outsourcing...

People Asset Management is an effective approach to human resources. It's a new look in old process:

1. Project managers are waiting for new team members or for other members is not work.
2. Freelancers are looking for work, if not working on the project.
3. Companies are missing new employees or there is not work for specific time interval.
4. Human Resources is constantly faced with questions: When do I get requested team member? Do you have work for a team member for 2 months?

The same questions, the same people, same resources, and often the same companies. Only the requirements and limitations are still severe.

It's time to push the boundaries of the corporate walls and corporate know-how.

Here are new questions:

1. How to trust other companies, often to our competitors?
2. How to reduce paperwork to the process itself so that it did not work more than 20% of the working day?
3. How manage virtual teams?
4. And can I manage or hire a company?

The economic crisis has lasted over 4 years. Companies (that did not fail)  learned how to survive. Now, should learn how to prosper when "pantry is almost empty."

Google Sky Map

Interactive map of the Sky is applications using many sources.

http://www.google.com/sky/

You can tour on the Sky in different types of data:

1. The initial view shows the visible universe and is a mosaic of images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the Digitized Sky Survey and the Hubble Space Telescope.
2. Infrared - An infrared view of the sky from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). Change the transparency of this layer by moving the slide bar to blend the optical and infrared.
3. Microwave - A view of the microwave sky from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), which shows the universe as it was 380,000 years after the big bang.
4. Historical - The sky as drawn by Giovanni Maria Cassini (printed in 1792) showing the constellations in their classical form from the collections of David Rumsey

More about Google Sky Map http://www.google.com/sky/about.html

Google Sky, Mars, and Moon

The Mars in 3D

Check out these features available in Google Earth:

• Be the first human being to view images downloaded by NASA just hours ago, in the Live from Mars layer.
• Take an interactive tour of Mars, narrated by Public Radio's Ira Flatow or Bill Nye the Science Guy.
• View 3D rover models and follow their tracks to see high-resolution 360-degree panoramas.
• Search for famous Martian landmarks, such as the Face on Mars or Olympus Mons.

Already have Google Earth 5? Select Mars from the top toolbar to start exploring.
Learn more about Mars in Google Earth.

Mars in Google Earth

Google Mars Map

Interactive map of the Mars is applications using many sources.

http://www.google.com/mars/

You can tour on the Mars in different types of data:

1. Elevation - A shaded relief map. This map is color-coded by altitude, so you can use the color key at the lower left to estimate elevations.
2. Visible - A mosaic of images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Basically, this is what your eyes would see if you were in orbit around Mars.
3. Infrared - A mosaic of infrared images taken by the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Warmer areas appear brighter, and colder areas are darker. Clouds and dust in the atmosphere are transparent in the infrared, making this the sharpest global map of Mars that's ever been made.

More about Google Mars Map http://www.google.com/mars/about.html

It´s A Musical: For years and years

The Moon in 3D

Check out these features available in: Google Earth

• Tours of lunar landing sites, narrated by Apollo astronauts
• 3D models of rovers and landers
• 360-degree photo panoramas
• Rare TV footage of the Apollo missions

Already have Google Earth 5? Select Moon from the top toolbar to start exploring.
Learn more about Moon in Google Earth.

Moon in Google Earth

Google Moon Map

Interactive map of the Moon is applications using many sources.

http://www.google.com/moon/

You can tour on the Moon in different types of data:

1. Visible - A mosaic of images taken by the Clementine mission. This is a black-and-white version of what you would see if you were in orbit around the moon.
2. Elevation - A lunar terrain map. This map is color-coded by altitude, so you can use the color key at the lower left to estimate elevations.
3. Apollo - A collection of placemarks that tell the story of the Apollo missions that landed on the moon.
4. Charts - A collection of geological and topographic charts of various regions of the moon.

More about Google Moon Map http://www.google.com/moon/about.html

10 Reasons Why Hate Facebook

Lombok Komodo Rinca

Lombok-Komodo-Rinca-Lombok with Perama Tour (www.peramatour.com)



Information about destinations:

• Lombok


• Komodo


• Rinca


• List of islands of Indonesia

More details about publishing KML/KMZ

a) Publishing your KML for Google Earth, Google Maps and Beyond on www.nearby.org.uk/gadget-for-kml.php

b) Check for Google Maps compatibility
View Larger Map

c) Open in Page Creator and get the script http://www.gmodules.com/ig/creator?synd=open&url=http://maps.google.com/maps/gx?q=http://apis.people.cz/download/Lombok-Komodo-Rinca.kmz%26output=ghapi

d) If you want Google Earth Plug-in on your site, then use a similar code:

< iframe width="500" height="200" frameborder="0"
src="
http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://maps.google.com/maps/gx?q=http://apis.people.cz/download/Lombok-Komodo-Rinca.kmz%26output%3Dghapi%26hl%3Den
&up__mpl_type=gf
&up__mpl_data=http%3A%2F%2Fapis.people.cz%2Fdownload%2FLombok-Komodo-Rinca.kmz
&synd=open
&w=500
&h=200
&title=Lombok-Komodo-Rinca-Lombok+(Perama)
&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999
"></iframe>

Change For A Dollar

Is he asking for Change, or is he asking for CHANGE?

Follow a man as he affects multiple peoples' lives with just one dollar, proving that it doesn't take much to be the change in someone's life.



Written and directed by Sharon Wright

www.imdb.me/sharonwright

www.shesalwayswright.com

For a copy or permission to screen the film, please contact - shesalwayswright@yahoo.com

Social Media Code of Ethics

Social Media Code of Ethics defines the rules of communication in social media, with which compliance is voluntary, but for successful business communication is assumed to be binding.

In the real world, we understand the need for good manners and social networks have perhaps even more sensitive users. Therefore, we have to determine minimum rules of communication before seriously intentioned promotion.

Social Media Code of Ethics of communication

• Write reasonably often according to the type of communication (company, news, community), Non-spam.


• Write in natural language, namely, no unnecessary marketing sentences.


• No censorship.


• No lie.


• Don't fight with your fans, customers and competitors. Just don't. Even if you win the battle, you will always loose the war.


• Respond to questions with patience and understanding.


• Be able to admit error, apologize, and to correct.

 

Crisis of communication

The crisis may occur in social media not only like violation of these rules as well as non-communication, if such company does not respond to the cause, which to us attacks every day from newspapers, then it will respond others, and it probably will not be very positive.

If you don't do it for you, others do it on your behalf.

No basically depends in which media crisis started, the company can hit a bad begin and a big scandal will be spreading across the Internet.

 

Sources:

• A Chronology of Brands that Got Punk’d by Social Media (http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/05/02/a-chonology-of-brands-that-got-punkd-by-social-media/)


• 10 prime examples of social media gone horribly, horribly wrong (http://www.techvibes.com/blog/an-ultimate-list-10-prime-examples-of-social-media-gone-horribly-horribly-wrong)

 

3D video transmission

First 3D video transmission live from space


ESA-developed camera produced live-streaming 3D images for the first time in the history of space travel. On 6 August, NASA astronaut Ron Garan operated the Erasmus Recording Binocular (ERB-2) camera in Europe's Columbus laboratory, showing the International Space Station as never before in high-definition quality. While talking about the work on board the Station, he enhances the sense of depth and presence by playing with an inflatable Earth globe.

For more details see http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMWLEOT9RG_index_0.html

Guitar: Trey Alexander

Folk guitarist plays 3 chords for the 1000 listeners, the jazz guitarist plays 1000 chords for 3 listeners, rock guitarist in the studio plays for himself ... and excellent!

Trey Alexander at True Fire Studios

Wireless data from light bulb

What if light bulb could also transmit data? At TEDGlobal, Harald Haas demonstrates, for the first time, a device that could do exactly that. By flickering the light from a single LED, a change too quick to for the human eye to detect, he can transmit far more data than a cellular tower, and do it in a way that’s more efficient, secure and widespread. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2011, July 2011, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Duration: 12:52.)

Dark Side Of The Lens

'The Dark Side Of The Lens', a short film from renowned surf photographer Mickey Smith.



DARK SIDE OF THE LENS from Astray Films on Vimeo.

Example of DSLR cinematography - Amazing, Breathtaking, Brilliant, Fantastic, Inspiring...

Under Byen - Plantage

Great music video for Danish band Under Byen by Czech studio Amanita Design.

For description of video see http://amanita-design.net/about/projects/plantage.html and for few sentences about Amanita Design visit their website http://amanita-design.net/about.html



The original video see http://samorost2.net/plantage/

Cool URI don't change

URIs don't change: people change them.

There are no reasons at all in theory for people to change URIs, but millions of reasons in practice.

Very nice and snappy article about the reasons for the changes is available on cool URI:

http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI

 

Explanation (source http://nb.vse.cz/~gala/4it383/pomucky/uri.htm):

URI - Uniform Resource Identifier. The generic set of all names/addresses that refer to any source.

URL - Uniform Resource Locator. The unofficial term (no longer used in technical specifications), which is associated with popular URI schemes such as http:, ftp:, mailto:, etc.

URN - Uniform Resource Name. It has two meanings:

1. it is a URI, which is institutionally defined duration, availability, etc.


2. is one of the URI scheme

For more information see  URIs, URLs, and URNs: Clarifications and Recommendations (http://www.w3.org/TR/uri-clarification/).

Dual Boot Windows 7 with XP

Initial conditions:

1. C: drive to install Windows 7,


2. drive for example F: ready to install Windows XP.

Problem:

If you install Windows XP operating system on a Windows 7-based computer, Windows 7 no longer starts. In this case, only the Windows XP operating system starts.

Solution for dual boot Windows 7 with XP:

1. Start Windows 7 System Recovery Discs and repair existing Windows 7 instalation (if you don't have any, you can download Windows 7 System Recovery Discs).


2. As administrator copy file F:ntldr and F:boot.ini into root C: (because to run a version of Windows operating systems based on Microsoft Windows NT, these files are necessary).


3. Edit file C:boot.ini
   
   
   

   [boot loader]
   timeout=30
   default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)WINDOWS
   [operating systems]
   multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)WINDOWS="Windows XP" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

   
   
   
   
   Note: You can change bold written text, partition number depends on the partitioning:
   
   
   

   default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)WINDOWS

   
   
   
   


4. Restart the computer.

Post-installation verification:

Click Start, click Accessories, right-click the command-prompt shortcut, and then click Run as Administrator. Use Bcdedit.exe for verification entry in the BCD Boot.ini file for the earlier version of the Windows operating system, more http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B919529&x=18&y=10

Stop search engines indexing your web

1 Theoretical possibility

1.1 /robots.txt - robots exclusion file

Create file /robots.txt:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Search Engine Support: Google, Yahoo, Bing, ...

1.2 Use page meta tags robots

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" />

2 The only sure method

2.1 Password protected web - web server solution

Example for Apache server: httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/programs/htpasswd.html

Create a file called .htpasswd:

user1:nbGwQ3aJkq3qE (e.g. user1:encrypt password1)

KxS Password Encrypter: www.kxs.net/support/htaccess_pw.html

Create a file .htaccess:

AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /mysite/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
require valid-user

Upload .htpasswd (best) to the root or a non publically accessible directory on your server.
Upload .htaccess to the directory you wish to protect.

2.2 Password protected web - cms solution

Protected area for registered users dependent on a specific CMS.

2.3 Computers and Humans apart

Captcha: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA

reCaptcha: recaptcha.net

Hidden tag: 15daysofjquery.com/safer-contact-forms-without-captchas/11/

Captcha alternatives: www.arraystudio.com/as-workshop/the-captcha-alternatives.html

Sources:


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